A new study to be published in tomorrow’s New England Journal of Medicine shows that United States investment in tuberculosis (TB) treatment abroad saves lives and money at home. Most cases of TB in the US and Canada occur among immigrants, refugees, visitors, and other migrants from countries where this disease remains common.
An international team led by McGill University Health Centre researchers Dr. Dick Menzies, Dr. Kevin Schwartzman, and Ms. Olivia Oxlade predicts that
Another brain receptor confirmed to affect alcohol intake; may serve as treatment target
A new set of experiments in mice confirms that a brain receptor associated with the reinforcing effects of marijuana also helps to stimulate the rewarding and pleasurable effects of alcohol. The research, which was conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and was published online September 2, 2005 by the journal Behavioural Brain Research, confirms a genetic
New research from the University of Alberta reveals just how self-conscious and easily influenced consumers can be.
Through a series of carefully controlled experiments at a campus bookstore, researchers learned that consumers will, in every case studied, spend more money to buy a brand name item when someone they don’t know is standing near them at the time they choose their purchase. Consumers also tend to spend more money when a group of people is standing near them but a
New research suggests that depression may hasten the progression of heart disease by increasing the levels of a key protein that causes inflammation.
In a study of 32 people with heart failure, the 14 patients who felt the most depressed had nearly twice the levels of this protein in their blood.
The protein, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), is one member of a large family of proteins called cytokines, chemical messengers that are mobilized when the body is i
A study of how the immune system reacts to strains of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria–emerging strains that sicken otherwise healthy people, or so-called “community-acquired” infections–has shown for the first time that these strains are more deadly and better at evading human immune defenses than more common S. aureus strains that originate in hospitals and other health-care settings.
In a paper released today online in The Journal of Immunology, scient
Most teenage boys who don’t plan to cause pregnancy still believe it is likely they will get someone pregnant within six months. The likelihood is linked to beliefs about pregnancy and condoms, as well as socioeconomic status. These findings are reported in the electronic edition of the September issue of Pediatrics.
Despite playing an influential role in whether girls become pregnant and keep their babies, males are often overlooked in efforts to understand the motives behind teen pre
Aromatase inhibitor improves survival for some patients, reduces metastasis
The complete analysis of data from an international trial of the drug letrozole (Femara) confirms earlier reports that the drug reduced the recurrence of breast cancer in women previously treated with tamoxifen. It also finds that letrozole prevents the development of metastases, even in women whose cancer had originally spread to their lymph nodes. The report appears in the September 7 issue of the Journa
Attention, vigilance, driving skills suffer as much from long work hours & overnight shifts as from blood alcohol level of 0.04%
The long hours and overnight shifts that are a rite of passage for young doctors may leave them so sleep-deprived that they function as poorly as if they’d had a few cocktails, a new study finds.
In findings published in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, 34 young pediatric residents showed simila
Batch reading, the process of interpreting screening mammograms during a set-aside block of time in a quiet environment that prevents interruption or distraction, can significantly reduce the number of patients who have to return for additional mammograms—although few hospitals use it, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin.
For the study, the researchers analyzed the recall and cancer detection rates for 9,522 screening mammograms, 1,538 of which were interpreted by batch re
Sometimes less is more.
That is a difficult concept to grasp, particularly when you are a 3-year-old. But psychologists have discovered something that helps – symbols.
Researchers investigating how self-control develops in children found that abstract symbols can lead the youngsters toward a more optimal decision than when they have to make a choice with tangible objects such as candy.
This was demonstrated when the researchers gave 3-year-olds the choice o
Researchers calculated the costs of management of low back pain and found that an integrated and step-wise approach within a multidisciplinary setting forms a better use of the available resources. The study is published in the September issue of Pain Practice.
Within a multidisciplinary pain center, treatment possibilities include pharmacological treatment, rehabilitation programs, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychological counseling, as well as minimally invasive interventional
Eine von der Universität Augsburg und Georgeson Shareholder veröffentlichte Studie zeigt: Unternehmen setzen bei Aktionärsbetreuung und Kapitalmarktkommunikation verstärkt auf zielgruppenspezifische Maßnahmen.
Zielgruppenorientierte Investor Relations (IR) gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Trendstudie, die Georgeson Shareholder, ein Unternehmen der Computershare Gruppe, heute gemeinsam mit der Universität Augsburg veröffentlicht hat. Die Untersuchung ze
A new study from the University of Edinburgh and Pennsylvania State University suggests a smart solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the optics and electromagnetics sector – how to produce near-perfect lenses cheaply.
Researchers have devised a strikingly simple method of producing materials which bend light the ’wrong’ way – a significant development as lenses with minimal distortion can be made from flat slabs of these negatively-refracting materials.
University of Pittsburgh study results published in Archives of General Psychiatry
A treatment program that stresses maintaining a regular schedule of daily activities and stability in personal relationships is an effective therapy for bipolar disorder, report University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers in September’s Archives of General Psychiatry. Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT), a novel approach developed by the University of Pittsburgh resea
A Canadian-led study involving researchers from 41 countries has demonstrated in a study of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) that a new anti-thrombotic therapy is safer and as effective as the traditional therapy used in preventing heart attacks, death and ischemia in people with serious heart conditions.
The OASIS-5/MICHELANGELO study, presented today at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, showed that fondaparinux, a new anti-thrombotic therapy, was
Parents urged to turn off the tube, encourage outdoor play
If mothers of preschoolers perceive their neighborhood as unsafe, their children tend to watch more television, but differ little in amounts of outdoor play or overweight, compared to peers in safer neighborhoods. Drawing from a study of three-year-olds in 20 U.S. cities, researchers reported these findings in the September issue of Pediatrics.
“This is the first study to examine, in a national sample, the relati
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