Home-based therapy beneficial for stroke patients
...s that the rate of deterioration in the ability to carry out daily living tasks could be reduced by up to 30% for patients who receive therapy in the home environment. Stroke is one of the most frequent causes of disability in developed countries and accounts for considerable costs for health and social se...Researchers create lung cancer 'cluster bombs'
...mmune system surveillance like a Trojan Horse, and carry designer drugs that target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. "This drug and this delivery system have a lot of potential--there are a lot of different things we can do as we're able to control where and when the nanoparticles release...Brain structure implicated in early onset depression
...ample sizes used," write the authors. They plan to carry out experiments that use larger sample sizes to confirm these initial findings. They also plan to look more closely at how the size of the hippocampus varies with the progression of major depressive disorder....Few hospitalized patients at low risk for pain
...atients hospitalized in a general medicine service carry a heavy pain burden," write the authors. "A large percentage of our study patients had experienced pain, and a significant percentage was dissatisfied with the pain management that they had received. Our data for pain prevalence and severity closel...Herceptin gives disappointing results in lung cancer trial
...r-expression or amplification will be difficult to carry out because the numbers of eligible patients will be small. Lead researcher, Dr Ulrich Gatzemeier, Head of the Department of Thoracic Oncology, Zentrum fr Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Germany, said that trastuzumab, co...Mayo researchers observe genetic fusion of human, animal cells -may help explain origin of AIDS
...hat contain genetic material from both species and carry a swine virus similar to HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) that can infect normal human cells. While the research does not answer the question of whether this infection can cause actual disease in humans, it does provide scientists with a new way to ...First link found in humans between common gene and artery-clogging disease
... indicates that a substantial proportion of people carry a form of ALOX5 that may wield potent effects on c...3 polyunsaturated fatty acids." For those who carry a high-risk form of ALOX5, the "bad" fats are two n-6 polyunsaturated fats called arachidonic acid a...Cedars-Sinai researchers identify a gene that causes insulin resistance in Mexican Americans
...r LPL haplotype markers, 40 patients were found to carry Haplotype 4, the gene marker linked to insulin resistance, while 239 carried Haplotype 1, which is associated with a low level of insulin resistance. "This finding is significant because it provides direct evidence that LPL is an insulin resist...U-M study: Doctors more likely to prescribe pricey new blood pressure drugs
...ive the new drugs as more effective and think they carry fewer side effects, according to a new study by a University of Michigan Health System physician. Diuretics and beta-blockers are recommended by the Joint National Commission on High Blood Pressure Treatment as the first-line treatment for uncomplica...Standardized blood pressure measurement could improve hypertension prevention, care in the Americas
...training and certification for the technicians who carry out the measurements, and quality-control procedures. The Pan American Hypertension Initiative, the group that developed the suggested protocol, includes NHLBI, PAHO, and seven inter-American and worldwide scientific organizations concerned...UB, military collaborate on design, testing of first drug to prevent noise-induced hearing loss
...rgy from sound waves into electrical impulses that carry audio stimuli to the brain's hearing center. As hair cells die, hearing diminishes. Henderson began working with Kopke to investigate ways to make hair cells resistant to oxidative stress when Kopke was a fellow at Albert Einstein College of Medicin...UCI to lead first public health study exploring link between air pollution and heart disease
...ects. Although very small in size, these particles carry condensed toxic elements that in numerous laboratory studies were found to trigger lung and heart inflammation and a host of cardiac ailments, such as blood clots, hardening of the arteries and heart disease. Ultrafine particles are produced prima...A hot time for cold superconductors
...sed the amount of electrical current the wires can carry without electrical resistance. Wires made from MgB...her carrying capacity means that smaller wires can carry more current using the same amount of material. "With a smaller conductor, the cost of wire used i...... of important neurotransmitters (biochemicals that carry signals to and from cells) in the frontal region of the brain, according to a study publishing in the December issue of the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences . "Our data show children with ADHD had a two-and-half-fold increased l...Researchers use crippled poliovirus to attack brain cancer
...fect normal motor neurons. Moreover, viruses don't carry the toxic side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, and viruses can be introduced directly into the tumor. "The brain is a very common site of cancer metastasis, but cancer in the brain is extremely difficult to treat," said Gro......d out more details about how you could potentially carry out your own microgravity experiments during next spring's student parabolic flight campaign, visit http://www.estec.esa.nl/outreach/parabolic/...HRT and breast cancer: better prognosis more likely due to frequent screening than hormone use
...mon ductal variety, which arises in the ducts that carry milk from the lobules to the nipple. Daling and colleagues earlier this year reported that the incidence of lobular cancer has risen 65 percent during the past decade, a trend that may be due to the increased use of combined HRT. After adjusting...Faulty wiring in the brain may cause early-onset schizophrenia
...or. In patients with schizophrenia, the cells that carry out the process of myelination are defective. Myelination activity is at its strongest during the teen years. "This is a critical time for adolescents who are still maturing emotionally," Dr. Ashtari said. "During the myelination process, microstru...U.S. is poorly prepared for influenza pandemic, St. Jude experts warn
...his mixing that are both safe to use in humans and carry hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N) proteins that trigger immune system responses in humans are used to make vaccines. "In the event of a pandemic, the process of initially developing a "seed" virus suitable for mass production as a vaccine woul...New emergency department program 'fights' firearm-carrying youths
...ive and highly specific in predicting whether they carry firearms or not, according to a new study in the December 2003 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine. (FiGHTS: A Preliminary Screening Tool for Adolescent Firearms-Carrying, p. 798) "The last 15 years have provided much information on single-risk fa...