Emotional and physical toll of being poor
...ll interview representative samples of families to examine the connection between neighborhood and community ...s, anger and other factors. Researchers will also examine how these developmental and psycho-social factors are biologically linked to cardiovascular disease ...... between 1985-1986 to 1995-1996. Its purpose wasto examine the role of fiber compared to fat and other major ... long-term interventional studies which more fully examine therelationship between dietary fiber, insulin levels, and CVD risk factors....Stereotypes of aging may have significant effect on gaits of older persons
...ped this method of triggering aging stereotypes to examine their effects on thinking and behavior when she was a graduate student at Harvard College. Levy conducted the gait study as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School. Now she is an assistant professor at Yale University Medical School. In other......oth rather than just at the patient; Doctors will examine women's perceptions of stress, their attitudes and coping responses as well as physiological reactions to the stress in their lives as potential markers of risk for cardiovascular disease; and Researchers hope to learn whether psychosocial interven...HDL -- 'good' cholesterol -- helps bypass surgery
... she says. Foody says this is the largest study to examine the role of HDL cholesterol in survival rates following heart surgery. The findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting the significant role of HDL cholesterol in the development of heart disease, she says. "We need to make greater use of ...Missouri scientist takes 'rocky' road to NASA
...sing the use of cameras and other technologies to examine objects from great distances. Working at Marshall's Global Hydrology and Climate Center, he uses optical equipment like satellite photography to spur new developments in other science fields. The self-described "mad scientist" said remote sensing is ...El Nino increases diarrheal disease incidence by 200%
... on Child Health (ARCH) Project are underway which examine the effects of El Niño on human health Experts on El Niño and human health include: . William Checkley (Johns Hopkins, AB Prisma) . Robert Gilman (Johns Hopkins, AB Prisma) . Jonathan Patz (Johns Hopkins)...UI study: first-generation antihistamine has more impact than alcohol on driving performance
...iving Simulator (IDS) allowed the investigators to examine performance in a manner not possible with lower fidelity driving simulators or with on-the-road driving. The National Advanced Driving Simulator, the world's most advanced driving simulator, will be housed at the UI and replace the IDS in July. T...12 UNC institutions to examine how N.C. counties handle welfare reform
...and officials' views from all counties broadly and examine 25 in detail. Other study team members are Drs. Daniel Barbee of UNC-Pembroke, Thomas Barth of UNC-Wilmington, Ruth DeHoog of UNC-Greensboro, Terry Gibson of Western Carolina University, Dennis Grady of Appalachian State University, Elizabeth Ann O...UCSF researchers seek men and women living with HIV for new quality-of-life study
...e from thefirst group. "The study will allow us to examine the effects of a one-on-one interventionand how people living with HIV in San Francisco are dealing with a range ofsituations in their lives. What we learn from this study will provideguidelines for structuring support to the HIV community in the fut...'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
...require cells to be stained with a dye in order to examine them. This lengthy process may take hours to alter the cells, and is of little immediate help to the patient, who has already been sewn back together. The Sandia biocavity laser, based in part on semiconductor fabrication techniques, at an estimated ...Scientists construct interactive molecular model
...e in 3-D by rotation and in 256-color, but also to examine detailed structural features of the model." The paper, entitled "Molecular Modeling of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Kinase 2: Docking and Biochemical Evaluation of Inhibitors," was published in AAPS PharmSci, Volume 2, Issue 1. The research paper can ...NHLBI study shows relationship between sleep apnea and hypertension
... Lenfant, "This is the first study large enough to examine the relationship between sleep apnea and hypertension, independent of other cardiovascular risk factors. It is extremely important, since hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the U.S....New evidence suggests reconsidering causes and treatments for schizophrenia
...illness. Tandon and colleagues then set out to examine what happens when cholinergic activity is modulate... of sleep. Therefore, Tandon says, they set out to examine what happens when drug-free schizophrenic patients have their muscarinic cholinergic system challeng...An active life helps to ward off Alzheimer's
...the study. This is the first study of its kind to examine levels of activity from at least five years before Alzheimer's symptoms appeared. The researchers used a questionnaire to collect data about participation in 26 activities -- passive as well as intellectual and physical. The subjects were 193 people ...National summit on pain management to discuss new standards for pain assessment and treatment
... Monday, July 31 in Los Angeles. The Summit will examine the Joint Commission's new pain management standards, organizational change strategies, and legal and ethical issues. The Joint Commission, the United States' leading evaluator of healthcare quality, requires that the standards be used by the nearl...... licensing and other government oversight does not examine the effectiveness of the therapy. As more states begin to license alternative providers such as naturopaths and acupuncturists, Medicaid plans surveyed by Steyer said they planned to consider adding additional coverage for alternative therapies in...Castagnolis discover compound in tobacco that may protect against Parkinson's disease
...the connection," Castagnoli said. They decided to examine if there was a substance in tobacco that inhibits MAO. Ashraf Khalil, a postdoctoral fellow in the group, was able to separate and characterize a compound called 2,3,6-trimethyl-1,4-napthoquinone, or TMN, which was also known to be present in tobacco......cher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will examine the causes of lingering pain and how inflammation from an injury affects nerves and nerve axons, the thin fibers that conduct impulses toward and away from nerve cells. "If a nerve is compressed, one gets numbness," Dr. Bove says. "If an inflamed ne......andardization, will set aside their differences to examine breakthrough scientific research that will eventually lead to -- improved dietary supplement quality and consistency a reduction in the misuse and distribution of fraudulent products increased consumer confidence in herbal remedies The forum wil...