Surprising findings on Medicaid kids and the ER
...Medicaid parent's perception of the medical system differently than it fits into the perception of a privately insured parent. In their study, Medicaid children were more likely to have had at least one other ER visit that year (84 percent vs. 66 percent), and their parents were more likely to mention the ER whe...Physics tip sheet #9 April 17, 2002
...symmetrically shaped molecule conducts electricity differently depending on which direction the current flows. The experiment marks a step toward controlling single-molecule conductivity by designing the molecule. Physical Review Focus: http://focus.aps.org/v9/st18.html Journal article: http://link.aps.org/ab...New study says people take mental stress to heart
...festyles of people at risk and get them to respond differently to the stress, he says. According to the American Heart Association, managing stress makes sense for a persons overall health, but current data do not yet support specific recommendations using stress management as a therapy for cardiovascular diseas...Research confirms safety and efficacy of RemiFemin for menopausal symptoms
... of black cohosh available over-the-counter, works differently from estrogens and plant estrogens to relieve menopausal symptoms. "This data confirms that RemiFemin provides a safe and effective option for women who want to relieve menopause symptoms naturally," said Eckehard Liske, PhD, lead author of the stud...Surgeons dont offer women choices of treatment as often as they could
...ce. She said: The low percentage mainly shows how differently two people can perceive the same encounter. The study also showed that not all women want to participate in decision-making. This finding is of interest in the current health care delivery climate in Norway, where active participation is being encou...Alcohol linked to decreased hypertension risk in young women
...t races and ethnicity, since one group may respond differently than another. We also want to see if modifying alcohol consumption can help women who already have high blood pressure get to a healthier level," says Thadhani....Study reveals differences in patients' response to Ritalin
...ffers insight into why individual patients respond differently to standard doses of Ritalin, a drug used to treat millions of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) each year. The study, conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, appears in the March 1, 20...Abrupt changes in body position can trigger stroke
...eart attack, says Koton. Various triggers may act differently and we are studying those issues. Even if the hazard period for stroke turns out to be different than two hours, the information were collecting will still allow us to assess the influence of this type of exposure during a given time period. Thus ...Aftermath of September 11th on creativity: Psychoanalysts host major literary figures
... is optimal distance, and how is it conceptualized differently in writing fiction vs. in the consulting room? * What are the elements of imagination? * What enables one to imagine the unimaginable? * What is a story? * What facilitates the empathic and identificatory abilities upon which psychoanalysts and write......t was no great surprise, Pignone said. What we did differently from previous analyses, though, was that we tried to quantify exactly how much risk you need to face in order to benefit from aspirin. By doing that, we showed that aspirin is probably beneficial for people who have a 3 percent or greater risk of suf...Scientists image material that could improve MRI technologies
... find. They learned that the electrons behave very differently inside the vortexs core than outside. The core is no longer superconducting due to the intense magnetic fields generated by the vortexs swirling "electronic winds." Of particular interest was the observation that the circulating electrical currents s...New PTSD study examines treatment methods
...oint in their lives. The disorder manifests itself differently in individuals, but symptoms often include depression, substance abuse, psychosocial impairment, poor physical health and general functional difficulties, including other anxiety disorders. For women, the trauma most often involves sexual assault or ...Newer form of 'gold standard' drug helps kidney transplant patients do better in long term
...ed. The original form of cyclosporine was absorbed differently by different patients depending on their body's ability to produce digestive juices or even what they ate. So, the newer formulation introduced in 1995 under the name Neoral was looked upon as an improvement because its microemulsion form made cyclo......wing realization that children often respond quite differently from adults to the same drugs. "Kids are not just small versions of adults. Their physiology is different," said Bruce Bender, Ph.D., head of pediatric behavioral health at National Jewish and lead author of the study. "What was learned in adult stud...Diabetics at greatest risk of complications after re-opening arteries
...s study indicates that diabetics should be treated differently from the general population and may lead to new therapies to target re-blocking, or restenosis, in that group. This suggests that balloon angioplasty alone must be abandoned in diabetic patients, he says. For this group of patients, using a stent...... the first time documented four genes that express differently in GBM and oligodendroglioma, compared to normal brain tissue. Two of the four are known genes their structures have been decoded or sequenced. The other two are expressed sequence tags (ESTs) genes that are unknown, having been identified but not ...Area of brain found to play key role in initiating memory storage
... brains were able to learn the consequences of two differently sounding tones: one that resulted in nothing and another followed in five seconds by a mild shock to the feet. Rabbits that correctly learned the consequences could avoid the shock by moving the wheel under their feet. Those with blocked amygdalas...Untangling prostaglandin signaling
...blood pressure regulation have been found to occur differently in males and females, both in humans and in experimental animals. Thus, although pure EP1 antagonists might prove powerful and relatively specific analgesics, such drugs might also be expected to diminish blood pressure in men....Animal study show that heat-sensitive liposome improves chemotherapy delivery to tumors
... cancer cells in the laboratory, but they act very differently in a living system many just won't go where you want them to go," said principal investigator Mark Dewhirst, director of Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center's Hyperthermia Program. "We're able to see an enhanced anti-tumor effect in mice with this new......additive, polyisobutylene, is a polymer that works differently than the oxygenates now widely used as gasoline additives. It is vastly more effective as well, according to its developers. Polyisobutylene can produce a 10 percent increase in horsepower, a 20 percent increase in mileage, and a 70 percent decrea...