Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...ccesses, failures, and challenges for the future," comments Dr. Foley. "For example, improvements in survival expectations and increased use of fistulas for hemodialysis represent progress. In contrast, ever-increasing numbers of new patients with ESRD tend to suggest that preventive care and health policy pr...Some women benefit more from exercise when emphasis is on health, not appearance
... an instructor who emphasized appearance by making comments about how the exercise would tone their legs or ot...of women that we thought would be sensitive to the comments made by instructors. The study's results appear in a recent issue of the journal Psychology of Spo...Obesity linked to hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease
...henomenon was never studied in patients with CKD," comments lead author Dr Csaba P. Kovesdy, of Salem VA Medical Center, in Salem, Va. "Since both obesity and hyperparathyroidism are very complex problems in CKD, establishing an association between the two is important because of potential prognostic and the...Study reveals gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children
....A.P.P., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, comments on the study by Lee and colleagues. Strong proponents of immunization will likely object to the concept of universally recommended vaccines ranked on their relative merits. Nonetheless, that position fails to acknowledge the implicit prioritization...Early-morning Friday classes may prevent students from getting sloppy on 'thirsty Thursdays'
...rtying. However, this recommendation was based on comments made by college administrators and students, not empirical data. This study, said Wood, is the first to look at the timing of classes on Friday, the day of the week on which drinking occurred, and to assess students in this way for several years. ...Access to alcohol among middle school children
...rom being their childs primary source of alcohol." comments the lead author. ...New perspective on brain function now possible
...a much higher richness of detail than previously," comments Professor Christer Halldin of Karolinska Institutet. "And thanks to the new tracer, we will be able to explore an entirely new neurotransmission system through high-resolution imaging."...A pioneering system allows autistic children to communicate with their environment
...SC@UT includes a speaker which transmits the users comments to the listener. Less aggressive Prof. Caas Delgado states that when communication improves, disruptive behaviour in disabled children decreases. Consequently, the use of that display could also diminish aggressiveness in autistic children. Man...New long-term data analyses for Bifeprunox show favorable effects vs. placebo
...nagement of the illness presents many challenges," comments Daniel Casey, M.D., Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University. "Clinicians need new treatment options to help patients manage schizophrenia over the long term." A synopsis of abstracts containing bifeprunox data pres...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
... sessions run by mental health staff so that their comments could be used to make any further improvements to the major incident plan and identify any ongoing staff support that was needed. Guscott doubts whether the Royal Darwin would have handled the second bombing as effectively without the lessons lear...Elsevier launches the Clinics on ScienceDirect
...eatures and functionalities ScienceDirect offers," comments James Tonna, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Americas Elsevier. ...ACE inhibitors help preserve kidney function in IgA nephropathy
... renal replacement therapy in patients with IgAN," comments Dr. Rosanna Coppo of Regina Margherita Hospital in Turin, Italy, lead author of the new study. In the European cooperative study (supported by EU Community), 66 children and young adults with early-stage IgAN were randomly assigned to treatment wit...Low physical activity can improve fitness levels for sedentary, overweight postmenopausal women
...l School, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, comments on the study concerning physical activity levels and fitness. "Although the trial by Church et al shows a linear dose-response relation between physical activity and improvements in physical fitness, with benefit observed beginning at 72 minutes a ...Pediatricians and pathologists see traumatic brain injury differently
...working on a follow-up evaluation of the free text comments from the pediatricians and pathologists surveyed comparing the two groups. "This field [child abuse detection] is new enough that the science is exploding exponentially. As any field takes off, questions arise. As we learn more about what doctors w...Elsevier partners with Rice Science
...onker, Elsevier Publisher of Agricultural Sciences comments This exciting partnership enhances our well-established agriculture portfolio and has been the result of close collaboration with colleagues in our Beijing office and with representatives of the China National Rice Research Institute, to achieve our ...No data to support leaving small colon polyps in place
...lonography, the AGA Institute offers the following comments regarding the study by Pickhardt et al published in Cancer on the cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography and the impact of not reporting diminutive lesions. To date, there are no long-term, adequately controlled st...Physicians should be able to review performance rates before release
...sted, the physician should be permitted to include comments adjacent to the disputed rating in the public report. 9. Payers should provide a central source for collecting, monitoring, and analyzing all inquiries and requests for reconsideration in order to enhance accountability, ensure that concerns are...Global Fund must fund salaries of health workers to deliver HIV, TB and malaria treatments
...no health professionals to deliver them. "Recent comments from the inside of the Global Fund," say Gorik Ooms (Medecins Sans Frontières, Belgium) and colleagues, "suggest an intention to focus more on the three diseases, and to leave the strengthening of health systems and the support to the health workforc...Study suggests use of stem cell transplantation is beneficial treatment of type 1 diabetes
...versity of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, comments on the study on type 1 diabetes and stem cell transplantation. "This study by Voltarelli et al is the first of what likely will be many attempts at cellular therapy to interdict the type 1 DM disease process. Other approaches under consideration in......file" experts in the field; and "Points of View" comments from leading scientists. The journal web site is updated weekly with new content, and features a WIKI and an "Ask the Expert" section. http://www.eurekalert.org/jrnls/acs/index.php?page=chemicalbiology Mark Your Calendars On the Horizon: AC...