New biomarker for cervical cancer
... the UNCLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. "A lot of women undergo expensivetesting and painful procedures only to find out they've got something thatdoesn't need treatment or is unlikely to become cancer." According to the UNC gynecologic oncologist, Pap smear sensitivity isonly 70% and can...Treatments reduce strep-triggered symptoms of OCD and tics in some children
...hild's back to his oldself again" or "Things are a lot easier now." Susan J. Perlmutter, M.D., Marjorie A. Garvey, M.D., Susan Hamburger, M.S.,M.A., Elad Feldman, B.S., and Henrietta L. Leonard, M.D., NIMH, and Susan F.Leitman, M.D., NIH Clinical Center, also participated in the study. Dr. Leonardis now ...Researchers join with treatment providers to improve drug abuse treatment
... million over five years toserve the Northwest. "A lot of very important research has been funded by NIDA, but it has beendifficult to get these methods tested and the treatment delivered at the programlevel," said Merwyn "Mitch" Greenlick, Ph.D., principal investigator for OR-Nodeand chair of the depart...New nasal obstruction procedure offers cheaper, pain-free alternative to surgery
...enasal procedure, I believe, is changing the way a lot of ear, nose and throatdoctors address nasal obstruction. The only option before was the operatingroom. "Some are even doing the procedure on people whose septums aren't great.It's worth a try - it may save a trip to the operating room and th......radiology. "This means their brains were working a lot harder and using more energy thanthe normal children." "People often don't see how hard it is for dyslexic children to do atask that others do so effortlessly," added Berninger, a professor ofeducational psychology. "There are learning diffe...Diabetes therapy may impair memory function in children
...ognitive effects," Hershey said. "I think IT has a lot of benefitsfor adults and adolescents, and it may have those benefits in children too." On the other hand, Hershey and colleagues want to make sure the benefitsoutweigh the potential risks. Currently, she is studying a larger group ofchildren with di...Annual UNC-CH study shows state gaining health providers, but big imbalances remain
...e providers in every NorthCarolina county - plus a lot you probably never thought to ask - appear in a newbooklet published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mosthealth professions are increasing faster than the state population, researchindicates. The North Carolina Health Prof...National Cancer Institute awards UNC-CH $5 million for unique prostate cancer studies
...health care problem," he said. "We'd also preventa lot of suffering because dying from prostate cancer is a very unpleasantdeath."...New 'real time' MRI stress test pictures heart in motion
...ressechocardiography. "The technique will open a lot of doors," says W. Gregory Hundley, M.D.,assistant professor of medicine in cardiology and radiology at Wake ForestUniversity School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "With thisinformation doctors will be better able to determine the severity...MRI breakthroughs could lead to new tests for heart disease
...and diagnostic tool for heart disease. "A lot of new doors have been opened with this technology," said GregHundley, M.D., assistant professor of cardiology and radiology and leader of theMedical Center's MRI research team. In the current issue of Circulation, a journal of the American H...UNC-CH wins $42.1 million federal contract to study drugs for schizophrenia and Alzheimer's
...cture," he said."The School of Public Health has a lot of experience acting as a coordinatingcenter for large-scale, multi-center trials. That expertise helped make us verycompetitive for the award." In a multi-center effort, UNC-CH will subcontract to other academic institutionsto assist in coordinating...UI-led study indicates surgery is the best treatment for severe Bell's palsy paralysis
...these findings will help change the attitudes of a lot of differentpeople," said Bruce Gantz, M.D., UI professor and head of otolaryngology. Timing and strategy are critical when it comes to the subgroup of patients withBell's palsy who are at the greatest risks for permanent damage. The studyresults ind......The reason this study was possible is that a whole lot of people didn't thinkit was right that children should die so young," Reynolds said. Neuroblastoma is a cancer of the sympathetic nervous system. The most commonsolid tumor, other than brain tumors, to occur in children, it rarely strikesadults, but...USC receives $12.8 million to study teen smoking
...otians, as well as South Americans,tend to smoke a lot when they first arrive in the United States, but smoke lessover time. Chinese and Mexican youth, meanwhile, tend to smoke more as they easeinto American life. Center researchers will try to determine what accounts for such differences. They will inv...'Biochemical storm' following brain trauma, an important factor in treatment
...ent within the first hour or so after an injury, a lot of damage has been done to the patient," said Ronald L. Hayes, director of UF's planned Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Studies, a component of the university's multidisciplinary Brain Institute. "With traumatic brain injury, the thought has been t......tection methods as well. "In the era of HAART, a lot of the new technologies in laboratories need to be more generalized because now in many cases you're dealing with low levels of virus." The researchers looked at people taking HAART, a combination therapy of protease and reverse transcriptase inhibi...Medical scientists to begin clinical trials of promising cancer therapy
... in treating cancers like lymphoma, for example, a lot more needs to be done, Orlowski said. Currently, about half those who go into remission from advanced lymphoma will suffer a recurrence, and only about 30 percent to 40 percent of people with advanced, aggressive lymphomas can be cured. "Clearly we ...Trauma patients need monitoring for infection risk
...ting sites of entry for bacteria. "We've seen a lot of progress in recent years in the treatment and survival of trauma patients, but the long recovery time in hospital leaves patients more vulnerable to infection," says Simor. "If we know and anticipate the risks for these patients we can develop mor...UCSF Psychiatry Department receives grant to study innovative drug and substance abuse treatments
...chair of the UCSFDepartment of Psychiatry. "Not a lot of research is done with this complicated populati...dicine. "Missing a dose or two means you are in a lot of trouble," Havassy said. "Whatever stability youhave has been destroyed." Havassy is recruiting 3...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...ighest-ranking state," he said. "While there is a lot of variability in avalanche fatalities from year to year, we have the dubious distinction of leading the nation." Each year avalanches claim more than 150 lives worldwide. The numbers have steadily increased over the past few decades with the in...