UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
...hifts. More broadly, the gene provides a probe for exploring the regulatory mechanisms of the body's internal b... play a role in depression, the scientists are now exploring this possibility, as well. "Evidence suggests that circadian rhythms may have a fundamental role in ...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
...boratory of America. In this case, Pelz's team is exploring how people view rapid motion on the new class of large displays. Knowing how fast an object is moving across a viewer's retina-rather than on the screen-will help them write software algorithms to overcome hardware limitations. "The challenges to th...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
...for researchers. A national conference devoted to exploring the FDA critical pathway for approval of new medical products while protecting human subjects, co-sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration and the University of Houston, will be held at UH April 21-22. One of only three annual conferences spon...Mountaineering doctors hike medicine to new heights with Xtreme Everest
... Everest expedition will consist of research teams exploring the following science themes: Hypoxia (oxygen deficiency); Brain; Breathing Systems and Genetics. High altitude laboratories set up en route, including one on Everest's South Col (8,000m), will enable collaborating scientists to investigate many aspe...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
...ment of the precision of "inflammation testing" by exploring even newer biomarkers or using combinations of tests is a ripe area for investigation. The latter will probably require pooled data from multiple studies to achieve precise risk estimates that can be translated into practice."...Is your job giving you a heart attack? Occupational health conference answers that, and more
...ates than Americans In a meta-analysis of studies exploring hypertension rates among Caucasians and Chinese, Xiao-Fei Zhang of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in Australia and colleagues found that Chinese people are more prone to develop coronary heart disease from high blood pressure ...Emotional memory study reveals evidence for a self-reinforcing loop
DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers exploring the brain structures involved in recalling an emotional memory a year later have found evidence for a self-reinforcing "memory loop" -- in which the brain's emotional center triggers the memory center, which in turn further enhances activity in the e...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...ns and vaccines. Gin and his collaborators are now exploring ways to improve the molecule. By investigating structure activity relationships, they want to strip away nonessential structures, leaving a simpler and more potent core. "One frequent problem encountered with vaccines is ensuring that the vaccine is ...Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
...ected of having the disease, they say. The team is exploring whether the CDI might be adapted to detect prions in blood and muscle. The finding suggests that reliance on the current methods for detecting prions in human brain tissue -- microscopic examination of tissue for the telltale vacuoles that form in br...Test could improve detection of prion disease in humans
...samples are available. Prusiner and colleagues are exploring the possibility of using CDI in living tissue, like blood or muscle, to detect and diagnose prion diseases, such as CJD or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, mad cow disease) while people or animals are still alive. "This research not only is an...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...wever, medical ethics is not only about asking and exploring questions but also about decision-making. Choices have to made one way or another. In clinical care, you can't just sit back and have a discussion with no follow-up action," Kaldjian said. Instruction focuses on teaching students a way of reasoning t......es for disabled people in England are successfully exploring and as has been the practice in the Republic of Ireland for long-term unemployed people for many years....Stat5 protein inhibits spread of breast cancer cells
... breast tumor cells. However, Rui's laboratory is exploring alternative ways of switching Stat5 back on in breast cancer. The results of this study support related research done last year by Rui and his colleagues: In a study that was published in the June 1, 2004 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology...Views from space help oil prospectors see deep underground
...most military in scale and expense; a seismic crew exploring a 500-square-kilometre area can require 400 people with up to 50 small and 15 large vehicles working with up to 600,000 geophones, and carrying out 600 seismic 'shots' daily. Seismic surveyor WesternGeco, has been working with ESA for the last th...Monkey 'pay-per-view' study could aid understanding of autism
...brain. Platt and his colleagues have already begun exploring the neural pathways in monkeys that govern the decision about shifting gaze to look at a target assigned a specific reward value. Such studies could prove extremely important in understanding how the brain's social machinery malfunctions in autism, s...Communication between primary-care physicians and patients can reduce medication-related problems
...iously." Weingart and his colleagues are currently exploring whether technological tools, such as e-mail reminder messages, can encourage patients to report side effects to their physicians....New rights to access, but for most transparency is still as clear as mud
...tes for Editors). Professor Hood said: "We will be exploring what the introduction of transparency does to the decision-making processes, and how institutions respond to measures intended to increase openness - and with what consequences."...2005 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program opens
...y field of research provided they areinterested in exploring biomedically relevant topics and willing to committhe major portion of their effort to Pioneer Award research. Awardeesmust be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents. In September 2005, NIH expects to make five to ten new Pione...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for Dec. 2004
...hat's just one of the reasons that Cedars-Sinai is exploring innovative and minimally invasive surgical alternatives. One treatment approach, disc replacement with the Charite artificial disc - a prosthetic device that replaces a damaged or won out disc - was recently approved by the FDA and was tested at Ced...Student nurses need better understanding of poverty-stricken patients
...and believed there should be a greater emphasis on exploring its influence on health, particularly the societal factors that contribute to poverty and its negative influence on health. The survey also revealed that those students who had more positive attitudes toward the poor were more likely to beli...