Only a minority of patients in England with gout with indications to receive urate-lowering therapy were treated according to guideline recommendations, according to a study in the December 24/31 issue of JAMA. And the British pride themselves on free health care so why patients are not getting it remains unclear.
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An international research team has determined the genetic sequencing of 16 mosquitoes - Anopheles genus, the sole carriers of human malaria--providing new insight into how they adapt to humans as primary hosts of the disease.
Though there have been efforts to paint violence and crime as simple economics - give people more money and there is less crime - a new presentation at the Institute of Medicine's Means of Violence workshop finds there is instead a better reason why many poor neighborhoods don't have people preying on each other. The bonds that tie a neighborhood together can help shield community members from gun violence, according to new findings by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program (RWJF CSP).
Several children's programs were aired during the regime of Ferdinand Franco, the Spanish dictator who won when the Communists and the Nazis were vying for control over Spain in 1936. During his reign, kids did not have their own programming. Children were instead known as young adults and could only watch the television during a limited schedule, on one channel, and content was family friendly.
People with fewer friends on Facebook raise more money for charity than those with lots of connections, according to an economist at the University of Warwick.
Professor Kimberley Scharf analyzed data from JustGiving.com and found a negative correlation between the size of a group and the amount of money given by each donor - with the average contribution by each person dropping by two pence for every extra connection someone had on Facebook.
Two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus and the closely related Marburg virus [1] are safe, and generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults as reported in healthy US adults earlier this year. The findings, from the first trial of filovirus vaccines in Africa, are published in The Lancet.
Seals of quality carry weight in the sustainable real estate industry – but the variety of existing certification systems results in a lack of transparency. These are the key findings of a current study conducted by MODUL University Vienna, Austria. The study examined the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as actors in a sustainable real estate industry in Austria and throughout the world. In addition to a survey of international green building councils, a comprehensive case study was also elaborated.
Having some cardiologists away from the hospital attending national cardiology meetings did not appear to negatively affect Medicare patients admitted for heart conditions, according to a report published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.
Thousands of cardiologists take time off work each year to attend these meetings but how that might affect patients was unknown.
A new study links physical violence against women by male partners to a disruption of a key steroid hormone that opens the door potentially to a variety of negative health effects.
The study by the University of Oregon and the Oregon Social Learning Center looked at daily fluctuations of cortisol levels in men and women. Cortisol was drawn from saliva samples of 122 couples during on-site assessments and four times a day -- upon waking up, 30 minutes later, in mid to late afternoon and at bedtime -- over four consecutive days.
Getting old doesn't spell doom when it comes to making important financial decisions.
Using credit scores and cognitive ability tests, the researchers found evidence that "crystallized intelligence," which is gained through experience and accumulated knowledge, is more important that "fluid intelligence," the ability to think logically and process new information. Past research has clearly shown that fluid intelligence decreases with old age, a phenomenon known as "cognitive decline."
Some people hate to disappoint you and those are the people you want on your team. Individuals who are highly prone to feeling guilty for disappointing their co-workers are among the most ethical and hard-working partners - but guilt-prone people may be reticent to enter into partnerships for that reason.
How do people in a social network behave? How are opinions, decisions and behaviors of individuals influenced by their online networks? Can the application of math help answer these questions? 'The way in which information, decisions, and behaviors spread through a network is a fundamental social phenomenon, and the past several decades have shown that it is a phenomenon that can be studied using rich mathematical models,' says Flavio Chierichetti who co-authored a paper that studies online behavior, published this month in the SIAM Journal on Computing.
A new study is the first to show that insomnia symptoms mediate the relationship between alcohol use and suicide risk, and that this mediation is moderated by gender. The study suggests that the targeted assessment and treatment of specific sleep problems may reduce the risk of suicide among those who use alcohol.
Experts have long theorized that having a cluster of firms within a given industry helps a region's economy grow. Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor shows empirically that clusters of almost all kinds help drive overall economic growth in multiple ways, from job creation and development of intellectual property to the formation of new industries.
Gift exchanges can reveal how people think about others, what they value and enjoy, and how they build and maintain relationships. Researchers are exploring various aspects of gift-giving and receiving, such as how givers choose gifts, how gifts are used by recipients, and how gifts impact the relationship between givers and receivers.
Challenges of "picky" recipients