Doctors have key role in preventing and detecting child neglect and abuse
...ficult, since it is rarely seen directly by people outside the immediate family, and is often unreported." Many risk factors usually interact to place a child more at risk of abuse or neglect examples include a child's disability and a parent's depression. Violence between parents also increases the risk ...Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
...embrane that keeps the right substances inside and outside the cell becomes dysfunctional. Neurons swell and the proper electrical balance essential for neuronal activity is lost. "This is what is happening in the ischemic core; dendrites get beaded, spines are lost and synapses are probably lost at the s...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
...e mutant SCA1 protein has some deleterious effects outside the brain). Lithium alone is thus unlikely to be a miracle cure for spinocerebellar ataxia, but the research suggests that is might be of some help to patients who currently have no other treatments available, even if (as is usual), their condition i...Indoor smoking bans: Are they creating unhealthy outdoor zones for secondhand smoke?
...ut whether secondhand smoke from smokers clustered outside these establishments is posing a health hazard of ...ands of college kids standing shoulder to shoulder outside bars and restaurants on weekend nights. In select areas outside certain establishments, we believe ...Antifolate therapies found effective against certain type of malaria
...ting for more than 50 percent of all malaria cases outside Africa. Although rarely fatal, it is a major cause of illness. P vivax malaria was thought to be resistant to treatment with antifolates, an affordable antimalarial class. The study included 767 patients (315 from Pakistan and 452 from Afghanistan) w...Soldiers acquired drug-resistant infections in field hospitals
... the possibility that the infections were acquired outside the hospital cannot be ruled out completely due to limitations in the available samples from soil, patients, and field hospitals. However, they concluded, "The most likely source of this outbreak was bacteria within deployed field hospitals," said au...Studies show role of age, gender, race and weight on cancer risk and treatment
... that they are unable or unwilling to seek therapy outside of their immediate community, or perhaps they are not being offered therapy at all by their physicians. Further investigation is needed to understand the reason for these differences to ensure that surgery is available to those who need it, as it is...UIC awarded $7M NIH grant for infertility research
...nfertility -- occurs when endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus and results in bleeding, scarring, and pain. "During the first five years of the grant, we focused on the causes and pathophysiology of endometriosis and began to hone in on some of the mechanisms that might be involved in infertility," ...International cooperation boosts EarthCARE
... The decision to involve a partner agency from outside the ESA member and cooperating states underlines the interest and importance of reliable international co-operation for large Earth-observation research missions, both from an engineering and scientific perspective. The success of the EarthCARE missi...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
...rns home the next day. "With feasibility studies outside of the US already completed, we are very pleased to commence this important pivotal clinical study in collaboration with many of the worlds foremost emphysema experts," says Cary Cole, CEO of Broncus. Ten institutions in the US and five others arou...Decorated professor adds Farfel Award to his long list of honors
...al, community and academic service both inside and outside a university." He enjoys motivating students to think outside the box, provoking them to think in fresh ways about turbulence. "The satisfaction is in the qua...To what extent are emergency departments being used for primary care?
...o care, because patients with worse access to care outside the ED may be more likely to use EDs for conditions in the first three categories. Research conducted by Robert A. Lowe, MD, MPH, and Rochelle Fu, PhD, at the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University ...Elsevier partners with Rice Science
...he world. Rice Science encourages submissions from outside China, to strengthen the communication of rice scientists from China and other countries, and to contribute to the safety of food supply in the world. Rice Science accepts contributions on all aspects of rice sciences: original research papers, rev...Online education program better source of information for patients
...edications or treatments that they had heard about outside the doctor's office. Heart Profilers seemed to benefit patients with HF and AF more than others, possibly because "HF and AF are more chronic conditions, so they have a greater impact on overall health and functioning and patients may be more symptom...$2.6M grant awarded to New York University College of Nursing
...atric Nursing. "Yet few faculty or care providers outside of the geriatric specialty are prepared to conduct or teach assessments specific to older adults, despite the prevalence of this population." The need for teaching assessments of older adults is even more urgent in associate degree programs since, to...Counseling, coping skills could reduce arthritis disability
...sally applicable to men, minority groups or people outside of middle age, the authors say. The number of study patients that reported reduced pain was not statistically significant, but the authors say that although "the effect sizes for pain are smallfor the most part, these effects occur in addition to t...Curb the pocket money, curb the problem drinking
...ng alcohol from friends, older siblings and adults outside shops were also predictors of risky drinking, according to the study published today in Online Open Access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. Teenagers who were members of youth groups or who had alcohol bought for them by par...Procedural changes may reduce cardiac arrests outside pediatric ICUs
...e may significantly reduce cardiopulmonary arrests outside a pediatric hospital's intensive care unit, accord...Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke. Cardiac arrests outside the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Children's Medical Center Dallas dropped by 63 percent a...Off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents appears widespread
...truction). Data on the use of drug-eluting stents outside of approved indications in real-world settings are limited, according to background information in the articles. Nirat Beohar, M.D., of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, and colleagues analyzed data from the D.E.S.cove......impressions to American teens; and that even teens outside the U.S. are affected by smoking images in films distributed internationally by American studios. In a report published in today's Pediatrics, "Exposure to Movie Smoking Among US Adolescents Aged 10 to 14 Years: A Population Estimate," Dr. James Sa...