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Bioparasite Envisioned To Control Terror Of Fire Ants

...oss the U.S., where their numbers are now 10 times greater than in their native South America. Yet researchers of the US Department of Agriculture say that they have finally discovered the nemesis of fire ants- a virus found in some fire ant fields and which can break down their colonies in about 3 mo...

New Therapies may Help to Avoid Transplant in Some Heart Failure Patients

... patients had a left ventricular ejection fraction greater than 40 percent (measured when the pump flow was decreased). Ejection fraction is the percentage of blood pumped out of the left ventricle with each beat. Healthy hearts typically have an ejection fraction of 55 percent to 60 percent, Maybaum said. T...

Low Test Scores Of Children Linked To Their Date Of Conception

...ound that every single birth defect category had a greater risk between April and July," Winchester said. "It suggests that with seasonal factors, something is conferring increased risk." And it is not just risk for birth defects; according to Winchester, the number two cause of infant mortality in the U.S...

Study Evaluates the Incompetence of Blacks as Living Kidney Donors

...ites. Obesity was defined by body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 32 kg/m. Twelve percent of blacks were excluded because they didnt complete the evaluation process, compared to 1.8 percent of whites. For whites, the biggest reason for exclusion was kidney stones, at 7.3 percent, compared to 1.5 pe...

Too Much TV Watching Linked With Poor Academic Performance in Teens

... three hours or more hours of TV had an 82 percent greater chance of not graduating or falling behind compared with teens who watched less than an hour - even after accounting for other factors, such as any learning difficulties the teen had at age 14 and socio-economical status. Teenagers who watch severa...

Drug Risks Must Be Balanced Against Benefits, Researchers

...l modes of transportation, only motorcycles pose a greater risk (450 per 100,000 person-years) than all drugs...apine, Tysabri and Vioxx all had risks equal to or greater than the annual mortality risks for firefighters and law enforcement workers (about 11 per 100,000 p...

Britains Complacent Attitude To Uptake Of New Cancer Drugs Revealed

...tes, it is also directed to clinical research to a greater extent. There is a need for a significant increase in the public research for cancer in Europe particularly devoted to clinical research, Jonsson was quoted. Generally, the greatest differences in uptake were noted for the new colorectal and lung c...

Heavy Drinking may Trigger Stroke

... units per week for males) and excessive (anything greater than moderate). In the study, two units were about equal to one pint of beer. Those with confirmed atrial fibrillation were then compared to those without the irregular heartbeat - about half (48 percent) of people in each group were moderate drink...

HIV Survival Improves If Patients Stay in Care

...ess during the year after starting treatment had a greater risk of dying than those who saw the physicians at least once each quarter. Patients with visits in one quarter had nearly twice the risk of dying compared to patients with visits in all four quarters. "The next step is to figure out how to get the...

ENDEAVOR III Trial Reports Key Findings on New-generation Stent

...ort in angiographic studies, showing significantly greater scar tissue growth, or late loss, in the inner diameter of the artery as compared to the Cypher stent. At 12 months, clinical outcomes were equivalent with the two stents: The combined rates of death, heart attack, and repeat procedures were 8.2 perc...

Taking The Bull By The Horns- Australia To Tackle Bullying In Schools

...better reporting to parents on school bullying and greater autonomy for school principals. According to Bos... violence in schools, as well as giving principals greater power to hire and fire teachers and expel problem students. Mr. Howard's speech comes ahead of n...

Deforestation Plays a Critical Role in Climate Change: Study

... to 130 billion tonnes of carbon by 2100, which is greater than the amount of carbon that would be released by 13 years of global fossil fuel combustion. So maintaining forests as carbon sinks will make a significant contribution to stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, said Dr Pep Canadell ...

Heart Attack Risk Increased by Unfair Treatment

...showed that the higher the sense of injustice, the greater was the risk of a heart attack or angina. Researchers noted that people in the "high" category were 55 percent more likely to have serious heart disease as those who did not feel they were unfairly treated and twice as likely to have it as those in...

List of Compounds That Causes Breast Cancer Identified

... either the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have a seven-time greater risk of breast cancer, the US National Cancer Institute estimates. Genetic factors by themselves, however, cannot elucidate the outstanding disparity in cancer rates between regions. Women living in developed countries are approximately five times ...

Intake of Polyphenol Speeds Up Fatty Acid Catabolism

...apples and tea. Boer found that lung cells had a greater fatty acid catabolism if the rats constantly received quercetin in their feed. The energy-sensing protein SIRT1 is an important regulatory protein that can prolong the life span of model organisms such as yeast and fruit flies. In humans, SIRT1 is ...

Low-Carb Diet Effective for Teens Trying to Lose Weight

... children between 12 and 18 with a body mass index greater than the 95th percentile for their age. Sixty-three teens were put on a diet of less than 50 grams of carbohydrates per day. Their pediatrician and a dietician saw them at regular intervals over a six-month period. Thirty-eight of the teens, approxim...

Being Overzealous With Multivitamins May Lead To Prostate Cancer

... a week. It was seen that these men had a slightly greater risk of advanced or fatal prostate tumors. If the doctors were to follow 10,000 men for 10 years, there would be about 30 extra cases of advanced prostate cancer and seven or eight extra cases of fatal prostate cancer associated with heavy supplem...

Smoking More Likely Linked With Head and Neck Cancers Than Boozing

...tudy also showed that drinking was associated with greater risk of head and neck cancers among non-smokers. Patients who drank three or more drinks per day had twice the risk of head and neck cancers as non-drinkers. Only seven per cent of head and neck cancers were due to drinking among never smokers. "T...

Out of Reach may Not Always Save You from Catching Cold

...et drying on a surface could be infectious but the greater danger was droplets drying in the air. "A droplet can travel for 10cm before it dries in the air, it doesn't immediately fall to the ground, she said. Professor Morawska said her research had shown that one person infected with the disease could ...

Extinction Risk of Grazing Animals Depends on Reproductive Speed

... areas are threatened. The poorer the country, the greater the threat," she said. According to her, regional military conflicts also turn up the heat on species, as people in strife-torn areas increasingly turn to "bush meat," including hoofed animals, to supplement their diets. "Since these are large, ...

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