Inadequate housing may contribute to poor health in immigrant farmworker families
...detailed data and can serve as a starting point in changing policy on migrant worker housing and educating farmworker families how to mitigate the detrimental effects of poor housing quality." Previous research on housing quality in general has found that it is an important determinant of health. Crowding and...Researchers identify potential targets for new pain therapies
...u believes it might have a role in chronic pain by changing the proteins present in the spinal cord and influencing neurons to report pain even in the absence of a painful stimulus....Cinnamon, cloves improve insulin function, lower risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease
...s per day lowered risk factors of diabetes without changing HDL concentration suggest strongly that cloves are beneficial for people with type 2 diabetes. Co-authors of the study in addition to Dr. Khan and Dr. Anderson are Dr. Syed Saceed Qadir, Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan, and Dr. Khan Na...Finding a better way to quiet noisy environments
...forward' noise cancellation signals and adaptively changing them in the presence of acoustic coupling," de Callafon said. "This has been a really complicated problem to solve and we think the approach we've taken will have a significant impact on the field."...Chaos=Order: Physicists make baffling discovery
...manipulating parameters within the systems such as changing pendulum length. The researchers say that their work is novel because it involves changing externally applied forces. Thus, they believe, their findings might have potential in the real worl...Bone resorption cells offer drug targets for osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and more
...ferent effects on the osteoclasts, suggesting that changing the protease inhibitor being given might diminish bone loss, or that patients on protease inhibitor drugs may need to take antiosteoporosis drugs as well. Cortisone-induced osteoporosis in transplant recipients, asthma, lupus, inflammatory diseases a...Special education data provide misleading trends of changing autism prevalence
...because the figures are "hopelessly confounded" by changing and uneven identification and reporting practices among schools and states. At issue, says Shattuck, is the practice of "diagnostic substitution," where educators, over time, have increasingly applied the autism label to children who, in the past, w...Transition to menopause associated with new onset of depressive symptoms
...data indicate that transition to menopause and its changing hormonal milieu are strongly associated with both new onset of high depressive symptoms and new onset of diagnosed depressive disorders in women with no history of depression. Further follow-up study is needed to determine the extent to which these ...Weekly religious attendance nearly as effective as statins and exercise in extending life
... religious behavior, and there is no evidence that changing religious attendance causes a change in health outcomes. However, these findings contribute to the growing body of scientific literature examining the associations between religious attendance and health," he said....5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
...l retailer and an economic turnaround. In 2002, a changing business and competitive landscape forced online travel agency Travelocity to shift its current business model due to losses in both revenue and market share. In order to thrive in a new business environment and regain share, Travelocity needed to be...March/April 2006 Annals of Family Medicine Tip Sheet
... focus on the critical role of primary care in the changing health care system to meet patient and population needs, rather than focus on meeting the needs of physicians. They also point out other advantages to collaboration, including enhanced opportunities for trainees, more meaningful primary care researc...Genes and environment interact to promote cancer
...or body that activates or silences a gene without changing its fundamental genetic code. The chemical or event mobilizes groups of molecules, called methyl or acetyl groups, to attach to the control region of a gene and alter its usual activity. Such stealth changes often occur during embryonic or fetal deve...Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
...d from the water surface. This shift occurs due to changing relative velocities, experienced in everyday life in the way the pitch of a siren on a passing ambulance goes up as it approaches, then goes down as the vehicle recedes away. This 'Doppler Effect' also serves as the basis of police speed-measuring ra...Researchers find better prostate cancer indicators
...hat DNA hypermethylation (DNA modification without changing sequence) plays a significant role in these processes. Results of their study were published in the Feb. 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. "This is good news in an area where our ability to diagnose and predict has previously been less than stel...World Water Day: Space tool aids fight for clean drinking water
... and current altimeters for monitoring the Earth's changing inland water resources. Professor Philippa A. Be...expected to launch in 2009, is designed to measure changing ice fields, but it will also contribute to monitoring water resources by acquiring samples of data f...Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers
Scientists have confirmed that climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, according to an article published in the Journal of Glaciology. Using radar altimeter data from ESA's ERS-1 and ERS-2, Jay Zwally, a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Cen...Mood affects young and old differently, study finds
...hnology. The study, which offers a window into the changing nature of the aging mind and the way it handles emotion and information, appears in the latest edition of the journal Psychology and Aging. Researchers from Georgia Tech's School of Psychology's Adult Development lab examined how younger and older ad...Drinking pink liquid may lead to a black tongue
...but early recognition, appropriate treatments, and changing drug regimens can eliminate them," explains Dr. DeRossi. He notes that, as the population ages and more drugs become available, patients can expect to encounter additional oral side effects from medications. "A dentist can help, both in diagnosing d...Salt substitute significantly reduces hypertension amongst rural Chinese
... each year." Professor Neal added. The benefits of changing dietary salt intake demonstrated in this study would extend directly to most other countries worldwide. High blood pressure is a leading cause of death the world over and widespread lowering of dietary sodium intake would produce huge health gains. U...... and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells. By changing the shapes of gold nanospheres into cylindrical go...e being destroyed. Now, they've discovered that by changing the spheres into rods, they can lower the frequency to which the nanoparticles respond from the visi...