Leading causes of blindness for blacks and whites different
... April issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology , a theme issue on blindness, and one of the JAMA/Archives journals. AMD is a disorder of the retina that affects mostly older people and causes gradual vision loss. Cataracts are caused by increasing opacity in the lens of the eye, and glaucoma is damage to ...Eye disorder that can cause blindness is high among people with type 1 diabetes mellitus
... April issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology , a theme issue on blindness, and one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to the article, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common eye complication associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). The retina is the light-collecting layer of cells at the back ...Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration projected to increase substantially by 2020
... April issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology , a theme issue on blindness, and one of the JAMA/Archives journals. AMD is a disorder of the retina (the light-sensitive layer of cells at the back of the eye) that can cause gradual vision loss, and is the leading cause of blindness among European-descended ...Approximately one-third of people older than 40 have vision disturbances
... April issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology , a theme issue on blindness, and one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Refractive errors prevent the eyes from focusing correctly and cause blurry vision. Myopia (nearsightedness) and hyperopia (farsightedness) are examples of specific types of refractive error...Prevalence of cataracts expected to increase substantially in coming decades
...he April issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology, a theme issue on blindness, and one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to information in the article, cataract is the leading cause of blindness in the world today and is also the leading cause of vision loss in the United States, responsible for about...Urgent action required to prevent 500k deaths/yr worldwide from pregnancy-related causes
...neglected global public-health catastrophes-is the theme for the first issue of THE LANCET in 2004. A mini-series highlighting the key global challenges for maternal health, a research article and the journal's editorial join forces to help put the unnecessary pregnancy-related complications and deaths of ...Evidence that neurons prune only 'twigs' to rewire themselves
...'ve concluded from these findings that the overall theme of this area of the brain is stability, and that these dendrites are not undergoing large-scale changes under natural conditions, even in response to changes in their environment," said Katz. "My own view is that there is a large backbone of stabilit...Children are happy with toys or candy at Halloween
...kin men, large glow-in-the-dark insects, Halloween theme stickers and pencils, half the children chose the toys. "This finding may reassure adults that children will not be disappointed by non-candy treats," said Marlene Schwartz, associate research scientist in the Department of Psychology and principal ...Couch potato lifestyle takes a big bite out of health
This year the theme of the National Health Education Week on October 20-26 is "Physical Activity - every step counts." In support of this the Oregon Research Institute scientists urge people of all ages to get moving. "Let's face it American adults are overweight, Ame...Chemical & Engineering News 80th anniversary issue highlights periodic table
... cause disease and pollute our rivers. This is the theme of a special issue of Chemical & Engineering News , due out Sept. 8, which also celebrates the 80th anniversary of the newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The issue will include 89 essays on the ent...Concerns over national policy on infertility treatment
... We should be wary of making reproduction a major theme in our national politics, he warns. As long as people have reliable information and decision makers are accountable for the reasonableness of their decisions, why should there be national policy?...Nanomedicine: Grounds for optimism and a call for papers
...he closing date for submissions is Dec 31, 2003. A theme issue of the journal is being planned for the spring of 2004.'...Physicians' emotional responses to patients' deaths increase with care length, says Pitt
...his week's issue of The British Medical Journal, a theme issue entitled "What is a Good Death?" Previous studies have shown that physicians, particularly those who are younger and less experienced, often feel sadness and even guilt over the death of a patient. The University of Pittsburgh researchers, work...Nine chosen to receive funding for geriatric social work research
...ss. Race and minority issues are also a prominent theme in the scholars' research projects, with the scholars looking at aging issues related to Korean, Japanese, African American, and Latino older adults. In addition to completing their research project, the nine scholars will participate in institut...NPSF Patient Safety Congress looks at safety from nine points of view
...ssociation, and a member ofthe NPSF board. The theme of this year's meeting is "Let's Get Results" and theemphasis will be on presenting solutions and methods to improve thesafety of patients. The Congress will feature educational tracks onemployers/workforce, health plan, hospitals & nursing, medi...Market potential exists for superconductivity in medical, energy, transportation sectors
...port to be released in Houston on Aug. 8. With the theme Superconductors in the Marketplace, the 2002 Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC2002) http://www.ascinc.org/ , to be held Aug. 4 9 in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center, will feature top scientists, engineers, and industrial lea...The link between medicine, science and art
...The piece is part of her series created around the theme of breast cancer. They were painted with the inten.... Mcfarlanes 25 oil paintings plus drawings on the theme of breast cancer in a unique touring art exhibition. One critic states, The exhibition offers a new...Playful therapy garments for children receive patent
...ar wrote. It could also be that "the bug superhero theme helped to organize Matthew by focusing his session...m in a play situation," Haar reported. "The Batman theme created by Bryan kept him wanting to wear the garment even though he had to work harder when he was ...Treatment guidelines for HIV infection announced by international panel of AIDS experts
...en to start therapy. Reported in the special AIDS theme issue (July 10) of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the recommendations represent the consensus of a 17- member expert panel. The international panel of AIDS specialists was first convened in 1995 with the mission of developing treat......disease, stroke and other major organ damage. "The theme of the grant is that environmental stress, particu...ished investigators all working around the central theme of stress and the resources necessary to conduct our earlier studies which provided the foundation f...