Environmental influences found to have role for development and function of the pain system
... noxious, (i.e., painful) input is used to set the gain in the pain pathways solves the puzzle of how pain systems can be functionally adapted during early life despite the rare occurrence of noxious stimuli. In one study, the authors examined the development of a withdrawal reflex in 161 rats after a bri...Vital sign device improves resuscitation monitoring
...location, allowing others to see the data and also gain a global view of all patients in the field who are being similarly monitored. It measures heart rate and the percent of oxygen saturation in the blood, an important indicator of a person's cardiopulmonary status. A radio transmits the information t...UK trial results on value of cannabis for multiple sclerosis patients
...rial and it may be indicative of how much patients gain by taking part in clinical trials, irrespective of the treatment they are given. "Patients experienced very few side-effects from the treatments and, given that how a patient feels is an important part of improving health, cannabis-based treatments m...NCCAM funds Developmental Centers for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
... institutions so that established researchers will gain the clinical and cultural perspectives needed to undertake CAM research. The first two 3-year grants in the DCRC initiative have been awarded to: Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Davenport, IA Principal Investigator: William Meeker, D.C.,...Mayo Clinic researchers discover how key cancer protein works
...to use our understanding to target cells so we can gain control of the cell cycle to stop cancers." In the language of science, their principal finding is this: That a specific biochemical modification known as "phosphorylation" (fos-for-a-LAY-shun) is required at certain cell-cycle stages to activate pr...Evidence that neurons prune only 'twigs' to rewire themselves
...aught the animals to seek out a particular odor to gain a reward. The only way they could induce major changes, they found was to use the molecular "sledgehammer" of a drug known to make neurons hyperactive, "so we knew they had the capacity to undergo change," said Katz. "We've concluded from these find...The changing face of severe asthma
..." said Dr. Spahn. "If we could learn why, we might gain valuable insight that could help us better treat all our asthma patients." Dr. Spahn and his colleagues also found that children with severe asthma have deceptively good lung function. The amount of air a person can exhale in a second, known as force...Exercise for elders: It's never too late
...advanced ages," she says. "It is never too late to gain benefits from increasing physical activity." Social and behavioral factors -- like diet and exercise -- play the most important role in determining longevity and quality of life among the elderly. Genetics factors contribute only 25 percent to human ...Promising drug proves ineffective as treatment for hearing loss
...ective than the placebo in maintaining the hearing gain achieved with Prednisone. Of the 67 patients who went on to receive Methotrexate or placebo, 61 were disqualified from continuing the study due to further hearing losses. Of the 116 patients who received the initial high dose steroids, 63% responded...NASA research propels development of new glass
...ser used for surgery, the "heart" of lasers is the gain medium, which is where REAl Glass TM can be used. This critical component increases or amplifies light, resulting in an intense, highly concentrated beam capable of precisely cutting metal parts or surgically removing or repairing human tissue. "Mo...Vibrating insoles could improve balance for elderly people
...nsoles. James J Collins comments: "Elderly people gain more in motor controlperformance than do young people with the application of noise to the feet.Noise-based devices, such as randomly vibrating shoe insoles, might beeffective in enhancing the performance of dynamic balance activities (eg,walking), a...Gastric bypass surgery resolves or improves diabetes in most patients, reports Pittsburgh study
...iabetes patients with less severe disease stand to gain more from the surgery by circumventing years of progressive, debilitating disease." The study included 1,160 patients who underwent Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery (LGBP) between 1997 and 2002 at the University of Pittsburgh Medial Center. Of those ...Obesity can be harmful to your child's mental health
...s strengths and accomplishments; Help children gain control over their weight by discussing and encouraging healthy food choices and exercising regularly with them. Individualize food and exercise plans according to the child's interests and your commitment level; Set an example--make healthy eati...Nordic collaboration gives new insights into adjuvant chemotherapy
...hat patients with advanced colon cancer could well gain a small but worthwhile improvement in five-year overall survival if they were treated with chemotherapy as well as surgery provided the drugs were given in optimum conditions and to the most appropriate patients. An analysis of a set of randomised t...Standard treatment for lung cancer should be changed, say scientists
...ast, ovarian, and colon cancer, where the survival gain from adjuvant chemotherapy lies in the range of 3.5 8%. In all these cases adjuvant treatment is now part of the routine treatment." However, toxicity remains a problem, he said. "There are potentially serious side effects to this treatment, and we...New test can identify patients who may suffer serious late toxicity from radiotherapy
...exclude 5% of the most sensitive patients, you can gain a 20% increase in the local control of many tumours in the remaining 95% of patients with only a slight increase in radiation dose." Dr Ozsahin, a consultant radiation oncologist and associate professor at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois in ...NIMH funds $1.98 million study of advance directives for patients with mental illnesses
...r implementing such directives would help patients gain access to timely treatment during mental health emergencies without the need for involuntary commitment. "Mental health consumers and advocates are very concerned about the use of coercion in treatment," said Marvin Swartz, M.D., head of social and c...Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
...with some other effective antiretroviral regimens, gain a protective advantage during the first few weeks of life, the time of greatest risk of HIV transmission. Although babies in both groups continued to acquire HIV throughout the study, they did so at approximately the same rate, enabling the NVP group...Nutrition education program teaches children how to make healthy food choices
...ts for math, science, writing and health. Students gain knowledge about healthy eating using critical thinking, problem-solving and character building skills. To determine the program's effectiveness, quantitative evaluation was conducted in spring 2003 with approximately 400 students and 25 teachers in C...Comfort-food cravings may be body's attempt to put brake on chronic stress
...ronically stressed, and why such people are apt to gain weight in the abdomen. The finding, to be publishe...ost of deleterious effects on the body - a loss or gain of weight, depression, obesity (associated with type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke)...