It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
..., 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 on the rates. It was the score and match attendance that mattered. "These analyses suggest that assault may not be the ...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ues find that nearly one quarter of blacks and one third of Latinos prefer that their personal physician is of their same race or ethnicity. In turn, those patients who have racial preferences for their physicians are more likely to rate their physician highly if they are in a race-concordant relationship....Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
... with reduced blood supply to the heart muscle. A third group had stable angina, chest pain that occurs with physical or mental stress, which is not usually related to plaque rupture. Clear OCT images of the suspicious lesions were obtained for 20 heart attack patients, 20 with ACS and 17 with stable ang...Oral bacteria may predict pregnancy outcomes
...cterial levels in the saliva of 297 women in their third trimester of pregnancy. They found that a higher salivary level of the bacteria called Actinomyces naeslundii Genospecies2 (A. naeslundii gsp2) is associated with low birth weight and preterm delivery, while higher levels of the bacteria Lactobacillu...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
...study how people move them together to explore the third dimension. "By tracking both eyes, we can measure the angle between them and calculate not only the direction, but also the distance to objects in the world," Pelz says. "This lets us identify the point in 3-D space where they are paying attention i...New technique shows promise for improved straightening of crooked nose
...ers improved outcomes for straightening the middle third of the nose, a difficult to manage deformity, acco...rchives journals. Straightening the crooked middle third of the nose, a deformity that compromises both appearance and the airway, can be a significant recon...WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
...undertake an exercise programme whilst in bed. The third will receive a nutritional supplement throughout the 60 days. For the 20 days prior to the bed rest period, the test subjects will take part in the collection of baseline data. During the 20 days following the bed-rest period they will undergo simil...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...ndition among children under the age of 15 and the third leading cause of hospitalization in this age group...condary treatment, and 40 percent who took it as a third line treatment. "Pediatric patients who were prescribed nebulized ICS earlier in treatment had a l...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...ne A, steroids and azathioprine. By the end of the third month following transplant, azathioprine was stopped and prednisone was progressively tapered over the first year. Follow-up periods ranged from 14 to 155 months, with a mean of 99.2 months. After their transplants, 14 patients resumed alcohol consum...Acupuncture relieves pelvic pain during pregnancy
...eived standard treatment plus acupuncture, and the third received standard treatment plus stabilising exercises to improve mobility and strength. Pain levels were recorded every morning and evening using a recognised scale and all women were assessed by an independent examiner at the end of the treatment ...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
...iour therapy to 1.54 million patients, more than a third of the adults in the UK with depression or mixed anxiety depression. Despite some limitations, this analysis highlights the scale of resources expended in this area. The results indicate that development of psychological therapies is a feasible alter...New thrust needed to tackle health inequalities globally says UCL scientist
...ies in health across the world there is need for a third major thrust that is complementary to development of health systems and relief of poverty: to take action on the social determinants of health. Such action will include relief of poverty but it will have thebroader aim of improving the circumstances ...Doctor suggested cannabis for pain relief, says one in six medicinal users in the UKMUHC study
...ng cannabis for medical purposes, with more than a third (35 per cent) saying that they used it six or seven days a week. The majority (68 per cent) said that it made their symptoms much better. "The results of our UK survey, including the extent of use and reported effects, lend support to the further dev...Stroke awareness low among women, especially minorities
...cent were of other ethnicities. The survey was the third conducted since 1997 to assess trends in awareness...f heart disease and stroke, the nation's first and third leading causes of death. Questions covered knowledge of stroke warning signs, risk, prevention and ...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
... the presence of cancer before treatment. About a third of men with abnormal tests had a prostatic biopsy ...ardless of PSA levels, biopsy found cancer about a third of the time. The majority of men with cancer had localized cancers. About ten percent had more seri...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
... conducted by annual questionnaires, except in the third year when participants attended a clinical follow-up visit. "Because of its large size and broad representation of women from across the United States, this cohort provides an opportunity to determine whether the association of white blood cell count...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...walk with their primary therapist on the first and third day, and weekly thereafter, until discharge. A second therapist walked with the patient on the second day. Each test showed acceptable reliability and high inter-test correlations in assessing walking fitness following stroke. The 12-minute walk test...Steady rise in HIV among heterosexuals in the UK
...er who was infected outside Europe, while nearly a third had a partner infected in Europe (including the United Kingdom). For 8% (153), the partner's country of infection was not established. Figures may underestimate true numbers as voluntary surveillance systems are subject to under-reporting. The autho...Study examines lessons learned at Africa's first public antiretroviral treatment clinic
...ructure. Botswana's high rates of HIV--more than a third of its adult population is infected--make it a prime candidate for publicly available ARV treatment. Africa's first public ARV clinic opened in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city, in January of 2002, and was immediately inundated with patients, some o......ntal care, particularly for the disadvantaged. His third area of research is on effective public health and professional interventions to promote oral health and prevent dental diseases. He currently holds research grants that integrate these three areas of research into a research agenda addressing dental...