Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Leads To Lower Child IQ Scores, Language Skills
..." said Lester. "But to do that you've got to believe the money has to bespent." Researchers analyzed information on more than 800 school-age childrenfrom eight studies. Lester worked with Linda L. LaGasse, assistant professor,and Ronald Seifer, associate professor, in the Brown Unive...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
...and aided in the development ofthe technology. "We believe that this technology has the potential to complementX-ray mammography by detecting tumors that are invisible to X-rays, whileavoiding X-ray exposure and potentially uncomfortable breast compression." Scientists have been searching for screening and ...Future Workers Will Receive MSAs
...rs' continuing involvement,the Cornell researchers believe that MSAs will emerge as the solution of choice. "They are inherently more popular with workers, and they provide a moreeffective instrument for curbing health spending because of the built-inincentives for individuals to become more prudent health c...Restaurant Meats Higher In Suspected Carcinogens
...theirpreparation secrets, he said, the researchers believe that fast food cookingtimes and temperatures are quicker and lower than other restaurants. Previousresearch has demonstrated that hotter temperatures and longer cooking times areimportant to the formation of heterocyclic amines. This is the ...Study Reveals Possible Link Between Osteoarthritis, Diet
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...al focus has been onneurosurgical applications, we believe this system has the potential to be usedin many cardiovascular and neurovascular procedures, as well."The first patient to undergo the procedure, a 31-year-old man, was diagnosedwith a tumor in the frontal lobe of the brain. In all, five patients w...Want To Eat Less Fat? Resolve To Read Food Labels
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... activity suppressed inpatients with cancer, so we believe that, in some cases, NK function may bedown-regulated by something that the tumor produces," he said. "There are ways to boost NK activity, so perhaps we can use those to increasethe response to tamoxifen." The work was supported by the National Can...New Theory May Explain Ritalin Action In Hyperactivity
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...long with the cancerous tumor. Researchers believe boron neutron capture therapy has few side effects.It is similar to traditional radiation but is less likely to destroy healthytissue near the tumor, Grimes says. Researchers suspect the therapy isespecially effective on small or irregularly shaped t...UF Researchers Cite Possible Link Between Autism, Schizophrenia And Diet
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...N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center researchers believe theyhave answered one of cancer's central enigmas: why some blood vessels are ableto grow to, and feed, tumors, while other vessels are not.In the March 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, thescientists report the blood pr......ds, or who are "steroid-insensitive." Researchers believe IVIGincreases steroid sensitivity of the lungs to steroids, in part, by reducinglung inflammation. "We saw patients whose asthma does very poorly and who needed high dosesof steroids to control the disease," said Erwin Gelfand, M.D., a pediatricimmun...