UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
... infants, sleep occurs in a separate crib-like bed away from the parents but in the same room. The study's findings suggest a critical factor contributing to night-waking is not as much co-sleeping or separate sleeping arrangements, but rather changes in where the infant sleeps during the night and durin...Chronic pain treatments more effective when taken together, new study shows
... afflicted with herpes zoster, the pain doesn't go away after the rash disappears. Instead it continues to be felt as a burning sensation and often makes normal touch excruciatingly painful. Both conditions are due to nerve damage and/or injury, and are associated with the experience of pain in an apparen...It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
...e national stadium. During this time, 106 home and away matches took place:74 rugby matches and 32 footbal...atches. Whether the matches were played at home or away had little impact on the rates. It was the score and match attendance that mattered. "These analyses...Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass
...d cancer, I would definitely suggest that they get away from the refined and processed foods that Americans usually eat and try to eat a wide variety of nutrient-dense foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and fish."...Giant iceberg B-15A edges past floating ice pier
...ts in the Oryx Quest 2005 yacht race stayed safely away from icebergs and ice fields. This year also sees the launch of CryoSat, a dedicated ice-watching mission designed to precisely map changes in the thickness of polar ice sheets and floating sea ice. CryoSat, in connection with regular Envisat ASAR ...Chemical decoy shows promise for slowing Alzheimer's by acting as decoy
...r attracting the circulating beta amyloid proteins away from the neuron-like cells. The resulting polymer-amyloid complex can then be broken down and removed by specialized cells in the brain, the researcher theorizes. Because the decoy molecules look like components of normal human brain cells, they will...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...day and unlimited protein and fat. "When we took away the carbohydrates, the patients spontaneously reduced their daily energy consumption by 1,000 calories a day. Although they could have, they did not compensate by eating more proteins and fats and they weren't bored with the food choices. In fact, th...Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue
...magic wavelength that is not absorbed or reflected away by tissue. Scientists believe that they can use light at that wavelength to signal manmade molecules to release drugs at disease sites in the body. Such possibilities will be discussed in a poster and a talk by Virginia Tech researchers presenting at...Aircraft cabin ventilation influences the transmission of diseases in-flight
... outbreak of SARS, passengers as far as seven rows away from the source passenger were affected. The review states that disinsection of aircraft - spraying before landing to kill insects - and vector control around airports, as well as immunisation, seem to have been effective in non-endemic areas. Howev...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...lth care staff at a moment's notice, even if miles away from the hospital. Intensivists -- the physicians who specialize in the care of critically ill patients -- in the neurosurgery department at UCLA are using RP-6 to provide additional monitoring from their homes and offices of ICU patients in response......eral public. Tooth-grinding in particular can wear away the teeth, causing sensitivity and pain, as well as spoiling a person's smile, since the front teeth can be greatly reduced in height. It is re-assuring that a young researcher is investigating such practical problems which can be debilitating for th...Many children are undervaccinated or have delayed vaccinations in their first 2 years of life
...ce hours for women who have difficulty taking time away from work, using appropriate education-level information regarding safety and benefits of vaccination, and ensuring availability of sibling child care in the workplace," the researchers write. "Assessing days undervaccinated reveals weaknesses in chi...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...enabledoctors to interact with patients many miles away via video, digital imaging and electronic data transmission, have had only limited impact on the National Health Service, according to a study sponsored by the ESRC. The expected revolution in medicine, overcoming problems of access to specialist car...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...ructure activity relationships, they want to strip away nonessential structures, leaving a simpler and more potent core. "One frequent problem encountered with vaccines is ensuring that the vaccine is potent enough to elicit a strong immune response," Gin said. "We will continue looking for ways to produc...World's biggest study of multi-million pound health problem launched
...ide an information booklet for the patient to take away from the surgery. A range of specially-designed information leaflets has been created with the help of local patients for use in the study. The progress of each patient will be tracked over one year by the research team which will collect and analy...High-intensity ultrasound creates hollow nanospheres and nanocrystals
...uniform coatings, we use hydrofluoric acid to etch away the silica, leaving hollow shells of the desired material." Suslick and former postdoctoral research associate Arul Dhas describe their work in a paper that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and posted...Researcher explores ways to make hypnosis a more effective therapeutic technique
...r conceal feelings," but the more they try to push away unwelcome mental experiences, the more those experiences come back to trouble them, Lynn said. By learning to observe and accept whatever flows through their minds, "individuals can come to desensitize themselves to unsettling thoughts and feelings."...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
... Fairbanks case, a witness standing several blocks away viewed the 1997 beating of one man by four suspects. The suspects were tied to a separate fatal beating of second man, but that crime had no witnesses. The suspects, however, were tied to the murder by circumstantial evidence. The witness, who saw...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
... to Northwestern Memorial from other states as far away as Florida and California to have cardiac surgeries. That speaks volumes about what the team at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has accomplished in just nine months." Neil Bluhm, president of JMB Realty Corp., and principal of Walton Street ......es reached a remote corridor 22.9 meters (75 feet) away within three minutes and completely spread throughout the corridor within another three minutes. In an experiment with sprinklers, temperatures at the 1.5 meter (five feet) level and below in the room where the fire began never exceeded 120 degrees C...