Views from space help oil prospectors see deep underground
... topographic information is also important because rises or falls in the landscape delay signal arrival time, and if they are not compensated for, they cause blurring of imagery. "These two variables set the scene for a broad range of information we require. For example, we must know if there is ...US syphilis epidemics not driven by increases in unsafe sex say researchers
...cross the USA since the 1940s, the team found that rises and falls in the disease followed a distinct pattern that was repeated over a 10-year cycle. Rises in syphilis cases can be explained by falling population immunity. Immediately after an epidemic, immunity is at its highest. It then takes time for im...USC researchers find evidence that progesterone signaling influences ovarian cancer risk
...CA, Jan. 4, 2005- A woman's risk of ovarian cancer rises significantly if she carries either of two previously unexamined variations in the gene that codes for the progesterone receptor, according to a team of researchers led by scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern Cali...Researchers find circulating tumor cells in long-term cancer survivors
...recurrence. After 20 years, the risk of recurrence rises to 20 percent of survivors, and scientists are still unsure why. "Dormancy is a mysterious phenomenon that occurs in certain types of cancer," said Dr. Jonathan Uhr, lead author of the study and professor in the Cancer Immunobiology Center and of mi...Health issues may affect grandmothers who are primary caregivers
...p these women stay healthy as the aging population rises in the United States. The other objective is to help identify factors, including skills such as resourcefulness, that may moderate the effects of stress on health regardless of caregiving responsibilities to grandchildren. Adequate emotional and phys...Respiratory infections, not air pollution, pose winter health threat for children with asthma
...utside. Also, ozone, a known respiratory irritant, rises to much higher levels during the summer and may pose more of a problem than particulate pollution in the winter. Next summer Drs. Rabinovitch and Gelfand will begin a study of the health impacts of ozone on children with asthma. "We believe this is g...New tool reveals molecular signature of cancer and HIV
...ncer by monitoring whether the number of mutations rises above a predetermined threshold value. In addition to cancer detection, the Hopkins mutation-finder appears able to detect drug-resistant HIV. The team tested it on blood samples from a handful of patients with HIV and located DNA mistakes in the ...More than one-third of US adults use complementary and alternative medicine
....S. adults using some form of CAM in the past year rises to 62 percent. "These new findings confirm the extent to which Americans have turned to CAM approaches with the hope that they would help treat and prevent disease and enhance quality of life," said Stephen E. Straus, M.D., Director, National Center ...New study raises questions about the number of people in the UK who could be incubating vCJD
...e currently in decline, the possibility of further rises cannot be excluded," say the authors. "The study it also reinforces the importance of measures taken by the UK Department of Health to reduce the risk of spread of vCJD via blood products and surgical instruments," they add....Hidden cost of depression in seniors: $9 billion in care from spouses, children
... "When there isn't a committed caregiver, the risk rises that a person's care needs will go unmet." Adds Langa, "It's a sort of chicken-and-egg problem: the symptoms of depression make it harder to care for yourself, and those with illnesses that make them less independent often become depressed. But no ma...HIV transmission is heightened during acute infection
...e basis of past studies that viral burden in semen rises in accordance with HIV levels in blood. Previous s...f blood and semen: as the viral level in the blood rises and falls, so does the level in semen. With this established, the group then used a probabilistic mo...Cutting-edge sensors and software tests will help protect Pentagon from airborne hazards
...along the balloon's tethering wire. As the balloon rises and falls, the sensors sample air flow and turbulence. Periodic releases of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). This inert, invisible, nontoxic gas helps scientists verify the accuracy of the computer models and sensors that track dispersal of airborne mat...Sacral-nerve stimulation could help counteract incontinence
...estimated 2% of the general population. Prevalence rises with age, affecting up to 11% of men and 26% of women after age 50 years. Treatment options are limited for patients with faecal incontinence in whom conservative treatment (eg, alterations to diet, pelvic-floor exercise to increase muscle tone) fail...Vision loss from eye diseases will increase as Americans age
...ith increasing age, particularly after age 60. AMD rises dramatically in whites over age 80; more than one ...ericans as in whites. The prevalence of glaucoma rises rapidly in Hispanics over age 65. Cataract is the leading cause of low vision among all Americans,...Women's health research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh scientists
...lissa McNeil, M.D., MPH. The risk of preeclampsia rises with increases in body mass index before pregnancy Rigorous analysis of data on 1,188 women pregnant with their first child with respect to body mass index (BMI) and risk of preeclampsia reveals a sharp increase in risk from a BMI of 16 to 35, acco...Study gives lowdown on high-temperature superconductivity
...ve established that while the critical temperature rises as the number of layers increase from one to three...t then drops off. By the time the number of layers rises to seven, the critical temperature has fallen below that of the single-layer superconductor. Sc...For smokers, air pollution is a drag on the heart
Orlando, Fla., Nov. 9 Short-term rises in air pollution might trigger heart attacks especially among smokers according to a study presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2003. The researchers found that on days with high air pollution, current smokers had...Guidelines assessing outcome following radiation treatment and hormones overestimate progression
...lared, meaning there is high probability of future rises in PSA, if a patient has three consecutive rises in post-treatment PSA levels following treatment," explained Buyyounouski. "Upon the completion of ...Caregivers refuse Alzheimers medications when patients quality of life threatened
...on, the number of caregivers who decline treatment rises substantially. "Caregivers have always played a vital role in providing direct care. That is why we call them caregivers. They also make decisions for patients," said Jason Karlawish, MD, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Geriatrics at Penn's S......ative Americans than for whites," he says, "and it rises with age more steeply for them than for whites." The impact of these disparities increases, as well, Bound says. Health disparities account for only 3 percent to 9 percent of the employment gap between black and white men aged 25 to 34, but between 1...