News tagged with presumptive

How to treat fevers in African children up for debate

A new debate in the open access journal PLoS Medicine questions whether all African children with fever should be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs, or if treatment should wait until laboratory tests confirm malari ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world

The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals implications of the incentive to coordinate among bank lenders

Columbia Business School study shows that a bank reacts more to the same piece of news if it knows that other banks have the same information and hence will be reacting to the news as well.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global Fund for world health halts new programs

(AP) -- The world's biggest financier in the fight against three killer diseases says it has run out of money to pay for new grant programs for the next two years - a situation likely to hit poor AIDS patients around the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low level HIV in bloodstream not linked with inflammation or death

(Medical Xpress) -- Low level HIV viremia – the presence of HIV in the bloodstream at levels undetectable by standard tests – was not associated with increased blood markers of inflammation or coagulation, or with ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Case of mistaken identity: Study questions role of A-beta molecules in Alzheimer's disease pathology

Increasingly, researchers are suggesting that amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles may be relatively late manifestations in the course of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. Identifying earlier events ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shared parenting legislation 'not in the interests of children'

Proposed legislation to introduce and enforce a presumption of shared parenting time for separating couples is not in the interests of children, according to a briefing paper published by the Department of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Research suggests 'conservation through cultivation' may save ginseng

(PhysOrg.com) -- American ginseng has been collected from Pennsylvania forestlands for more than 250 years, but Penn State researcher Eric Burkhart was astonished by how little was known about the industry ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shave biopsy is a safe and acceptable method for initial evaluation of melanoma

A shave biopsy is a reasonably safe and accurate method for the initial diagnosis of melanoma, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. In the past, some physic ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seeking life's imprint in shifting desert sand

A group of scientists are hunched over, their eyes intently scanning the jumble of rocks on the ground. Every now and then, someone picks one up for closer inspection, turning it over and over again in their ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Measles outbreak underscores need for continued vigilance in health care settings

The U.S. measles vaccination program has been successful in eliminating endemic measles in the United States; yet this success has provided challenges that require ongoing vigilance for the rapid identification and response ...

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