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...Psychosomatic Society held March 2-5 in Vancouver, focused on 111 of those adolescents, 57 who meditated and 54 controls. MCG researchers found among the meditators an increased ability of the blood vessel lining, called the endothelium, to relax. "Dysfunction in the ability of the endothelium to dilate is...Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
... annual volume. Additionally, those physicians who focused their practice on screening, as opposed to diagnostic mammography, had a lower false-positive rate. Study data came from four sites that participate in the National CancerInstitute- funded Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Those sites -- San Fra...A safer route to school makes children more likely to walk and bike, study shows
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...isciplinary team of medical professionals who have focused on the problems of detecting and treating cartilage injury, as well as conducting research, since 1999 when it was know as the Cartilage Study Group....Researchers model brain's electrical storm during a seizure
...hematical model they had created. The researchers focused on two subdural electrodes spaced a centimeter apart on the surface of the patient's brain. They noticed a consistent delay of 25 milliseconds in electrical peaks between the two electrodes, indicating a strong, coherent wave pattern characteristic o...Scientific evidence for diets: don't believe everything you read
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...the National Institutes of Health. The researchers focused their attention on the narrow region of tissue that surrounds the cartilage cells on the surface of joints and is known as the pericellular matrix (PCM). Together with cartilage cells known as chondrocytes, collagen types II, VI and IX, and other pro...Vaccine may complement conventional treatment for chronic leukaemia
...ose with chronic myeloid leukaemia. "Studies that focused on improving the assessment of residual disease after vaccination, including larger numbers of patients as well as longer follow-up are under way to assess definitively the role of this vaccine against leukaemia." In an accompanying commentary Saswat...Impact of scientific advances on drug studies and membrane research to be explored
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... debated for some time. Other smaller studies have focused on a population of women with several thyroid conditions, such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism (over-active thyroid), thyroid cancer and others, and reported conflicting results on the incidence of breast cancer. Consequentially, researchers were ...Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
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... workshops, led by an organizational psychologist, focused on scientific management issues through case studies, best-practices information, and strong participant interaction. More recently, the Postdoctoral Fellow Leadership and Laboratory Management Workshop Series was established. These courses are desig...