Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
...uced millions of pages of documents, this decision raises the question of whether some of the most important documents might not have been turned over at all, said Mark Gottlieb, an attorney with the Tobacco Products Liability Project at Northeastern University School of Law. "Lawyers taking on the tobacco...Kaleidescope eyes: the secrets of a novel gift
...ng the phenomenon of Synaethesia, a condition that raises more questions than answers and generally has researchers baffled. Rich is giving a plenary paper this week at the ninth annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society in San Francisco, USA about her latest research from the preliminary analysi...Newly published data show at-home dialysis therapy may benefit more patients
...ieve defined target clearances. "The ADEMEX study raises questions about the need to achieve currently recommended small solute clearance targets and suggests that minimum targets be better defined. It also challenges us to focus on treating the entire patient to achieve optimal outcomes, including fluid ...Cooking tomatoes boosts disease-fighting power
...food scientists. The reason: cooking substantially raises the levels of beneficial compounds called phytochemicals. Writing in the latest issue of the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry (April 17), Rui Hai Liu, M.D., Cornell assistant professor of food science, notes, "This research demonstrates th...Smaller aneurysms best left alone
...ications such as heart failure or infection. This raises the question whether it is a good idea to risk repairing something that may not pose a significant threat. Dr. Lederle and his colleagues believe that guidelines based on their findings could result in at least 20 percent fewer repairs. This could m...Memory isn't 'lost,' just out of sync
...ing at mechanisms of memory via electrical rhythms raises a whole series of questions about how the brain operates and what happens when it doesn't work properly," he explained. The study, conducted by Dr. Hart and co-investigators Scott Slotnick, Ph.D., Lauren Moo, M.D., Michael Kraut, M.D., Ph.D., and R. ...Dartmouth team finds uneven relationship between newborn intensive care and death rates
... newborn health and prevent disease and death, and raises questions about the continued growth of specialty medical services in the United States. The advent of neonatal intensive care servicesthe neonatologists who care for premature and sick newborns and the intensive care nurseries where they are hospit...Hunger hormone may be key in weight loss
...e pounds permanently. The study shows that dieting raises ghrelin, while gastric bypass surgery sharply reduces it, almost to undetectable levels. The research is the first to document the effects of low-calorie dieting versus gastric bypass surgery on ghrelin levels. According to lead author David E. Cumm...U.S. for-profit hospitals show higher mortality rates than non-profits, analysis shows
...rofit health-care delivery. Our systematic review raises concerns about the potential negative health outcomes associated with for-profit hospitals. "Canadian policy makers, the stakeholders who influence them and the public, whose health will be affected by their decisions, should take this evidence int...Depressed people more likely to develop Parkinson's
...urnal of the American Academy of Neurology. "This raises the question of whether depression is the first symptom of Parkinson's disease -- that appears before patients have other symptoms and a diagnosis," said study author Agnes Schuurman, PhD, of Maastricht University in Maastricht, Netherlands. While de...First consensus guidelines on lightning safety issued before summer storms
...njuries from a single lightning strike. The report raises concerns about lightning injury prevention during camping. The event, which occurred in South Africa in 1994, included 26 girls, ages 10 and 11 years, two adults, and seven dogs, which were all sleeping in a large tent, located in an open grassy fiel...Nitric oxide crucial to respiration
...icrovasculature," Stamler said. "Our data raises the possibility that the level of nitric oxide in the blood may provide physicians a keen insight into the state of a patient's microcirculation," Stamler continued. "The ability to monitor and manipulate levels of nitric oxide in red blood cells sho...New journal series will educate physicians about medical errors
...itors. "The incident reviewed in the first article raises disturbing questions about the adequacy of patient safety systems in hospitals," said Mark Chassin, MD, chairman of health policy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and lead author of "The Wrong Patient." Chassin formerly served as New York State Heal...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 4, 2002
...bility to Detect Overheating and Cool Down Cocaine raises body temperature, which makes users more susceptib...caine overdose. Researchers discovered why cocaine raises body temperature (Article, p. 785). They found that a low dose of cocaine impaired the bodys ability...American Heart Association weighs in on fat substitutes
...ntestines to the circulatory system. The statement raises concern about olestra, a fat-derived fat substitute used in savory snack foods, such as potato chips. Olestra reduces the absorption of fat-soluble nutrients, such as carotenoids, and the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Vitamins A and E are ant...Protein essential for switching on T-cell response
...ssential for a normal immune response." The study raises the possibility that some autoimmune disorders in humans may result from mutations that cause unbalanced or uncoordinated signaling in T cells. Next, researchers plan to study the effects of mutating other amino acids in the LAT protein. They also p...Northwestern researcher calls for simplified, less toxic HIV therapies
...bination therapies with large numbers of pills and raises problems relative to drug potency, adherence, toxicity, resistance and cost, said Robert L. Murphy, M.D., at a symposium held at the XIV International AIDS Conference. Murphy is a professor of medicine at The Feinberg School of Medicine and director ...Eficiency, feasibility of antiretroviral therapy in Africa demonstrated in IRD-coordinated surveys
...etroviral therapies disregarded, which in any case raises serious ethical problems. The Barcelona Conference on Aids is being held from 7 to 12 July. Many IRD researchers and their Senegalese partners are giving papers (see abstracts further on). The French National Agency for Aids Research (Agence national...Can longer consultations really save time and resources?
...%, consultation length increased by only 12%. This raises the question of what the doctors did with the extra time, say the authors. When the doctors had longer booking intervals, they performed more tests and asked more patients to make return appointments. Perhaps doctors given more time with patients sim...Lingering cognitive impairment may be linked to coronary bypass surgery
...ngering cognitive impairment after coronary bypass raises questions about the roles played by surgery, underlying disease and more WASHINGTON North Carolina neuropsychologists believe they have gathered reliable evidence linking cardiopulmonary bypass surgery to impaired memory and attention. Claims abou...