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New Study Challenges How Regulators Determine Risk

...ment testing and risk assessment procedures should reflect that,” Calabrese says. For example, in environmental regulations, it has been assumed that most carcinogens possess real or theoretical risks at low levels, and therefore must be nearly completely removed from the environments to assure public safety...

Indians Make One Major Human Race: US Study

... Although the study used participants that may not reflect a random sample from India, these results still suggest that the frequencies of many genetic variants are distinctive in India compared to other parts of the world, an Indian American scientist who led the study said. "We were struck both by the lo...

Tamil Nadu Checks AIDS Spread

...and the poor socio-economic background. "Surveys reflect the continued threat of extreme violence faced by the community," she adds. "My husband suspected me of infidelity... Soon after marriage, one day he poured hot oil on my legs. Then he stopped giving me any money... I had no way to support my baby ...

Narcolepsy May Be Caused By Environmental Exposures: Study

...risk factors, but noted that such associations may reflect a consequence rather than a cause of disease. Although he and his colleagues have produced the scenario that environmental exposures may be a contributing factor into a person's development of narcolepsy, investigators must intensify the search fo...

Most Hospital Performance Measures for Heart Failure Not Linked to Improved Patient Outcomes

...ures for heart failure do not appear to accurately reflect the quality of care provided, according to a study.// Heart failure continues to be a serious public health concern in the United States: the overall prevalence of heart failure was 5 million individuals in 2003, with 550,000 new cases being report...

Sway Schizophrenics With Incentives to Avail Regular Treatment

...on by rewarding them, say researchers, which would reflect in immense benefit to the patients. Many eyebrows were raised regarding the ethical aspect of such a move. In the study to examine the benefits of such a strategy, five outreach mental health patients in east London who had a history of irregular ...

Disturbed Sleep and Heart Trouble Go Hand in Hand

...ls of C-reactive protein and other substances that reflect active inflammation. It also revs up the body’s sympathetic nervous system, which is activated by fright or stress. Sometimes heart disease is a cause of poor sleep. People with heart failure may wake up with trouble breathing, which stems from flu...

Horse Heart Coherence May Be Key To Non-invasive Stress Detection

A horse’s heart rhythms reflect their emotional state and can respond to the emotional state of a nearby human, according to a pilot study conducted by Alliant International University Professor Ellen Gehrke //and the Institute of HeartMath. When in contact, a horse’s heart rate m...

Simple Test Detects Genetic Signs of Lung Cancer in a Patient’s Sputu

... shown that the genetic aberrations seen in sputum reflect the same genetic aberrations found in lung tumors, and that these molecular changes occur before any morphological changes can be seen in a cytology test.” Sputum cytology is still used in some clinics, but has largely been found to be insensitive...

Chronotype, a Measure to Assess Patterns of Daily Activities

...ian clock of city dwellers from local sun time may reflect the relative strength of natural-light and social cues in influencing activity patterns. When natural-light cues are more abundant - as seems to be the case in more sparsely populated areas - human circadian rhythm entrains to local sun time. Past ...

Growing Popularity of Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Raises Concern

...ed. Upon closer observation, the gains appeared to reflect only in the high risk category. ‘Most people have the impression that statins are going to make them live longer. For primary prevention, there hasn't been demonstrated to be any survival advantage,’ Wright said. SV...

Public Urged To Prevent Mosquito Breeding

...2.3%, from 7.4% in November. The ovitrap indices reflect the prevalence of Aedes albopictus, a mosquito vector for dengue fever transmission. Among the 38 areas surveyed, 23 of them recorded positive Area Ovitrap Indices (AOI), ranging from 1.8% to 8%, with the highest being reported in Yuen Kong. But no...

Vitamins C and E Lowers Kidney Cancer Risk

...Italian diet are olive oil and vegetables, and may reflect a wider effect of these foods. “Vitamin E may represent an indirect indicator of a diet rich in vegetables, which are usually consumed with olive oil in this population, and have been related to a reduced risk of RCC,” wrote Bosetti. “Thus, it i...

Mixed HIV Coreceptor Use Associated With Lower CD4 Count

...is evidence of change in tropism is more likely to reflect the variability of the Trofile coreceptor assay used in the study rather than the speed at which tropism can switch in a treatment-experienced population. Dual-tropic viral strains are found more commonly in treatment-experienced patients, and it ...

Severe Form of “Enlarged Prostate” Disease Discoverd

...r urinary tract symptoms,” or LUTS. These symptoms reflect not only the direct effects of the prostate on urinary flow and urgency, but functional changes in the bladder that result from the increased pressure. The Hopkins team, lead by Robert Getzenberg, Ph.D., also developed a blood test that detects the...

‘Manual on Healthy Lifestyle Choices’ Releasd

...ut serving sizes, and the guide did not adequately reflect multicultural foods. There were rounds of consultations with thousands of health professionals, educators, consumer and food industry groups, academics and the public to develop the new guide. The health minister sums it up properly, “The new foo...

Symptoms of Depression Associated With Artery Diseases

... be associated with thickening arteries, which may reflect an early sign of coronary artery disease. Considerable evidence suggests that depression, anger and other negative emotions are associated with the risk for coronary artery disease, which occurs when the vessels carrying blood to the heart become n...

Rett Syndrome Reversed in Genetic Mouse Model

...spond to stimulation. LTP has long been thought to reflect the cellular basis of learning and memory. Though LTP in RTT mice models was defective, it was restored to normal function by the reversal experiments. "The reversal of neurological defects, reported in the remarkable article by Guy et al, is surp...

Researchers Find Predictor of Mortality in Cardiac Patients

.... Alternatively, lower levels of RANTES may simply reflect greater deposition of RANTES on atherosclerotic arteries with less circulating levels available for measurement by routine ELISA testing. Source-Eurekalert...

Body Mass Index may Not Reflect Fat Accurately

The body mass index (BMI) may not reflect the accurate amount of fat in a human body, accord...in most cases the student's BMI did not accurately reflect his or her percentage of body fat. The research is published in the March issue of Medicine and Sc...

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