Monkey 'pay-per-view' study could aid understanding of autism
...ages. The researchers found that the monkeys would forego a significant amount of reward to see an image of a higher-ranking monkey or of female hindquarters. In contrast, the monkeys had to be "paid" more juice to view lower-ranking monkeys. The research was sponsored by The National Institute of Mental He...Cervical cancer treatment depends on patient age
...n average, and they were nine times more likely to forego treatment altogether. Treatment choices were not the only factors to affect survival; the stage of tumor advancement and the presence of other medical conditions also influenced outcomes. But, this study showed that advanced age itself, for as yet un...Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests yes
...ally necessary have one option. Players can opt to forego coverage in any category. After the health plans are locked in, the health event cards distributed to players give them a sense of how different health situations would be covered or not. For instance, those who chose not to cover the uninsured mig...Fertility herbal supplement sprouts promising results in Stanford pilot study
...ment a good option for younger women who choose to forego or postpone aggressive treatment. However, she encouraged women over the age of 35 who have been trying to get pregnant for more than six months to get a full evaluation from their physicians. Based on its promising findings, Westphal's pilot study h...Gleevec shows promise in treating another form of leukemia
...nt, "it is too early to say that we may be able to forego stem cell rescue," she says....World AIDS Day program shows how AIDS affects its smallest victims in AIDS Orphans: Lost Childhood
...itions and little food to eat, these children must forego their childhoods and live as adults on their own. ...Vitamin D deficiency emerges as new epidemic
...which are also important bone builders. "Teens who forego milk in favor of soft drinks maybe setting themselves up for long term trouble if undetected and untreated vitamin D deficiency puts them at risk for stunted growth and fractures," he adds. How to Get Enough? Teens and adults need to drinking more ...Could a mandated food additive aimed at better fetal development be a risk for seniors?
...thout symptoms of fatigue many elderly people will forego visiting their physician, who would diagnose B-12 deficiency, if present. The longer their B-12 deficiency goes undetected, the longer their brains and nervous systems will undergo progressive deterioration due to the B-12 deficiency, culminating i...Cancer patients in India cheated of appropriate care
...nditions are consequently made to feel they should forego non-paying resources, he claims. As a result, they often undergo unwarranted and ineffectual treatments at the hands of private practitioners. The letter goes on to outline how aspects of appropriate care in developed countries palliative care, coun...Doctors focus on pupil size for safety of laser vision correction
...o are likely to fare well with the surgery, and to forego recommending treatment for others. In the earliest days of laser vision correction, some patients complained of worsened night vision after the surgery some reported significant glare from light sources such as headlights at night, while others ...Molecular tag pinpoints which breast cancer tumors are most likely to spread
...ients need more aggressive treatment and which can forego the potentially toxic course of chemotherapy. Khandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D., associate professor in experimental radiation at M. D. Anderson, and her colleagues report in the November 14, 2002, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that high level...Drug blocks opioid side effects: Could improve palliative care
...mfort can be so great that many patients choose to forego the pain relief in order to avoid the constipation. In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study, methylnaltrexone promptly reversed opioid-induced constipation. In more than 90 percent of patients, relief came within one minute of the first infusi...Researchers find one in five children not getting care they think they need
...the past year were much less likely than others to forego care, researchers found. "Besides insurance availability, another key to change would be public health policies that guarantee confidentiality for adolescents who seek medical care," Bearman said. Results of earlier Add Health analyses made nationa...Study casts doubt that melatonin goes down as age goes up: Older buyers take note
...e insomnia or other sleep complaints. They had to forego alcohol, caffeine, and nicotine and were also asked to keep a sleep journal. As part of their participation in the study, each person spent three days and three nights isolated under carefully controlled conditions in a sleep laboratory at Brigham a...Magnet therapy: what's the attraction?
...net therapy can be dangerous if it leads people to forego needed medical treatment."...Factors Other Than Race Explain Whether Men In Study Had Health Insurance And Received Health Care
...men at early stages of infection mayhave chosen to forego discretionary services because they wished to hide theirinfection from peers, did not feel the need to seek services as readily aswhites, trusted less in biomedical institutions, or felt less welcomed by thehealth care system. The scientists...