West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
...eason in summer. This alternation is linked to the shift in latitude of the Intertropical Front which corresponds to the convergence zone between the northern winds, called the Harmattan, and the monsoon winds coming from the South. In winter, Sahelo-Sudanian Africa receives the influence of the Harmattan ...Delay in Alzheimer's disease onset seen for first time
...on April 14. "Our findings represent an important shift in the field of Alzheimer's disease treatment, in that this is the only study to date to demonstrate the ability to push back the clinical diagnosis of the disease," says Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead investigator of ...Pathological gambling associated with brain impairments
...efined as the ability to abstract, plan, organize, shift set, and adapt current and past knowledge to future behavior," said co-author Facundo Manes, MD, of the Raul Carrea Institute for Neurological Research (FLENI) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "Decision-making involves assessment of possible reward and pu...Bright arctic light can lead to migraine
...two groups in sleep cycles, sleep disturbances, or shift work that would affect their sleep schedules....Alternate view for pathology of AD
...genic, our accumulating data called for a paradigm shift where pathology is protective," said Lee. "If proven correct, this will not only change current dogma but, more importantly, reveal key insights to accelerate the development of new therapeutic inroads." In addition to Lee and Smith, co-authors repr...Paramedics need help to revive marriages: U of T study
...ent, coping daily with health dangers and changing shift schedules. Add a traumatic event, such as a death, to the mix and paramedics' emotional resources may be taxed. Generally, they bring the workplace stress and trauma home with them. "The aftermath of the traumatic events these workers experience ripp...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
...s healthy behaviors. In 1992, the AMA called for a shift from teen crisis intervention to problem prevention, and it issued specific guidelines for clinical practice. It recommended, for example, that teens receive yearly guidance on diet and exercise, sexual behaviors, substance abuse, and injury reductio...Substituting nurses for doctors results in high quality care, few savings
...of evidence. Yet there is little proof that such a shift reduces physician workload or health-care costs. " The findings may be considered controversial by health care professionals and policymakers, as there is a widely held belief that nurses can save physicians' time and reduce costs," says lead reviewe...Children do well with shorter fast before surgery
...present, the available evidence does not support a shift in practice from the current established guidelines which permit children solid food up to six or eight hours preoperatively," Brady and colleagues write. The researchers found very few studies on milk drinking before surgery, which was "especially s...New guidelines recommend screening HIV-infected patients for kidney disease
...thor of the new guidelines, says, "We're trying to shift gears from how you treat the HIV-infected patient with severe kidney disease, to how do we look for the ones who are at risk of developing severe kidney disease and taking care of them early so they don't have to end up going on dialysis." According ...UK politicians failing to address low morale among doctors
...moralised by targets that compromise patient care, shift work that compromises professionalism, and a massively over-managed health service. The Lancet comments: "John Reid, the present Health Secretary, has spoken of a "personalised health service", one in which the patient takes control of decisions abou...Attention full-time workers: Get off the computer and out to exercise in your free time!
...he University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. "If they shift their interests, they would have more time for physical activity." Many studies found that exercise can help prevent obesity, heart disease and other health problems. Warren's team evaluated the association between sedentary behaviors, physical activ...Stents that release medication appear more effective than traditional stents
...ach are encouraging. However, the focus should now shift to the long-term prevention of thrombotic complications through appropriate long-term antiplatelet therapies. It is remarkable to see how STEMI management has evolved over the last decade. With use of increasingly sophisticated stent technology, pati...Molecular change occurring during brain tumor progression also evident in breast cancer
...Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. The shift appears to be part of a process that enables tumor...es of development but they also have been found to shift in the presence of several invasive cancers. This shift coincides with blood vessel changes that enc...MDCT overtakes ventilation-perfusion lung scan for diagnosing pulmonary embolism
...ly representative of our institution; however, the shift towards diagnosing pulmonary embolism by CT is a n...researchers, there are a number of reasons for the shift toward MDCT pulmonary angiography. "The current generation of MDCT scanners can quickly image the pu...Short on time, long on feeling: Study suggests deadlines intensify emotions
...euscher: Wisdom gained with the gathering years? A shift in values thanks to greater life experience? Or, is it a keener sense of time a precious and, of necessity, diminishing resource? To test the notion that time limits and approaching endings add fuel to feelings, Teuscher, a post-doctoral researcher ...Diabetes knowledge has little effect on improving outcomes
...omes. "These findings indicate that we may need to shift some of our focus in managing diabetes and its complications," said Newby. "Much of the diabetes efforts tend to focus on the microvascular changes caused by the disease: the loss of vision, kidney function or loss of limbs. However, heart disease is...'Watch and wait' - a shift in approach to kids' ear infections
...imes called'watchful waiting,' would be a dramatic shift in treatment for a verycommon illness in childhood," said Jonathan Finkelstein, associateprofessor of ambulatory care and prevention at Harvard Medical Schooland Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Finkelstein and colleagues conducteda study, reported in th...Johns Hopkins AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS
...e disease is spreading fastest. "There has been a shift in the AIDS pandemic, and the victims are different now," says Quinn, senior author of the Science article. "Women make up nearly half of the 40 million people worldwide currently infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and in some developin...European working time directive may put doctors' and patients' lives at risk
...ve workers' health and safety, but the current NHS shift system could threaten doctors' and, moreover, pati...Junior doctors' working hours are now limited to a shift of no more than 13 hours followed by a break of at least 11 hours. But a survey in December 2004 by ...