Wolfowitz is the wrong choice for the World Bank
...ment disaster sits uncomfortably with a job whose main role is multilateral international development, writes Kamran Abbasi, BMJ Deputy Editor. Many countries that Wolfowitz will be required to help are critical of America's war on Iraq and its motives. But is this to misjudge Wolfowitz? Does he fit in w...Strategy effective against drug resistant tuberculosis
Directly observed therapy (DOTS) - the main strategy for tuberculosis control- can rapidly reduce the transmission and incidence of the drug resistant form of the disease, concludes a study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The DOTS strategy for tuberculosis includes a short-course...Sexual lifestyles vary among ethnic groups in Britain
...ndian and Pakistani men. The study found that the main factor influencing an individual's risk of reporti...ionship between the sexual lifestyles of Britain's main ethnic groups and the risk of sexually transmitted infections. He adds: "Sexual behaviour alone does...Hausman to give keynote address at 'Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Feminism' symposium
...ing the health benefits of the practice. Hausman's main research interests are sexed embodiment, feminist and gender theory, and cultural studies of medicine. She is the author of many scholarly articles and the book Mother's Milk: Breastfeeding Controversies in American Culture (2003), which draws on med...Study finds that coordinating care of chronically ill patients does not increase liability
...9 percent listed legal liability as one of the two main barriers to care coordination," he said, writing in the March/April issue of Annals of Family Medicine. In fact, Hall and his colleagues found that care coordination by physicians does not increase the threat of lawsuits or result in higher malp...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...9 percent listed legal liability as one of the two main barriers to care coordination. In a new study that combines legal research with key informant interviews, Hall and colleagues find no strong basis for these reservations; instead, they find that care coordination done well may lower liability risks. ...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
...nd ultrasound echocardiography to check that their main coronary vessels are clear of blockages that may precipitate another heart attack. Eligible candidates must be able to safely travel to Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., be referred by a physician, be between 21 and 85 years old, and have no pre-ex...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
...me by untrained attendants, state the authors. The main source of spread of infection for Staphylococcus aureus is the hands of health care providers. The authors also found that antimicrobial resistance in newborn nurseries in developing countries has reached alarming levels. They estimate that 70% of pa...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ive effect of increased marine fish consumption, a main source of DHA. This week, Lim et al. test whether DHA has a direct effect on amyloid production in a mouse model of AD. The studies support a role for DHA in reducing amyloid burden even at a relatively late stage in this animal model. Pass the fish ...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...ssel disease and in patients with unprotected left main stenosis (although developments in drug-eluting stents may eventually alter this situation). 4. Patients presenting with NSTE-ACS (unstable angina or myocardial infarction without ST-segment elevation) have to be stratified first for their risk of ac...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...ience policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. Mark T. Sampson...Diagnostic test for range of blood disorders on the horizon
...e of haematological malignant diseases, with three main members: polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and idiopathic myelofibrosis. The disorders are characterised by overactive production of blood cells and can lead to thrombosis, haemorrhage or acute myeloid leukaemia. The absence of a defini...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...rest of the world. In fact, in Europe, CVD is the main cause of death for both men and women. CVD includes coronary heart disease and stroke and kills more people than all cancers combined. And yet, according to public awareness surveys, women seem to think that they are more at risk of cancer, especi...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...le is passed naturally in less than 24 hours. "The main use of the PillCam ESO right now is to find pre-cancerous changes in the esophaguses of patients who had had acid reflux for more than five years," said Dr. Charles Ulrich, associate professor of internal medicine. "It also can be used to find varice...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...trical signaling in animal nervous systems are the main targets of this process. In a prior study, Reenan's group identified species-specific patterns of RNA recoding on such targets, but didn't explain how they were determined or how they may have evolved. His new study does both. By comparing the same h...'Chemistry and Flavor of Hispanic Foods' one-day symposium, March 15
...ience policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. Mark T. Sampson *Investigator can conduct interviews in Spanish. ** Spanish-speaking translator available. For more details, call the contact person listed at the top of this release....Compound may help prevent diabetes in fast-food fans
...ience policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. Mark T. Sampson...Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...ience policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio....Earlier use of prostate cancer vaccines urged by Hopkins scientists
...erone, which fuels prostate cancer, are one of the main treatment alternatives for early relapse and helps stall cancer growth. No clinical trials are yet available for the earlier vaccine regimen. Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in American men. The average time to relapse after be......eaving it alone, especially in older men. "But the main thing is we don't know whether screening saves lives," says Gerald L. Andriole Jr., M.D., head of the Division of Urologic Surgery at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "Our study follows about 75,000 men, half of whom we are screening...