Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...tions for the treatment of typhoid particularly in areas where drug resistance is a major problem. The results are published today in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Enteric fever, of which typhoid fever is the most common form, is a major disease affecting the developing world, where sanitary conditio...Smoking may interfere with alcoholics' neurocognitive recovery during abstinence
...oholics demonstrate poorer performance in multiple areas of cognitive functioning than non-smokers when the...r level of recovery than smoking alcoholics in the areas of mental efficiency, higher-level reasoning and problem-solving, visual-spatial processing skills, ...Millennium development goals: Are we on track?
...ity of hunger by better measuring and highlighting areas making limited progress, promoting innovations in programming, and integrating mainstream lessons from successful action in humanitarian settings (saving lives and reducing acute malnutrition) into development interventions. Development efforts can a...A new direction: Integrating best-practices to improve food responses
...well outlines emerging best-practice standards for areas including information systems, analytical tools, and strategic targeting. Information systems are essential for converting program planning to an analysis-driven process rather than a resource-driven process, notes Maxwell, who is also an associate...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
...conomy of this region, which includes metropolitan areas such as Rome, Paris and Barcelona, said Jeremy Pal...interest because it is one of the most susceptible areas to climate changes - both climatically and socially. "In the global warming scenario, there is mor...Weill Cornell Medical College announces gifts totaling $400M
...ch programs (bench-to-patient), focused on several areas -- obesity, diabetes and metabolic disorders; cardiovascular diseases; neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders and aging; cancer; global health and infectious diseases; children's health; molecular therapeutics; and reproductive and regenera...Catastrophic events can affect a person's sleep
...ruption of day-to-day life can take place in those areas affected by a natural disaster. One of the more r... sleep centers in the affected and the surrounding areas is needed to provide clearer information about changes in sleep complaints after a natural disaster....ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...difficult and dangerous ice conditions, with large areas of thin ice and open water," says Leif Toudal Pede...l instrument, it helped me predict safe and unsafe areas in the sea ice and provide this crucial information to Alain and Dixie in field via the Internationa...ACP supports improved access to information on relative strengths and weaknesses
...ure and the initiation of new research in priority areas where such evidence does not already exist. it should have established processes that ensures that the comparative effectiveness findings developed are accessible in a comprehensive form to all stake holders. Dr. Dale also pointed out that: ...Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review
...s a link between more patients living in wealthier areas and increased levels of malignant melanomas and ba...it came to skin cancer. Women living in affluent areas were 29 per cent more likely than people living in disadvantaged areas to suffer from basal cell car...International Workshop on Cities, Science and Sustainability
...fference to sustainable development in large urban areas in the developing world; and also to connect the knowledge community with those involved in city planning and administration. The initiatives could include (but will not be limited to): access to safe drinking water, sanitation, reducing air pollutio...NIAID releases MDR/XDR Tuberculosis research agenda
... of MDR/XDR TB, the research agenda outlines those areas that need additional attention to enable public he...esearch agenda specifically describes six critical areas where additional investigation is needed to close gaps in our understanding of MDR/XDR TB and to imp...Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
...ded with elevations in BACE, particularly in those areas most affected by the disease. Our findings also shed new light on how the aged brain becomes more vulnerable to AD, since any insult to the brain head injury, stroke, or the mini-strokes called TIAs can set off this process and turn up BACE ac...High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act endorsed by American College of Physicians
... management to physicians in medically-underserved areas to support patient-centered care in a qualified medical home. Based on the PCMH, the proposals medical home model includes: 1) Physicians advocating for their patients to obtain optimal, patient-centered outcomes defined by partnership between the...Heading to Siberia: UH signs agreement with Russian Academy of Sciences
... formal agreement, giving the opportunity for many areas of the university to be involved in research with the Russian Academy. Already partnering with several groups on campus, the Russian Academy is interested, jointly with Novosibirsk State University, in expanding collaborations over a larger spectrum...UK and other European countries should introduce universal childhood hepatitis B vaccination
...migration of hepatitis B-positive individuals from areas of high endemicity. The Review also examines the role of drug users, short- and long-haul travellers, and tattoos and body piercing. The authors say that the advantages of a universal vaccination programme include that it is the most effective me...QBI scientist looks at why stroke causes vision problems
...ation, Professor Mattingley's team showed specific areas of the parietal lobe use signals from motor areas of the brain to integrate each new snapshot of the visual world into a coherent whole. The findin...CIRM awards $3.79 million to Burnham Institute
...M), eliminating overlap in strategic technological areas and maximizing CIRMs investment in San Diegos stem cell research community. The funding will also allow Burnham to expand its training program, offering a series of basic and advanced courses on stem cell techniques for colleagues at SDCRM, the San...Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
... that hospitals had shifted their focus from other areas in order to concentrate on the areas being evaluated for possible increased payments. These findings will add to the national debate ov...MU researchers find mechanisms that may unlock answers to Alzheimer's disease
...on form of dementia among older adults and affects areas of the brain that control memory, judgment, behavior and intelligence. The disease was first discovered more than 100 years ago by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, when he diagnosed a patient who died of a dementia-type illness at age 55. ...