Forgiveness a factor in blood pressure
...g forgiveness of oneself and others. Second, when examining only low SES blacks, forgiveness total score and the forgiven others item were significantly associated with lower resting diastolic blood pressure and lower cortisol at moderate to large effect sizes (rs -.34 to -.56).Toussaint is Assistant Professo...Unrestricted metabolic research grant awarded to Beth Israel Deaconess
...risks when it comes to investigating new ideas and examining new pathways, and we're all excited to see the outcomes that these investigations will yield." Jeffrey Flier received a B.S. from City College of New York in 1968 and an M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1972, graduating with the Elster Aw...Contrast mammography reveals hard-to-find cancers
...ewin said. "This technique may also be useful for examining breasts of women who have already been diagnosed with one cancer to identify potential undetected malignancies," he added. For the study, the researchers used dual-energy, contrast-enhanced digital subtraction mammography to evaluate 26 patients whos...Improved procurement could more than double availability of life-saving transplant organs
...valuating the quality and outcomes of health care, examining access to health care, and evaluating health care interventions. His work in the area of cancer care has touched on all of these topics. He has studied the quality of and access to cancer care in various regions of the United States and he has led an...Prescription drug utilization reviews are less than useful
(Philadelphia, PA) After examining data from six state Medicaid programs, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have concluded that drug utilization review programs do not improve patient health or reduce the rate of prescription errors. Their findings, pr...Consumer-driven health care research findings released
...innesota and several other Minnesota companies. By examining preliminary data provided by some of the employers who offer Definity as an employee health care option, researchers learned that Definity was not disproportionately chosen by the young and the healthy. Instead, it was chosen more by higher-income fa...Evaluation needed to gauge silent threat lurking within stroke patients
...elated to vascular disease other than stroke. In examining stroke subtypes, people with obvious large-vessel strokes were much more likely to harbor heart disease than those with small-vessel strokes. Therefore, the authors said, doctors should make a stronger case for considering noninvasive heart disease ...Herbal weight-loss product information can be misleading
...ug Administration, he says. Most clinical studies examining ephedra for weight loss have documented adverse effects in 20 percent to 60 percent of patients. "Basically, if it reads like it's too good to be true, it probably is," Ashar says. "If you're really interested in taking any of these supplements bas...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces outstanding humanitarian service award recipients
...ca traveled to Jerusalem, where he spent two weeks examining patients, performing surgery and helping establish an ophthalmic plastic, orbital and reconstructive surgery service at the St. John Ophthalmic Hospital. He will return yearly to further his work there. Dr. Lieberman, nominated by the American Glauco...Wireless technology may help doctors treat patients
... to sync that information." In addition, Aungst is examining different encryption algorithms with IBM to determine the trade off between strength of encryption and level of performance. Two IST interns are now building an application on a larger scale than what was done last spring. As part of that, they are c...Study: Stereotypes prevail in media coverage of depression
...ue Joni Angel took this analysis a step further by examining hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines from 1985 to 2000 the time when Prozac and other antidepressants known as SSRIs came to the market and were prescribed to increasing numbers of Americans for everything from depression and anxiety to ...Rush studying the role of intra abdominal fat in coronary artery disease risk in women
...women during the transitional years of middle age, examining the physical, psychological, and social changes that take place at mid-life. However, it was not until Powell, who is going through menopause herself, noticed her pants were getting tighter that she realized she might have another health effect to ...Study calls for major reforms in marketing of ephedra
...authors. "Given that most clinical studies to date examining ephedra (or ephedrine) for weight loss have documented adverse effects in 20 to 60 percent of patients, disclosure seems ethically warranted." The authors identified a number of key concerns, including the need to educate consumers about the wide var...Scientists formulate a heat wave survival guide
...ion. "The laboratory modelling technique relies on examining the movement of water through a model typically one twentieth to one hundredth of the building size. At this scale water moves through the model room in the same way as air moves through a real room," said Dr. Hunt. Results show if the windows of a r...Fetal exposure to two chemicals cause of male reproductive disorders later in life
... recently co-authored a series of journal articles examining how fetal exposure to two common environmental agents affects the reproductive capabilities of some laboratory animals. Dr. Foster will be discussing their research during a presentation entitled, "Disruption of Male Reproductive Development by Antia...Testing may one day pinpoint which early-stage cancer patients are at risk for relapse
...ere he leads a team of some 40 researchers who are examining diagnostic testing methods aimed at pinpointing the likelihood of cancer relapse among patients with early-stage breast, colon or prostate cancer. Dr. Reed will present the status of their research during his presentation entitled, "Can Apoptosis Pr...The nature of the healing process using alternative means to conventional medical care
...ementary and Alternative Medicine, researchers are examining the nature of the healing process using alterative means to conventional care. Accordingly, the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) kicks off its 18th annual convention at the Portland, OR Convention Center from August 13-16, 2003,...'Pointing and showing' problems for autistic children
...nt than previously recognised." The study involved examining in close detail the face-to-face contacts of 20 pre-school children with autism and 20 developmentally delayed comparison children as they played games with an adult. The two groups were matched for mental age. A computer-based digital video analysis...Study shows long-term stress appears to damage caregivers immune systems
... disease, frailty and diabetes. The study involved examining IL-6 levels in two groups of older adults over six years. One group of 119 people consisted of men and women who were caring for a spouse with dementia, usually Alzheimer's disease. The other group consisted of 106 people who were not caregivers. Whe...Chemical turns stem cells into neurons say scientists at Scripps Research Institute
... staining the cells for characteristic markers and examining the shape of individual cells under the microscope. Neurons have a characteristic round soma body and asymmetric multiple processes. In the end, Schultz and Ding found a number of molecules that were able to induce neuronal differentiation, and they ...