Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement vital to reducing medication errors, study finds
...patient transfers, when a patient is discharged or moved to another hospital, nursing home or even another floor within the same facility. The reconciliation process consisted of comparing the patient's medications listed in the admission orders to the medication information documented in: 1) the physician...Rutgers-Newark biologist links presence of protein to spread of cancerous cells
...of the tissue monolayer after which they would get moved lengthy distances away from the original source of the cells. "These cells continued to bud off rounded cells and they would remain loosely attached to the initial tissue monolayer," Dr. Bonder explains. "We found that the rounded cells didn't attach...Brain's reward circuitry revealed in procrastinating primates
...action. Molecular geneticist Ginns, who recently moved from NIMH to the University of Massachusetts, adapted an approach originally used in mice. He fashioned an agent (DNA antisense expression construct) that, when injected directly into the rhinal cortex of four trained monkeys, spawned a kind of decoy...Despite darkness, nocturnal bees learn visual landmarks while foraging at night
...turn. The researchers found that if landmarks were moved to a nearby site while the bee was away, upon her return she intently searched for her nest in the landmark-bearing, but wrong, location. Despite this impressive behavioral sensitivity, optical and physiological measurements revealed that Megalopta...Why some animals have smaller eyes: Lifestyle matters
...size? For his part, the Cornell neurobiologist has moved on to a new study of eye size throughout various stages of development. He observes that human eyes grow rapidly in the womb and for the first three months after birth. That explains why babies are so adorably cute: Their disproportionately big eyes ...Depression traced to overactive brain circuit
... of their illness," noted Neumeister, who recently moved to the Yale University psychiatry department....Wheelchairs biomechanics, prosthetic development
...nd that ramps were delivered without instructions, moved during use, and were too narrow. These findings provide insight into the benefits and limitations of different ramp designs and implications for curb and vehicle access. Smoking, foot care linked to self-efficacy in people with amputations , pg 45...Duke study disputes idea that trees can 'relocate' quickly in response to climate change
...ct if they were confined to areas near the ice and moved further north." Buffer zones near those ancient ice sheets are often envisioned as exceptionally cold and treeless. But Clark said his team's findings suggest there was a more benign local environment. "It means the trees were much closer to the ice ...New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV: concern over monkey vaccine
...ine program for Guangdong Province. Wang recently moved his carbohydrate microarray laboratory to the Departments of Genetics, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California. The research was first published online in the American Physiological Society's...Study reveals surprising 'remodeling' property of gene regulation process
...ifferent spots in the genome. Once a nucleosome is moved from a site, the appropriate gene then can be expressed much more efficiently. The new findings appear online in the journal Nature Genetics. The study will be published in the August print edition. The UNC researchers also discovered that when a gen...Springtime blooms seen earlier now than in the past, say Boston University biologists
...in Boston's Arnold Arboretum, flowering times have moved forward over the decades, with the plants flowering eight days earlier on average from 1980 to 2002 than they did from 1900 to 1920. What has influenced this rush to flower? Primarily temperature, says Richard Primack, a BU biology profe...Heat and exercise alone may not determine how much we sweat
... a separate day, the subject's legs were passively moved (at 60 rpm) via a second person cycling the tandem ergometer. The order of postexercise treatment was randomized, and each bout of exercise was performed at the same time of day. Data were obtained throughout exercise and for 20 min of recovery. The ...Molecular motor shuttles key protein in response to light
... July 7 issue of Neuron, the team says arrestin is moved around by a tiny molecular motor, called myosin, w...cientists didn't know how these molecules might be moved from one end of the cell to the other, until now. Postdoctoral fellow Seung-Jae Lee, Ph.D., had a hu...Protective mechanism exploited by tumors may provide new cancer treatment
...s, the MCG scientists and their collaborators have moved significantly closer to using this approach to help cancer patients. "We have demonstrated that the IDO inhibitor drug is useful in mice," says Dr. Munn. "It's useful in a tumor model that is related to the kinds of patients we would want to treat. T...UW study: Migrating birds offer insight into sleep
...s, they slept about one-third as much as usual and moved more quickly into REM sleep, marked by rapid eye movements. At night, when the birds were active, the brain recordings showed they were fully awake, and they did not appear to make up their lost nocturnal sleep with increased napping during the day. ...Chipmunks descended from ancestors that survived last ice age, scientists say
... emerged from surviving deciduous forest areas and moved south as the glaciers receded," Rowe said. The Wisconsin glaciation occurred about 18,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene, with the Laurentide Ice Sheet gradually receding from its southern reaches. Researchers had long thought that the drift...Bacterial protein recycling factor possible key to new class of antibiotics
...tly identifying the ribosomal site to which RRF is moved from the currently identified position. "It is from this position where RRF performs the final and the most important act release of mRNA," says Kaji. "The fourth step of protein synthesis within human cells is shrouded in complete mystery and nothi...The first domesticated donkey was born in Africa
...supports the idea that the asses were transported, moved and intensely commercialized. This could shed light on the role of the northeastern African region in human migrations and commerce. The study could contribute new clues that will redirect future archaeological studies to approach new evidence on the...Open Access journals proven to compete on quality
... established more than 20 years ago. Critical Care moved up to 6th in its field, and now has an impact factor of 1.9. Four journals published by BioMed Central received their first impact factors this year. Respiratory Research (5.53) comes in from nowhere to immediately take second place in the respirato...New multidisciplinary research tops chemists' meeting Aug. 22-26
...and other factors. With new tools, scientists have moved from merely modeling DNA damage to actually studying that damage inside cells. From Huntington's disease to inflammation, DNA damage looks different close up, and the surprise findings could push the search for therapies in new directions. The ACS Di...