Family and friends set the speedo
...nfluences appear to have on speeding behaviour and reinforce the need to better understand how influential groups can be harnessed to promote road safety," she said. "Overall, this research demonstrates that people need to be aware of the way that they can have an influence on other people's behaviour." And...Effect of tobacco ads may backfire
...ould have a clear message about smoking and always reinforce that message against smoking from an early age," he said. "Even parents who are smokers can make it clear and communicate to their child that they wished they hadnt started smoking, because the majority of smokers do feel that way."...Child abuse and neglect associated with increased risk of depression among young adults
...children," they write. "Our age-at-onset findings reinforce the need to intervene early in the lives of these abused and neglected children, before depression symptoms cascade into other spheres of functioning."...NeuroRx changes name to Neurotherapeutics
... closely together in 2006 to develop a new name to reinforce the true focus of the journal. Neurotherapeutics ( www.neurorx.org ) is a unique publication providing critical reviews on selected topics in therapy of neurological disorders. Each quarterly issue focuses on dedicated topic(s), with international...Rosenzweig to head Leducq Foundation cardiovascular research grant
...s investigators from both sides of the Atlantic to reinforce scientific and technological excellence; in this program Rosenzweig and European coordinator Timothy Aitman, MD, PhD, a researcher in the genetics of metabolic disease at Hammersmith Hospital, London, will oversee a consortium of 10 scientific labora...Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk
...nes and dietary supplements. "The new guidelines reinforce that unregulated dietary supplements are not a method proven to prevent heart disease. For example, recent studies have shown that folic acid is ineffective to protect the heart despite widespread use by patients and physicians hoping for a heart ben...New details in schizophrenia treatment trial emerge
...of those on risperidone did so. "These results reinforce the fact that finding the most effective medicatio...irector Thomas R. Insel, M.D. "These CATIE results reinforce the growing understanding that we must do a better job of helping patients get their life skills bac...Emergency responses greatly increase risk to firefighters of dying on duty from heart disease
...r adverse outcomes. "We hope that our study will reinforce efforts in the firefighting community to improve their health and wellness programs. We also hope that these striking results will make physicians who care for firefighters, such as internists and cardiologists, more cognizant of the demanding nature...JCI table of contents: May 1, 2007
...a University and Cornell University, respectively, reinforce that future therapeutics for diabetic wound healing will have to correct multiple deficiencies simultaneously. Therapeutic interventions, including correcting EPC activation via hyperbaric oxygen therapy and correcting EPC homing via administration o...Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce risk of stroke, heart attack
...n atorvastatin was 53 percent. These findings reinforce the importance of controlling cholesterol, said study author Pierre Amarenco, MD, of Denis Diderot University in Paris, France, and Fellow member of the American Academy of Neurology. Its encouraging to see that reducing cholesterol so quickly can ha...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
...led airway bypass that uses drug-eluting stents to reinforce new pathways in the lung for trapped air to escape. This in turn, may relieve severe emphysema symptoms such as shortness of breath. Leading pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons at medical centers around the world are participating in the EASE Tri...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...edicine, to ensure that public and private efforts reinforce each other. Creation of a center that would offer comparative effectiveness information for drugs, devices and procedures. Reorienting the health care system to encourage prevention, early primary care, and chronic disease management, including pat...