Easier monitoring of diabetes is focus of symposium, Aug. 18
...e materials inside the gel to change color. If all goes well in future studies, you'll be able to read your blood sugar levels based on the color of your contacts. (This paper, ANYL 23, will be presented at 3:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 18, at Sheraton Boston, Back Bay Ballroom D.)...Mayo Clinic study finds optimists report a higher quality of life than pessimists
...of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. "How you perceive what goes on around you and how you interpret it may have an impact on your longevity, and it could affect the quality of your later years." Patients originally assessed in the 1960s with a personality test completed a follow-up self-assessment of their health...University of Washington developing AI caretakers for Alzheimer's sufferers
...terson carries the Activity Compass with him as he goes about his business, traveling to classes, coffee shops and activities, and downloads the information about once a week for use in future sessions to "train" the device. Kautz hopes to have it programmed by the end of the summer. Navigating around to...Study identifies new drug target for preserving brain cells
...nism by which the body reacts to brain injury, but goes farther to show why inhibiting the effects of interleukin-1 a protein immune cells release in response to injury will stop additional brain tissue damage. The article will be released on-line on July 16, 2002. "The study provides stron...Hypertension is study focus of $10 million NIH grant to MCG
...nce of blood vessel constrictors and dilators that goes awry in hypertension. The collaboration of Drs. Jennifer and David Pollock from the Vascular Biology Center with Georgia Prevention Institute researchers began in 1996 when Dr. David Pollock heard Dr. Treiber talk about how the black children he was...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
... the mixture that knows what molecule it wants and goes and grabs it," Martin said. Complicating the picture is that most drug molecules are produced in what is known as chiral pairs, with one molecule the mirror image of the other. Typically, only one of the two molecules is beneficial, while the other i...New pathway for treating hypertension-related kidney failure studied
...luble epoxide hydrolase is blocked, blood pressure goes down and kidney function improves. Dr. Imig also is working with a pharmaceutical company on another inhibitor of this pathway. He's also working with Dr. J.R. Falck, a chemist at the University of Texas Southwestern, to develop drugs, called mimeti...Intensification therapy studied in head and neck cancer
...ercent (excluding laryngeal cancers). That figure goes up slightly when chemotherapy is added, but overall survival rates have not changed significantly over the past 60 years. Treating cancer can be a delicate balancing act, with physicians often juggling the timing and intensity of a variety of treatme...Cerebellum's role during motor skill learning
... changes in performance. "We found that learning goes on elsewhere in the brain, but apparently not in the cerebellum. The cerebellum influences the change in performance," said Ashe. "Hopefully, this will lead to a better understanding of some of the problems that face patients with damage to the cereb...Smart solutions for clearer vision
...RC for Eye Research and Technology. "This research goes some way to providing an affordable, permanent solution to refractive eye disorders." The CRC for Eye Research and Technology are hoping to attract funding to start human trials in the near future....... Office of Naval Research. His envisioned scenario goes beyond autopilot. It goes beyond preprogramming. His vision involves a 'commander' giving a broad operational order to thousa...USC researchers suggest possible cause for kidney cancer
...tries to repair the damaged DNA, but if the repair goes awry, that can lead to mutations in genes that can kick off cancer or genes that suppress cancer. These mutations are a critical step in the progression of normal cells to malignant cells. "If lipid peroxidation is the fundamental mechanism behind t...Research explains possible origin of Parkinson's tremors
... firing pattern. The scenario goes like this: a shortage of dopamine causes one part of the basal ganglia, called the striatum, to send a too-strong neural signal to another part, called the globus pallidus. This signal alter...Baxter introduces Baxject needleless transfer device at International Haemophilia Congress
...whole process is safer and more streamlined, which goes a long way toward building confidence in anyone using the BAXJECT device to prepare haemophilia therapy. The device also is easy and safe enough for children to use, helping them to become more independent in managing their own condition. Baxter ac...The current status of elder abuse in the United States
...cent of every federal dollar spent on victim abuse goes to help the elderly. This despite the fact that older adults make up approximately 12 percent of the population in America. It is estimated that elder abuse and neglect affects 700,000 to 1.2 million older adults each year in the United States. The ...New radioimmunotherapy drug proves highly effective for killing off B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma
...eam to the cancer cells. Unlike chemotherapy which goes through the whole body, Zevalin carries the radiation payload directly to the tumor, says Thomas Witzig, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hematologist. The drug radiates only about a five millimeter area around the tumor. Along with its ability to hone in on canc...Human papilloma virus test increases cancer detection rate, study finds
...re abnormal but inconclusive. The Georgetown study goes a step further by suggesting that adding the HPV test to biennial Pap tests at the outset is a cost-effective and potentially life-saving alternative for routine screening. The incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have declined substantiall...Colic in infants linked to inability to digest apple juice, but not white grape juice
...nd increased crying after feeding." Dr. Lifshitz goes on to note that the primary dietary component for infants this age should be either breast milk or infant formula. "But," he adds, "this study confirms, like many previous studies, that all juices are not created equal. When the time comes to add ...Stroke survivors have brittler bones, more likely to fracture
...oporosis is a deterioration of bone. Healthy bone goes through a natural cycle that balances the breakdown of old bone tissue and the manufacture of new bone. The breakdown occurs more quickly in osteoporosis, resulting in weak and brittle bones. Several studies have shown that regional osteoporosis of......iving animals where the most commonly used solvent goes in the brain and the whole body," said Brookhaven neuroanatomist Stephen Dewey, a coauthor. "This study was really born out of my going to elementary schools, where I've been giving talks about Brookhaven's addiction research since 1995," said Dewey...