Study shows promise in identifying kidney failure
...pital Medical Center has identified a protein that allows for earlier and quicker diagnosis of kidney failure - a diagnosis that now often occurs too late to treat kidney failure effectively. The research, which is published in the current issue of The Lancet, sites evidence in favor of using the protein ne...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
...ngina patients. "This is the first technique that allows us to study the structural changes underlying vulnerable plaques in living patients, and it supports the conclusions of previously reported postmortem studies," says Jang. "We still need to gather more data to confirm these characteristics, and our ...Treatment of cardiac lesions without anaesthesic
...ion or wall separating the two (auricles) and that allows blood clots or thrombi to pass from the right auricle to the left. In most cases this opening closes after the baby is born but, on occasions, it stays open and, subsequently, clots can pass from the right auricle (venous) to the left (arterial) and ...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
... for example, California became another state that allows pharmacy sales of up to 10 sterile syringes withou...ly, providing IDUs with access to sterile syringes allows us to be responsible, prudent and compassionate admirable criteria for good public policy."...UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
...pment." When inhaled by patients, polarized xenon allows MRI to produce a clear picture of the lungs' interior, which cannot be seen with conventional techniques. It could benefit millions who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, by allo...New self-help technology set to combat eating disorders
...ntages of the interactive intervention are that it allows an individually tailored delivery, it uses a variety of media, and a mixture of teaching styles to facilitate the learning of self-management. A recent study into the usefulness of the CD-ROM involving 47 sufferers of bulimia revealed significant...Obtaining patient consent for clinical audit is unworkable without extra resources
...onal data, but the Health and Social Care Act 2001 allows patient identifiable information to be made available in certain circumstances, including medical audit and research. Researchers studied the feasibility of obtaining signed consent for submission of patient identifiable information to a national cli...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...n Dallas to acquire the PillCam ESO technology. It allows doctors to quickly and easily assess the presence of esophageal diseases such erosive esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus and esophageal varices. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration late last year, the PillCam ESO is a smooth plastic capsule a...Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industry
...y joined the team and is studying how the additive allows the experiment to be successful. The company is providing her with a fellowship for spring and summer 2005....Chemists identify immune system mechanism for methamphetamine binges
...s," Janda says. "Glycation acts like a linker that allows [the methamphetamine] to be displayed to the immune system, triggering a vaccine-like reaction." Just as a vaccine is able to remove invading pathogens by using antibodies to the pathogen, antibodies to methamphetamine attack and begin to clear the d...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
...one inflammation-sensitive factor at the same time allows better classification of patients as to whether they have inflammation, " "It is reassuring to see continuing study of simple and well-standardized biomarkers, such as leukocyte count, and risk of vascular outcomes," Cushman concludes. "Whether nove...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...e by InTouch Health Inc. in Santa Barbara, Calif., allows doctors to "virtually" consult with patients, fami...ntrolStation comes equipped with a joystick, which allows the physician to drive the robot to the patient's bedside, control movements of the robot's head and...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...llowship, generously funded by the GC Corporation, allows a student to conduct research in another country or otherwise outside their home institution. Dr. Daronch will spend six months at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, on a research project entitled "Biological Effects of Near-UV Radiation from D...Northwestern Memorial physicians encourage screenings during colon cancer awareness month
... other suspicious matter. The colonoscope not only allows identification and localization of the disease process, but also allows biopsy or even removal of polyps. Steven Stryker, MD, a gastrointestinal surgeon at Northwestern Me...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...he variables in our modelthe multivariate analysis allows us to consider the effect of the ethnicity and language beyond the impact of those other predictors," the authors state. "We find that acculturation has a unique contribution to the onset of intercourse beyond those other predictors." Overall, Hispan...Portable system offers dialysis patients 'liberating' changes
...sting the NxStage System One, a portable unit that allows patients to conduct their own dialysis at home or on the road. And the preliminary results are promising, says Michael A. Kraus, M.D., the study's principal investigator and medical director of IU's Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and Acute...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...nce imaging (MRI), a sophisticated technology that allows researchers to "see" a brain in action. Notably, the UW-Madison study overturns the existing notion that autistic children struggle to process faces because of a malfunction in the fusiform area. Rather, in autistic children the fusiform "is fundamen...Immersion in virtual world alleviates pain from injury
...small computer screens and a special sensor, which allows the player to interact with the game and feel a part of its almost dreamlike world. "Owing to its ability to allow the user to immerse and interact with the artificial environment that he/she can visualize, the game-playing experience is engrossing",...CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide
...ISC response, which in turn prevents apoptosis and allows the cancer cell to continue growing. "The work my laboratory has done using our cell lines of colorectal cancer to investigate the role of CK2 in tumors is now bearing fruit," said Houghton, senior author of the Oncogene report. "We've shown in some...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
...a visual representation. The shutter speed concept allows researchers to adjust the mathematics of the compu...clearly indicates the locations of tumors, it also allows researchers to distinguish between malignant tumors and benign tumors. To conduct this research proj...