Atkins Fares Best in Study Of Four Weight-Loss Regimens Nov 28, 2008
The 311 overweight and obese women in the study were randomly assigned to one of the four groups. Each received a book detailing her prescribed diet. (Yahoo News -- Diet and Nutrition)
The Minimal Impact of a Big Hypertension Study Nov 28, 2008
Patients were randomly assigned one of four drugs: a diuretic called chlorthalidone; an ACE inhibitor called lisinopril, which AstraZeneca sold as Zestril; a calcium channel blocker, amlodipine, sold by Pfizer as Norvasc; and an alpha blocker, doxazosin, which Pfizer sold as Cardura. Cardura was added only after Pfizer, which had already agreed to contribute $20 million to the trial s costs, increased that to $40 million, Dr. Cutler said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Scores Killed In India Terror Attacks Nov 27, 2008
"They just fired randomly at people and then ran away. In seconds, people fell to the ground.". Other gunmen attacked Leopold's restaurant, a landmark popular with foreigners, and the police headquarters in southern Mumbai, the area where most of the attacks took place. (CBS News)
Fired hospital employee shoots supervisors Nov 27, 2008
Nichols said Marchetti was shooting randomly through the main corridor before he left the hospital. Click for related content. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Patients leadown drug trials Nov 27, 2008
Her study will stick to the so-called gold standard of research, in which each patient will be randomly chosen to take the drug in question or a placebo. Neither patients or researchers will know who got the drug to avoid introducing bias. (MSNBC -- Health)
Mumbai's night of terror Nov 27, 2008
"I saw the terrorist firing his machine gun at people sitting at the next table," Rita said, "and then thought the gun would turn around to me." But the terrorist, in his mid-30s, swung the gun away from her, momentarily distracted by his accomplice waiting in the mezzanine floor and firing randomly at diners ... "Two masked armed gunmen randomly fired from the ramp in the lobby," the Oberoi shopping mall manager standing nearby reported on his cell phone to a senior ... Two-member teams of... (Asia Times Online)
School board approves drug testing Nov 27, 2008
We will randomly test about 10 students a week, Speicher said. We have a grant that will pay for this. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Fired Hospital Worker Shoots, Kills 2 Ex-Bosses Nov 27, 2008
Nichols said Marchetti also was shooting randomly through the main corridor before he left the hospital. "He shot up a good portion of the building," she said. (Fox News)
Gunman terrorizes Soldotna hospital Nov 27, 2008
"It wasn't that he went in and just randomly started shooting people.". Terri Nettles, executive assistant to the hospital's CEO and board, said she first heard loud banging sounds followed by the fire alarm, which automatically triggered the doors to shut. (Anchorage Daily News)
Victims speak of night of terror... Nov 27, 2008
"They just fired randomly at people and then ran away. In seconds, people fell to the ground.". Sobbing and shaking his head, he said the attackers were 25 years old at the most. (The Drudge Report)
Counting blessings on Thanksgiving Nov 27, 2008
Randomly selected groups of St. Francois County residents were asked what they will be thinking about today as they celebrate Thanksgiving. Their thoughts won t be on the difficulties of the past year. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study Nov 27, 2008
Half were randomly assigned to take 120 milligrams of ginkgo biloba twice a day, a typical dose taken by people who think it may help memory. The others took identical dummy pills. (North County Times)
Former Alaska hospital employee shoots supervisors Nov 27, 2008
Nichols said Marchetti was shooting randomly through the main corridor before he left the hospital. The hospital's chief financial officer, Jason Paret, heard the first shot and went around a corner to see what was going on, encountering the gunman, Nichols said. (New York Post)
Bodies, Hostages Emerging from Mumbai Hotel Seige Nov 27, 2008
"They just fired randomly at people and then ran away. In seconds, people fell to the ground," said Nasim Inam, a witness. Photos in the Mumbai Mirror newspaper showed a young gunman - dressed like a college student in cargo pants and a black T-shirt - walking casually through the station, an assault rifle hanging from one hand and two knapsacks slung over a shoulder. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Service knits elderly, newborns together Nov 26, 2008
"I didn't have anything specific in mind, but, then, this idea just came to me randomly. I had always had an affinity with and a respect for senior citizens, and, at first, my idea was to do [something] that would integrate older people into the community and let them be proactive. Then, I couldn't even tell you how or why, the idea of knitting - this whole concept of creation, of creating something from nothing ... from people's time and hearts and hands - came to mind and just evolved from... (Springfield Sun, PA)
Kathleen Parker: Know your basic civics? You aren't one of The People Nov 26, 2008
Out of 2,500 quiz-takers, including college students, elected officials and other randomly selected citizens, nearly 1,800 flunked a 33-question test on basic civics. In fact, elected officials scored slightly lower than the general public, with an average score of 44 percent compared to 49 percent. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Avandia's Heart Risk Higher than Others in Its Class Nov 26, 2008
A randomized clinical trial -- in which participants are randomly grouped and then followed prospectively over time -- is typically considered more reliable than an observational study, which is not as well-controlled. "The primary outcome in this observational analysis is all-cause mortality," the company statement added. (MEDLINEplus)
Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring Predicts Risks Nov 26, 2008
What is needed is a study in which people with resistant high blood pressure would be randomly selected to receive treatment based either on office readings or round-the-clock measurements, Cushman said. "We don't have treatment studies that have used that approach," he said. (MEDLINEplus)
Stanford/Packard study shows no benefit from drug widely used to prevent premature births Nov 26, 2008
The women were then randomly assigned to receive doses of nifedipine or placebo every six hours until 37 weeks of pregnancy or until delivery, whichever came first. The researchers hoped nifedipine would prevent preterm labor from re-starting. (EurekAlert!)
Deep sleep ups creativity, memory Nov 26, 2008
McGinty found that rats with disturbed sleep could only randomly stumble upon an escape hole in a maze that their counterparts detected easily by using room cues. Text. (India Times, India)
Go ahead and nap it may help boost your memory Nov 25, 2008
Those with fragmented sleep two weeks earlier couldn't, only randomly stumbling upon the escape. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Health)
School board approves drug testing Nov 25, 2008
We will randomly test about 10 students a week, Speicher said. We have a grant that will pay for this. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
New arena for testing of drugs: Real world Nov 25, 2008
Participants are randomly assigned to get an infusion of nesiritide or a placebo, a saltwater infusion. And the study, comparing the treatments, asks two simple questions: Are patients still alive a month later. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Telephone counseling may keep the pounds off Nov 25, 2008
They were then randomly assigned to one of three groups: one that continued to receive face-to-face counseling every other week for the next year; one that received the same counseling, but over the phone; and a "control" group that received newsletters with general weight-loss advice. Share. (Reuters India)
Study Suggests Some Cancers May Go Away Nov 25, 2008
It would entail screening women, randomly assigning them to have their screen-detected cancers treated or not, and following them to see how many untreated cancers went away on their own. But, they said, they were astonished by the results. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Efficacy of a multifaceted podiatry intervention to improve balance and prevent falls in older people: study protocol for a randomised trial Nov 25, 2008
Three hundred community-dwelling men and women aged 65 years and over with current foot pain and an increased risk of falling will be randomly allocated to a control or intervention group. The "usual care" control group will receive routine podiatry (i. (BioMed Central)
Retailers face tough holiday period: survey Nov 25, 2008
Respondents were selected randomly from an online panel with the results weighted to be proportionately representative of demographics such as gender, province and age. Presented by. (Financial Post)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 23, 2008 Nov 24, 2008
I don't ever recall reading Ben Franklin saying the following about his own countrymen: "They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam in addition to the... (North County Times)
Pregnant Women Who Do Aquarobics Have Easier Deliveries, Study Finds Nov 24, 2008
About half of the women were randomly allocated to attend three 50-minute sessions a week over the course of their pregnancy, the others did not take part in the water aerobics. According to Pereira, "We found no statistically significant differences in the duration of labor or the type of delivery between the two groups. However, only 27% of women in the aquarobics group requested analgesia, compared to 65% in the control group. This represents a 58% reduction in requests.". (Science Daily)
Clayton aghast at teen slayings Nov 24, 2008
The district is using security wands and portable metal detectors to randomly check students coming into high schools, according to Jonesboro High School principal Carl Jackson. It s our best effort to keep guns out of the schools, Jackson told parents at a PTA meeting Thursday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study Nov 24, 2008
Half were randomly assigned to take 120 milligrams of ginkgo biloba twice a day, a typical dose taken by people who think it may help memory. The others took identical dummy pills. (guardian.co.uk)
'Twilight': So how did you like it? (Spoiler alert, duh!) Nov 23, 2008
I do randomly agree here and there with everyone's comments. But you have to stop and think. (Entertainment Weekly)
Iressa as Good as Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer Nov 23, 2008
In a head-to-head comparison, Kim's team randomly assigned 1,466 lung cancer patients who had undergone previous chemotherapy to daily doses of Iressa or the chemotherapy drug docetaxel once every three weeks. The researchers found that survival in both groups of patients was about the same. (U.S. News & World Report)
Race Guides Neighborhood Evaluation, Study Says Nov 23, 2008
The survey-based experiment involved more than 600 randomly selected white adults aged 21 and older living in the Chicago and Detroit metropolitan areas ... While the survey participants viewed the same neighborhoods in the videos, they were randomly assigned to see white residents, black residents or a mix of both. (Science Daily)
Calcium Plus Vitamin D Supplementation Is Not Associated With A Reduced Breast Cancer Risk Nov 23, 2008
To test this possibility, researchers evaluated breast cancer incidence as a secondary endpoint in the Women's Health Initiative study in 36,282 postmenopausal women who were randomly assigned to take 1,000 mg of calcium plus 400 IU of vitamin D daily or to daily placebo. (The primary endpoint of the study was effect of the supplements on hip fracture. (Science Daily)
Oh, What A Feeling! Regaining Ability To Interpret Emotions After Severe Brain Injury Nov 23, 2008
Dr Bornhofen and her co-researcher, Professor Skye McDonald, therefore compared two broadly different treatment regimes, randomly assigning program participants to each treatment. The first, known as "self-instruction training", taught patients to answer questions by using a set of strategic questions to guide them through emotion discrimination tasks, using questions such as: What is it am I deciding about. (Science Daily)
Brookline residents head back to Nicaragua to present public health study Nov 23, 2008
Two students from Boston University School of Public Health, Heidi Chase and Monica Zigman, two students from Harvard s School of Public Health, Anne Marie Borcheld and Dr. Thomas Van, and a medical student from Boston University, Matthew Tobey worked with a team of five Nicaraguans and, in July and August, screened 774 randomly preselected adults in all 24 hamlets of Quezalguaque. They measured individuals kidney function with portable handheld devices donated by Nova Biomedical of Waltham. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Pets deserve pats for household health Nov 22, 2008
People performed the stress test in one of four randomly assigned conditions: 1. Alone; 2. (Anchorage Daily News)
As environmental topics enter the mainstream, what role is left for green campaign groups? Nov 22, 2008
All revolutions of ideas and politics start with a small group of "radicals" or "militants", who shake up the system and create controversy before the ideas are either taken by the political establishment and "grand public2, or rejected for good. The green movement has moved on from the long haired hippy days of boarding Japanese whaling ships, to become a world wide movement which includes companies and countries carbon trading and companies like Toyota making a profit from green technology.... (BBC News -- Science)
Calorie Restriction And Exercise Show Breast Cancer Prevention Differences In Postmenopausal Women Nov 22, 2008
During week nine of the study, the diet-induced obese mice were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a control group, permitted to eat at will; a group fed a diet reduced in calories by 30 percent; and a group that was permitted to eat at will but exercised on a treadmill for 45 minutes a day, five days a week. At week 16, researchers collected tissue from the mice for analysis. (Science Daily)
Hairspray exposure may increase birth defect risk Nov 22, 2008
His team conducted a telephone survey of 471 women whose sons had been diagnosed with hypospadias and 490 randomly selected women who had given birth to boys in the same period. They asked about occupational exposure to various chemicals and other lifestyle factors such as household income, vegetarianism and smoking. (guardian.co.uk)
More of this story Nov 22, 2008
Medical professionals choose cases and hospital processes randomly, examining every aspect of care and documentation, he said. They ask questions of staff at all levels. (Newport Daily News, RI)
Drug Combo May Help Curb Bedwetting Nov 22, 2008
Accordingly, Austin, of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, and colleagues randomly assigned 41 children who had not responded adequately to desmopressin to continue with the drug in combination with tolterodine or placebo. After 1 month of treatment and exclusion of 7 "noncompliant" patients, the team found a significant 66 percent reduction in the risk of bedwetting in the combination therapy group. (MEDLINEplus)
Vitamin E Won't Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis Nov 22, 2008
As part of the Women's Health Study, 39,144 women at least 45 years of old were randomly allocated to take vitamin E at a dose of 600 international units every other day or placebo. During follow-up lasting 10 years on average, 50 women in the vitamin E group and 56 in the placebo group developed RA, Karlson and colleagues from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston report. (MEDLINEplus)
Have a say in officials' salaries Nov 21, 2008
Members must include representatives of third-class counties north and south of the Missouri River, and one person from each congressional district must be chosen randomly by the Secretary of State, no more than five of whom may be members of the same political party. State officials, active judges, state employees, lobbyists or their families may be on the Commission. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Long-term Secondary Prevention Program May Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risks After Heart Attack Nov 21, 2008
Pantaleo Giannuzzi, M.D., of the Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri Research Center, Florence, Italy, and colleagues conducted the Global Secondary Prevention Strategies to Limit Event Recurrence After Myocardial Infarction (GOSPEL) study, in which they randomly assigned 1,620 patients who had a heart attack to receive a long-term, reinforced, multifactorial educational and behavioral intervention after a standard period of rehabilitation ... Results of patients in this program... (Science Daily)
General Anesthesia For Hernia Surgery In Children And Risk Of Later Developmental Problems Nov 21, 2008
The researchers compared this group of children to 5,050 randomly selected, age-matched children in the Medicaid system, and found that five percent of the children exposed to anesthesia and 1. 5 percent of the children in the control group were eventually diagnosed with a developmental or behavioral disorder. (Science Daily)
Long-term antibiotics reduce COPD exacerbations, raise questions Nov 21, 2008
The researchers assessed and followed 109 patients with moderate to severe COPD for a year, after randomly assigning them to receive either a placebo or a twice daily 250 mg dose of erythromycin. The patients recorded their exacerbations and hospitalizations in a daily diary card, and they were assessed using spirometry, sputum testing and blood testing for lung function, bacterial infection and markers of inflammation. (EurekAlert!)
Ecuadorean Dwarfs May Unlock Cancer Clues Nov 21, 2008
Yoneli's mother had no idea that both she and her husband carried the recessive gene that randomly surfaces to cause Laron Syndrome. "The condition needs to have the father and mother who have the mutation," explains Guevara. (ABC News)
Want Natural Birth? Try Water Aerobics Nov 21, 2008
About half were randomly selected to go to three pool workout sessions a week during their pregnancies. Lead researcher Rosa Pereira said that there was no difference in how long labor took the women or what type of delivery they had. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Reduce Dementia Risk, Study Shows Nov 20, 2008
In the study, which was conducted at five medical centers between 2000 and 2008, 3,069 people age 75 or older who had no, or mild, cognitive impairment were randomly assigned to take twice-daily doses of either 120 milligrams of G. biloba extract or a placebo. They were reassessed every six months for dementia using several well-established mental status tests. (Science Daily)
Atkins Fares Best in Study Of Four Weight-Loss Regimens Nov 20, 2008
The 311 overweight and obese women in the study were randomly assigned to one of the four groups. Each received a book detailing her prescribed diet. (Yahoo News -- Diet and Nutrition)
Left 4 Dead FAQ Nov 20, 2008
The allied A.I. works on a follow system (and if there is more than one player, they will randomly target a new player after so many cycles) ... Tanks randomly target and attack survivors, and you can mostly outrun a Tank provided there are no obstacles or horde in your way. (IGN PC Games)
Ginkgo No Shield Against Alzheimer's Nov 20, 2008
The study volunteers were randomly assigned to receive either a twice-daily dose of 120 milligrams of ginkgo biloba extract or a twice-daily placebo. The study participants were assessed for signs of dementia every six months, and the average length of study participation was just over six years. (MEDLINEplus)
Landmark study defines benefits of early HIV testing and treatment for infected infants Nov 20, 2008
Originally, the infants were randomly assigned to one of three regimens: start ART immediately and continue for 40 weeks; start ART immediately and continue for 96 weeks; or defer ART until signs of clinical or immunological progression to AIDS appeared. The ART regimen consists of ritonavir-boosted lopinavir, zidovudine and lamivudine, provided by GlaxoSmithKline PLC of Britain and the South African Department of Health. (EurekAlert!)
How Cancer Spreads: Signaling Between Protein, Growth Factor Is Critical For Coordinated Cell Migration Nov 19, 2008
If the Wnt pathway is not restricted to cells in the tip, a cellular receptor that normally senses guidance cues is turned off and primordium cells stall and tumble randomly instead of migrating directionally, according to the researchers. To accomplish this division of labor, each pathway stimulates the production of molecular inhibitors that restrict Wnt and Fgf pathway signaling to the tip and tail, respectively. (Science Daily)
Nearly 1 in 3 Asthma Cases May Be Misdiagnosed Nov 19, 2008
For the study, the researchers randomly recruited 496 Canadian adults -- 242 obese and 254 non-obese -- from eight Canadian cities. All had been diagnosed as having asthma by physicians. (MEDLINEplus)
100-year project to track changes in Ind. forests Nov 18, 2008
Mycroft said different tree-cutting techniques will be used randomly in the logged areas. That includes cutting all trees in a particular area, cutting trees of a certain age or cutting only selected trees. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Data on cancer needed for better treatment Nov 18, 2008
"All of the studies only collected data randomly," Evlina said. Based on international standards, cancer registry includes registering comprehensive data on the individual patients' names, ages, sex, types of cancer, stage of cancer and organs affected with the cancer. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Feds investigate Canby police officer Nov 18, 2008
New York City: In July, the NYPD began randomly testing police officers for anabolic steroids after 19 officers were implicated in an ongoing steroid investigation involving a Brooklyn pharmacy. Miami: A Miami police officer was charged with buying steroids through the mail in March. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
C-Section and Appendectomy Can Be Safely Combined Nov 18, 2008
The study featured 93 pregnant women who were randomly assigned to undergo or not undergo appendectomy during their c-section. Appendices were inspected in both groups and appendectomy was performed on all women in the c-section/appendectomy group and only in the c-section-only group if warranted. (MEDLINEplus)
Tokay High teen gets chance to meet star of her dreams, Robert Pattinson of 'Twilight' (758) Nov 18, 2008
"Girls at school randomly came up to me and said, 'Where did you get that shirt?'" she said. "When I say San Francisco, they say, 'Ahhhhhh! You went?'". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Major criminal cases in Klamath County Nov 17, 2008
John L. wrote on Sep 14, 2008 7:26 PM:" Kalmath falls was home to me over 40 yrs ago.My father was Deputy DA for Klamath county, until his demise in 1966.The courts in Oregon and the country as a whole let my mother , my brother, and myself down, my father was a vey just and honest individual, and would not randomly prosecute, but if the evidence showed that you had been guilty, and that he was able to prove it, he would prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.Unfortunately the police, the... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Vitamin C, E Supplements Won't Help Prevent Cancer Nov 17, 2008
The study included almost 15,000 male physicians who were randomly assigned to take a 500 milligram vitamin C supplement daily and 400 international units of vitamin E every other day, or placebo pills for the 10 years of the study. All of the men were over the age of 50 at the start of the trial. (Washington Post)
Bloggers' challenge: Does higher education cost too much? Nov 17, 2008
By merely observing the behavior of a randomly chosen individual, one would rarely know whether that individual is likely to be satisfied with his/her choice or would be one who may experience regret. Sorry about your "buyer's remorse" re your MBA. " Terri wrote on Nov 11, 2008 5:18 PM:" Andrew123, I appreciate your comment and you should be commended for your achievements. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
