Researchers to put changing public services under the microscope
...le pre-occupations'. Recent years have seen major changes in public services attempted or called for at nati...h as equality, transparency and human rights. Some changes have come from practices in the private sector, but have had to adapt to the different political and...Exposed: Tobacco industrys' efforts to cast doubt
...952. In the 1990's, studies demonstrated patterned changes in p53 after exposure to benzo[a]pyrene. A 1996 landmark study showed benzo[a]pyrene's interaction with p53 mirrored mutations found in actual human lung tumours. This finding provided strong molecular evidence of the direct carcinogenic effect of a ...Women In Government report on eliminating cervical cancer
...vical cancer is to detect and treat the early cell changes before they become cancer. Most state-funded prog...ams rely on the Pap test, which detects these cell changes approximately 51 to 85 percent of the time," said J. Thomas Cox, M.D., director, Women's Clinic, Uni...Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
... public accountability of service providers. These changes are occurring at a rapid pace, often in the absence of clear evidence regarding key questions, such as who should be the primary target population for specific services and what services will be most cost effective. As well, there are questions about...Complementary & alternative medicine use
.... Eisenberg. "While there have been a few notable changes in which CAM therapies people are using, the overa...d fairly stable at 72 million. However, there were changes in the choice of CAM therapies used. The largest change was a 50 percent jump in the use of herbal s...New treatment guidelines for pregnant women with asthma
...ending on asthma severity. Because asthma severity changes during pregnancy for most women, the guidelines also recommend that clinicians who provide obstetric care monitor asthma severity during prenatal visits of their patients who have asthma. "The guidelines review the evidence on asthma medications use...Baby talk: Infants have much to say if adults will only listen
... have seen the each woman "speak," the audio track changes and plays only one of the words. What researchers want to know is if the infant will match the audible word with the correct lip movement. The answer is in the baby's eyes. In another test, the length of time an infant focuses on a red and white che...New study reveals treatment for 'silent killer' using diet, not drugs
...lls tomorrow. After about six weeks of such simple changes you might see your blood pressure--and your body weight--begin to drop." Because high blood pressure is dangerous, the researchers caution that individuals should see their doctors and assess whether diet alone is sufficient, or whether drugs are al...National Academies advisory: Report assesses health implications of perchlorate exposure
...ging from 0.007 mg/kg to 9.2 mg/kg per day with no changes in thyroid hormone production to suggest any adver...s up to 120 parts per billion during pregnancy and changes in thyroid hormone production in normal-birth weight, full-term newborn infants. The evidence is in...News briefs from the journal Chest, January 2005
...beats (cardiac arrhythmias) and ST-segment dynamic changes than other subjects. The differences between resu...se who snore, but do not have OSAHS, show that the changes in heart function cannot be attributable to snoring alone. Researchers speculate that sleep fragmen...Insufficient sleep associated with overweight and obesity
...journals. Insufficient sleep causes neurocognitive changes such as excessive daytime sleepiness, altered mood, and increased risk for work-related injury and automotive accidents, according to background information in the article. It has been reported that the average American is currently getting less slee...Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
...n oxygen analyzer, and it successfully tracked the changes in alveolar oxygen when a subject traveled to the UC White Mountain Research Station, altitude 3800 meters. The purpose of this new project is to build a full prototype with both O2 and CO2 analyzers and the appropriate electronic circuitry. West bel...New system may help babies avoid brain damage
... Obstetrics and Gynecology. "When you start seeing changes in the heart that suggest an oxygen deficit, such as elevations in the ST segment, that means your ability to handle an overall lack of oxygen has been exceeded and your defenses are beginning to crumble." Dr. Devoe is a principal investigator on the...Study suggests isolation of patients with MRSA does not reduce cross-infection in ICUs
...n patients were moved and not moved. There were no changes in transmission of any particular strain of MRSA or in infection rate between management phases. Dr Wilson comments: "Our findings challenge the prevailing view that isolation of intensive-care unit patients who are colonised or infected with MRSA i...Doctors must consider potentially inappropriate medications when treating elderly
Just as our bodies physically slow down as we age, changes occur in the way that older bodies handle pharmace...istribution and elimination of drugs from the body changes as well," says Dr. Donna M. Fick, R.N., associate professor of nursing at Penn State. "Many drugs, ...Sex habits of young women unchanged by morning after pill, UCSF study finds
...tion in their use of contraceptives, nor any other changes in their sexual behavior when provided with easier access to the so-called "morning after pill," also known as emergency contraception (EC), according to UCSF researchers. Rates of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were the same at...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ence of neurons reremains constant. The preference changes smoothly along the topographical surface of the cortex, creating an orientation map. However, rodents and lagomorphs (i.e., rabbits) seemed to have paid no attention to this organizing principal. Rather, single neurons definitely displayed orientatio...USC researchers find evidence that progesterone signaling influences ovarian cancer risk
...dow the role of the PROGINS allele. How can subtle changes in a progesterone receptor gene lead to an elevate... breast cancer. And so it seems likely that subtle changes in the progesterone receptor, which is the first step in the signaling pathway by which the progeste...Health care costs higher for children with special health care needs
...other children," the authors write. "Health policy changes that would extend the breadth and depth of insurance coverage are needed to ensure that all families of CSHCN are protected against burdensome expenses."...Mayo Clinic study suggests no link between autism and immunizations
...sts the increase may be due to improved awareness, changes in diagnostic criteria and availability of service...unity's improved understanding of this disease and changes in federal special education laws." The study found that the increase in the incidence of autism in...