Our research shows that only a tiny fraction of stenting procedures are done this way. The study suggests that maybe it's time to change the way we practice," said Sunil Rao, cardiologist at Duke University and co-author of the study.
Previous research had shown that fast music can cause fast drinking ... and cause a person to spend more time in a bar," said Nicolas Guguen, of Universit de Bretagne-Sud, France, co-author of the study. "This is the first time
The finding is based on a study, which found that coffee and cigarette use among AA members is greater than among the general U.S. population. "Drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes are part of the culture of AA, but we knew
Overweight and obese adults were not found to be significantly less conscientious, less agreeable, less extraverted or less emotionally stable. Mark Roehling, associate professor in Michigan State University, and two of his colleagues based the study on the relationship between
A team led by UCLA associate professor of neurology John Ringman have revealed that levels of specific proteins in the blood and spinal fluid begin to drop as the disease progresses, making them potentially useful as biomarkers to identify and
Most of them drink the beverage for its stimulatory effects; more than half smoke to reduce feelings of depression, anxiety and irritability. "We knew little about the degree to which this occurred, how much more prevalent these behaviours were compared
Tim Henwood of the University said his doctoral thesis is based on how people aged over 65 responded to such training. "What we were looking at was how simple resistance training can improve muscle strength, power and functional performance," said
China is evidently paying people to say the "right" (read: politically correct) thing on the Internet. And (surprise) they've been doing it for a while, according to blogger Joop Dorresteijn.Let's make some distinctions. First, censorship is what happens when the
I know this isn't really VC-related but... Talk about a faux paux (if there's any truth to it): the Huffington Post reported Saturday on a piece in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. Seems police in Beijing may have "issued
Faced with a scarcity of fertile land, water shortages and surging world food prices, wealthy Arab states in the Gulf are seeking to secure their food supplies by investing in agriculture abroad. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the
Nine policemen were killed in Afghanis-tan on Sunday in international military air strikes called in when police and troops clashed after mistaking each other for Taliban, authorities said. The "friendly fire" incident occurred before dawn when Afghan and international soldiers
US human rights lawyers charged Sunday that US military prisons are "legal black holes" and the force is detaining journalists to "shut people up" about activities in Iraq and Afghanistan. A vast detention camp planned for the main US base
Pakistani troops and gunships killed 15 pro-Taliban militants and captured 60 others while clearing a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border, the military said Sunday. Authorities launched the offensive in the increasingly troubled district of Hangu Wednesday after Taliban
Lawyers for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday they would prove that the testimony of a US millionaire at the heart of a corruption probe of the embattled premier was "null and void." "We are going to prove in
The rights group run by Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi issued a stark warning on Sunday to the Iranian authorities about what it called growing public despair over human rights and economic pressures. In its quarterly report the Defenders of
A special military trial at Guantanamo is due to open Monday as detainee Salim Hamdan, who worked as a driver for terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, faces the first US war-crimes tribunal since the end of World War II. Hamdan,
An Israeli soldier shot an arrested and bound Palestinian in the leg with a plastic bullet, footage released by an Israeli human-rights group showed on Sunday. B'Tselem's video shows the Palestinian demonstrator - identified as Ashraf Abu Rahman, 27 -
Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc on Saturday ended an almost year-long boycott of Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, in a major boost for reconciliation in the deeply divided country. Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed the appointment of six ministers from the
