Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
...jury costs and to enhanced fire safety. The study stressed the importance of programs that minimize emergency calls, prevent accidental fires, and reduce the incidents of arson. It also calls for early detection of fires using smoke detectors as well as improved on scene command procedures to locate firefigh...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...its normal job of keeping the skin intact. Khavari stressed that all this work took place using human cells. "Cancer processes are very different in humans and mice," Khavari said. If they'd found these results in mouse cells, the group would still need to prove that the fragment is relevant for humans. By st...USC dental researchers develop first test for predicting cavities in children
...uld administer the test, Navazesh said, though she stressed any test would not be a substitute for proper dental care. "This is not a test to diagnose caries. This is a test that can be used to evaluate susceptibility and risk," she said. "If we can identify those people that are at risk and put in place prev...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
... ethical reasons," he added. The Hippocratic Oath stressed commitment to the patient and the patient's good -- an important and still meaningful part of today's modern physician oaths -- but it did not promote a patient's autonomy or rights. "So much of medical ethics today takes seriously patient autonomy,...'Broken heart' syndrome: Real, potentially deadly but recovery quick
...nce imaging (MRI) scans confirmed that none of the stressed patients had suffered irreversible muscle damage. ...rt appearance and a car accident. Eighteen of the stressed patients were female, between the age of 27 and 87, with a median age of 63. The results were then ...Special imaging study shows failing hearts are 'energy starved'
...lar-level measurements of the CK supply in normal, stressed and failing human hearts. Other team members include Robert G. Weiss, M.D., and Gary Gerstenblith, M.D., both in the Cardiology Division of the Hopkins Department of Medicine. For the study, the researchers used an MRI device that combines conventi...New system may help babies avoid brain damage
...horribly false sense of security. "A baby that is stressed early on would raise his heart rate," Dr. Devoe says. "But as the stress period becomes more intense, the baby's ability to sustain that heart rate goes down. It's like a runner. Initially, your heart rate goes up because you are trying to deliver mo...Chamomile tea: New evidence supports health benefits
For centuries, people whove felt sick or stressed have tried drinking chamomile tea as a medicinal cure-all. Now, researchers in England have found new evidence that the popular herbal tea may actually help relieve a wide range of health ailments, including colds and menstrual cramps. Their study is...Day-long drivers at risk of cardiovascular problems as a result of traffic pollution
... and a more variable heart rhythm. But the authors stressed that "answering the question, which of these sub-sources was causing the effects, would require a larger number of subjects or targeted toxicological studies". Extended inhalation of motor vehicle-related air pollution is known to increase daily deat...Stressed mice quicker to get skin cancer
...weeks later. By 21 weeks of testing, 14 of the 40 stressed mice had at least one tumor, and two non-stressed mice had tumors. Most tumors were squamous cell skin cancers, also known as non-melanoma cancers, but which have the potential to spread to other parts of the body. Chronic stress is known to suppr...'Fatally flawed' legal analysis will not stand
...ttal, intellectual property expert Michael Carroll stressed that the NIH proposed policy is "completely consistent with the scope of NIH's license and mission," and labeled the APS analysis a "fatally flawed house of cards." Serving as adviser to the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, Carroll is an expert on inte...Marine sponge leads researchers to immune system regulator
...f some kind. It may be produced by cells that are stressed -- damaged by an infection or transformed into cancer cells. Then it alerts the immune system to the presence of cells in trouble." Activating NKT cells may be particularly valuable for preventing or treating cancers that spread to the liver, where ...Health issues may affect grandmothers who are primary caregivers
...grandmothers told us that no matter how tired, how stressed or how challenged they were with the care of their grandchildren, they would do anything possible to provide the best outcome for these children," said Musil. Participants also supported the theory that there is strength in numbers, by attributing a...Physically fit children appear to do better in classroom, researchers say
...r than sedentary children, he said. Hillman -- who stressed the preliminary nature of their findings -- said the research team is analyzing data for three related studies and plans to present a symposium on their findings next spring in Chicago during the national convention of The American Alliance of Health...Envisat Symposium report day 4: Assistance from space to combat hazards and natural disasters
...harter as a 'good start' in operational terms, and stressed the need for regular exchanges of information between emergency managers and space scientists, to spread the word about what Earth Observation can do. Echoing Monday's declaration from ESA's Jos Achache, Earth Observation Programmes, that "the missi...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...a fusion techniques. Jean-Louis Fellous of IFREMER stressed that research plays multiple roles: "It is a means of defining services and user requirements, and also of making continuous service improvements, validating operational products and services, and research in itself represents a significant user acti...Envisat Symposium day one: Steady symphony of Europe's largest satellite
...ion to measure global ice thickness. Wingham also stressed the increasing utility of radar data in operational sea ice forecasting, and that the data returned on sea ice by Envisat's new (GMM) Global Monitoring Mode are starting to fill holes in our existing models. Hartmut Grassl of the Max Planck Institut...Personality tests could predict doctors' burnout
...it stimulating and exciting, whereas others become stressed and burned out from the heavy workload," said McManus. He continues: "Our study suggests that a knowledge of the personality and learning styles of medical students and doctors may be helpful in allowing individuals to have insight into their strengt...Teacher-training for hospital residents improves medical students' education, UCI study shows
...development for faculty andresidents. The sessions stressed "hands-on" practice, withindividualized, structured feedback by peers and faculty. After a briefdidactic presentation, residents took turns teaching their peers using astructured teaching case designed for each specific module such asgiving feedback,...'Reduced exposure' tobacco products lessen carcinogen exposure, but medicinal nicotine better
...k," the authors conclude. In addition, the authors stressed the need for U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products so that standards can be established for allowable toxin levels. This would allow the public to "be accurately informed about the extent to which they are exposed to tobacc...