Caring For The Aging Holocaust Survivor
... the dignity and comfort of survivors whorepresent almost half of Baycrest's client population. The vulnerabilities ofold age, and the somewhat regimented daily routines of a geriatric institution,can trigger anxieties and painful memories for survivors of the death camps. Several conference workshops will ......hat is distinguished by several features: itis the almost exclusive carrier of the postsynaptic sites of excitatorysynapses, it covers a neuron in numbers far greater than a thousand and it hasso far managed to dodge the efforts of neuroscience to elucidate its functionquite effectively. Florian Engert and ...Biochemical Marker Targets Brain Injury Leading To Movement Problems After Stroke
...ts measured levels of a biochemicalsubstance found almost exclusively in adult brain cells. They used magneticresonance spectroscopy (MRS), a technique for quantitative measurements of theconcentrations of biochemical substances, to measure levels of N-acetylaspartate(NAA) in various areas of the brain. The......retin, a hormone that some parents claim possesses almost magical properties as a treatment for autism, wil...ction of natural secretin produced by pigs that is almost chemically identical to human secretin. Others will be given a synthetic secretin that is chemicall...Women May React To General Anesthesia Differently Than Men
... has perplexed researchers, women appearto wake up almost twice as fast as men when general anesthesia is discontinuedafter surgery. This may mean that women are less sensitive than men to anesthetic drugs thatpromote unconsciousness and could need more anesthesia during surgery, sayresearchers at Duke Univ...Community Plays Key Role In Preventing Teen Suicide, UF Scientist Says
GAINESVILLE---In a study of almost 15,000 teens, a University of Floridaresearcher has found that community involvement plays an important role inpreventing suicide. "Until now, we had never taken a community-based look at suicide," saidDaniel Perkins, a researcher in UF's Institute o...Semiconductor Plants May Be A Danger To The Health Of Employees
Zachary Ruffing was born almost blind. The bones in his head and shoulders aredeformed and he has difficulty using his mouth, but according to his lawyer,Amanda Hawes, he's bright. "He wants to be an astronomer," she says. Thirteen-year-old Zachary and his parents are tryin...Immunex Advances CD40 Ligand To Phase II Clinical Trial In People With Metastatic Kidney Cancer
...mors. Men are diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma almost twiceas often as women are and it usually occurs between the ages of 50-70 years. CD40L is a protein primarily expressed on the surface of activated CD4+T cells. Its receptor, CD40, is expressed on B cells, antigen presenting cellssuch as de...Retrospective Statistical Analysis Corroborates Early Results Of Randomized Breast Cancer Trials
ATLANTA -- Using data on almost 1,300 patients with advanced breast cancer,researchers from Duke University and other institutions have found no benefitfrom high dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplantation.They prepared their findings for presentation at the annual me...Study Suggests Inflammation Signs Can Show Who Will Develop Diabetes
...white blood cell, albumin and fibrinogen levels of almost the entire group werewithin clinically accepted normal ranges at the time of their measurement, thescientists said. In a study of a smaller sample of 610 volunteers, half of whom showedatherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries" and half ...Ordinary Touches Multiply Into Severe Pain For Fibromyalgia Patients
...redness. "When this fatigue would come about, it's almost like a weight being droppedon you, and you can't function anymore," she said. LeMay said she is hopeful that Staud's research will lead to more effectivetreatment for fibromyalgia patients and better understanding by the generalpublic. "In our societ...National Survey: Leg Crossing Is Taboo But Women Indulge Anyway
... young women say they were taught this compared to almost halfof Baby Boomer women and only one in four older women. (70 percent for womenunder age 35; 43 percent for women age 35 to 55; 25 percent for women age 55 andolder.) The random telephone survey of 500 women and 500 men nationwide, age 18and......hree at the most of the 22 leukaemias diagnosed in almost 40,000 children born to male workers....Angina sufferers find significant relief with noninvasive technique
...'t have anything to offer. Thistreatment functions almost like a very good medication," Chou said. The technique, largely developed in China, has been tested clinically in variousforms over the past 30 years, with many reports of major success. But until now,no rigorous controlled study of the treatment ha...Advance reported in search for skin cancer treatment
...to certain types of skincancer, which have reached almost endemic proportions. Skin cancer is now themost common form of cancer in the United States, with an estimated 1.4 millioncases diagnosed annually. According to Wiest, the number of skin cancerpatients has risen steadily over the past 20 years. ...Older, disabled women have trouble managing pain
...doses ofmedication in relation to pain, found that almost half of women with severe paintook very small amounts of medication or no medication at all. In a smallerpercentage of cases, they took too much. This mismatch of pain to effectivemedication, the researchers said, suggests a need for more effective...Faculty research contributes to new cervical cancer treatment
...this year. Each year in the United States, almost 15,000 women are diagnosed withcervical cancer, and 5,000 women die of the disease, according to NCI. "This is a disease that affects young women," Rose said. "When a womandies at the age of 30, the impact is devastating to her family and soc...Researchers discover the driving force behind cancer cells in Hodgkin's disease
...ut eighty hoursReed-Sternberg cells in a test tube almost completely stopped growing. Thisdiscovery gives us great hope that we will someday find a rational way to targetand kill Reed-Sternberg cells without subjecting patients to serious sideeffects. That is the role of future cancer researchers - to deve...Idaho attorney, Pennsylvania physician to lead American Heart Association in 1999-2000
...lso hasbeen a practicing invasive cardiologist for almost two decades. He has been avisiting lecturer at the Sloan School of Health Care Administration at CornellUniversity. In 1990 he became president and chief executive officer of the GuthrieClinic, a multi-specialty group practice of 240 physicia...American Heart Association honors three volunteers with national awards
... An American Heart Association volunteer for almost 20 years, Barrett wasinvolved in a variety of activities and served as chairman of the board of theLouisiana Affiliate in 1994-95 before it merged with other adjoining states tobecome part of the Southeast Affiliate. She currently serves on the Ameri...