'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
...pproach the Superbowl, football fans are likely to hear announcers refer to a player as having a "ding" or "bell-ringer." However, in the high school athlete, a concussion is not a trivial event, according to a study published in the January American Journal of Sports Medicine by the University of Pittsbu...Study finds genital pain more common than believed
...nd they think it's supposed to hurt. As more women hear about this condition, they'll be coming out of the woodwork." Currently, few doctors are familiar with vulvar pain disorders, and many women with intense pain are misdiagnosed for years with chronic yeast infections or psychological problems. Women w...Friendships play key role in suicidal thoughts of girls, but not boys
...cking relationships, there are many people who may hear a suicidal boy talking and help him get the support he needs. Boys may not tell people what they are thinking about, but they may talk about what they might do." But overall, Moody said there wasn't a clear pattern indicating which adolescents who we...Parents' vaccine concerns on the rise, making accurate information crucial
...ion of all physicians said they sometimes or often hear parental concerns about effects that aren't on the VISs and haven't been shown to be linked to vaccines. Pediatricians were more likely than family physicians to report that parents sometimes or often voiced concerns about effects listed on the VIS,...Endocrine Society to host audioconference on testosterone therapy for elderly men
... of testosterone treatment of elderly men and will hear the faculty's recommendations about how a physician should approach an elderly man who might be hypogonadal. An opportunity for questions and comments will be provided following faculty presentations. Participation in this audioconference is free an...New study in Pediatrics shows nitric oxide therapy for newborns effective and cost saving
... standard treatment. "It's almost unprecedented to hear of an advanced medication that actually saves money compared with an older treatment," said Derek C. Angus, M.D., the study's lead author and director of the Clinical Research, Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) laboratory a...New study in Pediatrics shows nitric oxide therapy for newborns effective and cost saving
... standard treatment. "It's almost unprecedented to hear of an advanced medication that actually saves money compared with an older treatment," said Derek C. Angus, M.D., the study's lead author and director of the Clinical Research, Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) laboratory a...Study reviews discussion of medical errors at hospital conferences
...a surgery conference attendee, who could expect to hear 44 error discussions in a year." The study's authors speculate that many of the differences they found between medicine and surgery conferences may be due to the fact that the American College for Graduate Medical Education requires that surge...Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters
... thrilled with her first ever eclipse, and you can hear her describe it in her own words at a radio report on the Anatarctica 2003 website. The passengers of Kapitan Khlebnikov are spending the next few days on a very busy sightseeing itinerary. The icebreaker leaves the area on 27 November, due to dock ...Hearing aid research gets federal boost
...rectionality, since most hearing-aid users want to hear the speaker or sound source they are facing more than other ambient room noise. Miles' laboratory will be in charge of designing and fabricating the microphones and incorporating the optical sensors and signal processing into a working prototype by t...Gay, lesbian couples can teach heterosexuals how to improve relationships
...ual are uptight in talking about sex and you don't hear explicit sexual talk. In reviewing the tapes of their conversations, you really don't know what they are talking about. Same sex couples talk about sex, and are more mature and honest and less fragile in talking about it. Gottman also said: "The ...The Passionate Mind: Oct. 9-11 Utah Symposium in Science & Literature
...dents Circle. From 2:30 to 4 p.m. MDT,visitors may hear a brief introduction to the performance, ademonstration of the technology and a walk-through of four rooms wherefour artists will perform simultaneously, with their performances meldedtogether and transmitted over Internet2 to Room 110 and beyond. Fo...Web-based program optimizes stroke care in rural areas
...nd speak. The REACH system enables neurologists to hear and see the patients in real time. Also per standard treatment, patients get a computerized tomography scan, or CT, to help pinpoint the cause and location of a stroke; those CT images also are immediately available for review via the REACH system. T...Communications training leads to better medical student performance, according to new study
...better when they talk with each otherrespectfully, hear each other fully, and work as partners to address healthneeds."...UIC project may reduce drug name confusion
...rds is something people do a lot, Lambert says. We hear a word pronounced correctly but perceive it as a d...rent, more familiar, word with a similar sound. We hear what we expect to hear. Many of the medication errors that contribute to thousands of deaths each ye...Solving the mystery of musical harmony
... and their sources. That seems to be the reason we hear music the way we do."...UC Davis physicians use high-tech virtual system
...ws users to "feel" lesions in blood vessels and to hear patient comments during the procedure. These and other visual and tactile elements contribute to holding the physician's attention, challenging his or her expertise, and enhancing the opportunity for learning. "Simulation systems allow health-care pr...Rutgers researcher: Brains in dyslexic children can be 'rewired' to improve reading skills
...ween letters that rhyme, such as B and D. "If you hear the sound 'ba' in 'butter' and 'da' in 'Doug,' the only way we know the difference is in the first 40 milliseconds of the onset of those sounds," Tallal explained. "The ability to extract sounds out of words is what is called phonological awareness."...Surgeon General, columnist George F. Will, and McLaughlin Group Take on nations health care issues
...h 10-12, over 5,000 health care professionals will hear from an all-star line-up of keynote presenters fea...up Event Director. "And this year we're excited to hear frank opinions from such prestigious voices on some of the most important and hotly contested issues......act, far greater than for chronic diseases that we hear about on a regular basis."...