Technology
Firms pay more to high-skill foreign IT pros than to US colleagues, shows INFORMS study
Contrary to public assertions, IT professionals in the U.S.
May 13, 2010
Health
Research published in NEJM highlights potential benefits of Cameron Health's S-ICD System
Cameron Health, Inc. today announced the publication of study results online in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) highlighting the development and potential benefits of the company's S-ICD® System, the first minimally invasive, subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
May 13, 2010
Health
Study finds rotavirus vaccine greatly reduces hospitalizations for acute gastroenteritis in children
Vaccinating infants against rotavirus, a leading cause of severe diarrhea and dehydration among babies and young children, was associated with a dramatic decline in U.S. hospitalization rates for acute gastroenteritis.
May 13, 2010
Health
New research shows cardiologists can quickly detect significant coronary artery disease using a non-invasive simple, short respiratory…
Tel Aviv, Israel, May 13, 2010 -- Newly published data confirm a non-invasive Respiratory Stress Response (RSR) can quickly and accurately measure the presence of significant coronary artery disease (sCAD), the leading cause of cardiovascular death worldwide. Patients in the study with sCAD had a lower RSR compared to patients without.
May 13, 2010
Earth & Environment
Opinion polls underestimate Americans' concern about the environment, Stanford study finds
When pollsters ask Americans to name the most important problem facing the country, the environment is rarely mentioned. But this time-honored polling question masks the public's true concern about environmental issues, according to Stanford University researchers.
May 13, 2010
Health
New intervention to reduce self-stigma among persons with serious mental illness
A new intervention, the result of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Haifa, City University of New York and Indiana University, was found to reduce the self-stigma and improve the quality of life and self-esteem among persons with serious mental illness.
May 13, 2010
Health
Game theoretic machine learning methods can help explain long periods of conflict
Researchers at the Santa Fe Institute have developed new machine learning methods to study conflict. Their work appears in PLOS Computational Biology on May 13.
May 12, 2010
Health
Level of frailty predicts surgical outcomes in older patients, Johns Hopkins researchers find
A simple, 10-minute "frailty" test administered to older patients before they undergo surgery can predict with great certainty their risk for complications, how long they will stay in the hospital and -- most strikingly -- whether they are likely to end up in a nursing home afterward, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.
May 12, 2010
Health
Real-time, evidence-based information at clinicians' fingertips to streamline mental health care
(Toronto, ON) May 12, 2010 -- Mental health, the second leading cause of disability and premature death in Canada, impacts the lives of every Canadian, much like technology.
May 12, 2010
Health
LSU identifies community conditions related to malnutrition deaths among older adults
BATON ROUGE -- In a paper published in the May 2010 issue of the scholarly journal Annals of Epidemiology, two LSU researchers tackle a problem seldom acknowledged in the United States -- the incidence of malnutrition-related deaths among older adults.
May 12, 2010
Health
The joke is on us: A new interpretation of bared teeth in archaeological artifacts
Bared teeth are a prominent and eye-catching feature on many historical and archaeological artifacts, and are commonly interpreted as representing death, aggression and the shamanic trance. But a study in the forthcoming issue of Current Anthropology argues that the bared-teeth motif often expresses something a bit less sinister: the smile.
May 12, 2010
Health
IOM report recommends framework to evaluate science behind health claims for foods and drugs
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should apply the same rigor to evaluating the science behind claims of foods' and nutritional supplements' health benefits as it devotes to assessing medication and medical technology approvals, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
May 12, 2010
Health
Self-directed behavioral IBS treatment rapidly relieves even the most severe symptoms
BUFFALO, N.Y.
May 12, 2010
Health
Infectious diseases caused two-thirds of the nearly 9 million child deaths globally in 2008
Preventable infectious diseases cause two-thirds of child deaths, according to a new study published today by The Lancet. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF's Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group (CHERG) assessed data from 193 countries to produce estimates by country, region and the world.
May 11, 2010