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A Deadline on Malaria (Extended version) [Scientific American Magazine]
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 04:00 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American
Editor's Note: This is an extended version of the "Sustainable Developments" column from the July Issue of Scientific American.In a dramatic call to action in April, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon--backed by the African Union, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation, ExxonMobil, the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, among other key international organizations and businesses--set a timetable for comprehensive malaria control in Africa by the end of 2010. Ki-moon has listened to the best science, weighed the recent evidence, and thrown down the gauntlet: there is no reason why a million or more children should die every year of a largely preventable and wholly treatable disease. Now we have a global timetable and a coalition to end the scourge. [More]

Un climatologue de la NASA accuse les pétroliers de "crime contre l'humanité"
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 03:38 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - Le monde Sciences
Vingt ans après sa première intervention devant le Congrès des Etats-Unis, James Hansen réitère ses mises en garde sur l'origine humaine du réchauffement de la planète. Il parle aussi d'un "crime contre la nature".

Just Smelling Coffee Helps Head [60-Second Science]
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 22:01 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American
[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.]That morning coffee is just the thing to get the brain in gear and the body moving. But it turns out that just the aroma of coffee also gets some of our genes up and at ‘em. That’s according to research in the June 25th issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The authors report that a sniff of coffee turns on several genes in the brain in ways that help diminish the impact of sleep deprivation. In rats, at least. [More]

Nurses' Offices Overburdened
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
Caseloads for school nurses exceed federal guidelines in much of the Washington region at a time when campus clinics serve growing numbers of students with severe disabilities or chronic conditions such as diabetes and asthma.

House Passes Bill Postponing Cut in Medicare Payments to Doctors
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
By a surprisingly large bipartisan margin, the House voted yesterday to postpone a planned cut in payments to physicians who treat Medicare patients by approving a reduction in payouts to private insurers.

District Sues CareFirst, Says Provider Must Donate Millions
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health)
The District government hit the region's largest health insurance provider on two fronts yesterday, launching a subpoena-powered investigation and a lawsuit that asserts the nonprofit organization is obligated to donate millions to the community.

Rifampin and Lopinavir/r: A Combination to Avoid
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 18:38 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Medscape HIV AIDS
Learn why you should avoid the concomitant use of Rifampin and Lopinavir/r. AIDS Clinical Care

CVD Is a "Major Killer" in HIV+ Patients, but Underrecognized by Doctors
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 14:00 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Medscape HIV AIDS
A unique meeting of cardiologists, endocrinologists, and HIV clinicians hopes to raise awareness of key facts about the risk for cardiovascular disease in people who are HIV positive. Medscape Medical News

Combining Symptom Index With CA 125 Improves Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 13:13 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Medscape hematology oncology
The addition of a simple symptom index to standard screening modalities improves the detection of both early- and late-stage ovarian cancer. Medscape Medical News

General Anesthesia: Sleep During Surgery, Wake Up in Pain [News]
Mardi 24 Juin 2008 - 13:00 - 4 mois, 4 semaines depuis - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American
Researchers studying the effects of general anesthesia recently made a startling discovery: the drugs used to knock out patients during surgery may lead to increased pain when they wake up. [More]

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