Under the surface, the brain seethes with undiscovered activity
...neural traffic of a conscious brain as part of the equation let Weliky get a better idea of the actual processing going on. As it turned out, one of his control tests yielded insight into neural activity no one expected. When the ferrets were in a darkened room, Weliky expected their visual neurons to lack an...Vioxx: An unequal partnership between safety and efficacy
...product. Clearly, this is an immensely complicated equation involving, among other factors, the nature of the condition being treated, the therapeutic strategies already available, and the perceived benefit-to-hazard ratio of the new treatment. The Vioxx story is one of blindly aggressive marketing by Merck ...Dental disease hits hardest among older blacks
...evels of education. Borrell and colleagues say the equation is more complicated. "Our study, although somewhat consistent with previous studies, shows that the relationship between the prevalence of periodontitis and income and education is different across racial/ethnic groups," Borrell says. Periodontitis i...UCSD study cites lack of vigorous exercise as primary factor in adolescent obesity
...ance of examining both sides of the energy balance equation when considering the population-wide increase we've seen in overweight in this age group in the past couple of decades. Insufficient physical activity and too much time spent on sedentary behaviors like computer games and watching TV may equal, and ...Moderate-fat diet is kinder to heart than low-fat diet, study by UB researcher shows
...onsible. We wanted to take weight loss out of the equation and see if there is an effect of diet composition during weight loss." Pelkman conducted the research while a postdoctoral researcher at Penn State. The study group consisted of 53 overweight or obese men and women between the ages of 20 and 67 who w......nd, a combination of the two modules results in an equation in which the life expectancy depends on the food consumption and body growth. For fully-grown animals, the model simplifies to another, already well-known model. This enabled the researcher to ascertain how the parameters of this known model depend o...Duke cardiologists offer new view of link between aging, atherosclerosis
...have neglected to appreciate the other half of the equation -- the body's innate ability to protect and repair...nd the ability to repair them. "On one side of the equation are the factors that damage blood vessels, like smoking, hypertension or high cholesterol," Peterson...Heart disease risk in British men is overestimated
...chers assessed the accuracy of the Framingham risk equation for coronary heart disease in 6,643 British men aged 40-59 years. All men were initially free of heart disease. Over a 10 year period, 2.8% of men died from coronary heart disease compared with 4.1% predicted a overestimation of 47%. A fatal or non-...Emory biostatisticians demonstrate method to bolster accuracy of vaccine studies
...ere taken into account. Reporting bias enters the equation because investigators are not able to obtain cultures from all patients. Influenza diagnostic tests are expensive at more than $100 per test, and vaccine manufacturers sometimes do not want to pay for exhaustive testing, especially after a vaccine h......Despite this, a controversy still exists as to its equation of state (the relationship between pressure, density, and temperature). Resolving this issue is important for basic condensed matter physics and the design of laser-driven fusion experiments. The symposium will feature lectures by leading experimenta...The rising cost of living with HIV
... state that health care costs are only part of the equation and that gains in quality of life and productivity must also be considered. They warn that with finite health budgets and increasingly expensive programs, refinements are needed to generate more complete estimates of the cost-effectiveness of health ...Equation rivals ultrasound in calculating birth weight
Durham, N.C. -- An equation based on maternal characteristics and gestational ...dical Center and California State University. The equation also predicts birth weight earlier than ultrasound, allowing doctors more flexibility when monitorin...Hormone therapy may be most protective in women with healthiest blood vessels
... wane. The results may bring a new factor into the equation of whether or not women should take estrogen for the prevention of heart disease the timing of therapy may determine its effectiveness. For years, doctors routinely prescribed hormone replacement therapy to prevent heart disease in postmenopausal wo...Common treatment endometriosis linked to ovarian cancer, say University of Pittsburgh researchers
...even though it is preliminary, may factor into the equation when clinicians and their patients with endometriosis are deciding on the best treatment," said presenter Roberta B. Ness, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of epidemiology at the GSPH and director of the school's Epidemiology of Women's Health Progr...New treadmill 'scores' may help physicians better diagnose heart disease
..., lead researcher of the study, a new mathematical equation that uses information from the treadmill test prov...as, but the information is put into a mathematical equation that provides a probability of disease. Our goal was to determine if these scores were as accurate ...Age-related declines in mental function
...task, consisting of verifyingthe truth of a simple equation such as (8 x 5) - 8 = 33; a combined task,consisting of doing math while remembering a list of words; and a control tasksubstituting circles and squares for letters and digits, to see which areas ofthe brain activate during visual processing without ...Stress Speeds Progression To AIDS
...hen stressful events and socialsupport were in the equation together," Leserman says. "The stressful event andsocial support variables seemed to be more robust in relation to progression toAIDS." If there is a take-home message from these findings, Leserman sees it both interms of treatment and research. "We......of water in and out of a bathtub gives us a useful equation indiabetes research, explains Finegood, an associa...'In' minus 'out' equals accumulation -- that's the equation we use todescribe what's happening with beta cells, the cells which make the hormone,insulin. The nu...