Pot bellies linked to early signs of cardiovascular disease
Most of us rely on the bathroom scale to tell us when middle-aged spread is getting out of hand. It might be better to keep a tape measure at the ready. New research shows that adding several inches to the waisteven if body weight still falls within a normal rangema...Galileo to support global search and rescue
...n as the low-Earth orbit system does. They have to rely on the beacon to use a navigation system to find its position and include it in the distress call. Emergency beacons need to have a direct line-of-sight to the geostationary satellites. There are some situations where this is impossible, such as n...It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
..., journalists and some medical professionals often rely on a different measure: relative risk reduction. This term compares only the raw numbers of people who died in each instance. In the above example, because half as many people (one versus two) died in the group that took the medication, the relative ...Trials underway for 'essential' new TB vaccine
...means a new vaccine is essential. We can no longer rely on antibiotics to treat the disease we need to help the body's immune system prevent disease." The vaccine currently under development by Dr McShane, known as MVA85A, works in tandem to the BCG, acting as a booster. It uses the 85A antigen, a prote...Children and young people show elevated leukaemia rates near nuclear facilities
...onse studies in an epidemiological setting as they rely on a wide range of factors that are often hard to quantify explains Dr Baker. It is also possible that there are environmental issues involved that we dont yet understand. If the amount of exposure were too low to cause the excess risk, we would e...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...t is comforting to note that Alain and Dixie could rely on logistical support based on data from ESA's Envisat satellite. A combination of all-weather ASAR (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensor and optical MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) image data are routinely analysed by Leif Toudal...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...il. The report outlines a new approach that would rely less heavily on animal studies and instead focus on in vitro methods that evaluate chemicals' effects on biological processes using cells, cell lines, or cellular components, preferably of human origin. The new approach would generate more-relevant ...Experts call for urgent research into anti-epileptic drugs given to children
...ersity. This means that clinicians often have to rely on their experience and scale down adult drugs for paediatric use, which is widely regarded as most unsatisfactory. The research by Wong and colleagues highlights this important problem, by providing us with an excellent picture of prescribing tr...Bias in statin trials, failure to control malaria, and more
...ina Faso cannot afford to purchase ACT, so it must rely on support from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. However, Kouyat and colleagues explain that the Global Fund, which has faced financial difficulties, turned down Burkina Fasos request for financial assistance to purchase ACT....AIUM hosts Third Annual Ultrasound Practice Forum
...s, indicating that the trend for payers will be to rely more heavily on accreditation as a requirement for reimbursement, and provided examples of the numerous and varied accreditation payment policies already in place. In 2006, forum participants established a working group to develop ways of assessin...New hope for severe heart disease patients
...ents taking part. Many of these patients currently rely on numerous medications to relieve the pain caused by the lack of blood supply to the heart. "The 20 patients trialling the innovative treatment responded extremely positively, with most experiencing a reduction in angina and finding that they were...Women with breast cancer do not get potentially life-saving information, survey reveals
...Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. "Women rely on their health care professional for information, but they are not informed about why a particular treatment has been prescribed and the potential benefits and consequences of that therapy. It is alarming that many women were not even told about av...Study reveals aspirin's colorectal cancer prevention mechanism
...entially reduce the incidence of those tumors that rely on COX-2." To investigate that theory, the research team compiled data from two ongoing prospective research studies the Nurses Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS). Both studies gather comprehensive health inf...Vacuum cleaning ineffective in allergy avoidance
... Mr Sercombe. "Allergen avoidance measures that rely solely on vacuum cleaning are likely to be of limited success unless more rigorous cleaning than standard home vacuuming is performed." The Woolcock study also showed the type of vacuum cleaners with rotating brushes in the head removed more dirt a...Italian doctors get their information on medicines from drug company sales reps
...aly) and colleagues say that Italian doctors still rely heavily upon the pharmaceutical industry for their information needs. For example, a recent survey showed that general practitioners in Italy receive eleven visits per week by drug company sales representatives, and that many doctors believe that th...New book provides unprecedented look at role of religion over a lifetime
.... The majority of surveys about religious behavior rely on the frequency of church attendance as a measure of a person's level of religiousness. Those who do not attend church frequently or at all usually are considered to be less religious or not religious at all. These types of results are partially res...Higher gas prices leave many workers running on empty
...t because of the price of gas even companies that rely heavily on fuel for their operations," he said. Those personally affected by gas prices who did not see the company sacrificing were less committed to getting things done while at work. Compared to those who felt that their company was doing withou...Who receives a kidney transplant first?
... their quality while patients, to a large extent, rely on their doctors to make appropriate decisions for them regarding candidacy and allocation. Patients have an expectation that the system will be fundamentally fair, and any modification to the system that may be perceived as unfair runs the risk o...Costs of treating arthritis on the rise nationwide, study finds
...hift in the burden of that cost onto patients, who rely on Medicare to cover a large fraction of their inpatient care, but pay for a relatively larger share of their drug treatments from their own pockets." From 1997 to 2003, the number of Americans with arthritis or other rheumatic conditions rose 25 p...New blood test can diagnose and monitor treatment of Parkinson's disease
...there is no specific PD diagnostic test so doctors rely on their observations to make a diagnosis, which means some patients may not be prescribed the most suitable medication and around 15% of those diagnosed may actually be suffering from something else," Prof Horne said. "Further studies are required...