Exercise-induced shortness of breath not always caused by asthma
...abnormal. "Being kids, they thought they should be able to do anything they want without limits," Weinberger said. "We were able to reassure the patients and parents that there was no abnormality and advise the type of cardiovasc...The trust game: Measuring social interaction
... In early rounds, Montague and his colleagues were able to identify a physical response in the brain of the trustee that correlated with the intention to increase their trust or investment on the next move. By later rounds, the timing of that response changed so that his or her intention to trust occurred...International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
... had breast cancer, suggesting that it may also be able to prevent the disease in healthy women. Clinical studies have also shown that aromatase inhibitors are associated with fewer serious side effects than tamoxifen, the only other drug available to women for primary breast cancer prevention. "...Suppressing the cells that trigger cat allergy
...ge London describe a subset of cells that might be able to suppress cells that cause cat allergy. Asthma and allergy have become more frequent in all industrialized countries during recent decades, and there is much debate about exposure to pets in early life and later development of asthma and ...Indiana University researchers closer to helping hearing-impaired using stem cells
...orld. The IU group, led by Eri Hashino, Ph.D., was able to transform, in the laboratory, stem cells taken from adult bone marrow into cells with many of the characteristics of sensory nerve cells -- neurons -- found in the ear. The results suggest that these adult stem cells could be used to treat deaf pa...Some brain cells 'change channels' to fine-tune the message
... comes into the living room, these brain cells are able to change what they allow in by swapping one kind of channel, or membrane opening, for another. Doing so lets the cells fine-tune their messages and adjust connections within the cerebellum, the brain region that controls fine motor skills. Although...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...rgia. "If we can identify those changes, we may be able to stop the progression before the heart becomes d...so is immediately impacted. I am hoping we will be able to identify factors that trigger this diastolic dysfunction." Systolic function is the heart contrac...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
... another heart attack. Eligible candidates must be able to safely travel to Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., be referred by a physician, be between 21 and 85 years old, and have no pre-existing heart condition that has been treated or requires treatment during the study period. Physicians interested i...Treatment of cardiac lesions without anaesthesic
... now POF and interauricular communication has been able to be treated percutaneously by means of a special device. This procedure is carried out at the Haemodynamics Unit with angiographic techniques. This involves inserting a device within a catheter into the interior of the heart and which spreads out ...Yale technology translates to sonic golf training tool
...re is the use of realtime audio feedback. "We were able to identify a signal from the sensors related to the speed of the club," Grober said. "We convert this signal into an audio soundscape that is universally intuitive to golfers and instantly interpretable, providing realtime audio feedback on the temp...Three-year cervical cancer screening recommendations may be applicable for certain women with HIV
...us that is associated with cervical cancer, may be able to have Papanicolaou (Pap) smears every three years, the same interval as HIV-negative women, according to a study in the March 23/30 issue of JAMA . According to background information in the article, "cervical cancer screening recommendations in t...Recovered king of beasts returns to his home, thanks to unique operation
...r. Limor Miara, and the animal's caretaker, he was able to again stand on his legs. Even on the first day after the operation one could already see an observable improvement in his situation. Samson began to walk steadily, without stumbling, and one could hardy see traces of his previous illness. During t...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
... very widespread in society. Not enough people are able to get treatment, but computer based approaches can offer people new ways to access much needed help. The CD-ROM and internet packages aim to provide another treatment option for people -and our experience to date is that this can be as effective as ...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
... to the IL 13 receptors besides IL 13. If they are able to find agents that are smaller than IL 13, more opportunities to deliver treatment to cancer cells will arise. "Maybe there is a better agent than IL 13 itself," said Debinski. "Nature is great, but not perfect. Sometimes, we can make it even bette...Cavity prevention tips for pre-school age children
...giene program best suits them. The dentist will be able to explain to the parent how often the child shoul...in charge of a child's brushing until the child is able to tie his or her shoes or write their own name clearly-usually five or six years of age." Children ...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...in cells, most scientists believe that it won't be able to kill the brain cells, the researchers say. Good...ifying the chemistry. Eventually we think we'll be able to make better decoys using molecular design," Good says. Down the line, if the polymers show promis...Protein that helps skin cancer spread identified by Stanford researchers
...ading aspect of collagen VII. The protein is still able to perform its normal job of keeping the skin intact. Khavari stressed that all this work took place using human cells. "Cancer processes are very different in humans and mice," Khavari said. If they'd found these results in mouse cells, the group wo...Men with severe sleep breathing disorder have higher risk of heart problems
...ent for age and obesity such studies have not been able to show an increased risk. Jose Marin (Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Spain) and colleagues recruited 264 healthy men matched for age and body mass index, 377 simple snorers, 403 with untreated severe disease and 372 with the disease and trea...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...f obesity in younger generations, the authors were able to illustrate that in the coming decades the risk of death from obesity-related causes is about to rise. The hardest hit will be minorities, because of limited access to health care and because they have experienced the most rapid increases in obesit...Research suggests possible blood test for multiple sclerosis
...d colleagues suggests that one day, doctors may be able to diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) with a simple ...ncture. "MRI is an expensive tool that we might be able to avoid if a blood test can be developed for MS," said Avasarala. "There is probably not a single m...