It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
... seats that represent the number of people who are likely to benefit from a screening test or a medication o...will be better for the reflection and debate it is likely to stimulate among scientists and policy-makers. ...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
... who were involved in preschool programs were more likely to finish high school, attend four-year colleges and have health insurance coverage, and less likely to be arrested for a felony, be incarcerated or develop depressive symptoms. For example, the presc...Why women get more migraines than men
...nitor the estrous cycle in the female mice, so its likely we sampled from different estrous phases in different animals, Charles said. Yet we still found a consistent difference in the CSD threshold between males and females. Our results suggest that the female brain has an intrinsic excitability that predi...Many heart attack patients still not getting emergency clot-busting treatment
...ticularly some of the at-risk subgroups still less likely to receive reperfusion therapy despite eligibility...mptoms of heart attack were less than one-third as likely as those with chest pain to get emergency reperfusion treatment. Patients who waited six or more hou...European heat waves double in length since 1880
...he devastating 2003 event in western Europe, are a likely sign of global warming; one that perhaps began as .... The authors note that temperature records were likely overestimated in the past, when thermometers were not kept in modern Stevenson screens, which are in...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
...d those with an hereditary condition that makes it likely they will require repeated treatments because of continual development of RCCs....AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...Students with symptoms of sleep disorders are more likely to receive poor grades in classes such as math, re...ke up for it by sleeping late on weekends are more likely to perform poorly in the classroom. This is because, on weekends, they are waking up at a time that...Medical residents score poorly in diagnosing and managing tuberculosis
...ed person develops TB-related symptoms and is more likely to infect others, were answered correctly (with a ...sicians training at urban medical centers are most likely to be the first point of contact for people with previously undiagnosed TB. Karakousis says large ...Medical residents unclear about TB guidelines
...s physicians training at urban medical centers are likely to be the first point of contact for patients with previously undiagnosed TB, it is important that they are properly trained in spotting and treating this infectious disease. We cannot be sure that lack of tuberculosis knowledge leads to poor manag...National quality agenda, payment reform, care integration keys to improving quality, patient safety
...ers and health information exchange networks. This likely stems from the recognition that almost everybody stands to benefit from widespread use of health information technology. The survey of leading health care experts with a diverse range of professional and ideological perspectives is the eleventh in ...Africa: International volunteer impact small, but significant
...national health volunteers, especially doctors, is likely to increase." The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies 36 countries with critical human resource shortages in sub-Saharan Africa. Development work has shifted focus towards long-term partnerships and local recruitment, and many western count...Science steps in to discover wonders of Toe-tankhamun
...700 years, said Jacky. The Cairo toe is the most likely of the two to be functional as it is articulated a..., the Greville Chester toe does not bend and so is likely to have been more cosmetic. The Human Performance Laboratory will use state-of-the-art technology ...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...the payment structure for health care services are likely to lead to real improvements in quality and the most likely to lead to savings in the health system, according to the analysis. Early evidence from pay-for-per...Obese girls less likely to attend college
AUSTIN, Texas -- Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according to... The study also shows obese girls are even less likely to enter college if they attend a high school where obesity is relatively uncommon. The findings app...U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
...toxicity problems, a Portmanteau Inhibitor is less likely to develop resistance from the virus because of its multifaceted approach. Most importantly, research found that the separate components of the drug did not interfere with each other while attacking HIV. One drug is not durable. It develops resista...Should adult male circumcision be recommended for HIV prevention in the US?
...h is prone to bias. Adult male circumcision will likely have the largest impact in populations where circu...ials, Sullivan and colleagues conclude that "it is likely that circumcision will decrease the probability of a man acquiring HIV via penilevaginal sex with an...UGA study explains why anti-smoking ads backfire or succeed
...ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light up. Fortunately, some are successful, and...said. And that makes sense because people are more likely to listen to what their close peers say rather than what the media says. Evidence that anti-smokin...Low hospital staff levels increase infection rates
...e were lower numbers of nurses, patients were more likely to catch pneumonia six days or more after being placed on a ventilator. This suggests that bacteria are transferred between patients, or from one site to another in the same patient. This could be due to short-staffed nurses having less time to f...Stroke in nonvascular atrial fibrillation -- anti-coagulants better than anti-platelet therapy
...ugs such as aspirin that make blood platelets less likely to bind together and trigger a clot. In standard medical practice, anticoagulants are often given to people with AF who are at high risk of strokes, while anti-platelet treatments are offered to people at lower risk. A team of Cochrane Researcher...... droughts. "Predicting when and where floods are likely to happen is becoming more and more important," Geoff Pegram of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, said. "Although we cannot prevent floods, we can anticipate them and hopefully get people out of the way. This brings hydrology into the 21...