Warming trend may contribute to malaria's rise
Could global warming be contributing to the resurgence of malaria in the East African Highlands? A widely-cited study published a few years ago said no, but new research by an international team that includes University of Michigan theoretical ecologist Mercedes Pascual finds that, while other factors such as drug and pesticide resistance, changing land use patterns and human migration als...World shark attacks dipped in 2005, part of long-term trend
Assertive and even aggressive human behavior could explain why shark attacks worldwide dipped last year, continuing a five-year downward trend in close encounters with the oceanic predators, new University of Florida research suggests. Greater safety precautions and in-your-face responses to confrontations with sharks went a long way in reducing the total number of attacks from 65 in 2004...Etoposide from Biotrend Chemikalien GmbH
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, the California-based provider of busines...State investment board keeps an eye on Wisconsin's tech trends
The agenda for this week's meeting of the in...VC trends, company progress discussed at Mason Wells portfolio meeting
Limited partners, portfolio company executives, and guests of met in Milwaukee to hear a speech from Mark Hessen,...Business-school IT director points to reasons for wireless trend
is dedicated primarily to looking ahead for new social and technological developments, Scott Converse showed them how looking to the past can also be important if they want t...'Don't work here' job interviews set new Midwest technology trend
I call it the "humanizing factor" at work. A lot of things are still wretchedly out of whack about the corporate world and the behavior of people in it, but in little ways, people are starting to act more and more like regular people at work (sometimes when you least expect it)....Growing trend of delay in completing vaccination schedule
In the recent issue of Journal of American Medical Association, researchers have pointed out that there seems to be a growing// trend in delaying the vaccination schedules of the children resulting in increase in risk of the vaccinated diseases affecting the children. According to the latest study, most of the vaccines that need to be completed during the first two years of age in chi...Changing Trends Regarding Insurance Cover For Weight Reduction Surgery
Bariatric surgery is a term derived from the Greek words: ''weight'' and ''treatment.'' Bariatric surgical procedures are major gastrointestinal operations that either seal off most of the stomach to reduce// the amount of food one can eat or rearrange the small intestine to reduce the calories the bodies can absorb. It is a collective term given to the various surgical options available for trea...New trend of birth induction is on the rise
Statistics reveal that one in 12 babies born in New South Wales are due to induced births and this new trend is supported by the obstetricians working at the private hospitals. About 25% of the births are only after the mother is given drugs to initiate labour. // The doctors when asked about the issue, say that the pregnant women prefer induction as they want that particular...Trendsetters: Little girls fast track into ladies even before they know it
In an age when life is always in fast forward mode, and milestones are met long before they are due, it is alarming that little girls not more than 10 years, are reaching puberty 18 months sooner than their mothers and 2 years earlier than their grandmothers, a new research has revealed. // Early puberty is triggered by a range of factors that includes high levels of obesity, a lack of...Periodontal disease can be predicted by trends in obesity!
The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) has studied the relation between three parameters viz periodontal disease, obesity and insulin resistance //The study carried out at the University at Buffalo has given findings that point in the direction that obesity is a significant predictor for periodontal disease. This relation is not affected by age, gender, race, et...