Calling for standards in cardiology data collection and analysis
...ssociation of 47 National Cardiac Societies across central and greater Europe. At the CARDS meeting, the ESC has been invited to present its Euro Heart Survey as a case study of a successful pan-European survey programme enabling local, national and international comparisons of data using set standards in ...Tissue involved in brain development may offer new approach to stroke treatment
...may open a whole new understanding of how to treat central nervous system disorders," he says noting other options that need pursuing such as medicines that could stimulate the choroid plexus of a stroke patient....Long-term study proves ADDERALL XR is a safe and effective option to treat adults with ADHD
...ng projects and marketing products in the areas of central nervous system (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI), and renal diseases. Shire has operations in the world's key pharmaceutical markets (US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany) as well as a specialist drug delivery unit in the US. For further infor...Researchers identify novel method of distinguishing Alzheimers disease from other types of dementia
...uch as the hippocampus and parietal cortex is also central to diagnosing Alzheimer's. This shrinkage, or atrophy, can be seen on a standard MRI. Still, autopsy remains the definitive diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease affects 4 million Americans and accounts for 70 percent of dement...Increased risk of cardiovascular disease shown in PCOS patients
...lic measurements for CVD. "Obesity obviously is a central part of the development of metabolic abnormalities related to PCOS, perhaps due to genetic susceptibility or changes in intrauterine programming of the body functions," note the authors. "Based on our study, particularly obese women with PCOS sympto...Researchers define mechanism that enables stem cells to track migrating brain tumor cells
...tial to differentiate into any of several types of central nervous system cells have the ability to track glioma cells as they migrate. In recently published work, the researchers genetically engineered tumor-tracking stem cells to secrete interleukin 12, which elicited a local immune response that attacked...Moving the mind's eye depends upon an intact eye movement system
...ade) intended to bring the object of interest into central vision. In their new work, researchers Daniel Smith, Chris Rorden and Stephen Jackson of the University of Nottingham, UK, aaddress an important question concerning the precise relationship between eye movements and the covert orienting of attent...Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist use Botox to treat CP
... 1988. CP is caused by an injury to the developing central nervous system during or shortly after birth. The disease causes the brain to send abnormal messages to muscles in the arms and legs, causing them to stiffen and contract (muscle spasticity). Patients with CP often have difficulty dressing themselves...Early signs that adult bone-marrow stem cells could regenerate brain tissue
...o various neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic central nervous system damage"....Ecstasy users get advice from friends and web not parents
... Dayton queried recent MDMA ('ecstasy') users from central Ohio on their perceptions of the importance and accuracy of various sources of information about the drug. Results from interviews with 304 young adult users, aged 18 to 30 years old, indicated that friends were considered the most important source...Iressa news backgrounder: Testing of smart drug expands at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
...n Cancer Center. They are dedicated to solving the central puzzle that Iressa, and similar other targeted therapies, pose - what are the cancers that may best respond, and which patients will benefit? M. D. Anderson researchers have been at the forefront of testing Iressa, as well as a slew of other exp...Language 'center' of brain shifts with age
... to improving linguistic skills, maturation of the central nervous system, and the 'pruning' of synaptic connections; the decrease among older subjects perhaps reflects compensation for age-related loss of functional capacity."...Study: New neurons can get out of spinal cord
...c hurdle in restoring function to severely damaged central nervous systems -- getting new motor neurons to migrate through the spinal cord. In their experiments, the researchers first coaxed embryonic stem cells from mice to begin their transformation into motor neurons. Once these "pre-motor neurons" were i...Cholesterol levels fluctuate with the seasons
...ers from a health maintenance organization serving central Massachusetts. Data were collected quarterly over a twelve-month period on diet, physical activity, exposure to light, general behavioral information, and cholesterol levels were also measured. The researchers found that the average cholesterol leve...Concern for European public health as EU border extends to the east
.... Eight of these are former communist countries in central and eastern Europe; the new frontier will be made up by Ukraine, Belarus, and a longer Russian border. Richard Coker from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and colleagues discuss three pertinent issues relevant to public heal...Physicians, patients must work together on new electronic relationships
...ts appear better able to grasp information that is central to their care. Indeed, as one of our patients told us: 'Exchanges by e-mail are the next best thing to a house call.'" ...AAN develops neurology education series for patients and families
...nformation about common disorders of the brain and central nervous system. Migraines and Other Headaches is the first in the series. "This book is the essential guide for anyone who suffers from headaches, and for those who don't, to understand those who do," according to neurologist and series editor Austin...Researchers seek solutions to impending U.S. long-term care facility staffing crisis
... he said. "Many of these workers, who are central to patient and nursing home resident care, are making between $8.50 and $9.50 an hour," Konrad said. "After 10 years, most of them are making very little more than when they started so that there isn't career progress, and almost no incentives to enc...Rare Chinese mushroom derivative can improve capacity, endurance, in sedentary elderly
...ina and vitality levels without stimulation of the central nervous system. A New Study The research team behind the development of CordyMax will be presenting the scientific foundation of their supplement before one of the world's leading meeting of physiologists. The study sought to evaluate the effects o...UCSD researchers determine fibrin depletion decreases multiple sclerosis symptoms
...ase." MS is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS), causing a variety of symptom...r, the cellular mechanisms of fibrin action in the central nervous system have not been known, nor have scientists determined if fibrin depletion could allevia...