News tagged with high rates
Strategies to control TB outdated, inadequate
Aug 01, 2008 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The standard regimens to treat tuberculosis (TB) are inadequate in countries with high rates of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB. In countries with high rates of MDR-TB, patients are nearly twice as likely to fail their initial ...
Search results for high rates
House and Senate look to final health care talks
17 hours ago |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake.
Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say
18 hours ago |
1.8 / 5 (5) |
8
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is causing habitats to move across the landscape. Can the creatures living there keep up? If they can't, some species may die out, researchers say.
First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US
21 hours ago |
5 / 5 (3) |
2
(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
Scientists map speed of climate change
Dec 23, 2009 |
2.9 / 5 (30) |
31
New study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change.
Adverse consequences of obesity may be greater than previously thought
Dec 23, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (7) |
1
The link between obesity and cardiovascular mortality may be substantially underestimated, while some of the adverse consequences of being underweight may be overstated, concludes a study published in the British Medical ...
Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)
Dec 22, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
2
From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...
Poll finds 3/4 of parents who tried to get H1N1 vaccine for their children have gotten it
Dec 22, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A new poll by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows the shortage of H1N1 vaccine for children is easing. As of late last week, three-quarters of parents who tried to get the vaccine for their children ...
Formation of the Gulf of Corinth rift, Greece
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
A study of the structure and evolution of the Gulf of Corinth rift in central Greece will increase scientific understanding of rifted margin development and the tectonic mechanisms underlying seafloor spreading ...
Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
Dec 22, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Surgery recognized as effective treatment for type 2 diabetes
Dec 22, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
A first-of-its-kind consensus statement by 50 medical experts from around the world has pronounced surgery to be a legitimate and effective treatment for type 2 diabetes, bringing the procedure a significant step closer to ...
List of search results for high rates
