Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
...irewood and charcoal. This is more wood per capita than is used in any other region in the world. However, more than 1.6 million people, primarily women and children, die prematurely each year worldwide (400,000 in su...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
...orm of firewood and charcoal, more wood per capita than any other region in the world. More than 1.6 million people, primarily women and children, die prematurely each year worldwide (400,000 in su...More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis
...sions. They were described by one subject as worse than those experienced after smoking cannabis. One subj...ave been because the THC had been ingested, rather than inhaled; digesting THC may produce potent THC metabolites, which induce psychotic effects. Research ...Wolfowitz is the wrong choice for the World Bank
...ssador to the United Nations, has done little more than reinforce concerns that the current US administration is hell bent on disseminating its political ideology through control of international and non-governmental organisations. This is an abuse of power. Wolfowitz has some merits, but not enough to ju...Strategy effective against drug resistant tuberculosis
...rd of patient care and reduce transmission, rather than fanning the flames of an epidemic of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. It also shows the need for the use of specific treatment for MDR-TB (DOTS-Plus) to prevent the high mortality rate among those carrying this type of tuberculosis." (Quote by e-ma...Sexual lifestyles vary among ethnic groups in Britain
...d substantially lower prevalence of diagnosed STIs than did other groups. White women reported higher levels of risk behaviours than other ethnic groups, but were less likely to report STIs than black Caribbean and black African wome...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
...to managing this type of pain." OA affects more than 20 million Americans annually and generates more than seven million physician visits per year. If left untreated, chronic pain conditions such as OA can ...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...ich may provide future options." OA affects more than 20 million Americans annually and generates more than seven million physician visits per year. If left untreated, chronic pain conditions such as OA can ...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...p period. An infant waking up in a different place than where it went to sleep, Hayes and Fukumizu suggest...regular bedtimes and to have non-parental day care than were those without sleep-related night crying. And preschoolers who typically slept 9.5 to 10.5 hour...Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
...rdiac monitoring used in the UI study takes longer than a simple exercise test, and requires specialized equipment and experience, but it does provides definitive diagnoses. "We get answers, which is what the patients and parents want," he said. In addition to Weinberger, who was senior author on the stud...Study shows soy is well accepted in school lunches
...nsumed the same amount or more of the test product than the usual one, then we can conclude that the produ... 22 percent fewer calories and 43 percent less fat than the meat version," Klein said. "The chili made with soy had 32 percent fewer calories and 20 percent...Hormonal treatment improves survival in high-risk prostate cancer patients
...rate was significantly higher for the adjuvant arm than the observation arm 49 percent to 39 percent, respectively. The local failure rate at ten years for the adjuvant arm was 23 percent and 38 percent for the observation arm and the ten year rates for cancer metastasizing to other parts of the body wer...Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows
...relief at lower doses of a combined drug treatment than from either drug administered individually, a new ... neuropathic pain experienced lower pain intensity than when they received either of the drugs individually. As well, significantly lower doses of gabapenti...UNC study: Most N.C. family practitioners engage in unrecognized community service
...g during medical education," Goldstein said. "More than 85 percent of faculty and community practice famil... academia reported almost 17 different ones. Fewer than half of either group said that their practice or program publicly supported their volunteer work, th...The trust game: Measuring social interaction
...tional magnetic resonance imaging in machines more than 1,500 miles apart. They found that as the interaction continued, the trust response occurred earlier and earlier in the subjects' interchanges until a decision about trust occurred even before the latest interaction was completed. "This study has ...It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
...lso 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 on the rates. It was the score and match attendance that mattered. "These analyses suggest that assault may not be the result of negative factors associated...Late developers may run higher risk of infection than sexually mature younger teens
...tible to high risk sexually transmitted infections than sexually precocious younger teens, suggests resear...y Transmitted Infections . Sexual maturity, rather than age at first sex, seems to be a critical factor. The researchers studied 127 young women from three ...UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...s the tendency for some elderly to wake up earlier than normal ("advanced sleep phase syndrome"), could be...s, which involve changes in gene expression rather than a mutation in a gene. Finally, the potential insights extend beyond those involving sleep. Four of t...International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
...ce." The ExCel research study will follow more than 4,500 postmenopausal women from the U.S., Canada a...ors are associated with fewer serious side effects than tamoxifen, the only other drug available to women for primary breast cancer prevention. "While t......male sexual hormones is greater in overfed animals than in undernourished ones. "It's important to find out the cause of this problem as the early onset of puberty affects a large number of children and can eventually give rise to new reproductive patterns," says Professor Olle Sder, vice coordinator of P...