More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
... should be a very high priority." The researchers noted that children are especially vulnerable to air pollution because, compared with adults, their immune systems are less mature and they inhale more air per body weight per day. "For every metric ton of pollution emitted by a school bus, the cumulative...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...lls that help people cope." The researchers also noted slight differences in the response to treatment between the two testing locations, with cognitive therapy performing better at Penn and medications performing better at Vanderbilt. Researchers surmise that the medication worked so well at the Vander...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
... from oral sex would be zero. The UCSF researchers noted other studies that show a general misperception that oral sex entails no risk at all or very little risk. When oral sex is more frequent, sexually transmitted infection rates could rise if those who engage in oral sex do not use barrier protection, t...Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...ldren for potentially dangerous brain swelling. He noted that most of the injuries occurred in a neighborhood or park rather than a golf course. "But it doesn't matter where you get hurt. It's the same mechanism of injury." Much like a 1996 study in North Carolina that showed a 32 percent increase in golf...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...lity risk in women," Lansky said. The study also noted that women waited longer by an average of 22 minutes to go to the hospital than men, and women had as much as a 15-minute longer delay once they arrived at the hospital until the time treatment was started. Lansky called on women to go to the hospit...Vigorously active adolescents are leaner, fitter
...ity as they become leaner and fitter. Researchers noted that children who inherit a predisposition to be u...t be able to watch as much television." Dr. Gutin noted that the findings regarding the need for vigorous activity likely did not translate to sedentary adu...Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
... treatment regimens, the committee found. It also noted that trial investigators achieved high rates of retention and follow-up among participants. The committee found no reason that medical journals should revise or retract articles that reported on the efficacy and safety of nevirapine for reducing moth...Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
...end not to report these behaviors very accurately, noted the authors. Furthermore, said Dr. Stice, "we know from tightly controlled experiments with humans and other animals that eating bad foods, eating sporadically and not exercising is associated with weight problems." These results suggest that prevent...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...al removal of the tumor. In addition, the authors noted that innovations in imaging technologies in the past decade, such as CT scanning and more advanced chest X-rays (which utilize such methods as digital radiography and computer-aided detection) provide the opportunity to detect smaller lung cancers th...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
... underestimate their past cell phone use. Johansen noted that there have been few long-term cell phone users or heavy cell phone users in any of the studies. "In our study, few people reported regular cell phone use for 10 years or more," he said. "We won't be able to make any firm conclusions until we can...2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
... bearing on this line of research. The judges also noted the inviting presentation and informative illustrations supporting the article in the magazine. The six members of the 2005 judging committee were: Deborah Blum (co-chair), professor of journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a 1992 Pulitzer...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
...losing pulmonary function rapidly." The researches noted that patients who used the corticosteroids daily did experience some benefits: "They had more symptom-free days and less bronchial inflammation. But daily use of the steroids did not significantly reduce the risk of severe attacks or prevent loss of ...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...were not reflected in the quality-of-life scores," noted Homer Boushey, M.D., Principal Investigator at the... in this study of mild asthma." Other reports have noted that many asthma patients do not follow recommendations for daily controller medication. "The result...Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
...esthesia, or post-procedure peer review. They also noted that neither state had a record of the creation of its protocol. The investigators also analysed data from autopsy toxicology reports from 49 executions in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. They found that concentrations of thiope...Special physical therapy technique successful for chronic back pain
...ly activities. For 85 percent, the improvement was noted after three weeks of treatment. After an average of almost two years, the pain has not recurred for these people. Four people had significant improvement, but still had slight discomfort with strenuous exercise. Six people had no improvement. Of thos...College students likely drink much more alcohol than they think they do
...ust fermented grape juice?" Both Tapert and White noted the implications of these findings for how alcohol researchers assess drinking behavior. "The findings certainly do not suggest that we should stop using surveys to study college drinking," said White. "Surveys are still one of the most powerful to...Study shows surprising decreased surgical infection risk after age 65
...bot and William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University noted that the toll of surgical-site infections is immense: approximately 500,000 of the infections occur each year in the United States, "leading to an estimated 3.7 million excess hospital days and over $1.6 billion in excess costs." They commented that ...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...tter about helping women acknowledge a lost baby," noted Ct -Arsenault. "When a baby dies, giving the mother the baby's photo, footprints and handprints is much more routine. We have made progress. Now we need to recognize the impact of perinatal loss on subsequent pregnancies."...Dermatologists use knowledge of patterns to recognize melanoma
...t's other skin moles (the ugly duckling sign); and noted how the lesion had changed, according to the patient. The physicians completed a second part of the questionnaire after they obtained the pathology report. Of the 4,036 lesions removed, 1,634 were removed (40.7 percent) for aesthetic or functional re...More evidence suggests statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer
...elping to ensure that it doesn't get worse." Platz noted that "when cholesterol-lowering drugs first came onto the market almost 20 years ago, there was even concern that they might increase the risk of cancer. Now, we are seeing more evidence that the opposite may be the case, but more research needs to ...