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News | Archive (26 October 2008)
Are Australian children active and eating well?
— 16:06 GMT | HealthThe most comprehensive survey ever taken of Australian children's diet and activity habits has revealed a picture of a generation where some children are eating a variety of healthy foods and are generally lean and active, while others are filling up on the wrong types of food and spending too long in front of the television…
Boston Medical Centre researchers educating chief residents about addiction
— 16:06 GMT | HealthResearchers from Boston Medical Centre (BMC) have found that education on addiction is inadequate during medical training, resulting in suboptimal medical care for those at risk. However, the research also found that a Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) program in addiction medicine is an effective 'train the trainers' model for dissemination of addiction knowledge and skills to generalist physician trainees…
Alcohol: A life sentence
— 16:06 GMT | HealthEvery year, almost 4000 babies in Germany are born with alcohol-related defects. The mothers of these children have often drunk alcohol regularly during the pregnancy. The consequences are often devastating and commonly persist into adulthood…
Rapid HIV testing in the ER boosts diagnoses, screening
— 16:06 GMT | HealthOne in every 50 people screened for a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital was found to be infected with HIV using a rapid blood sample screening test…
How women with lupus can increase chance for healthy pregnancies
— 16:06 GMT | HealthIn the not so distant past, women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease, were advised not to have children, and if they became pregnant, to have therapeutic abortions to prevent severe flares of their lupus. Research by rheumatologists at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, in patients with lupus who have had successful pregnancies is yielding insights that support a reversal of that thinking…
Bumblebees learn the sweet smell of foraging success
— 16:06 GMT | BiologyBumblebees use flower scent to guide their nest-mates to good food sources, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London. For any animal, finding food on its own can be time consuming and inefficient; social animals such as bees reduce these problems by informing their peers of plentiful sites, and 'recruiting' them to the search…
First international guidelines for treatment of psoriatic arthritis
— 16:06 GMT | HealthRheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates have come together to publish the first-ever international guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, a disease that mainly affects people who have psoriasis but also some people without it…
University of Western Ontario cameras capture 'fireball'
— 16:06 GMT | AstronomyFor the second time this year, The University of Western Ontario Meteor Group has captured incredibly rare video footage of a meteor falling to Earth. The team of astronomers suspects the fireball dropped meteorites in a region north of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, that may total as much as a few hundred grams in mass…
Scientists develop high-performance steel for possible use in ITER fusion project
— 16:06 GMT | TechnologyResearchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. ITER Project Office, which is housed at ORNL, have developed a new cast stainless steel that is 70 percent stronger than comparable steels and is being evaluated for use in the huge shield modules required by the ITER fusion device…
Phony friends? Rejected people better able to spot fake smiles
— 16:06 GMT | Health'There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all.' It's true too - next time you are lost in a foreign country, just flash a smile and the locals will be happy to help you find your way. An honest smile can convey a wide range of meanings, from being happy to having fun. Although, not all smiles are genuine. All of us have 'faked a smile' at some point…
Extreme weather postpones the flowering time of plants
Seasonal affective disorder may be linked to genetic mutation