Clinical symptoms may aid early diagnosis of variant CJD
...l features of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to aid early recognition of this condition. Researchers analysed the case notes of the first 100 patients diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK. They found that the early stages of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are dominated by psyc...UCSD's Victor Nizet, M.D., receives Pediatric Infectious Diseases Award
... of the two strep bacteria, which he believes will aid in the search for new treatments and disease prevention that specifically target the newly identified toxins. In addition to these studies, the Nizet group investigates two additional areas anti-microbial peptides called cathelicidins that provide t...Source of physical performance found in brain
...p better rehabilitation and training procedures to aid the recovery of function in patients with cerebellar disease." According to Ashe, researchers may delve deeper into the effect practice has on performance. "Our primary interest is in how changes in brain activity enable us to learn motor skills th...Progress and future directions for management of hepatitis C
...of its biology, mechanisms of drug resistance, and aid vaccine development. The panel urged the establishment of a hepatitis research network that would conduct research into the natural history, prevention, and treatment of hepatitis C. Studies to determine the efficacy of alternative medicines are al...UCLA researchers check brain waves to predict effectiveness of antidepressants
...eriods from weeks to days. The findings also could aid in the development of new medications. "Up to 40 percent of depressed patients do not respond to the first medication they try. Since it takes several weeks for an effective treatment to produce clear improvement, doctors often wait six to 12 weeks t...A helping hand: Healthy arm helps retrain stroke-impaired arm
... physical therapy on the affected limb without the aid of electrical stimulation or bilateral movement. All participants completed six hours of rehabilitation during a two-week period. EMG-triggered stimulation involves putting electrodes on the backs of participants' forearms. As patients attempt to mo...New hearing test simulates noise of real world
... how a child, especially one fitted with a hearing aid or cochlear implant, might perform in noisy rooms," Litovsky says. Litovsky's test, on the other hand, simulates the noisy world by including a variety of competing voices and other sounds that children might hear at school, on the playground or at h...Research explains possible origin of Parkinson's tremors
.... This work could potentially aid the development of new treatments for Parkinson's and other neurological conditions, said David Terman, professor of mathematics at Ohio State. ...New guidelines for managing women with abnormal pap smears
...ill become widely adopted in the United States and aid in the standardization of care of women with all types of abnormal Pap tests," says Dr. Thomas C. Wright, lead author of the consensus guidelines, associate professor of pathology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, and associate...Grant will advance research of infection-fighting blood cells
...f Cincinnati. A rather special breed of mice will aid Dr. Skalnik and his colleagues in their research. The mice, developed by Drs. Dinauer and Williams at the IU School of Medicine, lack a functional Rac2 gene and exhibit immune system defects. "Although our research program is focused on basic scienc......who staff the Centers for Disease Control, and who aid in developing plans for immunization. Initial participants are just completing the residency, and already have landed jobs in the field. For example, David Persaud recently accepted a position as medical director for the Kent County Health Departmen...Poor hearing common among elderly people in the UK
...e. Nearly half the participants who wore a hearing aid at the time of testing failed the whispered voice ...2200 (only 60%) of 3846 people who owned a hearing aid said they used it regularly. Liam Smeeth (one of the investigators) comments: A major source of mor...Researchers say trees could affect land use, reduce skin cancer
...f trees, pavilions and other outdoor structures to aid in protection from the harmful rays....UNC's Intrah providing emergency assistance in West Bank, Gaza
...nsit to hospitals. Emergency medical equipment and aid for civilians. Distance learning programs to provide rapid technical support to frontline care providers. The Maram project has established a temporary office in Jerusalem to pursue these goals. Intrah is implementing the emergency health-care pro...Tobacco industry strategies for influencing European community tobacco advertising legislation
...vertising and sponsorship by seeking to enlist the aid of figures at the highest levels of European politics while at times attempting to conceal the industrys role. An understanding of these proposed strategies can help European health advocates to pass and implement effective future tobacco control leg...Magnetic fluids offer hope for damaged retinas
...cific drugs, such as chemotherapy agents. With the aid of a magnet placed outside the body, the medicated fluid microspheres could be directed to hard-to-reach tumor sites, such as the lung, prostate and brain. Riffle believes that a similar technique can eventually be used to deliver DNA to specific cel...Psychologists hunt for new ways to detect precursors to Alzheimer's Disease
...nk to Alzheimers-type attention deficits, may also aid early diagnosis. The sooner, the better: Early detection could allow doctors to intervene with drugs that have the potential to protect against significant brain damage. Currently, there are no reliable ways to detect and treat the disease before ...Brookhaven lab scientist wins Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry
...nd study neurological and psychiatric diseases, to aid in the treatment of heart disease, and to diagnose cancer. In addiction studies at Brookhaven, Fowler was the first to show the binding sites of cocaine in the human brain. Fowler has also developed radiotracers for mapping the enzyme MAO, a molecula...Teaching computers to replace lost sounds
...ve been damaged in transmission. His research will aid military communications, improve hearing aids, and possibly find musics lost chords. Savic, a professor of electrical, computer, and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., is accomplishing the task by reversing previou......y significant).The authors conclude that, with the aid of structured data collection, physicians judgement was similar to existing ankle rules in terms of sensitivity and ability to safely reduce the number of radiographic examinations....