It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
...ts matches, the average number of assault injuries seen was 33; when Wales lost, the average dropped to 25. At weekends, the number of assault injuries was also around a third higher when matches were played than when there were no matches. Whether the matches were played at home or away had little impact...UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...herapeutic target for the disrupted sleep patterns seen in such groups as those facing jet lag or nighttim... mice displayed the same abnormal sleeping pattern seen in the human cases of FASPS, as measured in the decrease in their wheel-running activity. Unexpected...Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
...derson. "This is the best treatment result we have seen in this patient population," Buzdar says. "It show...as well as less risk of heart damage than has been seen before with Herceptin treatment, "the jury is still out on the long-term safety and outcome. As in a...OHSU scientists test medication to treat involuntary weight loss
...dition of the journal Endocrinology . "We've all seen AIDS and cancer patients who lose their appetites and suffer from involuntary weight loss. They lose muscle mass and become very frail as their disease progresses -- this is what we refer to as cachexia," explains Daniel Marks, M.D., Ph.D., a member ...Corrected metabolism leads to health benefits and weight loss
...nce dramatic health benefits as well. "I have seen first-hand, numerous SureSlim clients going off medication for serious ailments including diabetes, high cholesterol, arthritis, high blood pressure and depression, just to name a few." Each individually-designed eating plan is formulated to add...Hospital acquired infections present major problem for infants in developing countries
...al effect on neonatal survival. When hospitals are seen as institutions where children experience poor outcomes at great cost, people in communities in which they live are less likely to seek institutional care, even if advised." She adds: "Infection control in hospitals of developing countries must becom...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
...rgy symptoms they had, and whether or not they had seen a physician for treatment. The researchers placed patient responses into one of three groups: patients who received care from a family physician (240); patients who were treated by an allergist (172); and those who chose to self-manage their symptoms...Chronic fatigue patients show lower response to placebos
...hors say the reason may be that many CFS sufferers seen in specialist settings or self-help groups "have a firm conviction that their illness is of physical origin" and thus would have little faith in psychiatric/psychological treatments. This finding supports the idea that the placebo response is greatly...UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
...ar picture of the lungs' interior, which cannot be seen with conventional techniques. It could benefit millions who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, by allowing doctors to see which parts of the lungs are affected. Hersman has secur...Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...l guidelines. Fifteen of the children had already seen between two and seven consultants at the time of referral. Seven parents were subsequently unhappy with the choice of investigations and requested other procedures for which there was no accepted indication. Two families had their requests granted th...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...an event coinciding with numerous fragments of ice seen breaking off from the centre of its coastward side as the iceberg was worked loose. Now prevailing currents are transporting it into deeper and out of McMurdo Sound, right past the far end of the Drygalski ice tongue. The latest Envisat satellite im...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...senile plaques and tangles in the brain, which are seen upon autopsy. These senile plaques contain beta amyloid protein, a protein that is formed in the brain and other cells throughout the body but, for reasons that are not entirely clear, seems to accumulate in the brain of Alzheimer's victims rather th...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...hind ill health and reduce the health inequalities seen within and between countries, states an article in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Under-5 mortality varies from 316 per 1000 live births in Sierra Leone to 3 per 1000 livebirths in Iceland and 5 per 1000 in Japan. Differences in adult mortality amo...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...d the behaviour of 431 active injection drug users seen between December 2003 and June 2004 as part of a separate study on injection drug users in Vancouver. 90 reported that all, most, or some of their injections were at the safer injection facility. 49 reported syringe sharing during this same period. B...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
..., but across medical audiences as a whole. CVD is seen as a 'male disease' by the general public and, sin...ons without the artificial representation so often seen in clinical trials", says Professor Priori. "We have all the data at our fingertips and can reasses...Specialist care gives better rate of survival
...that only a minority of heart failure patients are seen in specialty heart failure clinics where it has be...p visits for cardiovascular care, 24 per cent were seen by a family doctor alone, one per cent by a specialist and 42 per cent by both a family physician an...Aspirin's potential ability to prevent colon polyps may not apply equally to all
... more tablets per week that benefit was primarily seen in participants with variant forms of the enzyme known as UGT1A6. Among participants with the most common form of the enzyme, the improvement in risk was not statistically significant. As in previous studies, the higher the intake of aspirin, the gr...Balance and better interactions between primary-care and specialist physicians improve US health
... impact communities because more patients would be seen by specialists and would be more likely to receive unnecessary tests and procedures. The researchers report that, in the United States, the boundaries between the roles of specialists and primary-care physicians are blurred. In countries other than ...Researchers say breast cancer in Africa may provide clues to the disease in African-Americans
...en in Europe and North America. The mortality rate seen among women in sub-Saharan Africa is disproportion...ces may cause the younger age distribution that is seen among these patient populations to persist."...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
...s are more prevalent in media that is likely to be seen or used by African Americans. In short, south Los Angeles seemed to fit the profile we needed." The sub-sample that reported drinking in the previous 90 days (n=297) was 88 percent African American, 72 percent male, and 35 percent unemployed. Compa...