MRSA: Political point-scoring over hospital cleanliness ignores the real issue
...sistant Staphlococcus aureus) confuses cleanliness with the real failure in UK hospitals poor hand hygien... fuel arguments over the rising rates of infection with MRSA. Labour has pledged to give 'power to patients' to monitor cleanliness of NHS hospitals, the Co...Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
... increases in greenhouse gas emissions, they said, with over 15 billion tons of carbon released into the a...e or two, chopping it up, lighting it, covering it with dirt, and then hovering around it for two to four days while it becomes charcoal," Kammen said. "It'...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
...d to severe increases in greenhouse gas emissions, with over 15 billion tons of carbon released into the a...e or two, chopping it up, lighting it, covering it with dirt, and then hovering around it for 2-4 days while it becomes charcoal," Kammen said. "It's no sur...More evidence of cannabis-induced psychosis
... the two male subjects experienced their reactions with blood concentrations of 4.7ng/ml and 6.2 ng/ml, respectively. Favrat and colleagues found that both subjects reported severe anxiety and impaired psychomotor functions. Other effects included transient symptoms of derealisation and depersonalisation,...British hospitals need clinical ethicists
... conclusive evidence exists that doctors need help with ethical problems, writes Daniel Sokol of Imperial ...ave shown that ethics consultations are associated with reductions in time spent on ventilators and days in hospital, and that most doctors and nurses who h...Not enough evidence that multivitamins prevent infections in the elderly
...shed online by the BMJ today. Ageing is associated with an increased risk of infection. So, as the number .... Although three studies reported fewer days spent with infection, overall the evidence was weak and conflicting. The evidence does not support a policy re...Wolfowitz is the wrong choice for the World Bank
...n Iraq a development disaster sits uncomfortably with a job whose main role is multilateral internationa... But is this to misjudge Wolfowitz? Does he fit in with the World Bank in a way that is not immediately obvious? Following his reputation as "the leading ne...Study shows promise in identifying kidney failure
...major achievements in treating children and adults with kidney failure, little has changed in the last fou...e was one of the most upregulated in animal models with acute renal disease. The protein product of this gene showed up in urine samples very early after ki...Strategy effective against drug resistant tuberculosis
... tuberculosis includes a short-course chemotherapy with combinations of first-line drugs. There is growing...tuberculosis patients from Southern Mexico treated with DOTS between 1995 and 2000. They found that the incidence of previously untreated, drug-resistant ca...Sexual lifestyles vary among ethnic groups in Britain
...rted an average of five lifetime partners compared with four reported by black Caribbean women, three by b...rences. This study highlights the need for working with communities to develop culturally appropriate approaches to the prevention of STIs that take into ac...New marker for early diagnosis of kidney failure identified
...l (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany) states: "As with any novel biomarker, it is advisable not to genera...he data apply solely to a small number of children with initially normal renal function who developed acute renal failure after cardiothoracic surgery in a ...First head-to-head study to compare lidoderm patch and Celebrex in treating pain
...or Celebrex (celecoxib) 200 mg for pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee experienced improv...tration (FDA) in 1999 to treat the pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic condition resulting from nerve damage caused by shingles. ...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...milar pain relief as oral medications for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) knee pain. The exploratory st...In the study, both treatments were well tolerated, with adverse events reported in eight patients in each group. The most common adverse events were itchin...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...ersity of Maine researchers working in conjunction with colleagues in Japan have found links between infan...iting scholar in the UMaine psychology department, with two Japanese co-researchers have identified several factors in an infant's first few months of life ...Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
...hma usually responds well to treatment, and people with asthma who are well treated can have normal exerci...lly active without the natural anxiety that occurs with dyspnea." For the other patients, the testing revealed several different physical causes of the EID....Study shows soy is well accepted in school lunches
...ool lunch programs. The program is a joint effort with the Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board and Archer Dan...he test included four different entrees: spaghetti with sauce; chili; ravioli; and nuggets. The results showed that the percentage consumed of the soy produ...Hormonal treatment improves survival in high-risk prostate cancer patients
...tment in addition to radiation therapy in patients with high-risk prostate cancer can improve survival rat...ent in high-risk carcinoma of the prostate treated with definitive radiotherapy," said Miljenko V. Pilepich, M.D., a radiation oncologist at the University ...Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows
... drug gabapentin and the opioid morphine, patients with two different types of neuropathic pain experience...during combination treatment than during treatment with either drug alone. "We now have the first clinical evidence that combining these drugs provides bett...UNC study: Most N.C. family practitioners engage in unrecognized community service
...udes. Often, that unpaid service has no connection with where they work and receives no public support fro... medical care," Goldstein said. "We were impressed with what we found in part because it was over and beyond the care physicians give in their practices, as......is formulated and how the decision to trust shifts with experience. In a report in this week's issue of th...sponse in the brain of the trustee that correlated with the intention to increase their trust or investment on the next move. By later rounds, the timing of...