Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
... stroke patients often have an impaired ability to communicate or recognize symptoms themselves, people of all ages who might witness a stroke should also know this. Since the Cincinnati area has been involved in a number of highly publicizedstroke studies, the local population was frequently exposed to informat...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...and avoid factors that trigger asthmaepisodes, and communicate effectively with their doctors. In between officevisits, nurses call patients to evaluate their progress and help them buildproblem-solving skills. The researchers found statistically significant reductions in every categorythey measured---the numbe...Neurotransmitter-Induced Electrical Activity Identified As Key Regulator Of Synaptogenesis
...l for synapse formation. Nerve cells communicate via specialized cell-cell contacts, the so-called synapses. Upon stimulation of the presynaptic cell, neurotransmitter is released from its nerve endings. The released transmitter molecules diffuse to the adjacent nerve cell...Communication Between Doctors And Asthma Patients Is Key
...in which 80 physicians underwenttraining on how to communicate and educate patients about asthma. Clark'sresearch team studied 650 asthma patients to determine the effect communicationhad on patient outcomes. "Asthma patients have to manage their disease day to day. With good instructionand self confidence, pa...Study Shows Potential For Quelling AIDS Nerve Pain
...s. It also prods those nerve cells to grow and to communicate with other cells. In the study, presented at this year's International AIDS Conference inGeneva, the patients got injections of either a moderate dose of lab-createdNGF, a higher dose or a placebo. Throughout the 18-week trial, the team aske...... directly to the other systems? While nerve cells communicate through neurotransmitters, the immune system's T cells, for instance, do their talking through entirely different molecular messengers, the most important ones being cytokines. Dr. Mia Levite of the Weizmann Institute's Immunology Department has disc...... engage in anintense amount of interaction. We can communicate easily and translate ideasquickly into clinical trials. And then we can understand what happens topatients on a biologic basis, and bring questions back to the lab to learn howto do better or how to move forward. The ultimate goal is better unders...Neurobiologists Show How The Brain Processes Signals From Pheromones
... pheromones, essential chemicals used byanimals to communicate with each other. Reported in the April 16 issue of Cell,the findings provide the first look at the "wiring diagram" of the accessoryolfactory system and show that it differs dramatically from the wiring diagramfor the main olfactory system, which all...Baby Talk: Parents Do Make A Difference, By Promoting Childhood Chatter, From Birth To Age 3
...ek says, "is to talk and listen. Yourbaby wants to communicate with you. And, when toddlers are immersed in language,they use their language earlier and more efficiently." Over the years, some experts have argued whether "nature"--the baby's innatecapacity to learn-is more important than "nurture"--the home envi...UI Study Suggests Promising Treatment For Diabetic Pregnancies
...ve an inability of isolated, encapsulated isletsto communicate with one another and coordinate the total insulin secreted amongthem. Hunter and his colleagues are looking at how to produce geneticallyengineered islet cells to avoid this problem as well as how to improve thecells' use of oxygen and their ability ...Adolescents And Risk-Taking: A 'Very Likely' Danger May Not Mean The Same To A Teen As To An Adult
...rs typically use probability terms like'likely' to communicate risk," said Halpern-Felsher and Biehl in theirpresentation. "Often there's a very good reason: we don't know the precisepercentage chance that a risky action will lead to trouble. But our data showthat children, adolescents and even adults don't unde......isorder that interferes with a child's ability to communicate or relate socially with other people. Afflicted individuals also have a restricted range of activities and interests. Autism is far more common than once believed, and as many as 550,000 Americans are estimated to have the disorder. Approximate......ies and their dendrites, theshort protrusions that communicate with immediately neighboring neurons in thebrain. White matter refers to the longer axons, sheathed in a white fat calledmyelin, that reach out from neurons to more distant regions of the brain.Cerebrospinal fluid is the liquid in which the brain flo...AAPS Symposium to present latest developments in Cheminformatics
...t use a variety ofthese technologies to manage and communicate their research results, and in manycases, these can replace traditional chemistry." This symposium will combine information technology topics with drug discoveryissues and review all aspects of chemistry information management including: 61623: Adv...Narcolepsy network issues national 'wake up' call
...edical Center in New York. "It iscritical that we communicate this message to people with narcolepsy and thephysicians who treat them. It is our hope that this educational initiative willhelp America 'wake up to narcolepsy,' thereby helping people with the disorderresume active and productive lives." Headquart...New nationwide study in six cities will look at the method & message for changing risky HIV behavior
...infection when using alcohol or drugs, and ways to communicate with partnersabout risk, safety, and most important, a future that will be free ofinfection," Chesney added. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism also is providingfunding for the study....National Cancer Institute to support statewide UNC-CH colon cancer study
...cer control. "We're looking at how best to communicate with people about colon cancerso that they will adopt healthier lifestyles by improving their diets,increasing their exercise and seeking regular medical screening," said Dr. MarciK. Campbell, project principal investigator. "Research has shown that ...... the first time a serious look at howmen and women communicate on issues like condoms prior to sexual encounters. "The conclusion we found was startling," said doctoral student Don Turk. "If youinsist on the use of condoms, your partner will like you better." Scientists have been divided for years on the valid...Scientists provide first detailed maps of wiring circuitry in the living human brain
...ber extensions thattransmit electrical impulses to communicate with other nerve cells. These fibersare arranged in parallel bundles like cables in a telephone line. Water tends tomove more easily along the length of these cables. Using an MRI method that hashigh sensitivity to water movements, the researchers tr......heir own care.Patients show an improved ability to communicate their concerns to healthproviders, including doctors and nurses." In the localized prostate cancer study, those receiving theintervention reported improved control over urine flow and increasedsatisfaction with sexual relationships. They als...