Multi-species herbivore outbreak follows El Nio drought in Panama
...ven as researchers were setting up an experimental protocol to monitor herbivores and leaf damage on twenty tree species reachable from the gondola on the arm of a 42 m tall modified construction crane in Panama City's Metropolitan Park. The crane, one of two in Panama and nine worldwide, permits scientists t...Study is looking at ways to help stroke survivors regain lost motor skills
...s in very aggressive six-week occupational therapy protocol alone; or one that participates in the same aggressive occupational therapy accompanied by motor cortex stimulation. At the end of the trial the functional improvement of each group is measured to determine whether the cortical stimulation had the d...Acetaminophen shows positive in vivo cardioprotective effects in heart attack, arrhythmia
.... Although studying arrhythmia wasn't part of the protocol and thus wasn't monitored rigorously, the authors note that "during both ischemia and reperfusion, acetaminophen-treated hearts appeared much more stable, electrically, than (control) hearts. For example, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia occurred...UCSD researchers find effective treatment for unusual fever syndrom caused by cold exposure
...ed room or fall breeze. The disorder became a hot protocol for research labs in 2001 after investigators at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine discovered the mutated gene that caused FCAS*. Now, the same UCSD team reports in the November 13, 2004 issue of the journal Lancet, t...U. Va. Health System to develop new approaches to treat type 1 diabetics with islet cell transplants
... "The idea is to develop a safer, more effective protocol to perfect islet cell transplantation and move the procedure to the next level. There is a lot to do to make this procedure more effective and more applicable to people with type 1 diabetes in this country and worldwide, " said Dr. Jerry Nadler, chie...'Lighter than air' breathing more than doubles COPD patients' exercise endurance
... And finally, "it is likely that the exercise protocol used, capable of inducing high levels of ventilation relative to subject's maximal ventilation for a prolonged period of time, has amplified the effect of heliox breathing in reducing turbulent airway resistances," the authors say. In a related obser...Body's biological clock found to affect cardiac rhythm patterns in healthy adults
... Shea and his team employed a "forced desynchrony" protocol on the five healthy volunteers who participated in the study. For 10 days, the participants lived in dimly lit rooms cut off from any outside stimuli or time cues. The researchers adjusted scheduled behaviors (sleeping periods, eating, and the like...FDA approves ABRAXANE(TM) for metastatic breast cancer
...rospectively defined endpoint for this study was a protocol specific target lesion response rate based on data from the first six cycles of therapy using an independent radiologic review reconciled with the investigator response assessment. It is well established that independent radiologically reviewed resp...Parkinson's disease clinical researchers invited to submit study information to new patient website
...udy on the website should send a copy of the study protocol and a request for publicity by email to info@PDtrials.org . The following organizations have pledged to unite to support the effort: the American Parkinson Disease Association, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, the National Pa...Heart specialists call for cardiovascular screening for all young competitive athletes
...re is National Health System support. Although the protocol is at present difficult to implement in all European countries, we hope that the successful Italian experience will lead to its widespread adoption under European regulations."(ends)...Pall-Aquasafe protects patients from exposure to waterborne contaminated medical equipment
...for this critical rinsing step in the reprocessing protocol can increase the risk of nosocomial infection if it is contaminated with bacteria, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Legionella pneumophila and other pathogens that can be passed to patients. The World Health Organization recommends that microbiologic...New cyber security protocol for online banking, and more
...the Advancement of Science (AAAS) today. The same protocol could be employed in many computer networks in whi...ultaneously verify the identity of each other. The protocol - called "delayed password disclosure" - was created by Markus Jakobsson and Steve Myers of Indiana ...Kids with chronic illness face difficult transition to adult care
...ove doctor-patient communication and incorporate a protocol for handling the transition. Internists and other adult practitioners, meanwhile, should talk to pediatricians about patients' conditions and treatment strategies at the time they switch practices, Reiss said. Elizabeth Tong, M.S., a clinical resear...Trio of leukemias share a single mutation
...ge outpouring of interest. We developed a clinical protocol for internet-based recruitment, posted a questionn...lliland concluded that the internet-based clinical protocol is "a very valuable strategy, especially for studying relatively rare genetic diseases. It has been ...Pediatric burn victims' recovery, diabetes, metabolism aided by fenofibrate (Tricor)
...d the research group is conducting "a high insulin protocol to tightly control blood glucose levels in the Shriners youth burn population, to see if the fenofibrate is more or less efficacious than this traditional high insulin treatment. At the same time, we are also partially blocking the stress response wi...SV40 not implicated in mesothelioma
...i School of Medicine researchers used a scrupulous protocol that eliminated contamination that has likely been...rrent study, the researchers designed a scrupulous protocol with the specific intent of eliminating any possible contamination. They then used a highly sensitiv...Biomarkers isolated from saliva successfully predict oral and breast cancer
... goal is to provide the optimized and standardized protocol to assure consistent results." The studies are supported by grants from the U.S. Public Health Service (National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research) and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center to David T. Wong....Alzheimer's cognitive decline slowed
...d five week later. As a result of the bleeds, the protocol was redesigned to perform the procedure under general anesthesia and all subsequent procedures were performed without complication. Cognitive outcomes were assessed in the six patients who completed the NGF delivery procedure safely. The Mini Menta...Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip
... Medical Center and Rush. Pollack says the current protocol has been modified to reduce the likelihood of inadvertant scientific bias. "We operated on the right eye of each of the initial 10 patients. For the next 20 patients we will randomly select which eye will receive the ASR chip. In addition, post-opera...OneWorld Health drug receives 'Orphan' designation from U.S. and European regulatory agencies
...azil. The U.S. Orphan Drug Act provides for formal protocol assistance when requested by the sponsors of drugs for rare diseases or conditions. The EMEA regulations are similar, and have the added advantage of applying to all 25 members of the European Union. Orphan Drug Designation also provides incentives...