Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...nth. Between 1992 and 1998 was a quiet time, while eight eruptions occurred between 1984 and 1992." Deep subterranean processes drive surface volcanic activity lava fissures and eruptions occur because of lava channels or 'dikes' that extend up from high pressure magma chambers. Ground deformation either...Combination of erection pill and testosterone gel may benefit men who fail treatment with pill alone
...o 10 percent in the placebo group. The results at eight and twelve weeks showed a trend in favor of testosterone gel compared to placebo, but no statistical significance....July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...staff. In a randomized controlled trial involving eight primary care clinics, the intervention more than doubled the odds of fecal occult blood test screening, increased the odds of mammograms more than 60 percent and increased the odds of screening pap smears more than 50 percent. As the authors point o...Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests yes
...e to cover only uninsured children. When groups of eight to 15 players got together to design community-wid...uterized version used by more than 2,000 people in eight states and two foreign countries in the last five years. The research just published won the 2002 M...UCI launches nation's first medical education program focused on Latino culture
...istinct needs of Latinos. Launched this month with eight students, the first-of-its-kind program combines m...rations of patients." The enrollment of PRIME-LC's eight new students marks the first growth in medical student enrollment in the UC system in nearly 30 year...Darifenacin substantially improves quality of life for people with overactive bladder symptoms
...of urine), urinary frequency (emptying the bladder eight or more times in 24 hours), and nocturia (awakening two or more times a night to empty the bladder). Darifenacin is a new M3 selective receptor antagonist in development for OAB, which is proven to reduce the number of weekly incontinence episodes by...VELCADE(TM) data confirms long-term survival
...ed therapy or re-treatment with VELCADE TM beyond eight cycles is a safe option for patients. These data also re-affirm recent findings from the phase III APEX trial which showed a 30 percent reduction in the risk of death during the first year in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma receiving treatme...Adrenaline packs a powerful punch in the use of antidepressants
...in the brain," Lucki adds. The researchers tested eight commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs, including four SSRIs. The SSRI medications tested were fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil) and citalopram (Celexia). In animal models, those able to produce norepinephrine experience...New data demonstrates that Benicar(R) and Benicar HCT (TM) achieve JNC 7 blood pressure goals
... drug. A total of 588 patients were randomized to eight weeks of double-blind treatment. 3 The data demonstrated that twice as many patients who received BENICAR reached goal blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg (32.4% of patients) compared to patients who received Cozaar (16.1% of patients) and Dio...Low-income Native American women suffer high rates of domestic abuse
...saulted by a partner during their lifetime; one in eight women had been raped by a partner during their lifetime. Thirty percent of the women that were currently in a relationship had been abused by their partner during the last year, and over half of these women had sustained injuries. "These rates are f...Weekly cycles of once-daily anti-HIV drugs could reduce cost of HIV treatment
... . In their study, the NIH investigators enrolled eight HIV-infected people who had been successfully treated with a combination of three or more antiretroviral drugs for at least 6 months. Upon enrollment, the patients began following a treatment regimen of 7 days without antiretroviral therapy, followed...Broken halide lamps could cause sunburn
... a fund-raising event in a youth center gym caused eight people to report photokeratis (severe eye symptoms); another occurred at a three-day wrestling tournament in a gym; and the third was among volleyball players at a municipal gym. Through a collaborative effort among Vanderbilt University Medical Cen...Oral History Research Office and NYU Child Study Center receive grant for oral history project
...logists are teaching an oral history curriculum in eight middle school classrooms in New York City's Chinatown, a community that was particularly hard hit by the attacks on the World Trade Center. The classes train the students in the art of oral history interviewing, and provide them with opportunities an...Research hones in on therapies and diagnosis of bowel diseases
...rd steroid therapy to monitor for remission within eight weeks, defined by an Ulcerative Colitis Symptom Sc...patients were given either OPC-6535 or placebo for eight weeks. Patients were permitted to take 5-ASA (aminosalicylic acid) if they were stable for 14 days ...Increasing co-payments may reduce use of essential and non-essential medications
...-payments was associated with reductions in use of eight therapeutic classes," the authors report. "The largest decreases occurred for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) (45 percent) and antihistamines (44 percent). Reductions in overall days supplied of antihyperlipidemics [cholesterol lower...Parents overestimate children's bike, car safety habits
...ury prevention, researchers surveyed children from eight West Virginia elementary schools and sent home questionnaires for the children's parents to return by mail. Surveys were coded so that the child's and parent's responses could be matched. The answers collected from the children is consistent with nat...Matching method helps doctors successfully transplant higher-risk kidneys
...kidneys donated under the standard criteria, about eight to 12 years. Stratta and colleagues are also studying the issue of transplantation and the aging American population. There are more elderly kidney donors, as well as older adults who need kidney transplants, than ever before. "Controversy exists reg...Advances emerging in hepatitis management
...tified patients with Knodell inflammatory score of eight or greater, and those with an Ishak fibrosis score of three or higher. Based on logistic regression models, inflammation was predicted using the variables albumin (a protein indicating proper liver function) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) enzy...New global trials help to make FOSRENOL(R) the most extensively studied modern phosphate binder
...ich lowers serum phosphate to target levels within eight weeks and maintains this long-term 6,8 without increasing blood calcium levels. Moreover, extensive bone biopsy studies have shown that 59% of patients treated with FOSRENOL moved towards normalisation of pre-existing bone disease compared with 21%......, lowering serum phosphate to target levels within eight weeks and maintaining this long-term, with some patients treated for 36 months (three years) or more. 8,9 FOSRENOL therefore represents a promising option for hyperphosphataemia management. "There is no doubt that, with diabetes on the increase, end...