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Community involvement important in fight against childhood obesity, according to UTHealth researchers

HOUSTON -- (March 2, 2010) -- Community support of school obesity prevention programs is critical to achieving a significant decrease in obesity among children…

Mar 3, 2010

Health

Lung cancer research explores the effects of patient attitudes on patient outcomes

Research published in the March edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) explored the importance of a patient's outlook as it relates to health behavior and health status.

Mar 3, 2010

Health

Climate change will impact infectious diseases worldwide, but questions remain as to how

NEW YORK--As climatologists weather the IPCC controversy , another storm is brewing, and this one is filled with not with bloggers but with beasts, bugs and bacteria.

Mar 3, 2010

Health

In the battle against childhood obesity, review effectiveness before implementing policies

Before developing specific anti-obesity strategies, lawmakers and advocates should review the evidence on program effectiveness and costs in order to avoid…

Mar 3, 2010

Health

Strategic research program needed to determine whether, how past climate influenced human evolution

WASHINGTON -- Understanding how past climate may have influenced human evolution could be dramatically enhanced by an international cross-disciplinary research…

Mar 3, 2010

Earth & Environment

Road salt and cars produce extreme water contamination in Frenchman's Bay, UTSC research reveals

TORONTO, March 2, 2010 -- The levels of contamination to water and sediment in Frenchman's Bay in Pickering, Ontario greatly exceed provincial water quality…

Mar 3, 2010

Health

'World's most useful tree' provides low-cost water purification method for developing world

A low-cost water purification technique published in Current Protocols in Microbiology could help drastically reduce the incidence of waterborne disease in the developing world.

Mar 3, 2010

Health

No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head

Our bodies are wired to move, and damaged wiring is often impossible to repair. Strokes and spinal cord injuries can quickly disconnect parts of the brain that…

Mar 2, 2010

Health

Long-acting beta-agonists most effective step-up therapy for children with poorly controlled asthma

For children whose asthma is not well controlled and on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) may be the most effective of three possible step-up treatments.

Mar 2, 2010

Earth & Environment

UCLA engineers develop faster method to detect bacterial contamination in coastal waters

Currently, beachgoers are informed about water-quality conditions based on results from the previous day's sample.

Mar 2, 2010

Space

Webb Telescope's first primary mirror meets cold temperature specifications, sets program landmark

GREENBELT, Md. -- The James Webb Space Telescope reached a mission-readiness landmark today when its first primary mirror segment was cryo-polished to its required prescription as measured at operational cryogenic temperatures.

Mar 2, 2010

Technology

Blue Ribbon Task Force: Preserving our digital knowledge base must be a public priority

Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age -- ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but…

Mar 2, 2010

Health

Sorting device for analyzing biological reactions puts the power of a lab in a researcher?s pocket

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 2, 2010 -- Fictional candy maker Willy Wonka called his whimsical device to sort good chocolate eggs from bad, an eggucator.

Mar 2, 2010

Earth & Environment

Jailhouse Plot: Some Correctional Facilities Put Prisoners to Work Growing Produce

Dear EarthTalk: We’ve all heard about the abysmal food served in prison, as well as the economical, nutritional and even therapeutic value of growing one’s own food.

Mar 2, 2010