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Reminding doctors which antibiotics to prescribe cuts C. difficile infection rates

...antibiotic, amoxicillin/clavulanate. To prevent future CDI rises as a result of the increased use of amoxicillin/clavulanate, a new narrow-spectrum policy was implemented as part of the hospital's clinical governance programme at the beginning of July 2001. This policy recommended less use of amoxicillin...

New measure of sexual arousal found for both men and women

...r physiological measure of sexual arousal for most future clinical trials of female sexual arousal disorder will be genital temperature as measured by thermography," according to Dr. Yitzchak Binik, senior author of the research and Professor of Psychology at McGill and Director of the Sex and Couple Therap...

How T lymphocytes attack

... to optimise one of the most promising options for future cancer treatment: immune therapy. For many years now, the Institut Curie has been participating actively in the development of innovative strategies in this field. Two clinical studies are currently under way at the Institute: one in patients with...

Satellites shed light on global warming

...sen Ice Shelf are very relevant for estimating the future response to climatic warming of the much larger ice masses of West Antarctica, which contain freshwater equivalent to several metres of sea-level rise," Rott added. Satellites have been extremely beneficial to scientists in understanding oceanic ...

Many couples choose to donate surplus embryos for stem cell research

... 44% decided to keep them in storage for their own future use, 7% opted to donate them to other infertile couples, and fewer than 1% made the decision to discard the embryos. "Among the couples who did not want to increase their family, 90% support the donation of embryos to stem cell research in a Catho...

Creating new life forms that may help eradicate cancer affecting women

...ready created several strains for potential use in future vaccines to treat other cancers. The company is also currently testing its cervical cancer vaccine, Lovaxin C, in phase I/II trials. ...

New science of metagenomics 'will transform modern microbiology'

...ee was asked to recommend promising directions for future studies. It concluded that the most efficient way to boost the field of metagenomics overall would be to establish a Global Metagenomics Initiative that includes a few large-scale, internationally coordinated projects and numerous medium- and small-...

Cryoablation -- A new treatment option for some kidney tumor patients

...is a curative treatment, they are optimistic about future findings. ...

New test helps identify hepatitis C patients at high risk of developing cirrhosis

...the time of the biopsy, but can't reveal how much future damage will occur. The new test assessed by Cheung and his colleagues is a way to hedge the bets. The lead author of the paper is Hongjin Huang, PhD, associate director of liver diseases at Celera in Alameda, Calif. Huang and her Celera colle...

Dinosaur extinction didn't cause the rise of present-day mammals, claim researchers

... will be able to use the research to look into the future and identify species that will be at risk of extinction. The benefit to global conservation will be incalculable." ...

Scientists reveal structure of gateways to gene control

... way is powerful information with implications for future research and potential applications. "One implication that I think is important is that we now have a better idea about how packaging the DNA in nucleosomes controls the expression of a gene," Pugh said. "We don't yet know where all the important g...

UCLA: How does your brain respond when you think about gambling or taking risks?

... and gains, is loss aversion: When people consider future actions, they are more sensitive to potential losses than to potential gains. Most people are about twice as sensitive to potential losses as to potential gains, which leads to risk aversion. "In this new study, we found for the first time neuroph...

Biologists call for better choice of model organisms in 'evo-devo'

...cted too soon, but we suspect that in terms of its future promise the current choice of new model organisms ...d to clarify our objectives and set the agenda for future studies."...

Major link in brain-obesity puzzle found

... gives scientists an important system to target in future research and the development of anti-obesity medications. In the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, U-M researcher Liangyou Rui, Ph.D. and his team report their findings on a protein called SH2B1, and specifically on its acti...

Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it

... these new developments and consider a roadmap for future research, said Kirkton. The symposium, which is also sponsored by the London-based Journal of Physiology, will feature the following speakers: Gabriel Haddad, of the University of California, San Diego, will speak on the “Genetic basis for hypo...

Monitoring poisons in the environment -- a woolly matter

...ork. In addition, it is hoped that sheep can be of future use in bio-remediation studies on brownfield sites. Experimental method: A handful of wool was taken from shoulder area of rare and heritage breeds of sheep grazing on hills in the Lake District and North Wales. The wool was then washed to ensure...

Dig deeper to find Martian life

... crucial for the scientists and engineers planning future Mars missions to find life."...

On automatic pilot

...ntrol of hind limb muscles. Such research might in future provide a better understanding of how the elderly move. Pijpers and her colleagues investigated which processes took place inside and outside of the cerebellum: how does it channel information and process this into a signal to the muscles? Subseque...

Trying to control pain can be a double-edged sword, say scientists

...anxiety. The findings may have implications for future therapeutics, believes Dr Wiech. "If we were able to stimulate the prefrontal cortex through psychological intervention, medication or some other stimulus, we could help reduce the pain felt by a patient," she says. "However, we are still some way...

End-of-life care can be improved

...ons for children at the end of life, and promising future directions. "We believe this supplement documents the tremendous progress that has been made in the past decade and represents the state of the art for assessing and improving end-of-life care in the ICU," comments guest co-editor Mitchell Levy,...

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