Results of first chronic treatment study with oral EXANTA(TM) (ximelagatran)
...esults are an important step towards introducing a fundamentally new approach to oral anticoagulation", says Dr Ian Watts, Global Product Director, AstraZeneca. "Furthermore, the promise of EXANTA as a novel oral anticoagulant treatment is reinforced by other new data announced today from the EXULT A study2, sho...Laser measurements reveal biological basis of distance perception
... as such. Rather, they have shown that vision is a fundamentally empirical phenomenon, in which the connections between nerve cells in the visual system evolved as a result of the success of organisms that correctly interpreted the inherently ambiguous visual world. Such ambiguity arises because the photons striki...... shock compression science. Biological tissues are fundamentally different and considerably more complicated than the liquids and solids normally studied by shock compression. Laser surgeries generate shock waves in living tissues, causing both mechanical and chemical changes. The shock waves can compress biologic...fMRI depicts multisensory dysfunction in people with dyslexia
...sual, language and memory processing. "Reading is fundamentally a multisensory task, where the association between sounds and letters is a critical step," Dr. Burdette said. Dr. Burdette and colleagues administered fMRI exams to 30 dyslexic readers and 30 normal readers as they performed three matching tasks--an ...NIH funds project to help senior citizens access health care
... systems. "Senior citizens are challenged in ways fundamentally different from the general population," Gracanin said. "Receiving services in a convenient way is not a matter of choice for them, but of necessity. Failing health accompanied with limited mobility may force senior citizens into unhealthy choices." T...Cancer markers news backgrounder: Future of cancer diagnosis, treatment lies in tumor 'barcode'
... to hold up in larger validation studies, they can fundamentally change the way that chemotherapy is selected for patients." Using breast cancer cells taken from 24 early stage breast cancers, Pusztai and his colleagues discovered 74 genes associated with a cure when a common chemotherapy regimen known as Paclita...Jan/Feb 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ailing model for palliative care of the elderly is fundamentally flawed and ill-suited for older patients suffering from slowly progressive chronic illness, four researchers from the University of California Davis School of Medicine have proposed a new framework for palliative care the TLC model. The new model i...Testing drug's ability to reverse stroke after standard three-hour window has closed
...emergency room throughout the country. This could fundamentally change the way we treat this common and devastating disease." Participants are potentially eligible for this trial if they can receive study drug or placebo within 6 hours of stroke onset, or if they wake up from sleep with a stroke and can receive s...Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers
...could be that drugs alter the way the brain works, fundamentally changing personality. The drugs may even have unanticipated consequences such as speeding the brain's decline with old age. The question becomes more complicated for drugs such as modafinil, which can improve memory or the ability to concentrate. The...What might our health systems look like in 2020?
...tting, we must design new systems of care that are fundamentally sustainable, and this may require nothing less than the reinvention of health care, argues Professor Enrico Coiera from the University of New South Wales. This journey to reinvent healthcare begins by recognising that health systems are "sociotechnic...Left brain damage may make people more vulnerable to infection
...al? The idea that the two halves of our brains are fundamentally different has settled comfortably in our imaginations, thanks equally to science fiction and self-help books. But beyond a predominant role in language for the left half, scientists have had a hard time pinning down what these differences mean for ho...MRI technique for measuring blood volume helps distinguish between abscesses and tumors in the brain
...o the researchers, DSC MRI and traditional MRI are fundamentally different in the types of information they provide. "Regular MRI scans show the size and shape of a muscle or organ very well, but they don't tell us much about how it is functioning. As we get more sophisticated in imaging organs, we want to know mo...Mayo Clinic discovery on nature of rheumatoid arthritis lung disease may offer patients therapy
...g supports the concept that RA lung disease may be fundamentally different from other forms of lung disease -- and should be treated differently. RA lung disease detection can be improved through the technological advance of computer-assisted image analysis. This improvement allows the disease to be diagnose...Get ready for next generation surround sound
... and ear shapes of the listener. As such, it is a fundamentally different way of creating accurate total immersion in a sound field compared to the use of multi-channel loudspeaker arrays....Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...rea. Rather, in autistic children the fusiform "is fundamentally normal" and shows only stunted activity because over-aroused amygdalas make autistic children want to look away, says senior author Richard Davidson, a UW-Madison psychiatry and psychology professor who has earned international recognition for his wo...National Academies advisory: May 2 Symposium on International Science Policy
...megacities and environmental sustainability -- are fundamentally international and do not respect national borders. Confronting these problems requires organizing the world's science, health, and technology communities to provide policy advice. At this public symposium, which will take place during the annual mee...