Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
... humans, fish, wildlife, and other biota are being adversely affected by exposure to methylmercury? Afternoon sessions of special interest: mercury in dental amalgam: health, environmental and management aspects; mercury contamination and native peoples: cultural, social, ecological and human health; and mod...For men, catheter type makes a huge difference in urinary infection risk, study finds
... "This is one of the bread-and-butter issues that adversely affects the safety of many hospitalized patients, and that will affect more of us as the population continues to age," says lead author Sanjay Saint, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Patient Safety Enhancement Program and an associate professor of gener...Multi-tasking adversely affects brain's learning, UCLA psychologists report
... the National Academy of Sciences. "Multi-tasking adversely affects how you learn," said Russell Poldrack, UCL...culus or reading Shakespeare, will be particularly adversely affected by multi-tasking, Poldrack said. The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imagi...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, green chemistry breakthroughs
... progressing slowly, if at all, and is unlikely to adversely affect its use in treating resistant pathogens in the future. Evelyn Ellis-Grosse, Ph.D., was assistant vice president, cardiovascular/infectious disease, at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. She received a Ph.D. in biopharmaceutics from Auburn University i...Mayo clinic finds aspirin, other NSAIDs, may prevent or delay enlarged prostate
... problems with daytime urinary frequency. All this adversely affects men's quality of life." According to Dr. Lieber, middle-aged people commonly take an NSAID in over-the-counter or prescription form to prevent heart disease or reduce arthritis symptoms. "Our study suggests that one potential unintend...Reducing contrast material injection in elderly patients can lower cost of exam and risks
...se and rate of contrast material injection without adversely affecting the degree of contrast enhancement in elderly patients," said Dr. Itoh. The study included 112 patients, ranging from 23-80 years old who had known or suspected pancreatobiliary disease who were split into three groups (60 years old or yo...Upgrading donor lung quality to improve availability
... was to increase the lung procurement rate without adversely affecting the overall survival rate of lung transplant recipients. Luis F. Angel, M.D., of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and 12 associates reviewed data from 7...Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide
...to induce death of the smooth muscle cells without adversely affecting the viability of the endothelial cells. "We discovered that endothelial cells must be present and be able to generate NO via nitric oxide synthase [NOS3] -- in order for CO to induce the death of the smooth muscle cells and reverse the s...Study adds to links between sleep loss and diabetes
...cose control in subjects who already have diabetes adversely affected by too little sleep or poor sleep? "Our findings suggest, at least in this study population, that short or poor sleep is associated with decreased blood-sugar control in patients who already have diabetes," she said. "The growing tendenc...Stroke survivors and caregivers to benefit from Kent State study
...nges--and the stress experienced by caregivers can adversely affect the stroke survivor's quality of life. While stroke can happen at any time in life, older adults are the most affected population, and their spouses often shoulder the brunt of care-giving responsibilities. Kent State University researchers ...Use of antibiotic to treat infectious eye disease trachoma may increase risk for reinfection
...ineffective for long-term trachoma control and may adversely affect disease prevalence over time. While the 'F' and 'E' components of the SAFE program will need to be evaluated for their efficacy in decreasing rates of active trachoma and infection, a vaccine will likely be needed for long-term control," the a...Exposures to the insecticide chlorpyrifos in pregnancy adversely affect child development
...that, "By identifying environmental exposures that adversely effect fetal development and also affect children's ability to learn, the research provides new opportunities for prevention. However, protection of children's health and development would be best served by thorough testing of chemicals before they a...Women need not wait to conceive after breast cancer
...after completion of their treatment is unlikely to adversely affect their survival, they conclude.......nd a 94 percent decrease in medication errors that adversely impacted patient outcomes. "This regulation will have a significant positive impact on the practice of pharmacy in California by enabling pharmacists to spend more time in direct patient care activities designed to improve medication safety," sai...New fat, same old problem with an added twist?
...o diabetes. Furthermore, like trans fat, it still adversely depressed the beneficial HDL-cholesterol. Published online in Nutrition and Metabolism ( http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com ), the study demonstrates that an interesterified fat--(a modified fat that includes hydrogenation followed by rearrangem...Daily use of antidepressants associated with increased risk of fracture in older adults
...results suggest that BMD and falls may be affected adversely by daily SSRI use but that fracture rates remain elevated despite adjustment for these two risk factors, indicating that other pathways, such as impaired bone quality leading to reduced bone strength, may be of particular relevance," the authors conc...Texas A&M study proves pollution from China And India affecting world's weather
...s indisputable evidence that man-made pollution is adversely affecting the storm track over the Pacific Ocean, a major weather event in the northern hemisphere during winter. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA. Zhang says the culprit is easy to detect: pollution from industri...Aga Khan University team discover which patients keep on taking their medicine
...ger age, poor awareness, and symptomatic treatment adversely affected adherence to antihypertensive medication in this population. In contrast, mono-therapy reduced adherence (and the larger the number of pills, the greater the adherence), whereas psychosocial factors such as depression showed no association. ...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
...The large-scale movement of people away from areas adversely affected by climate change and by other environmental and socioeconomic stresses is also a form of adaptation. Each of these options has environmental consequences that must be carefully evaluated before they are implemented. The larger the adaptatio...Researchers urge caution in using ESAs for cancer-related anemia
... concerns that ESAs could in certain circumstances adversely affect survival in cancer patients and have led to speculation that these agents may enhance thrombosis, tumor growth, and neovascularization." The ESAs darbepoetin alfa (Aranesp) and epoetin alfa (Epogen and Procrit) are genetically engineered for...