How are we doing? Researchers aim to measure national well being
... episodes in a film. Next, they answer a series of questions about each episode, including where they were, what they were doing, whom they were with, and how they felt during the episode. The goal is to provide researchers with an accurate picture of the moment-to-moment experiences associated with daily acti...2004 Science-in-Society Award winners announced
... environmental effects. Witze and Siegfried raised questions about the safety of nanotech months before any other major media outlet, the judges noted. Yet they offered a balanced examination of the early studies indicating the possible dangers of nanometer-sized particles that can penetrate living cells easil...Virtual colonoscopy shows significant promise as colorectal cancer screening option
...ecessary to remove all small growths. Fundamental questions currently without answers based in clinical outcomes studies include: Is there a minimum polyp size detectable by CT colonography for which patients should be referred for polyp removal? What is the minimum-sized lesion by which CT colonography ...NIAID seeks applicants to lead revamped HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
...s, each network can address significant scientific questions in one or more of six priority research areas Developing HIV vaccines Translating research insights into therapeutic products to treat HIV disease Optimizing clinical management of HIV/AIDS, including co-infections and other HIV-related condi...Researchers debate recreational use of PDE-5 inhibitors
...e. Journalists are invited to join a panel posing questions to the use of oral pills as lifestyle drugs versus medications strictly for health problems. Viagra, or sildenafil citrate, the first of the PDE-5 inhibitors to hit the market in treatment of ED in 1998, first got its start as a potentia...Brain imaging with MRI could replace lie detector
...n individual perspires. The volunteers were asked questions that pertained to the situation, along with unrelated control questions. In all cases, the polygraph and fMRI accurately distinguished truthful responses from deceptive ones. fMRI showed activation in several areas of the brain during the deception ...Testosterone patch will test FDA's decision making
...ne to women. Meanwhile, others have raised serious questions about the disorder because women's sexual "symptoms" may often be healthy adaptive responses and should not be regarded as evidence of dysfunction. A second article charges media outlets with exaggerating the benefits of the patch in their searc...Study highlights importance of pesticide worker dermal exposure
...udy demonstrates their utility and value to answer questions fundamental to dermal exposure and to protecting worker health," she said. "For example, from these data, we were able to estimate the fraction of pesticide absorbed through the skin based on real-world agricultural worker monitoring." The study a...Researcher breaks down cholesterol mystery
...g chylomicrons and their metabolism may answer all questions about cholesterol and the role it plays in the development of diabetes, obesity, and other cardiovascular diseases." Using unique and specially designed imaging tools, Proctor and his colleagues tracked the formation and delivery pathways of ch...FDA grants accelerated approval of TYSABRI, formerly antegren, for the treatment of MS
...te conference call to address any company-specific questions at 9:15 a.m EST, 2:15 p.m. GMT, which can be accessed through the company website. About Biogen Idec Biogen Idec creates new standards of care in oncology and immunology. As a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization ...Policy-makers should enhance selection process for Presidential S&T appointments
...tem. They must have a clear understanding of what questions are appropriate and inappropriate to ask....Grant to study why teens smoke
... students several times a day to ask them personal questions about their environment, emotions and relationships. A second group of students will participate in family talk sessions to learn how parents and adolescents communicate about health behaviors. A third group will be evaluated in a controlled...Computer assisted standing orders improve adult immunization rates
... groups, a nurse asked the patient a short list of questions to verify that the patient was an appropriate candidate and wanted the vaccine, before delivering the vaccine. The immunization rate among patients eligible for the vaccines was significantly better in the computer-assisted nursing standard orders g...Pediatricians wary about recommending complementary therapies
... therapies to allow them to answer their patient's questions and plan their treatment." The national survey was sent to over 750 active members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Kemper is currently conducting a National Institutes of Health-funded study to assess the best way to educate clinicians about ...Sexual quality of life lower for the obese
... life. More than 1,200 study participants answered questions about their general sexual quality of life, as well as four, more specific sexual topics: lack of enjoyment of sexual activity; lack of sexual desire; difficulty with sexual performance; and avoidance of sexual encounters. Almost two-thirds (65.4 per...NIAID launches influenza genome sequencing project
...tterns of genetic changes and illuminate important questions such as how avian influenza viruses adapt to infect humans." "Our goal is to provide scientists with the infrastructure they need to uncover potential targets for new vaccines, therapies and diagnostics against influenza," says Maria Y. Giovanni, Ph...New WHO study asks, 'How happy are you with your lot in life?'
...ion (WHO) and the European Commission, asks people questions about their experiences over a two-week period, their ability to do activities and their satisfaction with various important aspects of their life. Respondents will then be able to print out a quality of life profile that includes a graphical analysi...Encouraging results from vaccine trial to reduce cervical cancer
...lled way with community randomised trials. Several questions on the effectiveness and the public-health impact ... They conclude: "While we trust that the remaining questions can be answered, a straightforward message of Harper and colleagues' work is that preventive vaccina...Uncoupling proteins in human heart
...Cape Town Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa) questions the investigators' postulated mechanism: "Although hypothesis-generating, the links between increased plasma free fatty acids and the content of uncoupling proteins do not prove a causative role for the uncoupling proteins, nor that the uncoupling pr...... positively affect death rates, he said. "The big questions that need to be answered are: What is the dose? And how low a dose in what combination would be most useful?" Miller said. Co authors are Roberto Pastor-Barriuso Ph.D.; Darshan Dalal M.D., M.P.H.; Rudolph A. Riemersma Ph.D.; Lawrence J. Appel M....