Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...systems which also showno regularity until a fault occurs which leads to system failure. "In 10 to 15 years, heart patients should be able to put on the equivalentof a 'wrist watch' that is a wireless link to a hospital," Hall says.The constant surveillance will alert physicians as soon as a patient becom...What Makes Tics Tick? Clues Found In Tourette Twins' Caudates
...f OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), which often occurs along with Tourette Syndrome, also implicate a brain circuit that includes the head of the caudate nucleus, along with areas in the frontal and cingulate cortex. Thus, the new NIMH finding adds to evidence that the disorders are "overlapping neuro......elete both types of T cells is in contrast to what occurs in most other HIV-infected children or adults; usually when the number of CD4+ T cells decreases, the number of CD8+ T cells increases. An important part of the study was the team's comparison of infants with acquired immune deficiency from HIV to i...KUMC Researchers Announce Breakthrough Method For Predicting Epileptic Seizures
...zures can mean a seizure would be sensed before it occurs and could be prevented. Although the technology for preventing seizures may still be several years away, it may eventually be possible to implant a device in a patient's brain to sense and prevent an oncoming seizure. One possibility would be a devic...Early Menopause Stress Related In Developing Countries
...ect runners and anorexics." Menopause naturally occurs when a woman's ovaries have no follicles left that can develop to release fertile eggs. Because women have a set number of follicles that begin to undergo atresia -- degeneration and resorption -- in the fetus, when all the follicles are used up, ...Laser Shown Effective In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Bypass Surgery Or Angioplasty
...ast we could dovery little for them." Angina occurs when the heart's demand for oxygen-rich blood is not metby the coronary arteries, which are usually clogged with atheroscleroticplaques. Patients involved in the trial had not responded to the two standardtherapies for blocked or diseased coron...Common Carbohydrates May Prove To Be Substitute For Dietary Fiber
...heenzymatic breakdown of foodstuffs by microbes -- occurs actually grew thickerand bigger. Levels of both bifidobacteria and acidity increased. Researchers tested liquid dietary formulas on pigs and got the same resultsas with the rats. By adding fish oil that contains anti-inflammatory fattyacids, protect...TB Prophylaxis Unnecessary In HIV-Infected People With Anergy, Study Suggests
...ction. Palpable swelling at the site of injection occurs in mostTB-infected people with healthy immune systems. However, HIV-infected peoplewith suppressed immune systems often exhibit anergy, a reduced or absentreaction to skin tests for TB as well as other infections. In such persons, TBinfection can b...New Ultrasound Technique Is Alternative To Cerebral Angiography
...s, impeding the flow of blood to the brain. Stroke occurs when a piece ofthis plaque breaks off and lodges in a smaller blood vessel, shutting off theflow of blood to that part of the brain. Stroke also can happen when the carotiditself is completely blocked. A person whose artery is 70 percent bloc...Duke Obtains FDA Designation For Pompe Disease Therapy
.... If symptoms appear during infancy, death usually occurs beforethe age of 2. The disease is usually less severe when symptoms first appearlater in childhood, but life expectancy extends only into the second orthird decade in such cases. Adults can be affected by a milder form of thedisease but are still in...Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Enhances Short-Term Brain Plasticity
...signals to the brain andtemporarily mimicking what occurs after amputation. The loss of normal signalscause...omote learning, a kind of brainreorganization that occurs every day. Since the brain reorganization in this experiment occurred rapidly, itprobably re...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
...on the reflection of light,but on the process that occurs when light enters the tooth it bounces andonly partially comes out. We found a way to measure only the light which exits.In the same way, we can precisely measure the pigmentation of the skin and moreeasily diagnose the presence of melanoma." ...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...roduced from the radioactive decay of uranium that occurs naturally in rocks and soil. Outside air contains very low levels of radon, but indoors the gas builds up to higher concentrations. Although radon is chemically inert and electrically uncharged, it also is radioactive, which means that radon atoms ...Study Finds Aspirin Does Not Prevent High-Risk Cases Of Preeclampsia
... Another possibility is "publication bias," which occurs becausestudies that have positive findings are likely to get published in the medicaljournals while those with negative findings are not. In all, the researchers studied 2539 women at high risk of preeclampsia. The women were between their 1...Is Ritalin As Effective--And As Harmless--As It Could Be?
...s a PET radiotracer to probe the neuronalloss that occurs in normal aging and in neurodegenerative conditions such asParkinson's disease. Paper ORGN 3 will be presented by Y. S. Ding from 10:05 to 10:50 a.m., Sun.,March 29, in the Convention Center,Ballroom A I, Level 3. # # # # A nonprofit organization w...Anti-Clotting Drug May Cause Potentially Fatal Platelet Disorder
... has found thatTTP as a side effect of ticlopidine occurs far more frequently than in thegeneral population, and the mortality rate may be as high as 33 percent. The Northwestern study also found that mortality was almost 50 percentfor those older than 60, but only 16 percent in those younger than ...Clot-Busters As Effective As Surgery To Clear Blockages In Legs
...s heart disease, cancer, or diabetes;the condition occurs in more than 40,000 people in the U.S. eachyear. Physicians found no statistically significant difference inthe rate of death or amputation, whether patients receivedconventional surgical treatments or the drug. Moreover, thelength of hospital s...UF Psychiatrists Use Antidepressants To Treat Smoking Addiction
...siders normal. This chemical conditioning occurs gradually, but the changes persist for months after someone stops smoking, setting the stage for relapse, reports UF substance abuse expert Dr. Mark Gold in an article on tobacco smoking and nicotine dependence in the current edition of the "Journal ...Identification Of Brain Areas Could Help Eliminate Side Effects Of Pain Medication
... even if we do not remember our dreams. REM sleep occurs about every 90 minutes and lasts for about 20 minutes. "We think this is a very exciting discovery. We are trying to identify specific cells in the brain where we know brain-produced chemicals have been altered because of the pain medication ad......ngina is a life-threatening cardiac condition that occurs whenbloodflow to the heart muscle is disrupted or impaired. In most cases, the painof angina is associated with the rupturing of large cholesterol plaques thathave built-up, over time, near the outer walls of the heart chamber. "At thepresent time,...