New centers boost muscular dystrophy research
...ular Duchenne muscular dystrophy. One project will attempt to deliver and engraft muscle stem cells into diseased heart tissue without causing an immune response. Researchers will also use herpesvirus vectors in functional genomics studies to discover and characterize factors that guide stem cell maturation ...AAPA survey shows physician assistants increasingly employed in medical practices
...rofessionals has increased dramatically as doctors attempt to provide more direct patient care. The percentage of physicians outside of institutional practice settings who worked with physician assistants and similar providers increased from 40 percent in 1997 to 48 percent in 2001. The trend was most evid...What trials do the NHS spend their money on?
...ster, supported by the Department of Health, is an attempt to identify the randomised controlled trials that are currently funded by the NHS in England at Trust level. To qualify, the trial must: Be taking place in England With an end date after 31 March 2003 Be in a location that is the lead centre in...Arsenic remedy for arsenic poisoning?
...a psychosomatic effect. The researchers said: "Any attempt to explain the mechanism of action of the homeopathic drug would be highly speculative at the present state of our knowledge although it could play a role in regulating genes."...President names eight elite scientists and engineers to receive National Medals of Science
...ry. Witten is a world leader in string theory, an attempt by physicists to describe the forces of nature in a unified way. "The ideas and breakthroughs in fundamental science and engineering by these extraordinary pioneers have influenced thousands of other researchers," National Science Foundatio...New CDC-funded HIV program at UNC integrates treatment with prevention
Chapel Hill -- In its latest attempt to reduce the number of new HIV infections nationwide, the federal government is locating prevention programs squarely in the treatment setting. Selected to address the challenge is the Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of North Caroli...Exercise has a more powerful impact on the brain than previously thought
... disorders, such as stroke. In addition, they will attempt to determine the neural mechanisms that mediate mental training-induced strength improvements -- which areas of the brain are trained, for example, and what types of changes occur in each area. Recent animal studies from the University of California-...Scientists map maturation of the human brain
... at a certain part of cognition (inhibition) in an attempt to better understand the effects that nicotine has on these adolescents," says Potter. "These data suggest that nicotine might ameliorate some of the cognitive symptoms associated with ADHD. It is already known that adolescents with ADHD have higher...New studies show factors responsible for enhanced response to music
...aged 5 to 7 years) are activated when the children attempt to discriminate between simple rhythms and melodies. This is the first brain imaging study to make such a comparison in young children. Previous studies involving adults have suggested that rhythmic aspects of music are processed predominantly in th...Elements of green tea prevent HIV from binding to human T cells
...o where the HIV glycoprotein normally binds, in an attempt to explain the exciting discovery of Dr. Kawai," said Dr. Shearer. "Molecular modeling of a drug form of EGCG for HIV infection might be a further development of these investigations." The study and the accompanying editorial are the first to descri...Interracial interactions are cognitively demanding
...vidence using brain imaging that white individuals attempt to control racial bias when exposed to black individuals, and that this act of suppressing bias exhausts mental resources. Published in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience on Nov. 16, the study combines the use of functional magnetic resonance...Gardens have the potential to improve health, research shows
...h notes. There are several theories, he says, that attempt to explain people's affinity for nature. Learning theories hypothesize that people associate relaxation with nature, for example during vacations. They acquire stressful associations with urban environments because of aspects like traffic, work and ...Suicidal minority teens lack adult support
...os were almost twice as likely to report a suicide attempt in the last years, and teens who said they'd had s...wo and a half times more likely to think about and attempt suicide. Students who discussed their problems with adults were more likely to turn to "their inform...Brain's 'daydream' network offers detection for Alzheimer's diagnosis
...appropriately; more optimistically, it might be an attempt to compensate for the memory problems that come wi...h memory problems are turning the network on in an attempt to compensate for the memory damage caused by normal aging or Alzheimer's," Lustig said. "The bigge...Nov/Dec 2003 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...creening test. A cluster of articles on the topic attempt to answer new questions about the screening test, which is among the most common performed by family physicians. How could understanding women's experiences change the way clinicians communicate with patients whose Pap smear results are mildly abnor...HRT and breast cancer: better prognosis more likely due to frequent screening than hormone use
...iled information about mammography screening in an attempt to assess markers of breast-cancer prognosis in relation to HRT use, said Daling, the study's principal investigator. "Previous studies have shown a link between HRT and improved breast-cancer prognosis, but this is the first to account for screening...The evolving management of migraine
...ts have often not responded to treatment and in an attempt to treat themselves, actually make the problem worse. This is not addiction or an attempt to get 'high'; rather, it is motivated by the patient's desire to relieve pain and dysfunction." The...National study seeks cause of baffling, fatal disorder called multiple system atrophy
... subjects who don't have the fatal disorder, in an attempt to identify possible environmental and genetic causes. "Although there are estimates that MSA affects approximately 50,000 Americans, the true number is unknown," said the study's principal investigator, Clifford Shults, M.D., UCSD professor of...Fertility worries common in young breast cancer survivors
...ons and advising them on what they can consider to attempt to preserve fertility." According to the result of the Web-based survey, 72 percent of the women said they had discussed fertility issues with their doctor and 17 percent had talked with a fertility specialist. Still, one-quarter of the women felt t...Study finds elderly patients achieve seizure freedom on epilepsy therapy
...c patients were converted to Keppra monotherapy to attempt to improve cognition and gait. Five have been seizure-free for five to 17 months on doses of 500 to 1,000 mg/day. These patients reported clear improvement in functional status. One patient had no change in seizure frequency and one discontinued tr...