NJIT environmental psychologist offers tips on how elderly can stay home
...cks, perhaps even a key card lock. Install track covers or threshold ramps on both sides of a sliding door. Remove door mats that are worn or slippery. Install one with anti-skid backing....Patients want to know results of their clinical trials
...nion introduced a Clinical Trials Directive. This covers many aspects of running clinical trials in Europe, including improving the reporting of clinical trials. It is hoped that the flow of clinical trial information will improve and guidelines implemented so that patients automatically gain trial results...Newer diabetic meds cost more, but users have fewer hospital visits
...lled in the North Carolina Medicaid program, which covers all medical and prescription costs of its enrollees. All of the participants had Type 2 diabetes and started medications for the disease between July 2001 and December 2003. The enrollees were divided into two groups based on the type of drug their p...Media telebriefing on new census, NIH status report citing dramatic shifts in US aging
...l further redefine aging in the future. The report covers five important areas: growth of the older population, longevity and health, economic characteristics, geographic distribution, social and other characteristics of people 65 and over. Telebriefing Information When: Thursday, March 9, 2006; 10:30-11:30...Dramatic changes in US aging highlighted in new census, NIH report
...ing arrangements and voting patterns). The report covers a wide range of topics and timelines, pulling together data from Census 2000 and previous censuses, nationally representative surveys and recent population projections. In addition to the data compiled by other federal agencies, including the Nationa...Envisat altimeter watches Pacific for cold tongue of La Niña
...n 1991, amassing a continuous 15 year dataset that covers not only the global ocean but also freshwater bodies, land surfaces and the cryosphere. This archive will extend further into the future, with a radar altimeter set to be included on the Sentinel-3 mission planned to support operational oceanography ...Free access to a digital library for developing countries
...g houses. Springer's Environmental Online Library covers a range of publications in topics spanning the uncharted depths of the oceans to the outer reaches of our atmosphere. Springer, one of the founding publishers of OARE, has also made available works on environmental policy identifying how human behav...First long-duration mission for an ESA astronaut onboard the ISS
...the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). This covers the ESA astronaut's flight, taking a crew slot originally planned for a Russian cosmonaut, and is supported by a trilateral understanding between ESA, Roscosmos and NASA....First disease-specific (breast cancer) protein library opens new drug paths
...parties involved," says LaBaer. "While the library covers a broad spectrum of breast cancer-related genes, it is not all inclusive," says LaBaer. "The addition of new genes to this collection, including genes more recently linked to breast cancer and genes more difficult to clone, is an ongoing effort. ...Rutgers College of Nursing professor to study N.J. nurses' work environment
...o rate their work environment. The 14-page survey covers topics including work load, staffing levels and the number of hours they worked. "Currently, the New Jersey State Board of Nursing knows who is licensed in the state but has little information about the licensees," said Project Director Linda Flynn,...Something in the air? ESA service warns asthma sufferers by mobile phone
...ices about their movements. The prototype service covers Central London and Croydon in South London, which is one of the city's largest boroughs by area and the largest by population, with 330 000 inhabitants. The pollution peak shown occurred in the summer, but air quality is a year-round problem. Some o...Infections are a major cause of childhood cancer, study suggests
...gnosed between January 1954 and December 1998. It covers the areas of Southern Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, North West Derbyshire and North Cheshire. The researchers carried out a sophisticated form of statistical analysis for the study, which is the first of its kind. They sought to establish ...US patients with heart failure have better short-term survival rates than Canadian patients
...rp contrast to Canada's single-payer system, which covers most physician and hospital services and prescription medications. Canadian budgetary restraints have resulted in limited access to specialized care, such as invasive cardiac procedures and physician specialists, according to background information ...Prescription drug coverage: An essential service or fringe benefit?
...contradictions of the Canada Health Act is that it covers medically necessary services provided by physician...but when it comes to medically necessary drugs, it covers only those prescribed in hospital. In British Columbia, patients aged 65 years and older are requir...Asthma home intervention cost-effective for inner-city children, research reveals
...ch included buying impermeable mattress and pillow covers for each child. It showed that the statistically significant reductions in sickness and associated health-care use substantially offset the intervention's cost. Expenses arose from administering an allergy skin test, hiring and training high school g...NIAID awards $47 million to develop medical countermeasures against radiological, nuclear threats
...elopment or basic research, the sum of the efforts covers the necessary components to develop medical countermeasures from concept through licensure. Centers for Medical Countermeasures Against Radiation Eight universities or research institutes have received grants to establish Centers for Medical Counte...ACP publishes 'Expert Guide to Sports Medicine'
... book's editors. "Expert Guide to Sports Medicine" covers assessment and management of common musculoskeletal injuries. Other topics include nutrition, the pre-participation screening examination, cardiovascular conditions in athletes, exercise-induced asthma, drugs and supplements, hypo- and hyperthermia i...New study on childhood asthma shows home-based interventions are cost-effective
...side the home. These included allergen-impermeable covers on the child's mattress, box spring and pillows; air purifiers with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters; vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters; and professional pest control. The home-based interventions resulted in significant improv...Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality
...d alternate limb and nadir observations, SCIAMACHY covers the entire world every six days at the equator and more often at high latitudes. This versatile instrument represents a national contribution to ESA's Envisat mission. It was funded by the German government through the German Aerospace Center (DLR),...Many body-conscious teens use supplements to improve physique
...tised in popular health and fitness magazines with covers like "Great abs in 5 minutes a day,'" says Dr. Alison Field, an epidemiologist in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston and the study's first author. "Protein powders are probably relativel...