Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
...chever path Africa takes, he added, "we are saying there are multiple consequences, including preventable d...charcoal in large scale than fossil fuels, because there is a well developed market and you don't need expensive infrastructure like refineries and processin...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
...gy. But whichever path Africa takes, we are saying there are multiple consequences, including preventable d...charcoal in large scale than fossil fuels, because there is a well developed market and you don't need expensive infrastructure like refineries and processin...Not enough evidence that multivitamins prevent infections in the elderly
...rly people in developed nations continues to rise, there has been great interest in the use of supplements to help prevent infections. Researchers identified eight trials evaluating the effect of multivitamin and mineral supplements on infections in elderly people. Although three studies reported fewer day...Strategy effective against drug resistant tuberculosis
...patients were carrying drug resistant strains, and there were no new cases of MDR tuberculosis. However, patients with drug resistant tuberculosis, particularly MDR tuberculosis, had an increased likelihood of treatment failure and death. The authors conclude that additional interventions are needed to imp...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
...esearch. "I am encouraged by these findings since there is a critical need for new approaches 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 ha...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...s promising for patients and their physicians that there are non-systemic therapies being studied for OA pain which 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 ...Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
...sure, such as use of a bronchodilator inhaler, and there are no other asthmatic symptoms, the exercise-indu...ere able to reassure the patients and parents that there was no abnormality and advise the type of cardiovascular conditioning or athletic training that woul...Study shows soy is well accepted in school lunches
...prepared for the study were not as well liked, but there was no difference between the amounts consumed of each. "Children ate less of the meatless nuggets, because the students had strong preconceived notions of the flavor, shape, and size of chicken nuggets," Klein said. "However, the percentage consum...New study in 'Nature' demonstrates protection against cell death during heart attack
...ave not yet died. But when flow is re-established there is a huge burst of reactive oxygen, and that's whe...ent that protects the immune system. Fortunately, there are so-called analogs of cyclosporin that block cyclophilin D but do not affect the immune system. W...It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
... 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 with a nat...Public morally obliged to take part in scientific research, says leading ethicist
...earch should be compelling for anyone who believes there is a moral obligation to help others, and/or a moral obligation to be just and do one's share." "Little can be said to those whose morality is so impoverished that they do not accept either of these two obligations," he says....Study finds that coordinating care of chronically ill patients does not increase liability
...judgment of experts in medical liability, however, there does not appear to be any basis for physicians who perform care coordination to have serious concerns about liability," Hall and his colleagues concluded. Patients with chronic illness are not more likely to sue. Also, courts will not hold primary ......ediction of CHD. Using all studies, they show that there is a very small role for uric acid in the prediction of disease but in the eight studies where all possible confounders had been removed this predictive role was lost. What this paper does not do is directly address the question of whether or ...Suppressing the cells that trigger cat allergy
...ndustrialized countries during recent decades, and there is much debate about exposure to pets in early life and later development of asthma and allergy. Some studies have suggested that keeping pets actually protects against later allergy - i.e., that early exposure may somehow modify an individual's immu...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
... on days when they reported incidents, which shows there is no such thing as 'harmless' name-calling or an ...o go to school and is complaining about headaches, there may be other visits needed than to the doctor's office," Nishina said. "Take their concerns seriousl...... they receive statins," Chalasani suggests. Still, there have been rare reports of significant liver injury associated with statins. Statins are not recommended for patients with active liver disease, though the recommendations for those with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are unclear. This group...Vaccine against childhood pneumonia shows promise
...ainst pneumonia confirmed by chest x-ray. However, there is some uncertainty about the comparability of results because of different methods used in reading radiographs. The Gambian trial had a higher reduction of incidence of radiological pneumonia and is the first to show a reduction in hospital admissio...Benefits of lung cancer screening with CT questioned
...n Cancer Society (ACS). ACS estimates that in 2005 there will be approximately 172,570 new cases of lung ca...ve been lethal over the patient's lifetime. "While there is still reason to hope that early detection of lung cancer with CT may save lives, our results lead...Child care may affect entire community's risks of infection
...lified version of life," Dr. Huang emphasized that there are many factors that can potentially influence a community's level of pneumococcal carriage. "The model provides one hypothesis as to why some communities have a low percent of carriage in young children and other communities have a high percent of ...NIH state-of-the-science panel calls for 'demedicalization' of menopause
...are clearly tied to the menopausal transition, and there is some positive evidence for a menopausal link to...toms with hormones may be inappropriate. Although there is increasing interest in bioidentical or "natural" hormones for treating menopausal symptoms, the p...