Acupuncture relieves pelvic pain during pregnancy
...ity and strength. Pain levels were recorded every morning and evening using a recognised scale and all women...group had less pain than the standard group in the morning and in the evening. Reduction of pelvic girdle pain as assessed by the independent examiner was grea...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...n to the screech of tires on pavement that we hear morning to night. Our brain stem sorts the bluster of information in ways that make it easy for us to carry on our lives. Oftentimes it's this ability of the brain, not hearing itself, that is diminished in older people who say they don't "hear" well. The l...International gathering of experts to share retinoblastoma breakthroughs
...ionally recognized speakers scheduled for Thursday morning are David Abramson, M.D. (Memorial Sloan-Kettering...and Gerard Zambetti, Ph.D. (St. Jude). The Friday morning session will include roundtable discussions on future directions of retinoblastoma research, specifi...Mayo Clinic discovers a key to 'low metabolism' and major factor in obesity
...epare. Researchers issued fresh undergarments each morning at the hospital where the test subjects took all t...s wore 24 hours a day, exchanging a new pair every morning at the hospital at breakfast. The bottoms look like bicycle shorts and the women's tops look like sp...Thinking of prepositions turns brain 'on' in different ways
...word 'breakfast' doesn't require one to think of a morning meal in terms of breaking a fast, so the sentence 'She arrived at 1:30' doesn't require one to think of time as a series of points on a line." ...Penn study may lead the way for first medication to treat cocaine addiction
...ngs, eligible patients were randomized to a single morning dose of Modafinil (400 mg), or matching placebo tablets, that was continued for eight weeks along with twice-weekly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Thirty participants were treated with Modafinil; and 32 were given placebo. The primary efficacy...Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked 8th in nation by 'Child' magazine
...d magazine made the announcement Jan. 4 on the NBC morning showToday. The Children's Hospital was listed number eight in the nationfrom among 144 original applicants. The rankings also listed VanderbiltChildren's Hospital as seventh in the nation for pediatric cancerservices. Vice Chancellor for Health Affai...Daily social/physical activity improves sleep and cognition in the elderly
...e suggests that even short-term exposure to either morning or evening social and physical activity improves cognitive performance and subjective sleep quality in the elderly. The study, by Susan Benloucif, Phyllis Zee, M.D., and colleagues is described in an article in the Dec. 15 issue of the journal Sleep...Diabetes: A link between oral and overall health?
... up healing time if needed," says Dr. Rada. Make morning appointments because blood glucose levels tend to be under better control at this time of day. Dental procedures should be as short and as stress free as possible. Patients that have a scheduled appointment should eat and take medications as direc...Scientists stalk PPAR-gamma, find novel cancer connection
...lidomide, which was given decades ago to women for morning sickness, and the proteosome inhibitor Velcade, which targets the parts of the cell that regulates protein expression, Bernstein said. The latest research may offer a third novel approach. The myeloma research emerged from a larger investigat...University health study identifies undiagnosed diabetics
...k for raised blood sugar levels first thing in the morning before the person being tested has eaten anything that day. We found that people who have raised fasting blood sugar levels have an increased risk of death from a variety of causes, including heart disease and stroke. "Another way to check for diabet...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for November 2004 (first issue)
...nt period, participants were asked to record their morning and evening peak expiratory flow rate, the presence of asthma symptoms, and the frequency of their beta2-agonist inhalation use. According to the authors, no adverse effects were reported by participants who took melatonin. The study is published i...Capsule endoscopy aids in detection of small bowel tumors inaccessible to other diagnostic tests
...ownloaded. The patient swallows the capsule in the morning and wears the recording device for eight hours. The capsule is eliminated and discarded. A gastroenterologist reviews the images....New study: Small, frequent doses of caffeine best strategy for staying awake
...e. " Most people take a huge jolt of coffee in the morning to jumpstart their day-they get the super grande latte from Starbucks," said Charles Czeisler, who was recently appointed the Frank Baldino Jr. PhD professor of sleep medicine at Harvard Medical School. "Their caffeine levels soar only to fall as the...Latest fashion fad concerns eye M.D.s
...over the Internet. It's the topic of discussion on morning television talk shows. It's the latest fashion fad coming out of Europe. But it is raising an eyebrow of concern for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Eye M.D. Association. Tiny pieces of jewelry, in the shapes that range from hearts to half...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: March 2004
...y needs later. According to Lindner, "eat a hearty morning repast and you may be less inclined to reach into the cupboard once evening comes." Three Servings of Whole Grains a Day Might Keep Diabetes Away The number of people with Type 2 diabetes has been on the rise in the United States and an estimated ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004 (first issue)
...ring the prior week. The studies were done in the morning before breakfast when patients were asked to provide sputa specimens for clinical purposes. All studies were performed in negative pressure isolation rooms that had six air changes per hour. No cultured M. tuberculosis was isolated from the room ai...Sleep shortage takes toll on middle schoolers
... which other researchers have attributed to longer morning grooming times or a greater burden of household chores compared to boys....Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 6, 2004
...types of ischemic strokes happen most often during morning hours. In a study of 735 patients, 44.8 percent o...eir strokes occurred between 6 a.m. and noon. And morning predominance persisted after researchers excluded patients with stroke upon awakening whose exact ti...Trouble sleeping in the hospital? Maybe it's that jackhammer
...f a chainsaw or a jackhammer - came at the time of morning shift change, around 7 a.m., although the 11 p.m. shift change also was noisy. Sleep-promoting changes made after the problems were identified included: - Moving staff reports at shift change to an enclosed room, instead of at the nurses' desk - Plac...