Memory isn't 'lost,' just out of sync
...," Dr. Slotnick explained. "The thalamus seems to direct or modulate the brain's activity so that the regions needed for memory are connected." "It appears that the electrical signals synchronize the brain regions that store each part of an object's memory so that those areas are connected," Dr. Hart, the ...New breast cancer therapy trials show dramatic results
...venly around the breast to avoid burning and helps direct the radio frequency energy into the breast. Hyperthermia drug treatments are given every three weeks for four cycles. After the fourth and final hyperthermia treatment, radiation oncologists measure the tumor shrinkage and recommend the least invasi...Telemedicine could offer fewer follow-up tests and greater satisfaction for patients
...g needs to see the patient again in hospital for a direct examination. However, fewer tests and investigations were ordered in the virtual outreach group by an average of 0.79 per individual, and patients expressed greater satisfaction from virtual outreach consultations compared with standard outpatient ap...Prostate cancer is costly for Californians, according to UCSF researchers
...fornians, accounting for more than $180 million in direct health care costs in 1998 and an additional $180 m...osts account for almost three-fifths of the total direct costs, with Medicare and private health insurance sharing almost equally in paying for hospital car...Directed antisense expression moderates feeding and weight gain
Rats receiving the hormone ghrelin as a direct injection into the hypothalamus respond with vigorous feeding and reduced fat metabolism. Ghrelin stimulates the growth hormone (GH) secretogogue receptor (GHS-R) on hypothalamic and pituitary neurons, promoting GH release, and leaving the treated ...U-M study finds new target in war against graft-versus-host disease
...-versus-host disease. Its the difference between a direct attack by ground troops and a general air strike, ...om a distance, Ferrara adds. So theres no need for direct contact between donor effector cells and host target cells, and antigen expression on the hosts epit...Nitric oxide crucial to respiration
...th. The findings could also explain why there is a direct relationship between high red blood cell counts and stroke, heart attack and hypertension, said the scientists. Additionally, the findings could offer new avenues of research in treating a whole range of those disorders, as well as sickle cell diseas...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, June 4, 2002
...asurements than reviewing medical records, such as direct observation of patient care. * * * 3. Cocaine Impairs Bodys Ability to Detect Overheating and Cool Down Cocaine raises body temperature, which makes users more susceptible to fatal cocaine overdose. Researchers discovered why cocaine raises body temp...Despite resources, at-risk infants in US fare no better, researchers find
... is: as the US health care system grows, how do we direct more perinatal resources?" While the US does not appear to need more neonatal specialists, intensive care beds or nurseries, simply reducing the number of neonatologists would be a mistake with unintended consequences, she warns. Instead, for exampl...Medical press releases may exaggerate results and fail to include study limitations
...edical journal press releases are perhaps the most direct way that journals communicate with the media. Alth...e news media in reporting on medical science. As a direct means of communication between medical journals and the media, press releases provide an opportunity...New Indiana University School of Medicine pediatrics program focuses on patient advocacy
... Education Center, providing residents with a more direct opportunity to learn more about unique cultural and social environments affecting patients' health. "The medical home model helps residents to more successfully function in a multitude and variety of roles and to better assess the needs of their pati...Telemedicine could offer fewer follow-up tests and greater satisfaction for patients
...g needs to see the patient again in hospital for a direct examination. However, fewer tests and investigations were ordered in the virtual outreach group by an average of 0.79 per individual, and patients expressed greater satisfaction from virtual outreach consultations compared with standard outpatient ap...Columbia Health Sciences professor named 2002 Soros Advocacy Fellow
...s all forms of academic research efforts that have direct impact on improving oral health by fostering participation in research and training students in current research methodologies. The Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) is a non-profit organization established in 1997 to assist policy-makers, h...Sexually transmitted diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis and the HIV-1/AIDS epidemic in Africa
...erity of the African HIV-1 epidemic is in itself a direct reflection of the impoverished and imperfect nature of health care that preceded the epidemic, notably poor control of STDs. Improvements were made in infectious disease control in Africa during the last half of the 20th century, but to a limited ext...Common diabetes drug causes arteries to spasm, endangering heart
...cardiovascular risk. The new study demonstrates a direct link between the receptor for sulfonylurea drugs and coronary arterial spasm, heart damage and death. "This study, even though it involved mice, argues that from now on we should think twice, or maybe more than twice, about using the sulfonylureas, p...Researchers warn antipsychotic drug
... are needed to offer more conclusive evidence of a direct causal relationship. If future studies confirm the findings, he said that perhaps the FDA should consider including a stronger warning label for these drugs. "The numbers are still sketchy since many adverse reactions are not reported to the FDA and ...Exercise lowers levels of blood estrogens
...cteristics. Direct evidence "This study gives us direct evidence that exercise can affect biology related to breast cancer in older women. More than two dozen epidemiologic studies have found that women who exercise have a 30 to 40 percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer. Researchers have hypothe...Heart experts call for urgent action to implement new findings on cholesterol-lowering treatment
...n included in previous studies so there was little direct evidence on the benefits and safety of statins in ...ifically targeted groups in which there was little direct evidence of benefit including women, the over 70s, people with diabetes, those with non-coronary va...Postcode prescribing is alive and well in Scotland
...hould result in automatic top-sliced funding going direct to the departments dispensing the drugs, so that clinicians do not have to apply locally for approval and funding," they conclude....Academic Medicine highlights strong DMS education in patient care
...outcomes and attaining sufficient funds to pay the direct costs of the central infrastructure....