Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
... to get out." Charcoal burns cleaner and produces less indoor pollution than wood, but the current inefficient production method in Africa is one of the most polluting for the global environment and potentially destructive to African forests. The researchers' analysis shows that charcoal can provide comp...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
... impossible." Charcoal burns cleaner and produces less indoor pollution than wood, but the current inefficient production method in Africa is one of the most polluting for the global environment and potentially destructive to African forests. Their analysis shows that charcoal can provide comparable heal...Sexual lifestyles vary among ethnic groups in Britain
...risk behaviours than other ethnic groups, but were less likely to report STIs than black Caribbean and black African women. White women reported an average of five lifetime partners compared with four reported by black Caribbean women, three by black African women and one by both Indian and Pakistani wom...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...cally slept 9.5 to 10.5 hours per night were found less likely to experience SRNC than children with longer or shorter sleep periods. In addition to preventing parents from getting a good night's sleep, children in all groups experiencing frequent SRNC were more likely to suffer from a chronic eczema skin...Study shows soy is well accepted in school lunches
...ween the amounts consumed of each. "Children ate less of the meatless nuggets, because the students had ...ducts had 22 percent fewer calories and 43 percent less fat than the meat version," Klein said. "The chili made with soy had 32 percent fewer calories and 2...Late developers may run higher risk of infection than sexually mature younger teens
...strual cycles (oligomenorrhoea) were significantly less likely to have any of the infections. After taking account of age, number of sexual partners, and behavioural risk factors, young gynaecological age remained a strong predictor of infection risk. The authors say that early maturers, who start thei...HIV testing should be routine part of primary health care for sexually active
... one percent. In settings where the prevalence is less than one percent, testing is based on individual r...t routine HIV testing is cost effective, and costs less than many other diagnostic tests. This current recommendation reinforces the need for routine tests...Do minorities survive hospitalization better than others?
...iborne Johnston, MD, PhD, writes, "Non-Whites were less likely to die in the hospital in an analysis ignoring DNR status, but this apparent mortality benefit disappeared after adjustment for DNR status. Thus, higher rates of DNR orders in Whites may create the appearance of a survival advantage for other ...Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
...herapies seems to show better efficacy, as well as less risk of heart damage than has been seen before wit...instead of doxorubicin, which has been shown to be less toxic to the heart. The researchers offered the combination of therapies for a longer period of time...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...o suggested that practice volume, translating into less time available for each patient, was associated wi...ely perceived. Black and Hispanic respondents were less likely to express satisfaction or trust and more likely to disenroll or seek a second opinion," the ...Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...eering deals, Baird found that the Cuban League is less balanced than the National and American leagues. O... she found, the Cuban League teams were 22 percent less evenly balanced in their win-loss records than those in the Major Leagues. In other words, cellar-dw...Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass
...er rates are normal." The raw food group also had less inflammation, indicated by low levels of C-reactiv...od diet are lighter with lower body fat. They have less bone, but they have normal markers of bone turnover, higher-than-normal vitamin D and very low level...Organizational traits associated with quality patient care are essential to home care nursing
...d lower in-patient mortality in hospitals. However less is known how these organizational traits support other nursing practices such as home care nursing and district nursing, its international counterpart, according to Linda Flynn, assistant professor at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State Univ...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
... no support for the idea that verbal harassment is less hurtful in causing emotional distress than physical aggression," Nishina said. Many middle school and high school teachers may not appreciate how important it is to intervene when they see a bullying incident in the hallway or on the school playgroun...Novel therapy tested in mice could chase away cat allergies
... cell cultures. "We measured more than 90 percent less histamine in the cultures with GFD," says Dr. Saxon. "Those results suggested that GFD successfully prevented the immune cells from reacting to cat allergen. The next step was to test GFD in mice that we had made allergic to the allergenic protein fo...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
...cost, people in communities in which they live are less likely to seek institutional care, even if advised." She adds: "Infection control in hospitals of developing countries must become part of the international agenda for health-systems improvement to achieve the Millennium Development Goals."...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...complete weeks of pregnancy with a birth weight of less than 2,500 grams. PLBW babies have a greater risk of morbidity, mortality, and disability. Preterm deliveries rose 27 percent between 1982 and 2002, to a total of 480,812, or 12.1 percent of all U.S. births, an increase attributed to such factors as ...Extreme exertion, emotion can spark repeat heart attacks
...c events after any single bout of activity remains less than one in a million, including sexual activity, where there is also a slightly elevated risk for heart patients. Because strong social support and marital relationships promote physical well-being, "My view is that it is much more important for peo...Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors
...than 60 years into a status 2B or 3 recipient with less than 12 hours of cold ischemia would have a probability of 75 percent for surviving five years," the authors write. "In contrast, a graft from a donor 60 years or older transplanted into a status 1 or 2A recipient with a CIT of 12 hours or more would......ess about the dangers of UV exposure, but has been less successful in motivating protective behavioral change. The authors suggest that young adults in particular are likely to be more interested in the appearance-enhancing benefits of tanning than the possibility of developing skin cancer in the distant ...