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Transportation and Logistics

Bright Clothing and Lights: Do They Improve Safety for Cyclists?

There is, however, no evidence that this necessarily makes cyclists or pedestrians any safer. The problem is that no one has done the research needed to test…

Health & Medicine

Can Progesterone Effectively Treat Premenstrual Syndrome?

Five in every one hundred women suffer premenstrual symptoms at some time in their lives that are severe enough to interfere with their lives. One possible…

Studies and Analyses

Educating Consumers on Tire Aging Hazards: Key Research Insights

The researchers will present their findings on Friday, October 20, during the HFES 50th Annual Meeting at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel. The meeting will be…

Earth Sciences

Oxygen’s Role in Early Earth: New Insights and Discoveries

The finding is the first concrete validation of a long-held hypothesis that oxygen was being produced and consumed by that time and that the transition to an…

Studies and Analyses

Vaccines and Antivirals: Pandemic Preparedness Insights

But a new study in PLoS Medicine finds that 30% of nations have prioritized neither vaccine nor drugs in their pandemic influenza preparedness plans.In the…

Studies and Analyses

Diabetes Increases Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Seniors

One of these is cardiovascular disease, the number one killer in the US and other developed countries. A new study by Joshua Barzilay (Kaiser Permanente of…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Disparities in Medical Treatment for Incarcerated Patients

Human factors/ergonomics researchers compared medical treatments for incarcerated and unincarcerated (paying) patients and found a startling difference….

Automotive Engineering

Lane Departure Warnings: A Smart Solution for Drowsy Drivers

Called Lane Departure Warnings (LDW), these systems are designed to help reduce car crashes by alerting drowsy drivers that the vehicle has wandered out of the…

Studies and Analyses

New Weather Technology Enhances Systems: Study Insights

The researchers will present the findings of their study at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel on Thursday, October 19, 2006, during the HFES 50th Annual Meeting,…

Studies and Analyses

HealthGrades 2007 Study: Hospital Quality Ratings Unveiled

The largest annual study of hospital quality in America, issued today by HealthGrades, finds a typical patient, on average, has a 69 percent lower chance of…

Health & Medicine

Antioxidant Shields Lungs from Silicosis Damage

These results appear in the second issue for October 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Assesses Strategies to Stop Illicit Nuclear Imports

The nightmare scenario in homeland security is a terrorist detonation of a nuclear weapon on U.S. soil. In a paper published this week in Risk Analysis: An…

Health & Medicine

2DG Sugar Compound Shows Promise in Reducing Seizures

2-deoxy-glucose, or 2DG, has long been used in radio labeling, medical scanning and cancer imaging studies in humans. But now, researchers at the University of…

Health & Medicine

New Insights on Post-Stimulus Dopamine Release Mechanisms

Determining the mechanisms that cause what is being called “post-stimulus activated release” and how they maintain dopamine levels could have important…

Health & Medicine

High Glucose Before Surgery Linked to Complications Risks

Boris Mraovic, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology in the Artificial Pancreas Center at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in…

Life & Chemistry

IRF6 Gene Links Birth Defects and Skin Cell Development

Their latest findings, published online Oct. 15 in Nature Genetics, reveal an unexpected role for IRF6 in the growth and development of skin cells, a discovery…

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