Abdominal fat decreases, insulin action improves when elderly take hormone
...test whether our findings in the rat studies would hold true in people. We investigated whether DHEA could reverse some of the metabolic complications of aging if DHEA levels in elderly people were returned to the levels of their youth." Volunteers ranged in age from 65 to 78, with an average age of 71, ...Coronary stents do not improve long-term survival
...ings on mortality rates should also be expected to hold true for the latest generation of drug-eluting stents. These stents, which were introduced in 2003, are coated with a drug that keeps blood clots from forming inside them. "We have found in our long-term analysis that stents do provide a significant ...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics will hold its 46th annual meeting at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, November 15-19, 2004 in Savannah, GA. SUMMARY Most of the matter we are familiar with in everyday life comes in three states — solid, liquid, or gas. But much m...GSA confers 2004 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award to W. Ontario's Connidis and McMullin
...ife course development. Both Connidis and McMullin hold degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. The Kalish Award is underwritten by Baywood Publishing Company, with whom Dr. Kalish was long associated. Any empirical or conceptual publication that represents state-of-t...The anti-arthritic effects of bee venom
...littin's targeted inactivation of inflammation may hold the key to the anti-arthritic effects of bee venom. "The potency of melittin in the inhibition of the inflammatory response may be of great benefit in degenerative and i...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics will hold its 46th annual meeting at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, November 15-19, 2004 in Savannah, GA. SUMMARYMost of the matter we are familiar with in everyday life comes in three states solid, liquid, or gas. But much more of th...NIH awards 1,400 new student loan repayment contracts
...years. In addition, more than 40% of the awardees hold M.D. degrees, 34%, Ph.D degrees, 9% M.D./Ph.D. degrees, and 7%, other doctoral degrees. The NIH Loan Repayment Programs can repay up to $35,000 of qualified educational debt for health professionals pursuing careers in clinical, pediatric, contracept...Researchers develop neural prosthesis allowing a monkey to feed self using only its brain
...simple gripper that allows the monkey to grasp and hold food while its own arms are restrained. The arm is wired into the monkey's brain and intercepts signals through electrodes attached to tiny probes that tap into neuronal pathways in the motor cortex, a region of the brain responsible for voluntary mo...AAN, ANA announce support for embryonic and adult human stem cell research
... While adult stem cell research is believed to hold less promise, the AAN and ANA believe both embryonic and adult stem cell research should be pursued rigorously and under close scrutiny. The organizations further endorsed the standards for oversight developed by the National Institutes of Health in ...OHSU study: Testosterone deprivation makes men forget
...ediately asked to recall something, but they can't hold or save the information as well in order to recall it over a retention interval, over a period of time. They're faster at forgetting." These results, Bussiere and Janowsky say, point to a negative effect of testosterone deprivation in the hippoc...'Science of better' convenes operations researchers in Denver
...tions to prevent breast cancer. Biological markers hold promise to improve the prediction of risk and the response to interventions. The authors discuss the pilot version of software that helps physicians advise patients about their individual cancer risk and how to weigh the prevention and treatment choi...NIDA sponsors frontiers in addiction research mini-convention
... Many of the discoveries discussed at this meeting hold great promise for treating and preventing drug abuse, addiction, and their health and social consequences." Oral presentations will be in Room 30; posters can be viewed in Room 29. The schedule is: 8:00 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. - Introductory remarks fro...M. D. Anderson receives SPORE grant for melanoma research
...spectively, and making it the first institution to hold two such genitourinary cancer grants. In 2002, the institution received a $12 million grant for head and neck cancer research - the first cancer center to receive a SPORE grant of this type. Last year, M. D. Anderson received three additional SPOREs ...... year with the addition of ". . . If you can get hold of a dose".'...New system translates improved diagnostic information to target radiation at tumors
...g cancer. Though patients can be asked to briefly hold their breath, the effectiveness of treatment can be adversely affected by the motion of tumors as patients breathe during treatment. The system Lee and Zaider are developing can account for those spatial changes over time, tailoring radiation to ...Foundation to honor physicians and community health initiatives around the world
The CHEST Foundation announced today it will hold its annual "Making a Difference" awards dinner this year on October 23 in Seattle, WA. The dinner will recognize 22 physicians from around the world who will be awarded the Governors Community Service Award for their community-based health and welln...Dutch study highlights crying as risk factor for child abuse
...fant crying that leads to abuse. We need to study, hold accountable, and offer psychological treatment to the caretakers, not blame the infants as the agents of their own maltreatment We must encourage clinicians to tell parents that they have a normal infant if they cry, not a child that needs correction...NIH convenes state-of-the-science conference on preventing youth violence
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold a State- of-the-Science Conference on Preventing V...ession to weigh the input provided, the panel will hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. to take questions from the media....Health and Wealth in an Aging America: A briefing for journalists
New York, NY- The National Institute on Aging will hold a briefing for journalists that will highlight the latest findings and newest trends defining an aging America. In the morning, top health researchers will discuss such topics as medical expenditures and gender differences in health. In the afterno...Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
...ork, NY--The AVS Science & Technology Society will hold its 51st International Symposium & Exhibition on N...ems, such as keeping cells alive---their lab might hold the record at two weeks---and controlling fluid delivery to such a degree that entire cell analysis ...