Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
... psychological factors are known to have a role in this condition, only 13 families accepted referral to psychological services. In 12, a significant degree of family conflict/dysfunction and a lack of insight into the consequences of parental behaviour on illness pattern were evident. Eleven of these ch...Aloe vera: Natural, home remedy treats canker and cold sores
...believe a number of patients will be interested in this inexpensive alternative." Aloe vera accelerates healing and reduces pain associated with canker sores, which are blisters on the lips or mouth. Aloe vera does not have a bad taste or sting when applied. The journal article, written by Richard L. Wyn...... higher the 1-OHPG, the higher was the 8-OHdG. And this held true even after adjusting for smoking or mode of transport to work. The authors conclude that traffic fumes boost oxygen free radical activity and therefore DNA damage, and that environmental levels should be curbed to protect people's health....Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
...n promoting quality of care. "However, to fulfill this leadership role effectively, QIOs will need to find ways to integrate physicians and hospital senior management more fully into QIO quality improvement initiatives," the authors conclude....TB Alliance announces new drug discovery program with GlaxoSmithKline
...bust and dynamic drug pipeline. The compounds from this discovery program may attack the bacillus in new ways, overcoming resistant strains and speeding time to cure. The TB Alliance's objective is to develop an entirely new therapeutic regimen that will shorten and simplify treatment. A shorter TB regim...Strengths and failings of U.S. health care 'system' are driven by embedded vested interests
...onsorship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this special issue of JHSB--titled "Health and Health ...ldren, many do not have access to or cannot afford this health care. The JHSB articles shed historical and contemporary light on some of the reasons behind ...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
... to other alcohol-related diseases. The results of this study appear in the April 2005 issue of Liver Tran...n light of the shortage of donor organs. To offset this risk, it is common practice to establish a 6 month period of abstinence from alcohol before listing ...Donor age has no affect on long-term liver transplant survival
...vival, but had no long-term effect. The results of this study appear in the April 2005 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS). The journal is published on behalf of ...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...flown on ESA's ERS-2 in 1995. The newest member of this family of atmospheric spectrometers is called GOME-2. Due to launch aboard the MetOp satellite next year, it will be dedicated to operational ozone monitoring. Into the future, Professor Burrows and his team have also proposed the Geostationary Scan...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...ropean Union. The Northern View recently extended this service to the Southern Ocean for the first time, to ensure that participants in the Oryx Quest 2005 yacht race stayed safely away from icebergs and ice fields. This year also sees the launch of CryoSat, a dedicated ice-watching mission designed to ...Storage time and temperature effects nutrients in spinach
...up to look nice." The Penn State researcher noted this action is not effective because the nutrient loss ...he Department of Food Science provided funding for this project....College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...fatal injuries among college students, and whether this figure is changing over time." The researchers conclude that greater enforcement of the legal drinking age of 21 and zero tolerance laws, increases in alcohol taxes, and wider implementation of screening and counseling programs, and comprehensive com...Physicists find patterns within seemingly random events of physiological systems
...ng industry for research physicists, findings from this BU group increasingly wed phenomena associated with the inanimate world to those of animate beings -- finding commonalities between stock markets fluctuations, earthquakes, and heart rates, for example, or discovering similarities in mice, men, and o...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
... autopsy. "This is the first time anyone has tried this novel approach using a biomimetic polymer to fight... most current drugs designed to treat Alzheimer's, this compound attempts to target one of the underlying causes of the disease rather than just the symptom...Diagnostic test for range of blood disorders on the horizon
...er of blood disorders, reporting their findings in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Myeloproliferative disorders form a range of haematological malignant diseases, with three main members: polycythaemia vera, essential thrombocythaemia, and idiopathic myelofibrosis. The disorders are characterised by over...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...ty School of Medicine have discovered. Identifying this protein's role opens the door for stopping the spread of this deadly cancer-the second most common cancer type in the United States. The work, which appears in th...Patient with drug-resistant form of HIV identified
...d development of AIDS, reporting their findings in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The patient is a New Y... resistant viruses. However, the unique feature of this report is the combination of these two features multidrug resistance and rapid clinical course to A...Men with severe sleep breathing disorder have higher risk of heart problems
...diovascular events, concludes a study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Obstructive sleep apno...ding factors. Dr Marin concludes: "The results of this large, long-term, prospective controlled study suggest that in untreated men with severe obstructive...Public policy should address the social factors behind ill health
...within and between countries, states an article in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Under-5 mortality vari...e live and work are as important. As a response to this challenge WHO is launching an independent Commission on Social Determinants of Health, which will re......upuncture was superior to stabilising exercises in this study, they conclude....