Space sentinels track desertification on Mediterranean shores
... as highlighting any relevant land use change, the view from space can reveal increased surface reflectivity, temperature, dryness and dustiness. Infrared sensors can be used to detect vegetation stress from environmental changes. During the lifetime of DesertWatch, data gathered from multiple spacecraft...Data suggest ADDERALL XR significantly improved simulated driving in young adults with ADHD
... STISIM, a computer simulator with a wide field of view created by three 25-inch monitors, at 2, 7 and 12 hours after taking medication. The STISIM was designed to assess critical driving skills, including situation awareness, hazard perception, risk assessment and decision-making under time pressure. ...Satellite view highlights Europe's changing landscape
...ices based on satellite data. "From ESA's side we view this as a process which is more pulled by the users than pushed by technology. There is almost no end to the possibilities within the technology, so we focus on first developing services in the fields with the greatest demand", says Oliver Arino of E...OHSU unique in broadbased teaching of new breast exam recommendations
...ement. Visit http://CAonline.AmCancerSoc.org/ to view the complete report....Heart attack, stroke risk overlooked in diabetics
...ital, Dr. Johnson said. "There is a 'glucocentric' view of diabetes, and our study shows that people with Type 2 diabetes are not being optimally managed for their cardiovascular risk." "Seventy per cent of people with Type 2 diabetes die of heart attack and stroke. If we keep paying attention to blood su...New study to use electronic medical records to improve care of patients with diabetes
...mat. The EMR system allows a doctor to access and view patients' medical records electronically through a...on-support within the EMR will allow physicians to view all of the important measures in all of their diabetic patients and, with a click of a button, updat...Rehabilitation professionals in nationwide survey cite barriers to assistive technology transfer
...o participate more fully in society. Click here to view Sally Gammon's presentation, relevant fact sheets, bios and other information about the (BATTS) survey http://goodshepherdrehab.org/news-events/technology-survey/ ....CT with multiplanar reconstruction gives new perspective on complex ankle fractures
... reconstruction provides a clear multi-dimensional view of tibial triplane fractures of the ankle--a view that alters what is found in many medical textbooks and changes the way physicians understand these ...Getting the fluid balance right in malaria
...ed as was previously thought. "This challenges the view that dehydration is a major contributor to the pathology of this frequently lethal disease," says Nick White (Mahidol University, Thailand), who was not involved in the study. Until now, research efforts have been hampered because scientists did not ...Errors in medicine: The patient's perspective
...e have the first steps toward a more comprehensive view of this territory." The study found that patients were more likely to report being harmed psychologically and emotionally than physically, suggesting that the current preoccupation of the patient safety movement with adverse drug events and sur...Circumcised newborns respond best to anesthetic relief
... appropriate from a cultural or religious point of view to use pain relief medication during circumcision. "In the U.S., the consensus among rabbis is that local anesthesia can be used," says Rabbi Moshe Tendler, Ph.D., a professor of medical ethics and biology at Yeshiva University in New York, and chair...Study: Brain battles itself over short-term rewards, long-term goals
...re said. The finding supports the growing view among economists that psychological factors other than pure reasoning often drive people's decisions. "Our emotional brain has a hard time imagining the future, even though our logical brain clearly sees the future consequences of our curren...New survey reveals treatment goals of people with schizophrenia
...f what schizophrenia patients and their physicians view as primary treatment goals." Dr. Diamond spoke today at the American Medical Association's 23rd Annual Science Reporters Conference in Washington D.C. In the schizophrenia treatment goals survey, physicians and people with stable schizophrenia both ...People are of 'two minds' on moral judgments
...that their results provide "strong support for the view that both 'cognitive' and emotional processes play...They wrote that their results "suggest a synthetic view of moral judgment that acknowledges the crucial roles played by both emotion and 'cognition'." Josh...Length of stay for inpatient medical rehab decreasing, efficiency increasing; death rate on the rise
... setting, and mortality. This goal is important in view of the introduction of a prospective payment system for inpatient medical rehabilitation by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in January 2002. Our findings provide a baseline with which to compare future LOS, effectiveness, efficiency, mortal...Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
...mportant as scientists and public health officials view birds as a primary reservoir of influenza A virus, strains of which can sometimes jump species to infect other animals, including humans. According to Kawaoka, it's known that avian strains of the virus have slightly different receptors - key protein...BIDMC PatientSite portal to study ways to improve patient quality of life
...tion renewals, appointments and referrals, and can view their own electronic medical record, including medications, allergies and test results, radiology reports and electrocardiograms. Patients will answer questions about their symptoms in an e-mail message through PatientSite one week before a schedu...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...tutions with an operational mandate. The wide-area view granted by Envisat and other Earth Observation satellites represents a crucial capability for GMES, but it relies on integrating data from many sources and multi-disciplinary fields. GMES is being enlarged on a modular basis, the session heard, and ...Envisat Symposium day one: Steady symphony of Europe's largest satellite
...cceed Envisat. Achache concluded by stressing his view that even as individual missions multiply, easily available data and inter-operable data standards will be required to allow Earth Observation applications to grow to their full potential: "We will need open and operable systems a principle I have c...Minorities worry public health system won't respond fairly in a bioterrorist event
...event, African-Americans and Asians adhere to this view in smaller proportions, perhaps because of past discriminatory policies put in place by health officials, according to a new UCLA study. The findings will be published in late September in Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice...