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Diagnostic Tests for Malaria Underused in Zambia

...laria diagnostics were tested and 44.6 percent had positive test results. Of patients with negative blood smea...o a large proportion of patients with fever with a positive diagnostic test result, but also to some with a negative diagnostic test result (blood smear, 30.4 p...

Is Presumed Consent the Answer to Organ Shortages?

...ain has a presumed consent system which portrays a positive attitude towards donation, together with major financial investment and good organization. It also has the highest recorded donor rate in the world, at 35.1 donors per million population, compared with 12.8 in the UK. We cannot afford to wait anot...

New Reforms Could Cut the Number of Unexplained Infant Deaths

...umber of cases of unexplained infant deaths and a positive legacy emerging from tragedy, says a feature in this weeks BMJ. Sally Clark was arrested in 1998 for the murder of her two infant sons. She was imprisoned but won her appeal in 2003. She died in March this year. The consequences of the case, says J...

Robotic Surgery May Improve Survival Rate For Prostate Cancer Patients

...ostatectomy (LRP) with robot technology can reduce positive surgical margins. Positive surgical margins refers... We demonstrated a significant improvement in the positive surgical margin rate with the addition of robotics to an established LRP, said Costas Lallas, M.D., ...

Appetite-regulating Peptides Influence Alcohol Cravings

...ers and a high social burden. The study showed a positive association between leptin and craving among patients of Leschs Type 1 and 2, and between leptin and craving among patients consuming beer or wine. It also revealed a negative trend between ghrelin and craving among patients of Leschs Type 1. "W...

Study Finds Glycerin to Be a Good Source for Cattle Feed

... priorities: first, to determine if glycerin has a positive or negative effect on calves i.e. growth performance, and second, to assess its impact, if any, on meat quality. Kerley has separated the cows into groups of three, each consuming differing amounts of glycerin during their daily diet. The amounts ...

Loss of Virginity Could Prove Traumatic If Relationship Falls Apart Subsequently

...lso cautioned that the study does not suggest that positive effects result from first-time sex among teens and said she hopes it will help policy-makers focus help on those most vulnerable rather than promoting a one-size-fits-all approach. She was referring to legislative push for abstinence education as a...

Fat Screen Delivers Plant-derived Chemical With Antidiabetic Effects

...nds, the researchers found that harmine has such a positive effect on fat. The fat cells under examination wer...oduction. "Harmine inhibits an inhibitor for a net positive effect on fat" that ultimately appears to restore insulin response without some of the side effects ...

Limiting Eligibility for Medical Studies can Omit Women and African-Americans

...ase the chances that a favored treatment will show positive outcomes. Humphreys said such exclusions could have dangerous implications. "If treatments are tested on, and developed for, only part of the population, that means everyone excluded is at greater risk when they use health care," said Humphreys. F...

Pre- and Post-menopausal Women Responses Equally to Most Sexual Desire Cues

... noting that there is less understanding about the positive sexual changes experienced by post-menopausal women. In light of this, the fact that post-menopausal women did not differ significantly from pre-menopausal women on three of the four subscales, and scored higher than pre-menopausal women on one of th...

Choice is a Key Element in Success for Smokers Who Want to Quit

...rum of romantic relationships: If you do something positive for your mate, does it matter why? The answer is yes according to Patrick's research. She found that both small sacrifices, like doing the dishes for your partner, and big ones, like moving across the country for a new job he or she really wants, mea...

Cultural Bias Against Women Hampering Fight Against AIDS in Africa

...on, which hinders testing and disclosing of an HIV positive status, gender-discriminatory beliefs linked to sexual risk taking and failure of traditional and government leaders to promote the equality, autonomy, and economic independence of women. The group recommended both African governments end discrimin...

Ostracized HIV-affected Widow Turns to Begging

An HIV positive widow has been reduced to begging for survival in Orissa after villagers ostracized her and her son out of fear that the disease can be passed on by social contact. And after her own parents also refused to provide support to her, Sukanti (name ch...

Genes That Produce 'skimmed Milk' in Cows Identified

...lk products from Marges milk and they maintain the positive taste....

Researchers Training Rats To Diagnose TB

...gh rates of TB. Medical workers could then confirm positive samples. However, the idea of using rats to diagnose TB is facing some skepticism, the Times reports. "When I first suggested it, everyone laughed at me," Weetjens said. Richard Chaisson of the Center for Tuberculosis Research Laboratory at Johns H...

Brain Activity Reflects Variation in Types of Anxiety

...on from a nearby structure that is associated with positive emotional processing. Left and right is not the only distinction we made, Miller said. We did left/right comparisons with groups, but we also did comparisons within the left hemisphere to show that these different areas are doing different things. ...

People With Physical Disabilities can Now Play Music With Their Nose!

...es, such as cerebral palsy, may now experience the positive effects of music with the help of a computerised instrument that enables one to play music with the tip of their nose. The interface may also be adapted for speech, giving physically challenged patients the ability to form full sentences, rather t...

Revolutionary Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Detection

...ciety confirms only 20 percent of biopsies turn up positive for cancer. In a recent elasticity imaging study, doctors studied 166 suspected breast tumors in 99 women scheduled for biopsies. The lesions were measured using both the standard ultrasound technique and elasticity ultrasound. The results showed t...

Investigational Drug Being Pursued for the Treatment of Ischaemic Stroke

...e ancrod data presented this week in Glasgow draws positive conclusions that support a new dosing regimen for ancrod and revised inclusion/exclusion criteria for the current clinical trials," said David Sherman, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA. "The reanalysis enables us to...

Surge in Cancer Incidence in Asia Feared

...nd better treatment of tumors is credited with the positive results the first U.S. decline in cancer deaths since 1930. Smoking is on the rise in Asia, where it's common to see people lighting up in airports, restaurants and even hospitals. Lung cancer makes up the bulk of all cases regionwide, followed by...

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