Satellite survey enhances knowledge of Tuscan landslides
...ys decided to compare the interpreted information derived from geological analysis with the initial data displacement information from satellite radar interferometry in order to validate the results independently and on a case-by-case basis." "In the specific case of the 'Landslide Susceptibility Mappi...Brain activity prior to treatment flags vulnerability to antidepressant side effects
...ication or to factors such as patient expectations derived from educational materials or consultations with a physician, but determining vulnerability or cause in a clinical setting is difficult. To overcome this hurdle, the UCLA research team used healthy subjects so that brain function would not be affecte...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...nt of the variance in individual health status was derived from the family, with the shared characteristics of income and health insurance accounting for only a modest portion of the effect. While the study does not seek to disentangle the contribution of specific family-level determinants to health status, ...Suppressing the cells that trigger cat allergy
...d patients with related molecules, either peptides derived from the allergen itself, or much smaller peptides produced synthetically. Although therapy with peptides seems to reduce allergic responses, the mechanism of the response to treatment has not been clear; in particular, it is not clear exactly which ...Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
... team records. Each league's "imbalance score" was derived from the ratio of its actual record over an "ideal" standard deviation that would be expected if all teams were evenly matched and winning or losing was the equivalent of flipping a coin. Thus, a higher ratio shows greater imbalance wins are more co...New evaluation tool reliably predicts recovery from coma
...w repeated measures of neurobehavioral functioning derived from DOCS improve medical and rehabilitation management during coma recovery. Ninety-five veterans and civilians over age 18 unconscious after a severe brain injury were evaluated with the DOCS weekly, for up to six weeks. Investigators measured soc...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...urrently available, peer-reviewed, published data, derived from randomised and nonrandomised clinical studies. A top-line summary of these recommendations follows: 1. PCI can be considered a valuable initial mode of revascularisation in all coronary artery disease patients with objective large ischaemia, a...Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...ters a high-fat diet about 38 percent of calories derived from fat similar to the fat content of typical American fast-food diets. Results were then compared to a group of animals that were fed a low-fat (11 percent fat-derived calories) diet. As expected, the animals fed the high-fat diets developed insul...Multi-center study shows direct link between residential radon exposure and lung cancer
...nk between radon exposure and lung cancer had been derived from studies of underground miners, who are exposed at much higher levels to the radioactive gas, and from animal and in vitro studies. Some previous case-control studies reported a positive or weakly positive association between lung cancer risk and...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...w repeated measures of neurobehavioral functioning derived from the Disorders of Consciousness Scale (DOCS) improves medical and rehabilitation management during coma recovery. Investigators found that medical decision-making regarding short-term effects of pharmacological interventions was improved. Previou...How effective are herbal supplements in reducing illnesses in children?
...r respiratory infections. Evening primrose oil is derived from the seeds of the American wildflower and is commonly used for skin disorders, premenstrual syndrome, and arthritis because of its high concentration of essential fatty acids. Results of studies have suggested that evening primrose oil supplemen...Older women can benefit from chemotherapy to treat breast cancer
...-related mortality. Older women and younger women derived similar reductions in breast cancer mortality and recurrence from regimens containing more chemotherapy." "Our study adds to the increasing number of trials that suggest that older patients in fair to good health tolerate standard chemotherapy regime...How often should women get mammograms?
...reases with age, an alternative screening schedule derived from the model calls for fewer mammograms at early ages, but increasingly often later on. This "threshold" method provides for 18 screenings between 40 and 79, and predicts a mortality reduction of 26 percent. Women who have a higher breast cancer r...Vaccine may complement conventional treatment for chronic leukaemia
...es tested whether a vaccine that targets a protein derived from the Philadelphia chromosome could help to eradicate the disease in patients. The investigators enrolled 16 individuals (10 patients on imatinib and 6 on interferon) with stable, but detectable disease into the trial. Patients were given one dos...Study associates alcohol use patterns with Body Mass Index
...-term, frequent drinkers may compensate for energy derived from alcohol by eating less, but even infrequent alcohol-related overeating could lead to weight gain over time." Dr. Breslow cautioned against inferring cause-and-effect relationships regarding drinking frequency, quantity and body weight from this ...New way to diagnose sciatica may point to a different cause
...xperience relief from their sciatica. (Statistics derived from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Radiological Society of North America and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.) One possible cause of non-disc related sciatic pain is a condition called piriformis muscle syndrome. Th...LA BioMed medical/research briefs January 2005
... in some cases, in the opposite direction of those derived from the general population. This phenomenon, termed 'reverse epidemiology', is not limited to MHD patients but is also observed in populations that encompass an estimated 20 million Americans including those with an advanced age, heart failure, mali...Patients with previous heart attacks may not benefit from pacemaker implant
...cal Electrophysiology (PACE) looked at information derived from a standard electrocardiogram (EKG) to examine factors associated with response or non-response. On average, patients with previous heart attacks did not respond as well to this therapy as patients without previous heart attacks. This research s...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...e spatial filters created in this research will be derived with the aid of 3-D images of the pinnae. This research is being undertaken in close collaboration with academics at the University of Sydney, Australia. They have pioneered the techniques for using the information about face shape captured by the Yo...Most adverse events in hospitalized children are preventable
...equivalent assessment for children. The data were derived from the records of over 3,700 hospital patients from newborns to 20-year-olds. The researchers compared these data with information from adult patients aged 21 to 65 years. Results showed that 1 out of every 100 patients experienced an adverse eve...