Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...g of nanotechnology applications relative to their impact on development; it was published today by the pres... journal PLoS Medicine. The study also relates the impact of nanotechnologies to the world's eight Millennium Development Goals, agreed in 2000 for achievemen...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...g of nanotechnology applications relative to their impact on development. The nanotechnology applications th...n and control The study also relates the impact of nanotechnologies to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. In 2000, all 189 member sta...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...s suggest that smoking could have a longer-lasting impact on families' health than we had ever realized." Keck School preventive medicine researchers interviewed parents or guardians of 908 Southern California children participating in the USC Children's Health Study, which includes children and teens recru...Probable cause sequences for WTC collapses finalized
...e the buildings were able to withstand the initial impact of the aircraft, the resulting fires that spread through the towers weakened support columns and floors that had fireproofing dislodged by the impacts. This eventually led to collapse as the perimeter columns were pulled inward by the sagging floors ...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
... that the results of this study could also have an impact on medical malpractice litigation, which is often driven by adverse outcomes. "This study finds that adverse outcomes following modest errors in fibrinolytic dosing are often times not caused by the error, but by clinical factors that may contribute ...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
...nderstand factors related to such errors and their impact on patient outcome," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2005;293:1746-1750. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com ) Editor's Note: The ASSENT-2 trial was funded by Boehringer Ingelheim and Genentech Inc., but the sponsors did not provide specific funding fo...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...e participants in the study, there was very little impact of religious belief and reported depression. In ...of alienation, which they hypothesized may have an impact on depression. Because of discrimination and related experiences, African Americans reported higher...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
... includes an editorial on the study and its likely impact on treatment for asthma. "There is no question that use of inhaled corticosteroids or other anti-inflammatory drugs known as anti-leukotrienes are effective -- and necessary -- for patients with moderate or severe asthma, but our findings suggest tha...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
...ty Leeza Gibbons knows how Alzheimer's disease can impact a family. The memory disorder afflicted her grandmother, and her mother lives with it now. Gibbons' strides in spreading awareness about Alzheimer's disease will be honored with the 2005 Public Leadership in Neurology Award during the American Academ...Golfers' yips may be movement disorder
...ctions of muscles in the forearm just prior to the impact of the putter with the ball. The co-contractions were similar to those of task-specific dystonias--or movement disorders--such as writer's cramp and musician's cramp." None of the golfers without yips had evidence for co-contraction. A trend revealed...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...ce the obstetrical outcome and can have a negative impact on mother-child bonding and parenting. Whe...of anxiety experienced in a current pregnancy; the impact of fetal loss on the woman's concept of self, and the role of support groups in helping women throug...Northwestern's cancer genetics program finds gene variants that greatly increase breast cancer risk
... found only in one of every 400 to 800 people. The impact of TGFBR1*6A is shown by the fact that in 2005 more than 14,000 new cases of breast cancers in the US alone may be attributable to TGFBR1*6A. "Most cases of breast, ovarian and colon cancers are caused by damage to the genes that builds up over a l...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...underserved communities, should have a substantial impact on reducing cancer health disparities and the burd...cancer within the next decade. NCI will assess the impact of patient navigators on providing timely quality standard care and encouraging research collaborati...Obesity adds risk of cardiovascular disease in siblings in families with a history of heart problems
...MI. Indeed, obesity was found to have the greatest impact on risk of heart disease in siblings who had multiple risk factors that gave them a high FRS score. In this group with a high FRS score, obese siblings had twice the amount of coronary heart disease as those who were overweight - 40 percent and 20 p...The Neurosciences and Music in Leipzig: Registration boom and over 140 posters
... mental representations; developmental aspects and impact of music on education; neurological disorders and ...of great interest are the sessions focusing on the impact of music on education processes, and development, also in presence of neurological disorders, for ex...Alcohol-impaired driving on the increase, study shows
...ol. Those who do drink and drive tend to deny the impact of alcohol on their driving skills. Also, the survey did not include drivers under the age of 18, who have below-average driving skills and above-average use of alcohol. The authors suggest renewed efforts to deter alcohol-impaired driving, such as ...Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
...idence that mercury at these levels had an adverse impact on cognitive function. "Mercury is a major global public health challenge. Global emissions will continue to increase for the foreseeable future and mercury released in one area can reach people at very great distances. Studies of this type are criti...Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
...till exist; therefore, no data exist regarding the impact of national vs. regional programs. Dorry L. Segev,...evention of a haphazard system that diminishes the impact of this promising approach to the organ shortage," the researchers write. "We believe that KPD shoul...No improvement in overall survival with lymph node removal in treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
...ee survival, which, in turn, may have an important impact on the quality of life of patients with advanced o...second-line chemotherapies might have diluted the impact of systematic lymphadenectomy on the risk of death," the authors write. In an editorial, Setsuko K. ...Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
... be useful as the more rapid treatment because the impact of long-running schizophrenia can cause both patients and family caregivers to stop working. ECT is more available and less expensive than antipsychotics in many developing areas....