Study of school 'connectedness' identifies adolescents at risk
...d from five survey items. These items are: I feel close to people at this school I feel like I am part of this school I am happy to be at this school The teachers at this school treat students fairly I feel safe in my school In addition to the four potentially modifiable factors, black race, female gende...Heart attack help: Program helps boost use of key therapies in hospitals
...rt specialists are reporting success with a way to close that gap between knowledge and practice. Their solution: a program that targets doctors, nurses and patients alike with care standards, educational materials, reminders, and more. This week, the U-M team published the encouraging results of their ow...SU scientist receives patent that could revolutionize medical magnetic resonance imaging
...icles of matter behave in temperatures that are as close to absolute zero as technology allows. Honig's most recent work on highly polarized nuclear spin systems, including the development of a method that has received a U.S. patent, may help revolutionize the field of medical magnetic resonance imaging (M...VA trial to weigh aspirin against other anti-clotting drugs in heart disease patients
... can cause excessive bleeding, so patients require close monitoring and frequent blood tests. Aspirin and clopidogrel both work against platelets, blood cells that stick together and encourage clotting. Aspirin helps prevent platelets from clumping together. Clopidogrel prevents platelets from being act...... flexible wire, through an artery to the heart and close to the trouble spot. As radio frequency energy passes through the catheter, the tip of the wire heats up and burns the heart tissue, creating a small, elongated lesion. The lesions and subsequent scar tissue, which do not conduct electrical impulses,..."Dutch Nobel Prize" for three researchers
... those at Harvard and Caltech and she is part of a close international network. She is able to inspire yo...ause disorders of the airways. She aims to promote close collaboration with immunologists and pathologists....Hand size counts in safe handgun use
...The part of the distal pad in question is the part close to the distal index finger joint, but not so close that the distal index finger joint touches the trigger. With this placement the user is able to pull...Personality influences psychological adjustment and recovery from stroke
...y administered standard psychological tests to the close relatives (spouse, child or sibling) of the individuals who had a stroke. They were asked questions about the patients interpersonal style, degree of extroversion or introversion, openness to new experiences and how they coped with stress. The test...Family important source of support for HIV-positive men
...pists and their clients take a close look at the nature of each relationship, assessing any special circumstances among friends and family members to take under consideration, anticipating reactions, and reviewing the benefits ...New program shown to help heart attack patients get the best care
In 10-hospital test, "tool kit" helps close the disturbing gap between guidelines and practice...s reminders, standard orders and education to help close the disturbing gap between what the evidence shows is best, and what heart patients actually get. "P...License agreement signed to commercialize intelligent hearing aid
...d the desired conversation when the sources are in close proximity, causing confusion in noisy environments."By allowing the wearer to focus on a single conversation without excessive interference, the intelligent hearing aid will represent a significant improvement over conventional systems, Feng said. Th......act version of the foursquare antenna that permits close spacing of elements in array antennas."...Rutgers researchers developing technology to help New Jersey farmers "grow" pharmaceuticals
...The new technology also permits his team to access close to 80 percent of the chemical diversity overlooked by conventional methods. "But we still have a long way to go," asserts Raskin, "since only a tiny percentage of the estimated 250,000 plant species in the world have been assayed."...Study points to potential role for caffeine in reducing the risk of Parkinsons disease
...ting with these researchers and says: "We now have close discussions to see how epidemiological studies can inform our laboratory studies and vice versa. This interdisciplinary approach is very exciting." Schwarzschild says he hopes that looking at Parkinsons from different angles may shed light on the d...UIC Nature paper points to new drug discovery direction
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...leading cause of death in the elderly, cancer is a close second. In the study, 7,443 people ages 70 and older from across the United States were surveyed. Of those, 6,422 reported having no history of cancer, 718 had been diagnosed with cancer but had not been treated for it within the past year, and 303 h...Biomolecule studied for medical uses
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...s of Health (NIH).The chicken embryo heart is very close to the human heart in its development processes. It takes 21 days to hatch a chicken; at day 1, tubes form on two sides of the embryo and come together to form one tube. At this juncture (two-and-a-half weeks in the human embryo) the heart is just ......r a running period of six years. At the same time, close co-operation between clinic scientists and basic researchers has to be ensured. This is to facilitate a networking of clinical research as well as professional standards, the establishment of new training structures and support for junior scientists....