Scientists can now see sense of smell
...in the brain. "There has been considerable debate in the field about whether closelyrelated odorants could be distinguished by spatial mapping, or whether there wassome timing of neuronal firing involved. However, we have found that we coulddistinguish odorants just on the basis of the pattern of ac...Low doses of aspirin help prevent some strokes; high doses may increase risk for others
...help prevent recurrences, says Manson, but medical debate continuesabout whether healthy people with no history of cardiovascular disease shouldroutinely use aspirin as a method to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. Women who took low doses of aspirin (one to six tablets per week) had a lowerrisk of ...Health plays a crucial role in California labor market, according to UCSF researchers
...This finding is important because there has been a debate whether health is a cause or consequence of employment problems," said Edward Yelin, PhD, professor of medicine and health policy in the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. "This study shows that it is in fact both." People who reported healt...Analysis suggests women treated for breast cancer do better with axillary node dissection
...oing dissections." The next step in the dissection debate is to study sentinel node biopsies,Scott-Conner said. This investigation is under way and should be completed in acouple of years. The sentinel node is the lymph node to which the tumor wouldspread first. There are a couple of ways of figuring out wh...World leaders, public health officials to meet at third annual conference on HIV/AIDS
...e world will meet here October 11 - 13 to present, debate and discuss theeconomic, ethical and human rights issues underlying healthcare resourceallocation. The keynote speaker is Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., former United States Secretaryof Health and Human Services, who will speak about the "Consequences of ...Researchers find elevated cholesterol is risk factor for preeclampsia
...rician. "At the moment," he continues, "there is a debate among physicians as to theusefulness of checking cholesterol levels in young women. This study certainlysuggests a possible reason for doing so, but more work is needed beforeguidelines should be changed." The study was supported by grants from the ...Depression costs UK economy 2 billion a year, conference will be told
...reatments under development. A highlight will be a debate on the role of new generation antidepressants withopposing views- that the new SSRIs (such as Prozac) must supplant olderantidepressants as firstline therapy and, conversely, more traditionaltreatments. Below are a few of the facts about depression i...Antibiotic prescribing in local communities is linked to localised resistance
...authors conclude that their findings "...bring the debate on prescribing in the community from the national to the local level and provide preliminary evidence that doctors may have to face the broader consequences of their antibiotic prescribing among their own patients."...Cigarette smoking among American teens
... in recent years may be attributable to the policy debate that has been raging in the country. Also, a number of states have conducted anti-smoking ad campaigns aimed at young people. Availability of Cigarettes While the great majority of young teens feel that they could get cigarettes "fairly easily......e and older brings new perspective to the national debate over providing a prescription benefit through Medicare. Highlights of the presentation included a comparison of utilization among enrollees of commercial plans versus Medicare + Choice plans with capped prescription benefits. National Healthcare Poli...Kidney transplant proposal reduces wait from 24 to 14 months, improves equity for blacks & women
...nors and recipients has been the subject of heated debate for the better part of a decade, in large part because it generates inequities. Examining the local transplant agencies coordinated by UNOS, the researchers found that African Americans have longer waiting times until transplantation because they ha......wire the brain." There has been considerable debate over the existence of pain in newborns and its management. As late as the mid-1980's, surgery was performed on infants without benefit of anesthesia, the belief being that even if babies did experience pain, they would forget about it. Since then, s...PQRI workshop to address blend uniformity
... The workshop will: Provide a public forum for debate of batch homogeneity issues and establish a common understanding of the scientific principles; Discuss current status and identify scientific and regulatory gaps that exist; Provide preliminary recommendations for science based changes to guidel...A&E departments could help resolve the national shortage of corneal donors
...ment. These findings may also add to the political debate surrounding the validity of donor cards and the need for an opt out policy, say the authors....Area of brain found to play key role in initiating memory storage
...e in other brain regions. There has been a growing debate on the function of the amygdala [pronounced uh-MIG duh-luh], an almond-shaped sub-cortical structure in the temporal lobe. It receives electrical signals carrying auditory information through axons traveling one way from the medial geniculate (MG) n......as planned over the summer following much national debate on the topic after Harvard Medical School announced its intention to retain its strict conflict policies in May. Dr. Martin was urged by many national leaders to create a venue to continue the dialogue, and this forum was the result. The journal art...High-tech scan for blocked arteries matches conventional tests in finding root of symptoms
...s analysis should help settle at least part of the debate over EBCT's value compared with other methods of detecting arterial blockages in symptomatic patients," says lead author Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., M.P.H., a U-M cardiology fellow. "Frankly, we were surprised that the test showed this level of relia...The gene is out of the bottle: Where to next?
...e gene is out of the bottle: Where to next? As the debate about genetically modified foods continues, scient... applications raise questions that will expand the debate beyond concerns about food safety. Panelists with a wide range of views will discuss some of the pro......nal services for support. "There has always been debate about AA," noted Lee Ann Kaskutas, a research scientist with the Alcohol Research Group at Berkeley. "Medical people have been suspicious more often than not, because they feel AA is unproven, and also because AA has a 'god component' that doesn't m...