Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
...progresses. The results support previous studies linking heat waves with increased death rates, especially amongst the elderly. However this is the first investigation into whether heat wave intensity and duration have any effects on general health. Many heat-related diseases may be preventable with adeq...Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
...ter through training in creativity and leadership, linking with industry, developing collaborative networks and routes to better exploitation. The competition required candidates to present their project proposals creatively and offered the opportunity to demonstrate their ability not only to lead far-reac...When minority patients have insurance and a medical home, their health care improves
... 2006 survey of more than 2,830 adults, shows that linking minority patients with a health care setting that offers timely, well-organized care where they can routinely seek physicians and medical advice can help them better manage chronic conditions and obtain critical preventive care services. According...How to lose weight and not go hungry: HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
...or synthesizing a peptide (a peptide is a compound linking two or more amino acids) which can serve as an analog to the naturally occurring aMSH hormone. They were able to demonstrate that their peptide, which they call BL-3020, displayed good metabolic stability to intestinal enzymes when swallowed, and tha...Cedars-Sinai researchers present new endocrine findings at 2 international conferences
...esearch in the field including innovative insights linking the pituitary gland to the understanding of systemic illness, mental disorders and the aging process, advances in subcellular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of pituitary disorders, and the publication of new data reflecting long term medical treatmen...Small infants have greater survival rate in high level intensive care facilities
...1 to 2000. They calculated newborn death rates by linking birth certificates, hospital discharge abstracts, and fetal and infant death certificates. Despite the increased survival rate for very low birth weight infants in large, high-level NICUs, the researchers found that an increasing number of high-r...Studies show role of age, gender, race and weight on cancer risk and treatment
...ditions, but evidence has not yet been established linking obesity to precancerous lesions in the colon called polyps. This study evaluated the effect of gender and obesity on the prevalence of colorectal polyps in a diverse population. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated for 581 patients enrolled in t...Smoking and sleep top the list of lifestyle factors impacting oral health
...tant to keep these in mind as the body of evidence linking oral disease with systemic diseases continues to grow because ultimately these lifestyle factors might impact a patient's overall health."...Mid-life headaches may increase risk of vision problems
...findings are also consistent with a previous study linking both migraine and retinopathy with the occurrence of stroke." ...History of migraines associated with increased risk of retinopathy
...indings are also consistent with previous studies linking migraine and retinopathy with the occurrence of stroke....New research disproves belief that group psychotherapy extends the lives of cancer patients
...earch review that there is no compelling evidence linking psychotherapy or support groups with survival among cancer patients. "We all wish that psychotherapy could prolong life, because it appeals so strongly to firmly-rooted notions that a person should be able to control their destiny," says lead autho...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
... still need to build up the kind of basic research linking social and natural science that can be used to provide sound support for decisions about adaptation." Researchers from IGBP's network of Earth system scientists who authored chapters of the IPCC WG2 report have this to say about adaptation to clim...Kennedy Krieger Institute launches first national online autism registry
...tes on current and future research studies. By linking parents and researchers, the IAN project aims to organize and mobilize autism research efforts in hopes of achieving results similar to the leukemia community, said Dr. Gary Goldstein, President and CEO of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Thirty years...Addiction breakthrough may lead to new treatments
...ely to self-administer cocaine intravenously, thus linking impulsive behaviour with drug addiction vulnerability. Dr Dalley's research, funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, demonstrates that the changes in dopamine receptors and impulsivity pre-date drug use and do not emerge as...Insulating houses improves health and well-being
...from other housing studies, should inform policies linking housing investment to impacts on health, they conclude.......ks is irradiated, the hooks grab on to each other, linking the disks into little, two-dimensional "patches" t...rm and depends largely on the solvent in which the linking reaction takes place. The researchers used this method to produce capsules with diameters ranging fr...Psychosocial factors associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers
...write. "Inflammation may be a mechanistic pathway linking psychosocial factors to cardiovascular disease." Nalini Ranjit, Ph.D., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues used data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, a study of 6,814 men and women who were between the ages of 45 ...Hospital death rate study reveals wide variations
...illnesses and adds to the growing body of evidence linking hospital death rates with nurse staffing levels" says Professor Alison Tierney, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. "Its observations about the nursing skill mix and use of care protocols is particularly relevant and we hope that hos...Hybrid molecule causes cancer cells to self-destruct
..., for short. The team created a hybrid molecule by linking ManNAc with butyrate. The hybrid easily penetrates a cell's surface, then is split apart by enzymes inside the cell. Once inside the cell, ManNAc is processed into another sugar known as sialic acid that plays key roles in cancer biology, while butyr......lin resistance might be developed if the mechanism linking GCK and IRS2 can be determined. However, in an accompanying commentary, Gordon Weir and Susan Bonner-Weir from the Joslin Diabetes Center remind us that before we develop new therapeutics "it is essential that glucose signals involved in beta-cell re...