Emergency department guidelines enhance quality patient care
...patients pathway through the emergency department, says Stewart Wright, MD, assistant professor of emergen...optimal approach to care for a particular disease, says Brian Gibler, MD, chairman of UCs department of emergency medicine. We wanted to assess how we were ...Spuds that like you -- in your summer salad
...ate the effects of a diet high in resistant starch says Prez. Humans do not eat raw potatoes, but they do...g at least partially an inflammatory disorder. She says the decrease in lymphocytes observed by the Spanish is therefore interesting, and a diet of resistan...Millennium development goals: Are we on track?
...ea does not guarantee progress in the other areas, says Webb. Focusing on just one aspect of the problem, or just one of the target risks, is missing the pointand risks compromising the success of the entire agenda. Speaking on behalf of the three Rome-based agencies of the United Nations (the Food an...STAMP system can help professionals to identify potentially violent individuals
...t episodes aimed at staff taking part in the study says Luck. Because I was on the spot I was able to obta...ecurity staff are an increasing part of daily life says Luck. We feel that the STAMP system provides an easy to remember checklist that can be used in a ...A new direction: Integrating best-practices to improve food responses
...od aid is the impact of food aid on local markets, says Maxwell. We are making progress toward better mark...ch appropriate beneficiaries at appropriate times, says Maxwell. In addition to providing aid for those who need it, good targeting helps to prevent the uni...New nutritional research: College students face obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome
...e. Theyre not as healthy as they think they are, says UNH lecturer Ingrid Lofgren, who is collecting and...nderstudied population. Theyre very hard to reach, says Reilly, noting that large phone surveys of this age group, such as one conducted by the Centers for ...How to market diet pills: Prescription and over-the-counter pills may increase unhealthy behavior
...down the effectiveness of their products. Reed says that this more honest approach to the marketing of these kinds of products may not be what consumers want to hear, but is promising because it is so different than the typical approach used to market these kinds of products. Usually, they are positio...Progress toward an antitumor vaccine
...re attacked in the coupling reaction. In addition, says Kunz, many of the structures that make suitable anchors are themselves highly immunogenic, which can suppress the immune response against the true target, the glycoprotein. This team has now found a good anchoring technique: Their anchor is a thioet...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...ons, with large areas of thin ice and open water," says Leif Toudal Pedersen. "Luckily I was able to follow the changes in ice conditions and ice drift thanks to the daily coverage provided by the Envisat ASAR sensor, which provided a continuous source of information on the evolving ice conditions. Combin...Advocates ask fashion industry to support braille clothing tags; talking Web site
...for them, then White Cane Label is pretty obvious, says Brill, who graduated in May from RIT with a bachel...ashion has the power to bridge or separate people, says Wilma King, associate professor of public relations at RIT and co-founder of Fashion for Good with G...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...cals are tested for risks they may pose to humans, says a new report from the National Research Council. ...tly reduced, and possibly even eliminated someday, says the report. For the foreseeable future, however, targeted tests in animals would need to be used to...Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review
...rs to provide an accurate picture of cancer levels says co-author Dr Susannah Hoey from the Dermatology De...r cent of all skin cancers occur in this age group says Dr Dolan. It is important that we plan ahead so that we are able to care for patients with skin ca...Avian influenza on people's minds
... persuading people to adopt appropriate behaviors, says Sarah C. Condry, the lead author of the study. The study focused on what American consumers would likely do if highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza were found in poultry in the United States. According to the United States Department of Agricultu...Split the difference: Pill-splitting study looks at cost-saving step that could be used by millions
...g some of the cost savings go back to the patient, says first author Hae Mi Choe, PharmD, CDE, clinical assistant professor in the College and a UMHS clinical pharmacist. While the study did not find that out-of-pocket costs had an impact on the participants tendency to split and take their pills in th...Simple test predicts 6-year risk of dementia
... no one has developed similar scales for dementia, says Barnes, who also is an assistant professor of psyc...results are valid across a variety of populations, says Barnes. ...Oxygen trick could see organic costs tumble
...ated apples were lost after eight months. Pesis says that the technique can be tweaked for use with avocados, tomatoes and other organic produce. Although price is an issue, organic produce is becoming more and more attractive to the consumer because of increasing evidence that it may be the healthi...Brightening prospects of using fluorescent nanotubes in medical applications
...e for use as contrast agents in cells and tissues, says Tobias Hertel, the associate professor of physics ...articularly well suited for use in living systems, says Hertel. These factors include: Nanotubes emit light in a very narrow range of wavelengths, or col...Experts call for urgent research into anti-epileptic drugs given to children
...tter research structures for paediatric medicines, says Professor Wong, who is also a member of TEDDY - th...e newer and conventional AED prescribing in the UK says Professor Wong, who as a result of the study - has been awarded a research contract by the Medicine...Study outlines how stroke, head injury can increase risk of Alzheimer's disease
...at increase amyloid-beta production in the brain, says Giuseppina Tesco, MD, PhD, of the MGH-MIND Genetic...an set off this process and turn up BACE activity, says Rudolph Tanzi, PhD, director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit and senior author of the Neuron...Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
...ve ways of providing advanced healthcare services, says project leader Reiza Rayman....