Avoiding amputation: Early infection intervention can save feet & legs
...eet, also common in people with diabetes, make the situation worse. More than 80,000 such amputations happen each year in the United States. Experts already recommend that people with diabetes take special care of their feet and have regular foot exams to spot problems early. The study is the first large accou...Only transplant center that developed comprehensive protocol for liver transplants in kids with MSUD
...surgery was utilized to plan for every conceivable situation to ensure the child remained healthy up until the moment of the transplant. To develop the MSUD transplant protocol, Dr. Mazariegos and a team of experts in genetics, pharmacology, biology, chemistry and other areas at Children's, worked in conjuncti...Street-level London air pollution warnings coming via mobile phones
...est pollution levels occur when the meteorological situation means local pollution remains trapped close to the ground, combined with pollution plumes from elsewhere. In the case of London this happens most often during the winter the animation above shows citywide pollution patterns during the 24 hours of ...Survey shows that physicians are more religious than expected
...octors say they "try to make sense" of a difficult situation and "decide what to do without relying on God," versus only 29 percent of the general population. "We have paid a good deal of attention to the religious beliefs of patients and how their faith influences medical decisions," Curlin said, "but until...Researchers link nursing injuries to staffing levels
...dget to maximize profits, it creates the dangerous situation we see in the United States."...Asthma research sounds warning for older Australians
...ar. "Urgent steps are needed to remedy the current situation and arrest a continued increase in asthma in older people that could have serious social, medical and economic implications," said President of the Asthma Foundations of Australia, Peter Adamson. "Government Ministers have recognised that Australia d...Treatments for prostate cancer may affect employment
...y. They asked the patients about their employment situation 3 months prior to receiving their diagnosis of cancer, and at 6 and 12 months after the diagnosis. They compared the results with those from two control groups of men without prostate cancer selected from U.S. Census population surveys. The author...Size of brain structure could signal vulnerability to anxiety disorders
... a soldier who experienced a traumatic battlefield situation to become distressed when hearing noises that bring back those memories, such as the sound of a helicopter. Most commonly, repeated exposure to such sounds without additional trauma reduces or extinguishes the fearful response a phenomenon called "...Women cautioned against using herbal supplements
...etter controlled. Such an environment has set up a situation where there are potentially many accidents waiting to happen." However, he said, if women choose to use herbal medicines, they should do so cautiously because the quality of these medicines varies, and the safety, especially with long-term use, is u...Hepatitis A in US drops substantially after implementation of vaccination program
...ndemicity is shifting from high to intermediate, a situation that will increase in the next decade worldwide," the authors conclude. ( JAMA . 2005;294:246248. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: Drs. Van Damme and Van Herck have been principal investigators of vaccine tr...Arts program provides services, guidance to HIV/AIDS patients
...ct that I am who I am is what tools me up for that situation (working with HIV/AIDS patients). If you haven't had anything disagreeable happen in your life, it's harder to relate to others to know, first-hand, what it's like when -- as Paul Simon says in one of his songs -- your life is on fire." In the end,...Livelihoods under siege in Darfur
...y at the hands of government forces, has created a situation in which "region-wide famine appears inevitable," according to the authors. "Food aid," says Young, "can help address crop and livestock production failures, but cannot address other issues, particularly the underlying conflict." In their report, You...Envisat monitoring China floods as part of Dragon Programme
... gathering Envisat radar imagery of the developing situation to give the authorities a way to swiftly assess affected areas and plan their responses. Summer flooding is nothing new in these regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), though this year it is proving particularly severe, with more than 800 c...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...ychosocial" aid has had its share of problems. The situation highlights the need for more research on what interventions are most important for psychological relief after a disaster, Miller writes. Miller's news story, "The Tsunami's Psychological Aftermath," will appear in the 12 August issue of Science . A...Epidemiology in Europe: the problem starts in childhood
...st effective public health measures to prevent the situation from getting much worse, including resolute action to protect children. This means vigorously pursuing the WHO global and European strategies to achieve real improvements in diet and physical activity and combatting those changes in the social enviro...Contaminated water presents bigger crisis in the Gaza strip
...e proposed management plan would provide a win-win situation for both Israelis and Palestinians, but requires cooperation between the two parties. The plan is a unique three phase effort among the researchers as a part of the European Union Fifth Framework Program. The first step involved investigating source...Mayo Clinic researchers invent 'hitchhiking' viruses as cancer drug delivery system
...etastatic -- or spreading -- tumors. "Any clinical situation in which cells home to disease sites -- such as inflammation or autoimmune disease -- might benefit from this approach," explains Richard Vile, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic molecular immunologist and lead researcher of the investigation. "Our work is an import...MRSA is a global problemperspectives from around the world
...mmunity setting. Harbarth and Pittet comment: "The situation with MRSA might become comparable to that observed for other infectious problems such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and mad cow disease--economic and political pressure may contribute to compliance and uniformity in control measures and to all...Brain protein linked to alcoholism and anxiety
...ested they used alcohol to lessen their anxiety, a situation that is not uncommon in humans. The researchers showed that if they used a chemical to stimulate CREB activity and neuropeptide Y levels in the central amygdala, they could decrease the anxiety and alcohol intake in P rats. Conversely, chemically bl...International study finds one in five heart patients continue to smoke
...vey EUROASPIRE III is planned to see whether the situation improves. "It was disappointing that there was hardly any change in the five years between the first two surveys. However, we believe that the European guidelines on CVD prevention, tools such as HeartScore and interventions by governments might mean...