Research Offers New Tool In Fight Against Prostate Cancer
...er survival rate. PSA screening tests are used to measure the level of a prostate-specific antigenin the blood---which indicates the presence of prostate cancer. They also havebeen used to gauge patients' response to cancer therapy, but that applicationhas been controversial because opinions differ on its ...Study Shows Child Health Plus Eases Access, But Some Barriers Remain
...tion rates, used alone, are notnecessarily a valid measure of the effectiveness of state-fundedinsurance. "As more states begin to use federal block grants to implementtheir own insurance products for the poor we need to build inmethods to address these barriers," Pollard Shone said. Other researchers in the...Scientists Create Extremely Sensitive Test For Detecting Radiation Damage
...c injuries. "Potentially, this assay could measure clinically relevant damage fromionizing radiation even in a clinical situation," said Dr. Steven A. Leadon,professor of radiation oncology at the UNC-CH School of Medicine. "Before long,we also may be able to monitor the effects of irradiating tumors...Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...follow-up, with the clinical charts asan objective measure to back up the self-reports, is indicative that theparticipants' behavior is really changing over time," says co-author EllenStover, director of NIMH's Division of Mental Disorders, Behavorial Research andAIDS. Even a one-year improvement in risky be...International Panel Evaluates Testing For Drug Resistance In HIV
Tests that measure whether the strains of HIV infecting a patient are...etic mutations, and phenotypic assaysthat directly measure whether a particular drug will kill a sample of the virusinfecting an individual patient. Each type ...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...l sensor that uses photons instead of electrons to measure high voltageson power lines. The most unique aspect of this technology is that the sensordoes not have to be in electrical contact to effect a measurement, but simplywithin the conductor's electric field, a key advantage over the largetransformers co...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...ior Inventory, a tool widely used byresearchers to measure behavioral disorders in children. In follow-up surveys atone, three and six months after treatment, parents assigned to the CD-ROM groupreported more than 60 percent fewer behavioral problems with their childrenwhile parents in the control group repo...Controlling Collagen Levels May Be Key To Fighting Organ Failure Caused By High Blood Pressure
...-inhibitors. Diez's study is the first to measure collagen using blood samplesinstead of the more in...rdiogram. Diez says the ability to easily measure collagen levels could lead todrugs that help prevent organ damage in people with high blood pressure...Researchers Begin Drug Trial In Hope Of Finding New Ways To Treat Acute Kidney Failure
...is, a sometimes painful and always costly stop-gap measure that is nota cure, or kidney transplant. Dr. Robert Star, a UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researcher,has been awarded $40,000 per year for the next three years to study a drug thathas reversed the onset of acute kidney failure in ...Study Captures Images Of Memories Being Formed Within The Human Brain
... Wagner and colleagues used event-related fMRI to measure small, butsignificant differences in brain activation as young adults completed variousverbal tasks. The experiments were structured to test whether participants aremore likely to remember tasks that require a deeper, more meaningful level ofconsider...Brain Regions Identified That Influence What We Remember Or Forget
...e said. "This may give us a newtool to objectively measure what is memorable for the brain, and that couldinform everything from curriculum development in schools to advertising."...Sunlight Poses Universal Cataract Risk
...e mounted on eyeglasses of over 250participants to measure the amount of UV-B light reaching their eyes. Then,using a "correction factor" model developed by the National Aeronautics andSpace Administration, the researchers estimated exposure to UV-B theparticipants got when they traveled to areas outside the...Study Shows Potential For Quelling AIDS Nerve Pain
...esearchers say. "For now," says McArthur, "wecan measure the damage and treat the symptoms." Currently, no existing treatment for HIV-related sensory neuropathystops its degenerative path. Therapy has been limited to treating the pain bycombining drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants, anti conv...Study Pinpoints Effectiveness Of Prostate Cancer Therapies To Patient Populations
...t two clinical sites. The researchers set out to measure the rate of disease-freesurvival for these patient...g (AJCC) T-stage. As background, PSA blood tests measure the level ofprstate-specific antigens in the blood: the results arereported as nanograms per millili...Elderly Patients May Be Undertreated For High Cholesterol, Wake Forest Doctor Says
...iograms, electrocardiograms, carotidultrasound (to measure atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries and i...ffect on blood supply to the brain), spirometry to measure lung function,fasting glucose levels to look for diabetes, and objective measures of loss ofmemory a...Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Leads To Lower Child IQ Scores, Language Skills
... expressive language. Receptive language tests measure speaking abilityand involve asking a child t...at is in a picture. Expressivelanguage tests measure comprehension by asking a child to answer questions. Children in the cocaine-exposed group, on...Comprehensive Effort Needed To Prevent And Treat Traumatic Injuries
...theimpact of managed care; and develop methods for measure the severity ofinjuries....Safe Water, Medicines, Insecticides Greatest Needs After Mitch
...ride, 5-gallon plastic water jugs, andequipment to measure residual chlorine. Dr. Prado emphasized that PAHO does notsupport indiscriminate sending of medicines, which can clog the supply deliverysystem. Without improvements in sanitary conditions, health problems most likely toinitially occur are diarrheal...New Drug Boosts The Power Of Traditional Cancer Therapies, UF Animal Studies Show
...als, further clinical testing would be required to measure the drug's effectiveness, to determine dosages and to compare its tumor-destruction results with standard treatments. Combretastatin, a small organic molecule found in the bark of the African bush willow tree Combretum caffrum, was identified a decad......evere depression(N=131) based on a clinician-rated measure of depression. The researchers noted significant clinical improvement by patients whoreceived either antidepressants or psychotherapy. Treatment type was unrelatedto rate of clinical improvement in those with a higher level of majordepress...