Psychologists identify best aggression-prevention programs in schools
...n programs should be developed in a manner that is responsive to the specific needs and values of the school and its surrounding community. Location of school, cultural background, language barriers and ethnic issues all must be considered to ensure the most culturally appropriate program. -- Emphasize positiv...New car drivers exposed to toxic emissions
... furnishings. In order to continue to deliver cars responsive to consumer health and choice for the 21st century with innovations such as dual fuel and recyclable parts, the subject of VOC and human toxicity exposure while driving must be high on the priority list for car redesign for environment programs. The...Study: many poor children live in pain because barriers to dental care too great
...e system that, in their words, is not sensitive or responsive to their needs or to those of their children, Mofidi said. They considered the demeaning and discriminatory attitude and behavior of front-office personnel as a major barrier. To avoid encountering such attitudes and behaviors, some participants ofte...Brief exercise improves mental performance in people with chronic lung disease
...tioning that are thought to be responsive to exercise, such as verbal processing, attention span, short-term memory and motor skills. The COPD group showed marked improvement in one area - verbal fluency - after exercising for 20 m...Tax increases can cut the number of habitual teen smokers
...s, economic theory predicts that they will be more responsive to price, Liang explains. The researchers analyzed 1992, 1993 and 1994 data from the Monitoring the Future Surveys of 8th-, 10th- and 12-grade students. The survey collects data on a nationally representative sample of 15,000 to 19,000 students per g...Chemical attraction needed to launch an immune attack
...nd of push-pull in which the B cells are much more responsive to being pulled toward the T zone after they are exposed to the antigen. While the mechanism is clear and convincing, other factors, such as adhesion molecules, may also play a role the researchers suggest. Cell migration is critical not only in the ...Good child care not harmful, has benefits, but poor care worrisome, U.S. study reveals
... hours, and if their mothers are not sensitive and responsive to them. The study, which has lasted 13 years, has involved following some 1,200 children from soon after birth into their early school years and evaluating carefully the care they received and their social and intellectual development. Trained obser...Report shows decline in youth smoking, but work remains
...ata on the effect of cost show that youth are more responsive to cigarette price increases than are adults. A 10 percent increase in the price of cigarettes is estimated to reduce youth smoking by 5 percent or more. In addition, evidence exists that youth are more likely to quit smoking as cigarette prices ar...'Bursting' polymer molecules being developed
...ize, in the presence of acid. "By putting special, responsive groups on the ends of the polymer chain, he is looking at a new way to make molecules reversible or change in response to some stimulus," explains Virginia Tech chemistry professor Timothy E. Long. "Macromolecules that are amenable to topological re...Emory researchers study low testosterone and Parkinson's disease in men
...s of energy and vitality. These patients were not responsive to anti-parkinsonian and anti-depressant medications and had no evidence of other conditions such as hypothyroidism. Researchers screened for testosterone deficiency with the St. Louis Testosterone Deficiency Questionnaire, a 10-point validated que...XALACOM more effective than Cosopt for IOP reduction in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertens
...oma and ocular hypertension who are insufficiently responsive to topical beta-blockers. The most frequently reported adverse events with XALACOM in clinical trials were eye irritation, eye redness, changes to the clear surface that covers the front of the eye, inflammation of the membrane that covers the eye an...New data show fast and significant weight loss with Xenical sustained over time
...s the effectiveness of Xenical in patients who are responsive to treatment. Patients who achieved 5 per cent (approximately 5kg) weight loss after 3 months and maintained this after a further 3 months of Xenical treatment, were followed for one year. During this time weight loss and other health improvements,...Scientists identify brain mechanism that boosts response to alcohol
...th receptors on the same cell and should not be as responsive to alcohol. "The other remarkable finding is that Beta-gamma dimers are required for synergy and for voluntary alcohol consumption. This appears to be the first behavioral response regulated by Beta-gamma dimers and provides a novel target for new...Treatment guidelines for HIV infection announced by international panel of AIDS experts
... field. Guidelines and recommendations need to be responsive and continue to evolve over time as new information accumulates," Dr. Hammer says. Even this week, at the World AIDS Conference in Barcelona, the panel expects new data to be presented that will result in refinements in care, but it is not expected ...Post-surgery chemotherapy questioned for certain breast cancer patients
...o their lymph nodes (node-negative), and which are responsive to the hormone estrogen (ER-positive). The results, said Richard Gelber, PhD, a biostatistician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute who headed the statistical analysis of the trial data, indicate that cancer treatments need to be more finely "t...Researchers discover shift in organisms causing early-onset sepsis in low-birth-weight infants
...picillin than those with E. coli strains that were responsive to ampicillin. All of the E. coli infections were sensitive to third-generation cephalosporins, a group of antibiotics sometimes used to treat antibiotic-resistant infections. "The shift in the distribution of organisms associated with early-onset ...New drug boost for asbestos-related lung cancer sufferers
...rd to treat. It is usually inoperable and not very responsive to radiotherapy. With the anticancer drugs previously available, people diagnosed with the disease could expect to survive for only six to eight months. Now, results of a study by Professor Hilary Calvert, Dr Andrew Hughes and colleagues in the Canc...Alcoholics' impaired reaction to stress may impede mental tasks
...e essential to memory and problem-solving are also responsive to cortisol," write Andrea C. King, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago and her colleagues. "It is possible that frequent exposure to high levels of cortisol during bouts of heavy drinking and subsequent withdrawals may have affected these areas in a...New combination treatment for hepatitis C reported more beneficial than standard therapy
...here in the United States, and typically the least responsive to therapy," said study co-author Dr. Michael W. Fried, associate professor of medicine and director of clinical hepatology at the UNC School of Medicine. "With this research, we've found the most significant evidence to date suggesting these patient...Quality time with physical therapists above fancy equipment, convenient parking
...patient-therapist interaction that struck the most responsive chord with participants and demonstrated that patient-therapist relations -- far more than physical plant, equipment or support staff -- is significantly linked to patient satisfaction. The other eight questions were dropped as comparatively inconse...