Investment level in HIV prevention programs related to HIV incidence in the United States
...rial of prevention effectiveness. Therefore, it is subject to methodological limitations. Nevertheless, he said it provides substantial indications of a strong relationship between the amount of national investment in HIV prevention and levels of new infections per year in the country....Does endurance exercise promote life-threatening changes in athletes' hearts?
...uggest that endurance exercise and volume overload subject the thin-walled RV to a greater increase in workload than the thick-walled left ventricle, with subsequent changes to the structure of the RV." Prof Heidbchel said that athletes who undertake endurance sports should not worry too much. Ventricular a...New fat, same old problem with an added twist?
...fatty acid composition in the subjects' diet. Each subject consumed all three diets in random rotation during four-week diet periods. This study further confirmed previous studies in animals and humans, indicating once again that trans fats negatively affect LDL and HDL cholesterol. Surprisingly, the interes...Less experienced surgeons performing new techniques in coronary surgery on black patients
...applies to other new technologies, needs to be the subject of further research and investigation. However, these findings need to be included as part of the ongoing discussions on the access of minorities to quality healthcare." An accompanying editorial in the Journal of Health Services Research & Polic...NOVA to air two-hour documentary on pioneering African American chemist
...ering African American chemist Percy Julian is the subject of a two-hour PBS/NOVA documentary to air Feb. 6 during Black History Month. The grandson of Alabama slaves, Julian won world-wide fame for his accomplishments in organic chemistry, especially in the synthesis of medicinal drugs. Entitled "Forgotte...New imaging technique identifies people-at-risk for Alzheimer's disease
... found that FDDNP-PET differentiated between study subject groups better than did the FDG-PET combination or MRI. "FDDNP yielded excellent diagnostic accuracy and precisely predicted disease progression and brain pathology accumulation," said Barrio. "FDDNP-PET also delivers the promise of new drug monito...Public meeting Jan. 4 on research priorities on EHS aspects of engineered nanoscale materials
... of the meeting will be primarily organized around subject areas, including research prioritization criteria ...s. Speakers are requested to indicate which of the subject areas they plan to address. Topics outside of those identified areas above also will be considered. ...PhD researcher develops inexpensive, sustainable production method in just 2 years
...eceive her doctorate degree based on this research subject on December 11. Maaike Kroon (25) is regarded as an exceptionally talented young researcher. Maaike Kroon has developed a sustainable production method for the chemical industry that combines reaction and separation processes. She used this new met...Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say
...mation on the global burden of malaria remains the subject of "best guesses," and as a result resource allocation for malaria control remains "driven by perceptions and politics, rather than an objective assessment of need," say two prominent malaria researchers in PLoS Medicine. Simon Hay and Robert Snow ...Pilot study successful in taming allergic reactions to food
...s in order to determine the highest dose that each subject could tolerate, Burks said. The subjects consumed the first doses in the study clinic. The researchers then gave the childrens parents or caregivers a supply of egg product, allocated into the tolerated doses, which the subjects consumed daily at h...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, Nov. 21, 2006, issue
... in the control group. NOTE: This article is the subject of a video news release. Call for coordinates. 2. COORDINATED SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS IMPROVED DEMENTIA CARE Researchers assigned 408 pairs of people with dementia and their caregivers to one of two groups (Article, p. 713). In one group, case m...Dietary folate intake not associated with breast cancer risk
... The authors found that many of the studies were subject to publication bias, dietary assessment measurement errors, confounding by factors associated with dietary intake, or recall bias. They did not observe a link between the common MTHFR alterations and breast cancer risk. "We have reviewed the eviden...Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
...ealth status and income. The individual mandate is subject to the availability of affordable, credible coverage, but the details of affordability and what counts as credible coverage have not yet been decided. In fact, Goold and a graduate student, Nancy Baum, address that very issue in a new essay in the ...Nonminority medical students more satisfied than minority students, study finds
...learning." Stress among medical students was the subject of a second article in November's Mayo Clinic Proceedings. This study concluded that a pass fail grading method produces less stress among medical school students than the traditional AF grading method, without affecting scores on standardized exams....Federal government needs to take closer look at assisted living facilities
...t to assisted living facilities, nursing homes are subject to federal guidelines because they rely on Medicaid and Medicare funds. A second major difference between assisted living facilities and nursing homes is their respective costs. Assisted living facilities typically cost less than nursing homes. Howev...Former Treasury Secretery O'Neill will urge scientists in Pittsburgh to speed social change
... of OMB from 1974 to 1977.Secretary O'Neill is the subject of the #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ron Susskind, "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill." Over 3,000 operations researchers are expected to attend the INFORMS Annu...Forget basal body temperature -- check out her clothes
...s" to which, mounting evidence suggests, women are subject as they approach the most fertile point of every cycle. In addition to a desire to cheat on long-term mates who are less than virile, researchers have found some evidence that women's facial features may be more attractive and they may even feel sexi...$83.5 million NIH grant to Pitt establishes Clinical and Translational Research Institute
...ical trials through a novel institutional research subject registry to be embedded in UPMC's electronic health record system and implemented at UPMC's 350 outpatient practice locations and 19 hospitals. The registry will enable patients who have given prior consent to receive comprehensive health information...Finger length ratio may predict women's sporting prowess
...o is established while in the womb, and that it is subject to the amount of exposure to sex hormones, say the authors. But the same group found that genetic factors, rather than womb environment, influenced finger ratio in a recent twin analysis. The ratio tends to remain the same throughout life, the autho...... suddenly become headline news, has never been the subject of a full national debate in the profession, writes general practitioner, Richard Lehman. Over the past 15 years there has been much talk of centralising services, and many local campaigns over individual threatened local hospitals, but little syste...