News briefs from the journal Chest, July 2005
...on and intensity of exposure to some environmental elements may be related to the development of sarcoidosis, because patients exposed to metal dust at work and at home/hobby were more likely to have pulmonary-only disease. Researchers found that African-Americans' exposure to wood burning and Caucasians' ex...Rice nanophotonics lab gets $3 million training grant
...at are compatible with living systems. Key program elements include a core curriculum for all trainees including research methodology and scientific ethics, the opportunity for participants to work with dual advisors from different departments, internship options at a range of industrial and national laborato...UT Southwestern professor supports development of report cards on hospital infection rates
...fessional societies are working together to define elements for a successful public reporting system. It's not as easy as handing out A's or F's or rating the performance of automobiles or refrigerators, said Dr. Siegel, who served eight years on the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Commit...University of Newcastle upon Tyne to lead UK Stroke Research Network
...ch and clinical care communities. One of the major elements of the network will be to increase the opportunities available for patients to become involved in clinical trials stroke research. Newcastle University Professor and Consultant Stroke Physician at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital, Gary Ford, is the Dire...Experts on global nursing shortage provide recommendations to stem crisis
...A Global Health and Nursing Equity Index including elements such as work conditions, nurse production, inflow/outflow of nurses, nurse/population ratio, and burden of disease. This index can then be used to guide performance assessments, develop practice guidelines, and inform distribution of foreign aid to e...Babies born at night have greater risk of death, study finds
...ths from occurring. If even one or two of the key elements could be identified, that could make a big difference in saving babies' lives." "Time of Birth and the Risk of Neonatal Death," by Jeffrey B. Gould, M.D., M..P.H., of the Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, ...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...th therapy. And yet, another of one the surprising elements of your story is the suggestion that after a natural disaster that inflicts broad trauma, a blanket offer of Western-style mental health therapy may not always be appropriate in other cultures. Was it appropriate in the areas you visited? Why or why ...Sports doping explored during half-day symposium, Aug. 30
...fined as the non-therapeutic use of genes, genetic elements and/or cells that have the capacity to enhance athletic performance, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. Experts believe that these scientific advances, although still experimental, will some day be used by athletes to gain a competitive advan...Polar explorer delivers rare snow-depth data to ESA for CryoSat validation
... line through the terrain that evenly featured the elements specific to the location. The line would usually cover thin ice, pressure ridges and a vast patch of solid ice. Each line was 400 to 500 metres long and we made a snow thickness reading every few meters. We punched our snow probe through the snow cov...Children whose parents smoked are twice as likely to begin smoking between 13 and 21
...esearch professor of social work. Hill said other elements that influenced whether or not adolescents began daily smoking were consistent family monitoring and rules, family bonding or a strong emotional attachment inside the family, and parents not involving children in their own smoking behavior. The late...SCAI, NCQA partner to hold landmark conference on introducing complex medical therapies
...ntegration of data from various data engines, data elements and transmission, verification, and feedback of data. "It's important that we reach some consensus on the data elements, data definitions, and measuring tools. These need to be consistent so we can evaluate operators and institutions objectively. NC...NIAID launches first Phase II trial of a 'global' HIV/AIDS vaccine
...The unique vaccine combines synthetically modified elements of four HIV genes found in subtypes A, B and C of the virus--the subtypes commonly found in Africa, the Americas, Europe and parts of Asia. These subtypes represent about 85 percent of HIV infections worldwide. "This is the first Phase II study of a...Moderate alcohol consumption can act as a 'blood thinner'
...latelets than abstainers, meaning that fewer blood elements cluster to form blood clots. "Yet no one before had looked at whether alcohol affects how easily platelets are activated," he said. "This is important because activated platelets are much stickier than normal ones." In 1971, a total of 5,124 men an...Fewer heart failure patients die when hospitals make efforts to improve care
...ling and his colleagues will soon make the toolkit elements available on the Web at www.acc.org. Meanwhile, the heart attack toolkit and framework for implementing it are now available online at content.onlinejacc.org/content/vol46/10_Suppl_B/ . The research project was funded by unrestricted grants from Ast...Penn psychologists believe 'unit bias' determines the acceptable amount to eat
...unt to eat," Geier said. "There are environmental elements that dramatically affect the choices and quantities of food we consume. This is a fundamental aspect of human food choice, which is seriously understudied considering its mammoth impact on the number of calories we consume every day. "......hown that support from pets may mirror some of the elements of human relationships known to contribute to health. However, conflict between health and pet ownership can arise, say the authors. For instance, it is thought that up to 70% of pet owners would disregard advice to get rid of a pet because of allerg...Many smokers fail to quit after cancer diagnosis
...rgeted interventions have been designed to combine elements of behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy, but only a few studies exist assessing their efficacy. Another shortfall is that these studies, with one exception, target smokers with smoking-related cancers. The common finding was that the healthcare pro...Institute for OneWorld Health receives multimillion dollar grant
...o the Indian regulatory agency in early 2006. "The elements for a sustainable public health solution for VL in India, created and managed by Indians, are coming closer together," stated Victoria Hale, PhD, founder and CEO of OneWorld Health. "Our role is to fortify the arsenal of public health tools. The G...JCI table of contents: December 1, 2005
...tudy is the determination that glial cells are key elements in the direct sensing of glucose. This also proposes the participation of GLUT2 as a hypoglycemic sensor in addition to its more familiar role as a hyperglycemia detector." Glial cells comprise the supportive tissue of the brain but unlike neuronal c......esults are encouraging and intriguing." The common elements in both the ketogenic and Atkins diets are relatively high fat and low carbohydrate foods that alter the body's chemistry. The ketogenic diet mimics some of the effects of starvation, in which the body first uses up glucose and glycogen before burnin...