Science news articles about 'unintended consequence'

... are impacted by human-altered systems, water distribution and design. The authors point out that the unintended consequences "must be carefully evaluated – especially in arid and semiarid cities – if ...

The drive toward containing health care costs could have the unintended consequence of reducing physician productivity, impairing quality and perhaps even increasing costs, two Beth Israel Deaconess ...

... their very low base rates in the pre-advisory period." The findings suggest that initial unintended consequences of the FDA warnings have continued through 2007, the authors conclude. "Diagnosing ...

... climate-change problem rather than helping to solve it," says Melillo "As our analysis shows, these unintended consequences are largest when the clearing of forests is involved." In their model, ...

The rule of unintended consequences threatens to strike again. Some researchers have suggested that injecting sulfur compounds into the atmosphere might help ease global warming by increasing clouds ...

... pay for performance may improve quality of care at many hospitals. However, these incentives may have unintended consequences, including exacerbating existing disparities in quality of care across ...

... to save lives by reducing patrons' exposure to secondhand smoke. But it may actually be having an unintended consequence. By comparing data from a variety of locations around the United States where ...

... (AHRQ). The adverse events included infections and other complications that occurred as unintended consequences of treatment and hospitalization. “Our study was the first to use this pediatric- ...

Kylie Minogue's breast cancer triggered a surge of over 30 percent in breast imaging of low risk women, says new University of Melbourne study. Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures ...

... technologies, it is potentially controversial because it raises issues of ownership, misuse, unintended consequences, and accidental release. The report, 'Synthetic Biology: social and ethical ...

... is that the urgencies of care and the ingenuity of nurses to cope with these shortcomings have the unintended consequences of creating other medication errors. These findings appear in the July/ ...

The emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms is an unintended consequence of our use (and overuse) of antibiotics.

... in the wake of recent "black box" warnings on antidepressants – a possible unintended consequence of the medication warnings required by the Federal Drug Administration in 2004. Researchers stress ...

Amidst the semi-arid stretches of Phoenix, a visitor might blink twice at the sight of a sailboat cutting across the horizon. Tempe Town Lake, on the northern edge of Arizona State University (ASU), ...

... any adverse effect upon these activities. "Medical intervention almost always brings about unintended consequences. We began examining these patients when ICDs were still relatively new, and until ...