Postmature Infants Not As Easily Calmed As Other Newborns
...on problems. However, moreresearch is necessary to fully understand the long-term effectsof the syndrome. The psychologists noticed the difficulties of the postmaturebabies while studying how infants develop early attachments totheir mothers. The mother's milk actually tastes sweeter than the14-percent sug...UNC-CH Study Shows State Protects HMO Clients Poorly
...dequate array of laws to ensure that consumers are fully protected.” Silberman directed the study of state oversight of HMOs in partnership with Dr. Thomas C. Ricketts, deputy director for health policy analysis at the center. The researchers closely analyzed laws governing HMOs in North Carolina an...Mother's Milk: Nutrition And Nurture For Infants -- And The Best Defense Against Disease
...s thatdirect the infant's immune system to develop fully and appropriately." For example, Clevenger's studies have shown that the hormone prolactin,which is responsible for growth and differentiation of the breast duringpuberty, pregnancy, and lactation, also plays a significant role in stimulating...Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
...o had suffered recurrent strokes -- informationnot fully represented in previous epidemiological studies, he says. "We're not just interested in first-ever stroke," adds Broderick. "Whensomeone has another stroke, it's a huge burden to the healthcare system. Theburden of recurrent strokes is an un...Are Deprived Areas A Greater Drain On Out Of Hours Workload?
...es the demand for out of hours medical care is not fully explained. In a six month study published in this week's BMJ, Carlisle et al investigate the level of our of hours activity in six general practices and the sole accident and emergency department in Nottingham. The authors found that highly deprive...Procter & Gamble Supports Yale University Collaboration For Public Health Training Throughout China
...nt in other academic areas, the newgrant also will fully fund summer internships in China for Yale students inpublic health, said Merson, who previously headed global programs for the WorldHealth Organization on diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections andAIDS. The proposed internship topics for t...Filmless System Puts X-Ray Images On The Web
...nApril and has now completed the first phase. When fully operational, about ayear from now, it will transmit images to hundreds of computer work stationsthroughout the hospital and link radiology with the emergency department,intensive care units, doctor's offices in the hospital, the Shock Trauma Center,t...Nitrosamines Play Important Role In Cancer Linked To Smoking
...in animal models, their fate in humans can be more fully determined, Hechtbelieves. This is the focus of his own research, to elucidate the factors whichinfluence cancer development upon exposure to carcinogens. Hecht also suggests that by understanding the way cancer is induced bytobacco-specific nitrosa...Modafinil Improves The Quality Of Life Of Narcolepsy Patients
...playing sports ordriving. Many patients are never fully alert and cannot function normally. Thedisorder can take an emotional toll on its victims who are often mistaken forbeing lazy, bored or having psychological problems. The symptoms are oftenrecognized to be as debilitating as those symptoms from ep...World's First Producer To Repair Brain Damage From Stroke
...erlytransform this rapidly dividing cell line into fully differentiated,non-dividing neurons (LBS-Neurons) that can safely be used clinical use. Inextensive preclinical testing, transplants of LBS-Neurons reversed cognitive andmotor deficits in animals in which stroke had been induced. The procedu...Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
.... Changes in the settings would be relayed to the fully implanted hearingdevice remotely. Further development depends on future funding, said Spindel. Another advantage of the new magnetic hearing device is eliminating acousticfeedback, or the high-pitched "squeal." "Conventional hearing aids are essenti...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...anatomically and quantitatively accurate, and also fully comprehensible in engineering terms. Anticipated applications include more precise and specific interpretation of functional neuroimaging data, improved rational design of neuroprosthetic devices and neurosurgical interventions and the design of mor...Candles with lead wicks emit lead into the air
...d to theenvironment and medical treatment does not fully reverse the health effects, theoptimal strategy for minimizing the risk involves the reduction or eliminationof exposure in various forms. This study shows that there are still otherimportant domestic sources of lead exposure that have escaped publi...1998 AAPS Annual Meeting Abstracts Debut Online
...ual Meeting, Nov. 15-19, in San Francisco, CA. The fully searchable database of abstracts can be found online at http://aaps.ctt-inc.com/MeetingItinerary/Login.asp . A unique characteristic of the online database is the personal itinerary feature. While perusing the database, Annual Meeting attendees can ...Low Socio-Economic Status Heart Patients Need More Than Just Aggressive Cardiac Procedures
...medical care that can be either out ofreach or not fully understood by most low SES patients. Tung, who is on the faculty at the Duke Clinical Research Institute,prepared theresults of his study for presentation Tuesday (Nov. 10) at the 71st scientificsessions of the American Heart Association meet...Low "Health Literacy" Increases Hospitalizations
... limits access by preventingpatients from engaging fully in the process of care." Roter and colleagues also noted that stereotypes get in the way ofidentifying those with low literacy skills because most identify illiteracy withpersons who are slow learners, poor, immigrants, and minorities, while ...Visual Environment Can Affect Even Healthy Eyes --- Nature Works With Nuture For Good Vision
... monkeys and humans start life with their eyes not fully developed; the eyeball is too short for the eye's powerful optic capability. As babies grow older, the eyes grow in length so that by age one in monkeys and age four in humans, about 95% of the growth is complete. This is about a seven millimeter in...People With Brain Injury To Frontal Lobe Don't Get Punch Lines -- Prefer Slapstick Humor!
...st Centre for Geriatric Care is an academic centre fully affiliatedwith the University of Toronto. The study was supported by the Medical ResearchCouncil of Canada. A joke and punch line similar to one used in the Humor Study A teenager is being interviewed for a summer job. "You'll get 50 dollars a wee...Future Chlamydia Screening Should Take Account Of Possible Disadvantages For Women
...ncan and Hart conclude that these issues should be fully considered to ensure any future screening programme does not have the unintended consequence of implying that women are to blame for sexually transmitted infections and of neglecting men's sexual health needs. Public and professional education to in......dren receivinga cochlearimplant are more apt to be fully mainstreamed in school and use fewer schoolsupport servicesthan similarly deaf children without an implant. Results of the Hopkins-funded study, believed to be the first in the UnitedStates toexamine the use of special education aid such as spee...