Study finds childhood health is directly related to social class
...nd parental employment were combined to form three distinct and ordered categories (high, middle, and low). Of the four areas measured, social class gradients were found in all but one area in the parent report form. The exception was satisfaction with health, where scores did not differ significantly by clas...... colors of each fruit are combined seamlessly into distinct objects when you look at them. Exactly how the brain recombines these different types of visual information after it has broken them apart is called the "binding problem" and is currently the subject of considerable controversy in the neuroscience co...Breakthrough! UNC scientists' research promises improved X-ray machines using carbon nanotubes
..., no one could generate enough electrons to create distinct images like conventional X-rays do. Nanotubes replace traditional metal filaments that must be heated to high temperatures before being subjected to an electric field. The tubes shed electrons easily because, being so small, they are extremely sharp....Similar pathways may be involved in hereditary and sporadic ovarian cancers
... of BRCA1 and BRCA2-linked breast cancers revealed distinct differences in gene expression patterns between the two types of mutations. To determine whether genetic differences also exist in BRCA-linked ovarian cancers, Amir A. Jazaeri, M.D., and Edison T. Liu, M.D., of the National Cancer Institute and their...Dartmouth/VA researchers examine news coverage of breast cancer prevention
...ial. While the difference in the coverage of these distinct approaches to breast cancer prevention may not be surprising, the authors raise two interesting issues. First, do the differences in press coverage reflect different attitudes about de-emphasizing an established medical practice as opposed to publici...PET/CT may identify 'vulnerable' aortic plaque
...eneral, the site of FDG uptake in the patients was distinct from the site of calcifications. "Our analysis h...ptake increased with age and the uptake sites were distinct from the calcification sites is of concern for early atherosclerosis." Atherosclerosis, along ...Heavy drinkers seem to get a bigger 'bang' from alcohol than do light drinkers
...a given dose of alcohol." Researchers examined two distinct groups of drinkers (n=34) between the ages of 24 and 38 years, based on their typical drinking patterns during young adulthood. Light drinkers (10 males, 4 females) consumed five or less drinks total per week, typically between one to three drinks p...Fibromyalgia pain isn't all in patients' heads, new brain study finds
...ed the very existence of fibromyalgia as a clearly distinct disorder, saying it seemed to be rooted more in psychological and social factors than in physical, biological causes. Their argument has been bolstered by the failure of research to find a clear cause, an effective treatment, or a non-subjective way ...NEMO submerged in virus-prone boys
...cells from 3 such patients, each of whom carries a distinct NEMO missense mutation. NK cells from these boys fail to kill a tumor cell line that is normally targeted by NK cell cytotoxicity, but they are active (even unusually so) in ADCC assays . Orange et al. find that IL-2 supplementation can rescue NK c...Dopamine may play role in cue-induced craving distinct from its role regulating reward effects
...opamine may be involved in food motivation that is distinct from its role in regulating food's reward effects through the nucleus accumbens. Previous research has linked increases in dopamine in thenucleus accumbens, the reward center of the brain, with addiction. WHAT IT MEANS: The finding that dopamine may ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May (second issue)
...nt recipients. Theydiscovered that there are very distinct CD4+ T cell profiles between lung transplant recipientswith OB and those with no evidence of rejection. The authors note that an expanded number ofcloned CD4 cells are extremely rare in the absence of pathogenic immune responses. The studyappears i...Pattern recognition receptors on mast cells
...itive organisms like Staphylococcus aureus, induce distinct mast cell responses. Staphylococcus is known to exacerbate allergic dermatitis, but it has generally been thought to act by inducing antibacterial IgE's, which trigger mast cell degranulation by stimulating the IgE receptor. Interestingly, the autho...HIV/AIDS education for women in jail could reduce epidemic nationally
...y prevalent among women in jail and that there are distinct markers for women at greatest risk: Women arrested for misdemeanors and nonviolent crimes, such as drug crimes, prostitution and theft, women with substance abuse disorders and non-Hispanic white women are at high risk for both sexually and drug-tra...Cancer center study shows state's workplace smoking laws are effective
...the restrictions until 1998. Researchers uncovered distinct differences in exposure levels among workplace types. In 1999, 31 percent of bar and restaurant employees reported being exposed to secondhand smoke, as opposed to 11 percent of office workers. Additionally, many nonsmokers who reported recent expo...Kaleidescope eyes: the secrets of a novel gift
... Most describe it as being in the mind's eye as a distinct form of mental imagery. Some people see the actual letter or word as a color, others get a wash of color, others get a feeling of color," says Rich. Rich describes one woman's experience. She said: "If I think about the word grass, I know the object...Buck Institute researcher identifies new drug targets for Alzheimers disease
...ce for multiple cysteine proteolytic activities in distinct pathways for beta-secretase activity in chromaffin vesicles) builds on previous work in the field demonstrating the role of the enzyme BACE 1 as beta-secretase, a candidate drug target for Alzheimers Disease. The current study hypothesizes that the ...Late-onset schizophrenia found to be distinct condition
...set schizophrenia has been found, in fact, to be a distinct condition that disables the communication superhighway, researchers said. Paraphrenia is a condition, affecting primarily women, in which the cellular skeleton of brain cells involved in social perspective and emotion is weakened. This happens when a...UCSD team reviews pituitary gland development, from a common primordium to distinct cell types
... embryonic mouth into an organ comprising multiple distinct endocrine cell types, is described by two Universi...entity, proliferate, and differentiate to form the distinct hormone-producing cell types of the mature gland, Scully says. In their Science review article, the ......he perception that numbers, letters and words have distinct colors has confirmed these earlier findings and provided additional evidence that synesthetic experiences originate during the central stages of visual processing in the brain. The Vanderbilt study, reported in the March 19th issue of the journal Pr...Examining the effects of managed care on alcohol and other drug treatment
...ing, entry and completion are three successive but distinct stages of success. Introducing managed care to the Massachusetts Medicaid population reduced AOD treatment costs without arbitrarily cutting services or restricting access for disadvantaged groups. The American Society of Addiction Medicines Patient ...