Satellite survey enhances knowledge of Tuscan landslides
...onference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan the country with the highest rate of landslides in the world....US attempting to flout ethical practice for patient trials abroad
...s some limits on the use of placebos in developing country studies. Current FDA regulations require studies submitted in support of a new drug application to have been done in a manner consistent either with the Declaration of Helsinki or any local laws, whichever is more protective for patients. In June 200...Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...nies to build new manufacturing facilities in this country so that the United States is not dependent on foreign suppliers. Tax incentives and patent extensions should be available for companies that research and develop new anti-flu therapies. Strengthen federal agencies' responses. The Food and Drug Admi...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...ism," said Campbell. "Participants from across the country emphasized that we need to be prepared for the full range of public health emergencies, including weather events such as ice storms and hurricanes, and emerging diseases like SARS that do not result from terrorist actions." Campbell continued: "This ...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...kilometres, making it about as large as the entire country of Luxembourg. Back in Janauary the iceberg appeared to be drifting towards the 70-kilometre-long Drygalski ice tongue in McMurdo Sound on the Ross Sea, and an unprecedented ice collision looked imminent. However B-15A eventually slowed down and st...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...er $30,000, and some social groups within the same country have a life-expectancy that is 20 years lower then the national average although their infant mortality rates are low. When the specific causes of such anomalies are known, there is a strong basis for corrective action. Health improves when that acti...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...till isn't any solid understanding of why a richer country isn't always a healthier one and what social policies might impact on health, argues Marmot. The Commission will set out guidelines for governments and policy-makers on what changes can be made to reverse high mortality rates and ill-health in count...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...d encourage national action, so that each European country can make women's heart health a priority, both in their public policy and clinical practice". Professor Priori continues, "Certainly, the Women at Heart initiative is personally satisfying for me because, as a woman, I feel a moral obligation to advo...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...ns. "Significant cultural diversity exists in this country and cultural awareness, more precisely termed cultural competence, is at the core of any effort to fully address disparities in CVD," Bonow said. Under the research category, the authors discuss the need for genetic-based studies that would identify...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
...st prevalent clades (subtypes) of virus within the country remains subtype B, which is mainly transmitted through sex between men. Very little is known about how subtype B successfully invaded the British population, and more importantly, how the virus has subsequently spread and evolved. However, given that...Steady rise in HIV among heterosexuals in the UK
...g the United Kingdom). For 8% (153), the partner's country of infection was not established. Figures may unde...likelihood of heterosexual transmission within the country will increase, particularly among ethnic minorities....Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...d with, Cockburn said that they have not found one country where companies have a legal duty to report such discoveries to public-health or trade authorities. Professor White said, "The production of sub-standard and fake drugs is a vast and under-reported problem and seems to be increasing. It causes unne...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...n, allows a student to conduct research in another country or otherwise outside their home institution. Dr. Daronch will spend six months at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, on a research project entitled "Biological Effects of Near-UV Radiation from Dental Curing Sources". IADR/Lion Dental Resear...American Academy of Neurology presents 57th Annual Meeting in Miami Beach
...ed items, and a live performance by multi-platinum country music star Clay Walker, who was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in 1996. For registered journalists, the on-site Press Room will host a variety of media briefings based on research presented during the meeting. The Press Room wi...Allergen exposure in inner cities varies throughout the U.S.
...s of indoor allergens depending on the area of the country and type of home in which they live. These finding... of indoor allergens depending on what area of the country and type of home they live in. Their findings also suggest that cockroaches have the greatest effect...Study finds indoor allergen levels vary, cockroach allergens cause more asthma symptoms
...roach allergen levels vary dramatically across the country and that there are marked geographic differences in both allergen exposure and skin test reactivity in this group of children." Asthma, a chronic lung disease, affects about 20 million Americans. Inner-city children suffer disproportionately from the...Portable system offers dialysis patients 'liberating' changes
...ure. A year ago, researchers at IU and across the country began testing the NxStage System One, a portable unit that allows patients to conduct their own dialysis at home or on the road. And the preliminary results are promising, says Michael A. Kraus, M.D., the study's principal investigator and medical di...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...ia (23%). A baby in a low-resource, high mortality country is 11 times more likely to die of infection than a baby in a rich, low mortality country. Neonatal tetanus, which has been virtually unseen in rich countries for a century, kills half a million babies each year. Around 60-80% of neonatal deaths arise...York study tests enhanced care for depression patients
..., between six and eight per cent of people in this country are suffering from depression. The World Health Organisation will very soon declare that the economic burden of depression worldwide will be second only to that of coronary heart disease. "This study will helpus to determine whether collaborative ca......he high prevalence of heart disease we have in our country today, this is something that should be considered," he says of meditation, which is inexpensive and has no side effects. The obesity epidemic in the United States, he says, likely is the primary contributor to the increasing blood pressure rates...