Researchers find way to improve musical performance
...Board of the Royal Schools of Music, by a panel of expert judges. The judges evaluated video-recorded performances, and were unaware of whether the performance had been given before or after the intervention. Neurofeedback monitors brain activity through sensors attached to the scalp which filter out the br...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for August 2003 (first issue)
...sleep apnea, among other illnesses. The article's expert author points out that, when they visit a physician, few patients consider weight to be their main problem. He advises doctors to listen carefully to the problem that the patient wants to discuss. Also, he advises that physicians provide the same c...Expert reviews cannot be trusted
...mation may be misled, they conclude. The faults of expert reviews are already well known, argues David Fitzm...UKPDS study. "We should perhaps question why these expert reviews continue to be published, given both their lack of rigour and their apparent lack of influen...Radical solutions found to meet limits on junior doctors' hours
.... Under the new structure CSPs provide leadership, expert clinical advice and management support through a rapid response service to all areas of the hospital, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The CSP's found that they could manage 70% of calls that traditionally would have been answered by a doctor. Be...System failure at heart of child abuse case disasters
...s Edmund Hey. Instead, steps to reform the use of expert testimony in criminal cases and improve pathology services in the UK would help to minimise potential miscarriages of justice. Many pediatricians are also becoming increasingly reluctant to become involved in child protection work for fear that this ...False memories, failing recall are not an inevitable consequence of aging, research suggests
... students in their early 20s." Roediger, a leading expert on human memory, has focused recent research on understanding cognitive processes behind the creation of false memories, also known as memory illusions. Human memory, he explains, is not a storehouse of crystal clear, video images available for immed...Yale expert warns children may lead shorter lives than their parents because of obesity
...aven, Conn. -- "Food Fight, " a new book by a Yale expert on nutrition and obesity, warns that today's children might be the first generation in modern history to live shorter lives than their parents because of poor diet. "The food and physical activity environments we offer our children is a recipe for o...Exercise and weight loss reduces excess insulin and lowers blood pressure in Syndrome X
...nt with the National Cholesterol Education Program expert panel which reported in 2001 in the Journal of the American Medical Association that weight loss and exercise are valuable forms of treatment for Syndrome X. "Our results also suggest that combining exercise with weight loss programs will likely redu...New cholesterol fighter found in red wine
...are needed," says Waterhouse, who is considered an expert on wine chemistry. According to Waterhouse, red wines contain about the same amount of saponin as they do resveratrol. But while resveratrol is thought to block cholesterol oxidation by its antioxidant action, saponins are believed to work by bindin...Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Alveolus, Inc., announce agreement
...d Critical Care Medicine and a nationally renowned expert on central airway obstruction. "This new endeavor will help advance technology and patient-care techniques in this growing area of medicine," says Ernst, who is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The program will suppo...Video game used for study of human navigation
... associate professor at Brandeis University and an expert in the neurophysiology of human spatial navigation. "Our results suggest that our navigation system preserves some elements of the same system used by other mammals, but also has some features unique to us because of our highly developed visual syst...Starve a tumor, or feed a tumor?
...a molecular immunologist; Thomas Foster, Ph.D., an expert in photodynamic therapy; and hematologist Steven Bernstein, M.D. Funding for the work has come largely from the National Cancer Institute and the Sally Edelman and Harry Gardner Cancer Research Foundation of Hilton. "This is a complex problem, and ...Mayo Clinic study finds increase in forearm fractures among adolescents
...on III, M.D., a coinvestigator in the study and an expert on the epidemiology of osteoporosis....Panel of leading neurologists pronounce best treatment for Guillain-Barr Syndrome
...etime but may cause severe lifelong disability. An expert group from the American Academy of Neurology will ...ness of immunotherapy treatments, according to the expert panel that formed the Guillain-Barr Syndrome treatment recommendations. Guillain-Barr Syndrome can p...Joslin and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sign new joint venture clinical agreement
...plications. Research has clearly demonstrated that expert diabetes care that keeps blood glucose near normal can reduce the risks of developing complications, and can markedly slow the rate at which complications progress. Successful diabetes management relies heavily on the patient, primary care physician ...A new survey reveals how parents really handle the toughest challenges of raising kids today
...n making decisions, parents rely on their gut over expert advice. In fact, experts and parents match up on only about half of the answers of the survey. Despite their parenting confidence, 56% of them gave themselves a 'B' for parenting performance. Parents can take the survey on NickJr.com/magazine to ...Sex selection for social reasons: religious and moral perspectives
...uraged. 1. Statement by Karen Lebacqz, Ph.D., an expert in religious and feminist bioethics and professor, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA. "According to this survey, allowing sex selection in Germany and in the UK would be unlikely to skew the 'gender' balance. Authors mean the 'sex' balance,...Call for entries: The AAAAI presents the 4th Annual Samter Journalism Award
...lergic disease. Recognizes the allergist as the expert and most appropriate provider for the diagnosis and treatment of allergic and immunologic diseases. Directs the reader/listener to additional resources to further understand the issue. Is medically accurate. Is creative and the quality of wr...Have parents behaved irrationally towards MMR?
...neglect the easily perceptible risk, to reject the expert assessment, and to amplify the virtual risk. However, in spite of appearances to the contrary, one can argue that parents have behaved rationally, says the author. They act in what they perceive to be the interests of their children. Thus they avoid ...International physician survey reveals misperceptions about the toll of stroke on women
...nts," said Professor Massimo Volpe, a hypertension expert and professor of cardiology, Department of Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome. "Now we need to ensure that they also appreciate that women are just as much at risk of having a stroke as men. Therefore, women as well as men need to be evalua...