Low-tech garment holds promise in preventing maternal death related to childbirth
...0 percent of the more than 500,000 maternal deaths worldwide each year due to childbirth, nearly all in poor countries, according to the researchers. Results from a pilot study on the use of the suit, conducted at selected sites in Egypt, appear in today's online edition of the British Journal of Obstetrics ...Inflammatory biomarker helps identify progressive precancerous lesions in the lung
...2 pack-years of smoking history. "Lung cancer is a worldwide epidemic," said Dr. Lam. "More than 300 million people die of this disease annually. In the United States alone, 170,000 new cases of lung cancer are reported each year. Most of these are non-small cell lung cancer and the overall prognosis once diag...Update on tuberculosis -- 2005
...l in Hong Kong, China, and a colleague examine the worldwide state of TB epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment as shown through research results published during 2005. "In sub-Saharan Africa, tuberculosis remains the top cause of HIV-related mortality," said Dr. Yew. "The incidence of tuberculosis in adults ...Concern over rapid rise of chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease is rising rapidly worldwide and is becoming a global healthcare problem, warn ...36/1,000,000). The rise in end stage renal disease worldwide probably reflects the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and the ageing of the populations in develo...Studies highlight global risks of vascular disease, probe creative new treatments
...f major cardiovascular complications. Researchers worldwide are responding to that threat by gathering compreh...lton, Ontario, Canada. "This is the largest trial worldwide completed to date to measure clinical events associated with a reduction of homocysteine levels foll...Enoxaparin beats unfractionated heparin as adjunct therapy for heart attacks
...specialized centers, the vast majority of patients worldwide receive clot-busting medications to treat their heart attack. "The availability of PCI is still quite limited in most parts of the world, and even in large parts of the United States it is impossible to get a patient with acute MI to the catheterizat...Commercial interests driving standards for formula milk
...uation of their biological effects and safety. The worldwide medical community might question the basis of these decisions and might rise to reject such commercial pressures, suggest the authors. Doctors should choose and recommend only those infant formulas with compositions based on current scientific knowl...The world health organization launches new stop TB strategy in the Lancet
...successful treatment of nearly 22 million patients worldwide over the last decade. However, global statistics suggest that DOTS alone is not sufficient to achieve the 2015 targets set by the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Stop TB Partnership. The new strategy therefore builds on, and goes beyond, DOTS...Avantogen and Hawaii Biotech to combine vaccine businesses
... and quantity of vaccine product needed to address worldwide pandemic diseases such as Influenza. We also see worldwide potential for the development of the West Nile and Dengue Fever vaccines." "We have explored a numbe...Strategies for Earth observation: 18th CEOS-SIT meeting at ESRIN
... will be addressed: the response of space agencies worldwide to the needs of the Global Climate Observing Syste...tional body comprised of more than sixty countries worldwide together with some 30 plus international organisations such as CEOS, WMO, UNESCO and the UN Environ...Karen Duff receives prestigious prize for Alzheimer's research
...se model in hundreds of laboratories and companies worldwide have subsequently propelled research and have aided in the testing of potential drug therapies." "The impact of her work modeling Alzheimer's disease in transgenic mice has been significant not only for our understanding of basic pathobiology, but ...New international standards for tuberculosis care published
...artnership consists of more than 300 organizations worldwide that are concerned with tuberculosis care and control. The number of new cases of tuberculosis continues to grow: Each year, between 8 and 9 million new cases occur worldwide. Though curable, two million people die from the disease each year. The ...World Water Day: Space tool aids fight for clean drinking water
...nmental satellite, Envisat, to be freely available worldwide in near-real time within four days of measurements. Following the 2002 World Summit, ESA partnered with UNESCO in starting up the TIGER initiative, which uses satellite data to manage water resources in Africa. ESA is currently presenting the TIGER...Uniting Africans to save women's lives from postpartum hemorrhage
..., in Entebbe, Uganda. ACCESS is leading the effort worldwide to reduce maternal mortality through a combination of approaches, including: promoting Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor (AMTSL); strengthening the capability of front-line health workers to provide emergency obstetric care and effectivel...Genes and environment interact to promote cancer
...an 80,000 synthetic chemicals have been introduced worldwide since World War II, with little or no knowledge as to how they affect humans or animals. Day by day, environmental scientists identify new culprits in the cancer equation in which genes, environment and lifestyle interact to increase cancer risks in ...HIV infection rates down one-third in south India, University of Toronto study
...ion programs and HIV rates will contribute to this worldwide effort to reduce the incidence of HIV," says Alan Bernstein, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which is among the study's funders....President's budget proposal cuts critical infectious diseases programs to the bone
...ited States will see these benefits translate into worldwide health benefits."...New device could cut chemotherapy deaths
...ill benefit. "Give that around one in eight people worldwide die of cancer, this could be a vitally important step in the treatment of this disease. "We have now assembled an extremely experienced team to develop the Fibrasorb technology." The Fibrasorb technology is a flexible fully resorbable device that can...5 finalists compete for Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research
...ole for using quantitative science and data in the worldwide debate on appropriate risk management of animal antibiotics. The US Commercial Aviation Partnership: Industry-government coalition ensures a balance between security and aviation-system performance. Since 9/11, there has been an outpouring of suppo......ing to the World Health Organization, 8,098 people worldwide were diagnosed with SARS during the 2003 outbreak; 774 died. There were 29 cases reported in the United States, with no fatalities. The papain-like-protease enzyme is essential for viral replication and infection of all of the coronaviruses involved...