Children in the South face higher health risks
...licy and Evaluation Research. "But we were able to apply epidemiological principles to assess, clarify and ...aluated children as a group, so the findings don't apply to any single child's risk. And overall, most American kids are quite healthy. "Generally, children ...Review shows male circumcision protects female partners from HIV and other STDs
...ision for all men, and whether or not the benefits apply to transmission from females to males only, or to females from men as well. However, early indications are dramatic and, if proven, one case of HIV disease could be prevented through circumcising anywhere from 15 to 60 males." Male Circumcision and...Medical research must put public interests before commercial decisions, warns pharmaceutical faculty
...cine are bound by the same ethical standards which apply to all doctors, regardless of whether they are working for a company, regulatory body or academic institution" he adds. "Our guidance clearly places the doctor's responsibility to patients and society ahead of their allegiance to an individual employ...Air ambulance research identifies best intubation method
...the chance of success by almost fourfold, may also apply to other types of pre-hospital care. "Having solid...intubation. The authors said that the findings may apply to other types of pre-hospital care, including ground ambulances, depending on the experience of the...Three Pitt 'teacher-scholars' honored by NSF with CAREER awards
...leading killers in the United States. He will then apply the technique of optimization to construct a particular set of therapies. The broader impacts of the research will be felt directly by thousands of end-stage liver disease patients, and indirectly by millions more through significant improvements in ...Awards totaling $6.2 million to create major genetic testing lab at University of Iowa
...ion, glaucoma and other heritable eye diseases; to apply improved understanding of disease mechanisms to the prevention of vision loss in the majority of people at risk, as well as to the development of effective treatments for those already affected; and to deliver the most advanced medical, surgical, reh...Researchers provide dose of education to lower blood pressure
...th high blood pressure, so both can understand and apply the benefits of being on a diuretic and controlling hypertension," said ALLHAT principal investigator Barry R. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., professor of biostatistics and director of the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials at the UT School of Public Healt...UQ Australian of the Year will continue to fight for women's health
...r Frazer on his award and praised his intention to apply it for the good of women worldwide. "UQ is honoured to have Ian Frazer working with us as Director of the Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research. "He demonstrates beautifully how long-term, meticulous research can lead to remarkable developments f...Influenza pandemic will pose tough choices for use of mechanical ventilation
...s so that, in a crisis, a mechanism is in place to apply the best science we have to make the best use of the available resources. Although our plan is not definitive, we hope it will serve as the starting point for a discussion that needs to be had."...Pay cuts lead to worker insomnia, but supervisor training helps
...nounced. Greenberg said he believes these results apply for other sources of job-related stress, not just pay cuts. That means other types of stress also may cause physical symptoms, such as insomnia, and that proper supervisor training may minimize those effects. Greenberg said he plans to test his theo...Study sets new gold standard for initial antiretroviral treatment of HIV infection
.... Gallant cautions that the latest results may not apply to those patients already on zidovudine-lamivudine therapy and experiencing no problems. However, he points out that after the first year of the study, expected to continue for another two years, data already show early evidence of lipoatrophy (fat ...University of Toronto-led ethics network to help guide Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative
.... Just as the Grand Challenges initiative aims to apply enormous energy and resources to solve key scientific challenges in global health, we aim to find innovative and constructive approaches to the ethical, social and cultural issues," says Peter Singer, MD, Director of U of T's Joint Centre for Bioethi...Nurses' research proves mother knows best when taking temp
...on upon us, this change in practice could not only apply to patients in a hospital setting, but to parents tending to sick children. To get the most accurate temperature reading as possible, Quatrara suggests not participating in any activities that may change body or mouth temperature, such as exercise, ...Penn State selected for DHS National Visualization Team
...and other data. The Penn State research team will apply its unique perspectives on geospatial and temporal information, combined with its expertise in other areas, to develop strategies for exploiting the where and when components of a variety of information, thus enabling analysts to anticipate, prevent ...Soy phytoestrogens may block estrogen effects
...t," said Wood. However, he said the study may not apply to premenopausal women, who have higher and more dynamic hormone levels, or to women taking combined hormone therapy with an estrogen and a progestin. The senior investigator of the study was J. Mark Cline, D.V.M., Ph.D. Other researchers involved in...Obesity in middle age linked to higher risk of hospitalization and death in older age
...rsening obesity epidemic. The real challenge is to apply the extensive knowledge already gained in the practice of medical care and public health for the benefit of individuals and society," the researchers conclude....Genes' influence on common drugs may affect health-care quality, cost
...ts' acceptance of the genetic testing necessary to apply pharmacogenetics to family care practice. "The primary-care physician is the main advocate for the patient and who patients will look to for advice about pharmacogenetics testing," Voora says. "The way they handle pharmacogenetic information can alle...Doctors at UVA health system search for new treatments for diabetic kidney disease
...0's," Okusa said. "Why not take these concepts and apply them to treat chronic kidney disease?" Key members of the Okusa lab at UVa, including Dr. Alaa Awad and Mrs. Liping Huang, have found that adenosine drugs can prevent some of the most serious symptoms of diabetic kidney disease. "In our laboratory re...Ethnic minority groups must be included in European health research
... risk have not been designed to yield results that apply to different ethnic groups, report Meghna Ranganathan and Raj Bhopal (of Edinburgh University) in a new study in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine. To ensure that the results of research studies can be applied to everyone ...Bipolar disorder more common than expected in hospitalized adolescents
...DS mania rating scale. This study is the first to apply the K-SADS mania rating scale with patients "off the street" (i.e., not selected for the study). The authors screened all adolescent admissions to Bradley Hospital regardless if they had a history of mania. Prior research studies using this scale on ...