Satellite survey enhances knowledge of Tuscan landslides
... A workshop for current and potential Italian SLAM users is due to take place on 5 May at ESRIN, ESA's esta...rtimento della Protezione Civile, DPC). Local end users are the environmental and soil conservation division of the Campania region around Naples (Regione C...Professionalism and professional ethics in medicine
...ative attitudes toward HIV-infected injection drug users affected the patient's exposure to highly active a...itudes toward injection drug users. Injection drug users who were cared for by physicians with negative attitudes had a significantly lower rate of exposure ...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...needle-exchange programs argue that supplying drug users with clean needles sends the wrong message. But a...e opponents are really conveying to injecting drug users (IDUs): "We know a way to dramatically cut your chances of contracting a deadly disease, then spread...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
... GMM images are routinely provided to a variety of users including the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ice Centre, responsible for tracking icebergs worldwide. ASAR imagery is also being used operationally to track icebergs in the Arctic by the Northern View and ICEMON c...Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users
...jection facility in September 2003. Injection drug users in the facility can access sterile injecting equip...xamined the behaviour of 431 active injection drug users seen between December 2003 and June 2004 as part of a separate study on injection drug users in Vanc...Doctor suggested cannabis for pain relief, says one in six medicinal users in the UKMUHC study
... or article about cannabis. 19 per cent were prior users or had found out its benefits by accident and 16 p...d their doctor had suggested it. The majority of users (82 per cent) smoked the drug. Other methods included eating it (43 per cent) and making cannabis te...Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...d in human studies, could help explain why chronic users go on long binges with the illicit drug, also know...to attack methamphetamine in such a way that makes users inclined to use more of the drug, the researchers say. Their study, which paints a clearer picture o...New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...uired by first responders. To aid decision making, users can specify the role they are currently performing at the scene of an incident, and WISER organizes the critical information in a sequence most relevant to a first responder on-the-scene, a Hazmat specialist, or an emergency medical specialist (EMS)....AACC and The Endocrine Society partner to promote patient education
...ting is only one piece of a larger puzzle that our users are interested in. That's why we include literally thousands of links to other credible web sites like The Hormone Foundation." In 1997, The Endocrine Society established The Hormone Foundation as a leading source of hormone-related information for...CAS science spotlight identifies most requested article
... 2002 was the scientific article most requested by users of CAS electronic services during 2004, according to CAS's Science Spotlight web service. Three co-authors of the paper--Prof. Stefan Matile, Dr. Naomi Sakai, both from the University of Geneva, Switzerland and Dr. Gopal Das, currently affiliated wi...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...udy of 16 young men who were habitual spit tobacco users measured their responses 30 minutes after dipping ...these results have implications both for long-term users and for individuals with established heart disease. "The degree of speeding up of heart rate and inc...Study examines consequences of Thailand's 'war on drugs'
...rding to their study, 70 percent of injection drug users surveyed said they stopped using heroin after the ...r findings indicate the many of the injection drug users switched to taking methamphetamine and other drugs when heroin became more expensive and harder to o...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...delivery." The study shows that patients and other users are rarely consulted in any meaningful way about development and implementation, and it is often assumed that the needs of NHS service providers and of patients are the same. Professor May said: "Instead of involvement, we found abundant studies - of...Study examines harm reduction among injection drug users
Nearly half of injection drug users disposed of their used syringes safely, yet only 2...fe sources, according to a study of injection drug users in Baltimore, Md., conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. ...Regular cannabis may increase risk of stroke in young users
Regular users of cannabis could be putting themselves at risk of... cardiovascular system, suggests that recreational users of cannabis should be told more about the potential risks to their health. "The therapeutic potentia...Using the internet's power and anonymity to reduce problem drinking
...r drinking." Hester said the DCU program can help users decide whether or not they want to change their drinking, and to consider what goals of change whether stopping or cutting back might be most helpful if they do decide to change. "In our clinical trial," said Hester, "heavy drinkers increased thei...Changing trends in herbal supplement use
...lined during the study period. Overall, supplement users were older, more likely to be female (59.9 vs. 55.5 percent) and white (80.7 vs. 75.6 percent). The use of lutein, a component of multivitamin products, increased in both men and women, with a prevalence of 0.3 percent, 0.5 percent, 6.6 percent, and ...Marijuana use affects blood flow in brain even after abstinence
... in Baltimore, Md. The study involved 54 marijuana users and 18 control subjects. The marijuana users volunteered to take part in a month-long inpatient program. The blood flow velocity in brain arterie...Bone density returns when teens stop using Depo Provera, Group Health study finds
...ty loss at the hip and spine, they also found that users experienced significant gains after they quit usin... years. During that period, 61 of the Depo-Provera users stopped using the drug, allowing the scientists to see how their bone density changed once they disc...Bone density appears to recover after adolescents discontinue injected contraceptive
...the contraceptive. The researchers found that DMPA users had a greater reduction in bone density findings t...that these bone density losses seen among the DMPA users occurred at a pace similar to those experienced by women progressing through menopause. Once the wom...