Katrina survey shows many suffered extreme adversity and show signs of post-traumatic stress
...ent). The agencies and organizations with the lowest proportions rated excellent and the highest proportions rated either poor or very poor were the insurance industry (3.6 percent excellent, 54.8 percent poor or very poor), FEMA (6.4 percent excellent, 47 percent poor or very poor), and the rest of th...Low vitamin E intake during pregnancy can lead to childhood asthma
... to the authors, children born to mothers from the lowest quintile of vitamin E intake were over five times more likely to manifest early persistent asthma than children whose mothers were in the highest quintile. "Our findings suggest that vitamin E has a dual effect on lung function and airway inflammat...Bone mass continues to increase in liver transplant patients, despite early loss
...ore and after transplant found that those with the lowest bone density before transplant showed the most improvement afterwards. It also showed that bone loss immediately following transplant was common and identified several risk factors for post-transplant bone loss. The results of this study appear in ...Dieting danger: Female athletes limiting calories more likely to get stress fractures
...t percentage (94.4 percent) and soccer players the lowest (55.2 percent). All athletes were then monitored for leg pain during one intercollegiate sports season. Of the 76 athletes, 26.3 percent experienced leg pain during the season, all of whom had reported prior leg pain. Athletes who developed stress...Independent evaluation finds GAVI funding to poor countries can boost childhood vaccine coverage
...redistributing its resources to countries with the lowest immunization coverage. "Assessment of the effect of GAVI is important not only because of the alliance's mission and the resources devoted to this effort," write the researchers, "but also because the project represents an important innovation in g...Child Survival Symposium: Urgent action needed to reduce child mortality worldwide by 2015
...d redistribute its resources to countries with the lowest vaccine coverage Speakers at the September 18th meeting include: Richard Horton, Editor of The Lancet Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF Joy Phumaphi, Assistant Director General, WHO For ...Global view shows strong link between kidney cancer, sunlight exposure
...isphere. Clustered at the bottom of the curve with lowest incidence rates were Guam, Indonesia and other equatorial countries on most continents, including many varied equatorial cultures." In addition to UVB, the researchers analyzed cloud cover and intake of calories from animal sources for their associ...Use of helical MDCT better at detecting abnormal airways
...iderably greater in children than in adults, being lowest in patients over 50. In all circumstances, we try to limit the radiation dose by using the lowest exposure factors consistent with good image quality," he said....Arctic summer ice anomaly shocks scientists
...itnessed reductions in the minimum ice extent the lowest amount of ice recorded in the area annually at the end of summer from around 8 million km in the early 1980s to the historic minimum of less than 5.5 million km in 2005, changes widely viewed as a consequence of greenhouse warming. Satellite obser...Can a vitamin alleviate chronic, progressive multiple sclerosis?
...Mice with the greatest neurologic deficits had the lowest levels of NAD in their spinal cord, and those with the mildest deficits had the highest NAD levels. Mice that had higher levels of an enzyme that converts nicotinamide to NAD (known as Wlds mice) responded best to treatment. Moreover, nicotinamide ...High levels of lipoprotein(a) in women associated with increased risk for cardiovascular events
...to develop cardiovascular events than women in the lowest quintile. "In this large prospective cohort study of initially healthy women, extremely high levels of lipoprotein(a), measured with an assay independent of apolipoprotein(a) isoform [a type of protein] size, were associated with increased cardiova...Clinton Foundation joins efforts in the fight against AIDS in Ukraine
...assisted the government in receiving access to the lowest prices on generic antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment. The agreement allowed more patients in Ukraine to receive access to live-saving therapy as part of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria grant. The work continued in 2005 durin...Teenage alcohol and drug use: At best, parents know about it only half of the time
...greement was highest with 16- to 17-year-olds, and lowest with 12- to 13-year-olds. This is very troubling because research has shown that starting to use alcohol and drugs at a young age is a risk factor for developing substance abuse or dependence in the future." "In general," said Fisher, "we found tha...H9N2 avian flu vaccine paired with adjuvant provokes strong human immune response at low doses
...n of adjuvant-containing H9N2 vaccine, even at the lowest dosage, generated a good antibody response," says ...3.75 micrograms of H9N2 flu virus contained in the lowest dose vaccine tested in this trial. Furthermore, he adds, a single dose of the adjuvanted H9N2 vaccin...Cancer survival compromised by poor staging methods
...urvival was 33 months. In the SEER region with the lowest ALNA rate, median survival fell to 17 months. ALNA improved survival at every stage, with the most significant benefit to patients with early stage disease. This study, according to the authors, shows that inadequate staging of gastric cancer compro...OREXIGEN reports positive 24-week results for Contrave phase III obesity treatment study
... the 24-week trial and receiving Contrave with the lowest dose of naltrexone also experienced weight loss with improved tolerability. No serious adverse events attributed to Contrave were reported by the study's investigators at any of the three dosages tested. Dr. Tollefson continued: "As we review the...Spinal cord stimulators tested as treatment for patients with migraine headaches
...h the neurostimulator is placed on one side in the lowest part of the back, and the leads are connected and the device activated. Patients then return to the neurologist for monitoring of their headaches. During the first 3 months after the Precision neurostimulator is implanted, two different stimulation...Study finds 1 in 523 children and adolescents have diabetes
...1 in every 315) and Asian/Pacific Islander had the lowest (about 1 in 746). Type 1diabetes was the most common form of diabetes in all racial/ethnic groups except in American Indian youth. Type 2 diabetes was found in all racial and ethnic groups in youth 10 to 19. It represented only 6 percent of the cases...Burmese junta responding too slowly on HIV, TB, malaria and avian flu
...the SPDC's investment in health care is one of the lowest worldwide and that the health sector has been weakened by widespread corruption. The SPDC has also weakened the country's laboratory infrastructure, say Beyrer and colleagues, due to disinvestment and through creating a dearth of skilled personnel. ...Regular exercise, keeping weight in check reduces breast-cancer risk in postmenopausal women
...ncer Research Center, found that women who had the lowest body-mass index, or BMI, and the highest physical-activity levels had the lowest levels of circulating estrogens, sex hormones that can fuel breast-cancer growth. Specifically, they...