Concern over Britain's refugee detention policy
...ite authors Mina Fazel and Derrick Silove. Medical observations in Britain concur with those from Australia, with attending doctors noting that detainees, particularly those held for long periods, suffer from profound hopelessness, despair, and suicidal urges. Doctors face ethical challenges in balancing the resp...Medication shows modest benefit in reducing weight, improving HDL, triglyceride levels
...ects of the drug require further study. Still, our observations collectively suggest that rimonabant may well represent an innovative approach to the management of multiple cardiometabolic risk factors, facilitating and maintaining improvements through weight lossdependent and independent pathways," the authors c...Learning and memory stimulated by gut hormone
... be most effective before meal-time. "Based on our observations in animal models, a practical recommendation could be that children may benefit from not overeating at breakfast in order to make the most out of their morning hours at school," said Horvath. "The current obesity epidemic among American school childr...Primary biliary cirrhosis more prevalent around toxic waste sites in NYC
...oeconomics that influence where people live. "Our observations further support the hypothesis that environmental toxin exposure is a risk factor for PBC," the authors conclude. They urge researchers in other locations to further investigate the association....Study indicates dramatic rise in antibiotic-resistant community-acquired staph infections
...ory scientists began their research in response to observations about increasing number of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections that were due to MRSA. Dr. Blumberg notes, "In recent years there have been reports of outbreaks of community-acquired infections due to MRSA. Our study now shows that th...Emergency departments score poorly in child-saving drills, Hopkins study finds
...e of Pediatrics. Although researchers caution that observations during mock codes do not necessarily represent performance in an actual health emergency, the study's results do suggest that hospital EDs are not fully prepared to deal with pediatric emergencies, according to lead author Elizabeth A. Hunt, M. D., M...Study finds dentists in research network do not discriminate
... in the office," said Wotman. He added that from observations it usually is the hygienist, but when the hygienist and dentist battle dental disease together, the patient wins. One of the nine studies found that a prevention procedure was performed in 78.1% of the hygienist visits compared to 14.4% of the dentis...New data show CAS in clinical practice has comparable MAE rate with pivotal sapphire trial
...004. This training included didactic review, case observations and simulation training, and hands-on experience at the Regional Education Centers across the country. The CASES-PMS study is intended to validate the effectiveness of the training program. Preliminary data indicate that physicians who completed th...Medications that lower blood pressure linked to reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease
...ntia," they write. "Consistent with this idea are observations that low potassium concentrations are associated with oxidative stress, inflammation, platelet aggregation and vasoconstriction, all of which are possible contributors to AD pathogenesis." "We suggest these findings should prompt further epidemiologi...Very high-intensity statin therapy shows promise for inducing regression of coronary atherosclerosis
...intensive statin regimen was well tolerated. These observations support the recommendation to administer very intensive statin therapy for high-risk patients with established coronary disease," the researchers conclude....Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers
...ver Greenland and Antarctica because the long-term observations by satellites provide authoritative evidence of trends and enable estimation of the consequences should such melting continue into the future....Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
... or downwelling. High-resolution surface current observations on a large scale are very difficult, although satellite altimeters permit monitoring of sea level anomalies that are related to surface currents. Sea surface temperature and ocean colour measurements also throw light on ocean circulation pattern and ...M-rated video games contain unlabeled violence, sexual themes, substances, and profanity
...ot to others with the same content. Based on these observations along with recent limited evidence showing that many children and adolescents play M-rated games, the study authors suggest that parents and physicians should play an active role in discussing game content with kids. Its time for the industry to prov...Kids behave and sleep better after tonsillectomy, study finds
...avior during the day. The results support previous observations of a link between children's sleep-related breathing problems -- such as snoring and breathing interruptions called apneas -- and daytime behavior problems. The researchers caution that their results do not yet prove cause and effect, and that tonsil...Despite medical advances, children receiving liver transplants wait longer than a decade ago
...an supply. The authors conclude: "We hope that our observations motivate studies and initiatives which aim to improve access and outcomes for young children, particularly infants, in need of liver transplantation." In an accompanying editorial in the same issue, Benjamin Shneider and Sukru Emre of the Mount Sinai...Disability transitions and osteoarthritis in high functioning older women
...ent study, according to the authors. "Longitudinal observations of well-functioning women living in the community who are at risk of functional decline provide a unique perspective from which OA can be examined," the authors state. The findings of the current study are particularly relevant given the increase in ...Moderate drinking associated with better cognition in women
...ite study limitations, he said the results support observations that moderate drinking is protective in women and do not support large vessel atherosclerosis as a mediating factor. The American Heart Association recommends that people who drink alcohol do so in moderation. This means having an average of no more...Advances in chemotherapy improve outcomes in select breast cancers
...ents and 4 percent for ER-positive patients. "Our observations add to a growing body of evidence that breast cancer is not one homogeneous disease, but rather a disease with many subtypes and requires a variety of new treatment approaches," said Eric Winer, MD, the paper's senior author and director of Dana-Farb...Mayo Clinic finding may double genetic screening effectiveness for sudden death heart condition
... patients, this may be one of the most substantive observations in the past 15 years linking gene mutations to specific symptoms that patients experience." "Fundamentally, we have discovered that the two most common subtypes of HCM have markedly distinct genetic underpinnings," he says. The Meaning of Shape T...... was observed at two months, in line with previous observations that this ability is present in newborn babies. At four months, two further grouping abilities emerged: grouping by shape and by proximity. Proximity grouping had not been tested in infants prior to this research, and grouping by shape had previously...