Diagnosis of prions in patients should utilize novel strategy, team says
...ination in 17 percent. "In about 80 percent of the different brain regions examined, prions were not consistent...f Sciences . The study brings into high relief the different detection strategies of immunohistochemistry and the CDI, both of which involve revealing the presen...Computer model being developed at Stanford may help surgeons better predict patient outcomes
STANFORD, Calif. - People are as different on the inside as they are on the outside, making i...physiology and demonstrate what might happen under different circumstances. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Taylor is testing his model i...Psychiatric disorders greatly underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments
...illing to disclose emotional problems to people of different racial groups, and physician bias. The authors say it is possible that African Americans simply have fewer psychiatric disorders than Caucasians and that is the reason for the race disparity. "However, because a much greater percentage of African Ame...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...ve tissue, muscle, cartilage and bone. To date, 27 different types have been identified. To examine structures ... compared how chondrons changed over time in three different groups of mice: one group had functioning type VI collagen genes, while the two other groups were st...Regular cannabis may increase risk of stroke in young users
... of bleeding as well as another blood clot, but in different areas from before. The man refrained from using cannabis for 18 months, but then smoked a reasonable amount in one go, which he combined with three or four drinks. This was followed by an inability to recognise sounds, a condition known as auditory a...Diabetes a bigger heart disease risk for women than for men
..., but no large studies of whether diabetes carries different heart risks for women than for men, said Mark Woodward, Ph.D., professor of biostatistics at The George Institute for International Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. Using data on more than 450,000 people, which included participants i...Many postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease don't use lifesaving aspirin therapy
...apy, as well as the disparities that exist between different groups of women," said lead author Jeffrey S. Berger, M.D., chief resident at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. Berger and colleagues examined data from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, which tracked nearly 100,000 post-menopa...USC dental researchers develop first test for predicting cavities in children
...est measures the relative proportions in saliva of different types of sugar chains, known as oligosaccharides. ...e prime determinant of his or her dental future. A different version of the test identifies the particular teeth at risk, Denny said. And the test's specificity ...Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
...ed across most demographic groups - men, women and different racial and ethnic groups; lowest levels of support (49 percent) are found among fundamentalist and evangelical Christians. Perhaps surprisingly, a majority (52 percent) of those who assign human embryos maximum "moral worth" - deserving of utmost res...Biochemical marker aids prognosis in liver transplant patients
...in 3 and 6 months of listing was analyzed with two different statistical methods. Results of the study showed that when added to the MELD, serum sodium and hyponatremia significantly increased the accuracy of the score in predicting short-term mortality. "In our study, the prevalence of hyponatremia was signif...The history and controversy behind post-menopausal hormone therapy
... plus progestin) illustrates a complex drama where different stakeholders with competing objectives can and did produce health practices and policies of questionable benefit. A critical analysis publishing in the recent issue of the Journal of Social Issues examines the back-story and key stakeholders--includ...Female sex hormones play a vital role in defense against sexually transmitted diseases
... sexually transmitted viral infections may be very different than those that may be useful in vaccination strategies," said Kaushic. "There is of course the flip side to this as well. Our studies in mice and in fact a number of clinical studies as well show that women who use Depo-provera, a progesterone based...Stem-cell research hints at better looking cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
...ymal stem cells can transform themselves into many different cell types under appropriate conditions, including those that form cartilage, bone, and fat. In this case, the stem cells were grown with substances that encouraged them to become fat-producing cells. Cells from this culture were placed in a Food and...Suicidal behaviour caused by antidepressants 'cannot be ruled out'
...first time. Risks of self harm and suicide were no different in patients prescribed SSRIs compared with those prescribe tricyclics. However, under 18s prescribed SSRIs seemed to be at increased risk of self harm. The finding that SSRIs and tricyclic antidepressants have a similar risk profile with respect to s...Viagra used in stroke recovery study
...he country working on "brain remodeling." By using different compounds and cell-based therapy, they are able to...tional benefit. The animals do much better on many different outcome measures, including motor function, neurological outcome and weight gain. There are far fewe...Brain activity of men and women during hostile or impulsive acts differs less on nicotine
...m memory, planning, mood, emotion and language are different in men and women -- differences exaggerated during...avior of smokers and non-smokers when subjected to different tests. For example, during one experiment, researchers had participants play a "hostility" game -- a...No increase in C-sections when epidural analgesia given early in labor
...he rate of cesarean delivery was not significantly different between the groups 18 percent in the spinal group versus 21 percent in the systemic group. Moreover, the median time from initiation of analgesia to complete dilation was 295 minutes in the epidural group versus 385 minutes in the systemic group; v...Young blood revives aging muscles, Stanford researchers find
...me blood component is responsible for reviving the different types of cells. "Another approach is to pick factors that are good candidates and see if any of them or some combination recapitulate the effect of the younger blood," Rando said. His group is now looking for likely targets. He said that for some deg...Changing chemistry helps explain estrogen threat to the heart
...ays of the new grant in which researchers will use different drugs to mimic aging, drugs that knock out L-arginine and tetrahydrobiopterin, to try to create an aged artery and restudy estrogen's impact. "Estrogen is so powerful; it affects every system in your body. We are looking with tunnel vision at its eff...Researchers track program's success in curbing aggressive behavior
...MG), the researchers are currently testing several different approaches to reducing suicides in youth and examining the impact of school-based drug prevention programs in rural communities. The goal is to identify preventive strategies with a track record of improving the educational success and mental health ...