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QUESTIONING THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME INVOLVED IN LOCAL DECISIONMAKING

People and organisations that in the past have been excluded from the process are now being invited to participate in decisionmaking about their own communities, but a new booklet entitled "Localism and local governance," published today by the Economic and Social Research Council, questions whether it is really happening.

CALL FOR GREATER USE OF COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES TO HELP ADVANCE DISEASE MANAGEMENT

The largest retrospective, observational study comparing two osteoporosis therapies on the basis of fracture reduction was presented today at the Seventh European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ECCEO) in Porto, Portugal. Patients taking the osteoporosis treatment risedronate (Actonel, risedronate sodium) were almost half as likely to sustain a hip fracture as those taking alendronate in the first year of treatment, according to the REAL (RisedronatE, ALendronate) study.

THE GLOBAL CARBON BUDGET — PROPER ACCOUNTING MEANS PAYING ATTENTION TO INLAND WATERS

Until little over a decade ago, when calculating the terrestrial component of the global carbon budget, inputs were limited to the ocean and the land. Because inland water bodies cover less than one percent of the Earth?s surface, it was assumed that their contribution was inconsequential. This view was recently challenged in an Ecosystems paper, where a team of eleven experts reveal the dynamic role that inland waters play in terrestrial carbon budgets.

POWER AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT — MEN AND WOMEN SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY

In the hands of the wrong person, power can be dangerous. That's especially the case in the workplace, where the abuse of power can lead to sexual harassment.

WEIGHING THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

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DRUGS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE MAY EASE STROKE-RELATED DISABILITY

Scientists have untangled two similar disabilities that often afflict stroke patients, in the process revealing that one may be treatable with drugs for Parkinson's disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to motor neglect, a condition that makes patients slow to move toward the left side.

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER CONNECTION BETWEEN ALLERGIC DISEASES AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

A new study by researchers at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center and the University of Washington identifies a connection between allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema, and autoimmune diseases. The study was published in the April 1 edition of Nature Immunology.

SECONDHAND SMOKE PROVES TO BE NO ‘JOKE’ ON ORAL HEALTH

A study published in this month's issue of the Journal of Periodontology found that subjects with periodontitis who were exposed to secondhand smoke were more likely to develop bone loss, the number one cause of tooth loss.