British hospitals need clinical ethicists
...ing and private consultations, adds the author. In light of all the evidence, we now need to introduce clinical ethicists in hospitals in the United Kingdom, he says. Doctors cannot possibly deal with all the ethical problems they encounter in their professional lives, nor can they be expected to analyse c...UMaine study looks at infants and chronic nighttime crying
...ys the impetus for the research was to try to shed light on a growing problem in Japan with new parents, who are becoming fewer as Japan's birth rates decline at a rate that has concerned the nation. There has been little research done on sleep problems with infants and toddlers in Japan and almost none ab...UCSF study offers insight into human circadian rhythms
... window just a crack, but it could let in a lot of light for probing the neurobiology of the brain," says co-senior author Louis Ptacek, MD, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and UCSF professor of neurology. The finding, published in the March 31 issue of Nature, builds on previous research le...Raw food vegetarians have low bone mass
...iological markers indicating their bones, although light in weight, may be healthy. The study, published in the March 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, was led by Luigi Fontana, M.D., Ph.D., research instructor in medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science. Fontana and coll...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
...d primarily by autopsy studies. OCT uses infrared light delivered via fiberoptic catheter to produce high-resolution, cross-sectional images of blood vessels. Study co-authors Guillermo Tearney, MD, PhD, of the MGH Pathology Department and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH, and Brett Bouma, PhD...First mouse model for multiple system atrophy points to new treatment targets for brain diseases
...e thought to be three separate diseases sheds new light on this little-studied brain disease, according to research from investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, Director of Penn's Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, and colleagues demonstrate...Definition of persistent vegetative state available from American Academy of Neurology
...g the definition of persistent vegetative state in light of the Terri Schiavo case. In 1995 the AAN published a practice parameter about the assessment and management of patients in the persistent vegetative state. This parameter includes definition and diagnosis information. It is publicly accessible at ...Abuse and HIV status linked to suicide risk
...tudy, consistent with previous research, sheds new light on the extent to which being in an abusive relationship compounds suicide risk for HIV-positive women in particular. This latest study is published in the March/April 2005 issue of Women's Health Issues. "Given that suicide is the fourth leading caus...Simple intervention encourages sun protection behaviors
... two photos taken of their faces, one under normal light and one with a UV filter. Underlying skin damage caused by chronic UV that can result in wrinkles and age spots is visible in the UV photographs but not in the ordinary photos. The intervention group received information on the aging effects of the...Strengths and failings of U.S. health care 'system' are driven by embedded vested interests
...The JHSB articles shed historical and contemporary light on some of the reasons behind this inequality and explore the function of the health care system by examining the "origins of corporate health care," "the dynamics of health care markets," and "systemic implications of corporatized health care." The ...Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...the practice somewhat controversial, especially in light of the shortage of donor organs. To offset this risk, it is common practice to establish a 6 month period of abstinence from alcohol before listing a patient for liver transplant. Not only may improvement in liver function result, but higher rates of...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...The analysis of our Euro Heart Survey databases in light of this initiative will be extremely interesting, as these are large databases on extensive European populations without the artificial representation so often seen in clinical trials", says Professor Priori. "We have all the data at our fingertips ...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
... on each end, equipped with a battery and internal light source. After the patient lies down, the PillCam ESO is swallowed and glides through the esophagus, taking about 2,600 color pictures (14 per second). The patient gradually sits up to aid its progression down the esophagus, while the photographs are...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
... research into second-hand smoke. He also has shed light on a host of other health issues, including the role of the Mediterranean diet in decreasing cancer and heart disease risk and increasing longevity. Harvard School of Public Health is dedicated to advancing the public's health through learning, disco...Dealing with conflict in caring for the dying patient
...ling with conflict can improve relationships, shed light on complicated clinical situations and the rewards include a grateful family and a sense of both personal and professional satisfaction."...Neuronal death and processing of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
... lead to neurodegeneration. Such findings shed new light on the role of post-translational modifications of tau protein occurring in other tauopathies (such as AD), including aberrant proteolysis. In AD, tau protein aggregates in intraneuronal deposits known as "neurofibrillary tangles" (NFT), one of the t...Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
... characteristics and exposed it to long wavelength light that selectively switches on the DNA damage process. He said that the synthetic DNA is very similar to that which is produced when cells are exposed to radiation, with one exception: Greenberg's team's DNA was damaged at only one place on its chain,...Rhesus monkeys reason about perspectives of others in obtaining food
...o Rico. Flombaum said the research could help shed light on the causes of autism. "There are many studies showing that autistic children don't look at the eyes of others in the ways that other individuals do in the course of social interactions, and also that autistic children don't use eye gaze informatio...In solution, tiny magnetic wires scatter light
...ets, scientists can command the direction in which light bounces off tiny, magnetic wires that sway like matchsticks in thick, slow-moving solutions. Announcing her finding here today (March 13) at the 229th meeting of the American Chemical Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison materials chemist Anne B...Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue
...vered a flashlight with your hand and seen the red light that still comes through, then you have seen light in the therapeutic window that magic wavelength that is not absorbed or reflected away by tissue. S...