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Cost, fear, lack of information may limit CPR usage for urban minorities
Cost, fear and lack of information are barriers for minorities in urban communities to learn and perform CPR. Free CPR training or incentives such as transportation to courses could help. CPR courses need to be brought to the community and conducted in the neighborhoods.
Discovery about DNA repair could lead to improved cancer treatments
Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have made a basic science discovery that advances the understanding of how DNA repairs itself. When DNA becomes too damaged it ultimately leads to cancer.
Doctor turns to singing and social media to change medical practice
A doctor from the UK has shown how an innovative music video can help increase awareness of how to treat asthma.
Does entering the lottery affect consumers' self-control?
A simple action like buying a lottery ticket can trigger materialistic thoughts, which cause consumers to lose self-control, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Edible coatings for ready-to-eat fresh fruits and vegetables
The scientist who turned fresh-cut apple slices into a popular convenience food, available ready-to-eat in grocery stores, school cafeterias and fast-food restaurants, today described advances in keeping other foods fresh, flavorful, and safe for longer periods of time through the use of invisible, colorless, odorless, tasteless coatings. The overview of these edible films was part of the 246th...
Electronic health records linked to improved care for patients with diabetes
The use of electronic health records in clinical settings was associated with a decrease in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for patients with diabetes, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Electronic tool helps reduce deaths from pneumonia in emergency departments
An electronic decision support tool helped to reduce deaths from pneumonia in four hospital emergency departments in a new study.
Experts take on challenge of breast density notification laws
A team of California-based breast imagers and breast cancer risk specialists have developed a website to help navigate the new challenges posed by breast density notification laws, according to a special report published online in the journal Radiology.
Fungal sex can generate new drug resistant, virulent strains
Sex between genetically identical organisms has been found to create genetic changes and diversity where it did not previously exist. Duke University studies of a fungus called Cryptococcus showed the process of sexual reproduction can result in extra copies of chromosomes that can be beneficial to the organism's survival. The discovery contributes to the understanding of sex, and lends insight...
Heart disease patients with positive attitudes likely to exercise, live longer
Heart disease patients with positive attitudes were more likely to exercise and live longer.Patients may have better health outcomes when doctors' treatments are aimed at increasing positive attitude and promoting regular exercise.
High adherence to HIV prophylaxis may raise efficacy for couples where one partner has HIV
High adherence to antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis is associated with a high level of protection from HIV acquisition by HIV-uninfected partners in heterosexual couples where only one of the partners is HIV positive, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine.
How do consumers compare prices? It depends on how powerful they feel
Your reaction to the price on a bottle of wine or another product is partly a response to how powerful you feel, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
How the newest diesel engines emit very little greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
The newest catalytic converters in diesel engines blast away a pollutant from combustion with the help of ammonia. Common in European cars, the engines exhaust harmless nitrogen and water. How they do this hasn't been entirely clear. Now, new research shows that the catalyst attacks its target pollutant in an unusual way, providing insight into how to make the best catalytic converters.
Improved adherence to preventive antiretroviral therapy may reduce transmission of HIV
A recently completed substudy of a larger clinical trial found that pre-exposure prophylaxis -- a new strategy to prevent HIV infection by prescribing a daily antiretroviral drug to at-risk individuals -- can be a powerful tool when participants take their medications.
Incentive program for small practices with EHRs results in improvement in CV outcomes
A pay-for-performance program in electronic-health-records-(EHR)-enabled small practices led to modest improvements in cardiovascular care processes and outcomes, according to a study in the September 11 issue of JAMA.
Individual financial incentives result in greater blood pressure control
In an examination of the effect of financial incentives on hypertension care at 12 outpatient clinics, physician-level (individual) financial incentives, but not practice-level or combined incentives, resulted in greater blood pressure control or appropriate response to uncontrolled blood pressure, according to a study in the Sept. 11 issue of JAMA.
Innovative 'pay for performance' program improves patient outcomes
Paying doctors for how they perform specific medical procedures and examinations yields better health outcomes than the traditional "fee for service" model, where everyone gets paid a set amount regardless of quality or patient outcomes, according to new research conducted by UC San Francisco and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Jurassic jaws: How ancient crocodiles flourished during the age of the dinosaurs
New research has revealed the hidden past of crocodiles, showing for the first time how these fierce reptiles evolved and survived in a dinosaur dominated world.
Kids reduce stress in goat herds
The introduction of young dairy goats into an existing herd is stressful for all animals involved. Rank fights and aggressive behavior can further result in injury. Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine have found conditions under which young goats can acclimatize into new herds in a relatively low-stress manner. It seems that introduction of young goats into herds works best if...
Language change: From London's 'EastEnders' to Glasgow
A recent study provides the first empirical evidence to show that active and engaged television viewing can help to accelerate language change. The study, "Television can also be a factor in language change: Evidence from an urban dialect," is to be published in the Sept. 2013 issue of the scholarly journal Language.
Life deep down: A new beautiful translucent snail from the deepest cave in Croatia
An expedition in the deepest cave system in Croatia, Lukina Jama-Trojama, discovered a beautiful new species of a tiny translucent snail. The newly discovered species belongs to the evolutionary intriguing genus Zospeum, where representatives are exclusively known from the underground. The animal was found at the remarkable depth of 980 m. The study was published in the open access journal...
Life found in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time
Evidence of diverse life forms dating back nearly a hundred thousand years has been found in subglacial lake sediments by a group of British scientists.The possibility that extreme life forms might exist in the cold and dark lakes hidden kilometers beneath the Antarctic ice sheet has fascinated scientists for decades.
Map of galactic clouds where stars are born takes shape
A UNSW-led team of astronomers has completed the first stage of a map of the location of the most massive and mysterious objects in our galaxy -- the giant gas clouds where new stars are born. They identify the clouds -- which can be up to 100 light years across -- from the carbon monoxide they contain. The research is published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
Maya dismembered their enemies
Researchers of the Department of Anthropology of the Americas at the University of Bonn have discovered a mass grave in an artificial cave in the historical Maya city of Uxul, Mexico. Marks on the bones indicate that the individuals buried in the cave were decapitated and dismembered around 1,400 years ago. The scientists assume that the victims were either prisoners of war or nobles from Uxul...
Medicaid pays for nearly half of all births in the United States
Medicaid paid for 45 percent of the 4 million births in the United States in 2010, an amount that has been rising over time, according to a report out today. The study, published in the September 2013 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Women's Health Issues, offers the most comprehensive information to date on Medicaid financing of births in each of the 50 states and nationally.