Cardiac differences in infants born to HIV-positive mothers may persist
..., however, was limited in size and was not equally matched with the P2C2 children.Nonetheless, the study results reinforce PHS recommendations to screen pregnant women for HIV and to take steps to prevent transmission from mother to infant. Since 1994, for example, federal guidelines have stated that healthc......r arms to play the game. The recorded signals were matched against specific arm/ball movements. Finally, the monkeys were encouraged to play the game without using their arms. They had to move the balls on the screen using brain signals that corresponded with the appropriate arm movements. At first they tri...Hearing infants show preference for sign language over pantomime
...s performing pantomime stories. The sequences were matched for length and grouped into trials that lasted about 40 seconds. The infants' faces were videotaped to see where their eyes were directed. Each infant saw six trials, and the ASL stories and mime sequences were randomly switched between the monitor...Depressed people more likely to develop Parkinson's
...ver a 15-year period. Those 1,358 people were then matched with people in the registry born in the same year but never diagnosed with depression, which amounted to 67,570 people. Both groups were followed for up to 25 years to determine how many people developed Parkinson's over the years. Nineteen of the de...Value of community treatment orders in doubt
Researchers matched 228 psychiatric patients placed on a community treatment order with an equal number of control patients not placed on an order, to predict subsequent use of health services. One year later, hospital admissions and bed days decreased for all patients....Research explains possible origin of Parkinson's tremors
...ng a synchronized pattern that matched the timing of Parkinson's tremors." The finding, reported in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, could help solve a long-standing mystery in the medical commu...More preventive tuberculosis treatment should reduce cases in non-US-born
... When the DNA fingerprint of a bacterial culture matched the fingerprint of one or more other cultures, the researchers surmised that the bacterial strain was one that was spreading among people in the New York area. When the DNA fingerprint was unique, the strain that was likely causing the disease was do...Continued disruption of movement among alcoholics despite abstinence
...uture research include women who were more closely matched with the men in terms of their alcohol consumption. Another potential area of future research, said Martin, is whether or not the subtle neurological abnormalities that many alcoholics have are a consequence of alcoholism or were present before they ...Statin drugs may increase risk of peripheral neuropathy
...y, Denmark, over a five-year period. Each case was matched to 25 people of the same age and sex with no neuropathy as a control group. The use of statins was then determined for each group. They identified 166 cases of first-time neuropathy with no known cause. Of those, 35 had a definite diagnosis, 54 were ...Foods rich in folate may reduce risk of stroke
...lable in the first database, but researchers later matched the recorded foods and portions to foods listed in a database to estimate the amount of folate ingested by patients in a 24-hour period. According to the study, follow-up data were collected between 1982 and 1984, and in 1986, 1987, and 1992. Each ...Heavy drinkers bear the heavy burden of bleeding stroke
... had not had a stroke. Patients and controls were matched by gender, race and approximate age. ICH takes two forms: Lobar strokes occur deep in the brain and nonlobar strokes affect the lobes, where thinking and cognition take place.Woo and his colleagues found the risk factors for each type were different...Electricity can pump medicine in implanted medical devices
... sizes," said Hansford. The computer model closely matched results from the iMEDD experiments, in which engineers were able to flush nearly 0.5 nanoliters of saline per minute through a channel only seven nanometers wide. In a 20-nanometer channel, ...Male/female health differences during life's final season
...d explains that the study is the first to employ a matched sample of older brother/sister twin pairs to exami...that of three years ago? Gold notes that having a matched sample of older, brother/sister twin pairs enabled the researchers to reduce the effects of gender d......"control" articles published in the usual way were matched to the case articles according to journal, topic a... for the control articles. However, in 5 of the 12 matched pairs the control article had a higher mean score than the case article across all the dimensions. T...Physics tip sheet #9 April 17, 2002
...n frequency. Previous experiments had photons that matched perfectly in time rather than frequency. Frequency matching can be used to make more precise position measurements and for better clock synchronization. Journal article: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/e183602 2) The attosecond camera (Two pa...Psychologists hunt for new ways to detect precursors to Alzheimer's Disease
...tom-free for several years after testing, became a matched control group. The researchers looked for whether either group had been markedly stronger on some neuropsychological tests than others, even when free of overt signs and symptoms -- possibly reflecting how Alzheimers creeps up on the brain, damagi...Tests reveal subtle signs of Alzheimer's before clinical symptoms appear
...ained symptom-free for several years, serving as a matched control group. When the team compared the data from the cognitive performance tests, they observed significantly greater discrepancies in the cognitive skills of the pre-AD group than in the control group, according to the studys lead author, Mark ...New minimally invasive surgical procedure for arthritis may delay knee replacement surgery
...od to have different treatment options that can be matched more specifically to the individual patient. The UniSpacer was cleared for use in the United States in January 2001 and is available only through specially trained surgeons. More information about the UniSpacer, as well as a surgeon locator, can be f...Behavior management programs help seniors with chronic illnesses sleep better
...pleted three in home assessments at intervals that matched to treatment groups and offered HART intervention at the end of the six months. Seniors with chronic illnesses (such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels etc.) have higher rates of insomni...Childhood sexual abuse proves top predictor for HIV infection in women
...half was HIV-positive. Each HIV-positive woman was matched with an HIV-negative partner of similar ethnicity, age, and marital and socioeconomic status. Over two years, the researchers interviewed each woman in person every six months about her sexual behavior and disease management and tested her for new se...