Dental Researchers Retract Statement Indicating Hydrogen Peroxide May Be Cancer Promoter
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Authors of an abstract reporting preliminary resultsshowing hydrogen pero...y at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. An abstract was published in conjunction with the joint meeting of theAmerican Association of Dental Research an...People With Brain Injury To Frontal Lobe Don't Get Punch Lines -- Prefer Slapstick Humor!
...different ways or from different perspectives) and abstract thinking. Damage to the frontal lobes has been historically related to changes inpersonality, with striking effects on a personrquote s ability to tell jokesand respond to humor. Such individuals often exhibit silly euphoric behavior,inappropriate la...NICHD-Funded Researchers Show Estrogen Effects On Brain After Menopause
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... to Glatter and Scheinman, co-authors of the NASPE abstract includeParvin Dorostkar, MD, chief of pediatric EP at Case Western Reserve University;Yanfei Yang, MD, visiting scientist from Beijing, China; Nancy Chiesa, RN, UCSFpediatric EP nurse; George Van Hare, MD, director of the pediatric arrhythmiacenters ...Implanted defibrillators and anti-theft systems appear safe under normal circumstances
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...eleases color-coded by embargo dates. Accompanying abstract numbers are included. News conferences have been ...y be available to reporters on site. Accompanying abstract numbers are included. News releases highlight research being presented at Scientific Sessions that a...... as I studied Talmud that I gainedappreciation for abstract logic and rigor, for patience and perseverance." The Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods is sponsored by Aldrich ChemicalCo., Inc. of Milwaukuee, Wis.......tients. The study was selected as a late breaking abstract at the 11th National Cancer Institute - European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer - American Association for Cancer Research (NCI-EORTC-AACR) Symposium on New Drugs in Cancer Therapy. The study was designed to evaluate safety, opt......o 5:00 p.m., daily. For copies of abstracts, abstract summary highlights and press releases, to arrange pre-conference researcher interviews, or to pre-register for onsite press credentials, contact Sam Franklin at: 202-331-0175, or at sam@kmcpr.com . To View full abstracts go to: http://www.as...Methadone may cause potentially fatal arrhythmia, Georgetown researchers find
...eorgetown University Medical Center have found. An abstract of their findings will be presented Wednesday, April 4, at the Experimental Biology 2001 annual meeting. Because methadone is widely used to treat patients dependent on heroin and other narcotic drugs, and it is not unusual for such patients to have ...Lidocaine patch shown in large trial to relieve post-herpetic neuralgia
...adverse event, occurring in 13.5% of patients. The abstract from this trial was published in the April 2001 supplement of The Journal of Pain (Vol. 2, No. 2). Shingles and PHN Cause Excruciating Pain Anyone who has had chicken pox could develop shingles. Once reactivated from its dormant state, the herpes zos...New medical school model sets out to create more competent, caring doctors
...ery question in terms of a patient, not just as an abstract multiple-choice question, says Epstein. The new curriculum has attracted national attention. Also published in the Jan. 9 issue of JAMA is an endorsing editorial written by the executive director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educ...Magnetic stimulation may be as effective as electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression
... a forthcoming issue of Biological Psychiatry. An abstract of the paper is currently available online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/biopsych . In rTMS, a physician uses a hand-held wire coil to produce a controlled, rapidly fluctuating magnetic field with a strength of 1.5 to 2 Tesla, about the same st...Training can improve age-related memory decline in elderly
...ry the word fell in -- for example, whether it was abstract or concrete. And when we did that, the older adults showed increased activity in these frontal regions, and their memory performance improved." The researchers found that memory support strategies had no effect on non-selective recruitment in the ol...Ginkgo biloba slows cognitive decline in patients with multiple sclerosis
...e problems, usually with concentration, memory and abstract reasoning. In some individuals, symptoms of cognitive decline can occur early in the disease, even when other MS symptoms, such as loss of balance and muscle coordination, are mild. The study coordinators concluded that Ginkgo biloba, in doses ...Long-term benefits found in two drugs for Parkinson's
... on April 18. The research will also appear as an abstract in the April issue of the journal, Neurology. "Drug-induced psychotic symptoms, such as visual hallucinations, are seen in a significant number of patients with advanced PD," says Dr. Juncos. "Approximately 15 to 20 percent of PD patients may ex...Improving accuracy of cross-cultural neuropsychological testing
...ts use a variety of memory, image recognition, and abstract reasoning tests.The tests require participants to name objects from drawings, match similar shapes, and remember lists of items. Neuropsychologists assess people who take the test based on their ageand years of schooling, among other factors. ...University of Pittsburgh researchers use botox to treat overactive bladder
...ation Annual Meeting. Results will be published in abstract 98 in the AUA proceedings. Bladder dysfunction affects a staggering number of people worldwide. The use of botox injections can offer many of these patients a safe, but temporary, solution to this embarrassing problem, said Michael Chancellor, M.D., ...