Predicting danger of flu pandemic rests on differences in affected population, says O.R. Forum
...s aimed at reducing the frequency and intensity of daily contact among people. One example of social distancing is telecommuting to work rather than riding public transportation. Two key findings are (1) early exponential growth of the disease may be dominated by susceptible people who have a great deal of...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
...e projected shift to more severe temperatures, the daily temperatures currently found in the hottest two weeks of the summer instead are found in the coldest two weeks of the summer in the future climate scenario, Diffenbaugh said. "The hottest temperatures we are used to experiencing will become the nor...Late weekend sleep among teens may lead to poor academic performance
...ep in over the weekend, this behavior resets their daily clock to a later time," said Crowley. "This resetting can push back the brain's cue to be awake on Monday morning for school. As a result, teens may feel worse and have poor performance in school at the beginning of the week. Essentially, teenager...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...nges in ice conditions and ice drift thanks to the daily coverage provided by the Envisat ASAR sensor, whic...bined with an automatic data processing system and daily mosaics from the MERIS optical instrument, it helped me predict safe and unsafe areas in the sea ice...How to lose weight and not go hungry: HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
...over a period of 24 hours. Over a 12-day period of daily dosages, the mice weighed 40 percent less than the average for mice of their size and age who were not being given the compound. The peptide has been patented in Europe and the U.S., and a commercial firm, Bioline RX Ltd. of Jerusalem has purchas...Strengthening exercises may slow progression of ALS
... into two groups. All participants were assigned a daily stretching routine, standard for people with ALS. In addition, therapists assigned 13 participants to do moderate strengthening exercises using weights three times a week. Therapists based the weight amounts on individual abilities. Researchers asses...Dating violence and sexual assault associated with suicide attempts among urban teens
...hite). Persistent sadness (feeling sad or hopeless daily for two weeks in a row during the past year) occurred in 40.2 percent of female students and 24.2 percent of male students; also, 19.9 percent of females and 10.3 percent of males reported suicidal ideation [suicidal thoughts or behaviors] or serious...Medicalizing the human condition
...r better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates daily life. Building on more than three decades of research in a new book, Brandeis University sociologist Peter Conrad explores the changing forces driving the medicalization of society through case studies of short stature, shyness, "male menopause," e...Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
... Using a scale from 1 to 4, patients recorded the daily number of mild, moderate, severe, and very severe hot flashes. Researchers found that median hot flash frequency and score decreased between 22 percent to 27 percent in the placebo group, 23 percent to 30 percent in the 300 mg/d group, 32 percent to ...Flaxseed stunts the growth of prostate tumors
...prostate cancer. The men took 30 grams of flaxseed daily for an average of 30 days prior to surgery. Once t...ntrol group, who did not alter or supplement their daily diet. Men in both of the flaxseed groups had the slowest rate of tumor growth, Demark-Wahnefried sai...Herb shows potential to reduce cancer-related fatigue
...ent arms consisted of placebo, and three different daily doses of Wisconsin ginseng -- 750, 1,000 and 2,000 milligrams. Of the four treatment arms, patients receiving the placebo and the lowest dose of ginseng reported very little improvement in fatigue or other areas of physical or psychological well-be...Dasatinib shows high early response rate as first treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
.... Patients receive either 100 mg of dasatinib once daily or 50 mg twice daily. Thirty four patients had b...ponse rates at six months are 54 percent at 400 mg daily and 85 percent for 800 mg daily. However, at 12 months, 72 percent of patients receiving imatinib 40...Treatment outcomes of patients with HIV and tuberculosis
...d 6-month therapy when compared to those receiving daily or longer treatment. The results appear in the ... reoccurrence than those r who took their medicine daily or who were treated for longer periods. The study also found that the use of highly active antiret...Survey shows asthma not controlled in majority of patients
...ma Education and Prevention Program has emphasized daily preventive management as opposed to treating asthma attacks. The objective of the Real-World Evaluation of Asthma Control and Treatment (REACT) study was to assess the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma and the factors associated with the lack of co...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
...me up with something that improves what we do on a daily basis, said Dr. Shou Jiang Tang, assistant professor of internal medicine at UT Southwestern who specializes in therapeutic endoscopic and endoscopic innovations. According to the American College of Gastroenterology, approximately 19 million peopl...Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
...ge breast cancer can be safely delivered in higher daily doses to greatly reduce treatment time. This conc...IMRT, this study examined the delivery of a higher daily dose of radiation over four weeks (versus a lower dose over six to seven weeks). During that same t...Steps needed to reduce smoking in the US
...smokers start before they turn 18, and the rate of daily smoking among high school seniors has hovered around 20 percent for most of the past two decades. Adolescents generally recognize the harmful effects of smoking, but typically overestimate their ability to escape addiction and fail to appreciate ful...What exactly is repetitive strain injury?
...ing symptom relief and improving the activities of daily living. Other treatments such as massage or use of ergonomic keyboards at workstations are also regularly prescribed; however three separate studies into these non-proven techniques did not reduce sick leave in patients who tried them, and so none...Investigational nonstimulant Guanfacine XR significantly improved child, adolescent ADHD symptoms
...l conference add evidence that GXR when dosed once daily may continue to control children's ADHD symptoms f...e NDA provided data on GXR 1 mg to 4 mg taken once daily for the treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD. GXR Yielded Significant Reductions in A...Emory University researchers find persistent and severe asthma associated with obesity
...ergency room visits as well as greater use of both daily controller and as-needed rescue medications. Further, obese patients were less likely to be in asthma remission compared to non-overweight patients. As demonstrated in previous studies, the associations of asthma severity and obesity in this study...