Lack of guidelines on kidney stone attacks could put travel workers and passengers at risk
...d major UK supervising and professional bodies and asked them if they issued any formal or informal guidelines for transport staff who could be affected by kidney stone attacks. The UK Civil Aviation Authority was the only civilian body they talked to that had formalised guidelines for managing kidney st...Computer predicts wishes of incapacitated patients better than family or loved ones
... you will come out of the coma. If your doctor had asked whether to try to revive you if your heart stopped beating in this situation, what would you have told the doctor to do?" Analysis of 16 such studies reveals that surrogates accurately predict patients' treatment preferences about 68% of the time. ...On a diet? You'll spend more on impulse purchases
...fects of mental self control in an experiment that asked a group of participants to write down all their th...age of $1.21. Participants who had previously been asked to exercise self-control also bought twice as many items on average as members of the unregulated gr...Obesity and environmental chemicals -- New research probes potential link
...hey doing in the fat as they sit there? Nobody has asked that question yet." Building on research conducted by two of Careys graduate students, the faculty trio will expose laboratory rats to PBDEs through pregnancy and lactation, stages Carey describes as critical windows for exposure. At the molecular...Lectures, Keynoters, Symposia highlight International Dental Research meeting
...eynote Speakers The Scientific Groups have been asked to select a keynote speaker to give an overview of research in that area of expertise. Delegates can benefit from these 30-minute presentations by getting an overall understanding of what is currently being done in other disciplines. Wednesday, Ma...Hot tubs hurt fertility, UCSF study shows
...he basis of repeated exposure to wet heat and were asked to cease that exposure for three or more months. Five of the patients (45 percent) responded favorably to the cessation of heat exposure and had a mean increase in total motile sperm counts of 491 percent after three to six months. This increase was ...Task force recommends greater use of exercise testing in chronic disease
...ber of the ERS task force, Sue Ward said: "We were asked to review the latest developments in this kind of testing and look at the reasons why physicians should be considering it as a diagnostic tool. It does require expensive equipment and trained staff, but our review showed that the benefits for a large...Early sex may lead teens to delinquency, study shows
... rates of delinquency, students in the survey were asked how often in the past year they participated in a variety of delinquent acts, including painting graffiti, deliberately damaging property, stealing, or selling drugs. The study found that youth who had their sexual debut between the first and seco...Use of common pain relievers associated with increased risk of blood pressure in men
...ve a history of high blood pressure. The men were asked in 2000 and again in 2002 about whether and how of...uprofen and naproxen) and aspirin. They were also asked to report if their physician had diagnosed them with hypertension. Over four years of follow-up, 1...Strenuous physical activity associated with lower breast cancer risk
...96. At the beginning of the study, the women were asked about their average participation in moderate (such as brisk walking, golf or volleyball) and strenuous (including swimming laps, aerobics and running) physical activity from high school to their current age and also in the past three years. The wom...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...t enough to justify the label of prehypertension?" asked the study authors. "The increased cardiovascular risk with prehypertension is certainly smaller than the risk associated with having diabetes (158 percent higher risk), but is greater than that associated with smoking (34 percent higher). Since smo...Surgeons with video game skill appear to perform better in simulated surgery skills course
...th Israel Medical Center, New York, and colleagues asked 33 surgeons (21 residents and 12 attending physicians) about their video gameplaying habits, then assessed their performance at the Rosser Top Gun Laparoscopic Skills and Suturing Program, a one-and-a-half day course that scores surgeons on time and ...Doctors test effort that helps people understand health risk information
.... After reading the materials, participants were asked to answer questions testing their ability to interpret medical data. In the low socioeconomic group, 44 percent of those using the primer passed the test, compared to 26 percent of those receiving the general health booklet. The corresponding numbers...Study links attempted suicide with genetic evidence identified in previous suicide research
...er or bipolar II disorder. These subjects were asked whether they had ever attempted suicide and the degree of intent of the most serious attempt. One hundred fifty-four subjects said they had attempted suicide, and 122 stated that they had definite intent. For the purpose of this study, the latter wer...Americans believe global warming is real, want action, but not as a priority
... Using affective-image analysis, Leiserowitz also asked Americans what thoughts or images came to mind when thinking about global warming. Sixty-one percent of their associations fell into just four categories: melting ice in the Arctic; warmer temperatures; impacts on non-human nature; and polar ozone ho...Fixed versus growth intelligence mindsets: Its all in your head, Dweck says
...re was lit under him." Later on, the researchers asked the teachers to single out students who had shown ... being published in nine countries, Dweck has been asked to collaborate on other non-academic projects involving business and sports. "I'm such an egghead," ...Xylitol reduces risk of cavities
...involving 128 children aged 712, the subjects were asked to chew gum three times a day, with a total daily dose of 6.0 grams of xylitol. The amount of plaque and the production of lactic acid declined dramatically during the trial period. After four weeks, the proportion of caries-producing bacteria was ...Vasectomy may put men at risk for type of dementia
...country, the male patient rushed into the room and asked the men sitting there, "OK, guys, how many of you have PPA?" Nine hands went up. "How many of you had a vasectomy?" he demanded next. Eight hands shot up. Weintraub and her team of researchers surveyed 47 men with PPA who were being treated at N...Concentrations of certain toxins in breast milk are low, study finds
...ing for three consecutive mornings. The women were asked to manually express milk into a glass jar and then seal the jar with a provided cap. The researchers also placed air samplers in the living rooms of the women's homes each woman lived in a two-story row home on a busy street. Air samples were collec......he psychosocial stress test. Participants were asked to give five-minute oral presentations as if interviewing for their dream job, focusing on their personal strengths and weaknesses. For the next five minutes, they had to count backwards by 17s from a very high number; every time they made a mistake...