US movies expose youth to billions of smoking images
...yed, some 30 of the movies delivered more than 100 million smoking impressions each. Many of these high-impact movies were rated PG-13. "The apparently free delivery of star smoking to a young teen population is a tobacco marketer's dream," said Dr. Sargent. More than 3,000 actors appeared in these movie...UW study tests topical honey as a treatment for diabetic ulcers
...has tremendous potential for the approximately 200 million people in the world with diabetes, 15 percent of whom will develop an ulcer, usually because of impaired sensation in their feet. Currently, every 30 seconds someone somewhere in the world undergoes amputation for a diabetic foot ulcer. In 2001, t...Employers who recognize the impact of migraine may help to improve workplace productivity
..., undertreated and misunderstood. Approximately 30 million Americans suffer from migraines, and less than half are properly diagnosed with the condition. Migraines most commonly occur between the ages 30 and 49, a time when people are actively involved in the workforce. Recently, the American Migraine Preval...Global integration package welcome news
...reat disease. The statement which includes $500 million to extend eligibility for the 175 percent premium R&D tax concession, $351.8 million for Industry Productivity Centres and $21.5 million for a National Nanotechnology Strategy, offers t...Once-yearly treatment significantly reduces bone fractures in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis
...nute infusion. Osteoporosis affects more than 10 million people in the U.S. An estimated one out of two women over age 50 will suffer an osteoporosis-related fracture in her lifetime. The FDA is currently reviewing Reclast for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. The FDA has approved the dru...TWAS, illycaff announce Trieste Science Prize winners 2007
...ransgenic) plants currently grown on more than 100 million hectares worldwide. Herrera-Estrella's work has...y important issue in Latin America, where some 500 million hectares of farmland are deficient in phosphorus, an essential nutrient for healthy plant growth and...Once-a-year drug reduces fractures from osteoporosis
...omen worldwide, Black said, including more than 50 million women in the United States, Europe and Japan combined. Half of those women over age 50 will suffer from an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime and, of women over age 65 who fracture a hip, 21 percent will die within one year as a result of poor u...Urologic diseases cost Americans $11B a year
... include: Medical care for nearly 12.8 million urinary tract infections in women alone costs near... Medicare's share was $1.4 billion. Another $96.4 million was spent on 3.3 million prescriptions. More than half of all women will have an infection during t...Doctors ill equipped to confront parent smoking
... of U.S. children ages 3 to 11 -- approximately 22 million children --are exposed to secondhand smoke daily with urban children suffering the highest rates of exposure in a U.S. Surgeon General report from June 2006. However, minimal formal medical training exists regarding how pediatricians can effective...Research demonstrates link between domestic violence and asthma
...here the World Health Organization estimates 15-20 million asthmatics live. Subramanian adds, Our study suggests a new method for identifying stress-induced episodes and also reveals another terrible health risk of domestic violence."...New data shows once a day LAMICTAL XR is effective in patients with partial epilepsy
...ording to the Epilepsy Foundation, more than three million Americans of all ages are living with epilepsy. ABOUT LAMICTAL IMMEDIATE RELEASE (IR) FORMULATION Lamictal is indicated 1) as adjunctive therapy for partial seizures, primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and the generalized seizures of Len...$1.5 million awarded for palliative care research
...ive Care Research Center (NPCRC) are awarding $1.5 million in research grants to researchers at ten institutions for studies aimed at reducing suffering for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers. The studies will be conducted over the next two years. "These grants will bring much-needed research...New prostate cancer treatment wins operations research award for Sloan-Kettering
... that their elimination nationwide could save $450 million a year for prostate cancer care alone. As reported in a recent article by Dr. Michael Zelefsky and his colleagues at Sloan-Kettering, "real-time intraoperative planning consistently achieved optimal coverage of the prostate with the prescription d...Medicaid patients with lupus travel farther to see specialists
...gest insurance programs, covering approximately 55 million people. Yet some studies suggest there is declining physician participation in the program, which limits access to enrolled patients, particularly to specialists. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune condition whose sufferers fa...Iyengar yoga can promote well-being in women breast cancer survivors
...gnosed with the disease. The good news is that two million women have survived. Many women with breast cancer seek complementary interventions that will enhance their quality of life. Yet research is lacking whether these programs such as yoga, also benefit immune function. A new study of breast cancer s...Largest ever grant for University of Copenhagenhagen
...verweight, in the future. With a donation of 600 million kroner from the Novo Nordisk Foundation it will be...smitters. It is estimated that we have more than a million different proteins in our bodies, each with their own function. Even minor changes to a protein can ...Exercise science principles strengthen swallowing rehabilitation
...muscles and respiratory system." An estimated 18 million Americans have difficulty with this routine function that, at worst, can lead to aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration and death. Evidence suggests that the same exercise science principles that strengthen bodies can help restore this fu...Review finds ways of helping children of drug and alcohol misusers
...t. "Conservative estimates suggest as many as 26 million people in the UK are affected by problematic alcoh...." Government estimates suggest that almost four million people aged 16-65 in the UK are dependent on alcohol or drugs and a further nine million people take...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
...ehold financing for solar home systems. The $1.5 million pilot, managed by the United Nations Environment P...ed over setting fire in the home. An estimated 100 million families use kerosene for lighting in India, exposing themselves to these health and safety hazards....