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Biased reporting found in cancer prognostic studies

...he authors found that the association between TP53 status and head and neck cancer mortality weakened as they expanded their analyses from the 18 published and indexed studies alone to include the 13 studies with published data only. The association vanished after they added in the unpublished data from 11 ...

Looks matter to female barn swallows

... how much time and money we spend on our looks and status long after we have established stable relationship...ers indicate a male's quality, such as his health, status or ability to raise young, Safran speculates. The actual cue that female barn swallows use to asse...

Hepatitis C responds best to combo of ribavirin and interferon, study concludes

...sures reported by the researchers included patient status at the end of treatment, quality of life and whether patients had a reduction in liver inflammation. Patients who had combination therapy did better in all categories. Side effects, however, were much more common in the combination therapy across all...

'Punctuated' evolution in the human genome

... activity may have been changes in transcriptional status or chromatin conformation. "Other regions may show different temporal biases," explains Eichler. "The important implication here is that episodic bursts of activity challenge the concept of gradual clock-like changes during the course of genome evol...

Male Combat Veterans Rank High In Heart Disease Risk

...s examining the association between socio-economic status and cardiovascular disease. More non-veterans tended to have higher incomes post-war compared to combat veterans and non-combat veterans. Non-combat veterans tended to enter professional or managerial occupations more often than combat veterans or no...

New defibrillator signals doctor of patient's irregular heartbeat or device malfunction

...unctions, e.g., battery failure. When a patient's status changes, a built-in microchip of Biotronik's Lumos DR-T implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) sends a signal to a satellite via a small transmitter that can be placed on a nightstand, worn on a belt or kept in a purse. In addition, Biotron...

Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis exposure for health care workers

...tients in this study tend toward low socioeconomic status and increased substance use, most university hospitals in the United States are located in urban areas and serve a similar patient population, added Makary. Other authors on the report are Eric S. Weiss, Theresa Wang, Dora Syin, Peter Pronovost, Dav...

AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV

...ign focuses on the importance of knowing one's HIV status and getting tested. The campaign features television promotions with national celebrities, including Alicia Keys. The initiatives announced today build on the public awareness efforts now underway in New York. The Department is currently running a p...

Researchers rein in regulatory RNAs

...anscripts have been shown to alter the methylation status of the overlapping partner gene. SATs might also trigger posttranscriptional gene regulation via RNA interference (RNAi) by virtue of their ability to form double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules. A large proportion of these antisense RNAs represent n...

US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say

...pectancy do not take into consideration the health status of people currently alive. Longevity predictions are crucial for health policy and for economic policy as well. "One of the consequences of our prediction is that Social Security does not appear to be in nearly as bad a shape as we think," Olshansk...

Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients

...ogists with objective information about the health status of their patients, information that can be frustratingly difficult to obtain in a typical clinical setting in this medically diverse group of patients, the researchers said. The results of the study were presented by Duke cardiologist Roosevelt Gill...

The BIOS Initiative - open source biotechnology is born

...orm. CAMBIA has also just added the INPADOC patent status database to its free online service, now allowing any searchers to know the dynamic status of patent applications and patents in over 40 countries. "This expansion is part of our ongoing effo...

Transport System Smuggles Medicines Into Brain

...ual communication within a species (e.g. to denote status or attractiveness). As he studied these aspects, he wanted to understand more about what makes the colors of the birds possible, and then focused on "deconstructing the color into its component parts." McGraw said an interesting aspect of the five p...

ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors

...ual communication within a species (e.g. to denote status or attractiveness). As he studied these aspects, he wanted to understand more about what makes the colors of the birds possible, and then focused on "deconstructing the color into its component parts." McGraw said an interesting aspect of the five p...

Scientists collaborate to assess health of global environment

...s accomplished the daunting task of evaluating the status of all of the ecosystems on Earth, and the outlook is troubling. Commissioned by the United Nations in 2001, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment program will issue its primary report on March 30 during press conferences in London, Washington, D.C., ...

Leukemia Drug Breakthrough Study In New England Journal Of Medicine

... the National Cancer Institute awarded Moffitt the status of a Comprehensive Cancer Center in recognition of its excellence in research and contributions to clinical trials, prevention and cancer control. Additionally, Moffitt is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a prestigious alliance ...

Male circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission from women to men

...udy. Initially they wereevaluated for circumcision status and HIV-negativity. Over the lengthof the study the men were asked to give information concerning thenumber of sexual encounters with three different partner types--wives,casual partners, and prostitutes--and were screened for HIV and othersexually t...

Lack of enzyme turns fat cells into fat burners

...and storage of fat. We feel this contributesto the status of the animal."In prior studies, Wakil and his colleagues have demonstrated the effectACC2 has on mice. Mice bred to lack the enzyme can eat a high fat, highcarbohydrate diet without gaining weight, while their normalcounterparts become obese and dev...

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