Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...e with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Investigators measured the ability of 13 patients with moderate to severe... following spinal cord injury (SCI). Investigators measured the tibia- bending stiffness in 175 able bodied men without known orthopaedic or neurological impair...Orchestra pit no danger to hearing
...fell below acceptable 85 dBA (noise exposure level measured in decibels dB, corrected to the frequency response of the human ear A) for an eight-hour day recommended by institutions such as the U.S. National Institute of Safety and Health, the International Standard Organization (ISO) and also included in t...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
... 16 young men who were habitual spit tobacco users measured their responses 30 minutes after dipping snuff. Th... to using spit tobacco, that any responses that we measured would be blunted. This makes the degree of increases even more noteworthy." Robert Wolk, M.D., Ph.D...Study finds direct association between cardiovascular disease and periodontal bacteria
...ogression of atherosclerosis (heart disease). They measured both diseased and healthy sites for the presence of 11 oral bacteria--four widely regarded to be involved in causing periodontal disease, and the other seven serving as controls. Then, for evaluation of their cardiovascular health, the participants r...Cornea transplants can be improved
...rnea and keep the cornea clear.) When researchers measured the image quality and density of endothelial cells in the cornea, they were performing the same type of assessment that eye banks perform to ascertain whether a cornea is healthy enough for a transplant. "Our results found that, over all, the current...Two years after gene therapy treatments, severe angina patients showed prolonged clinical benefit
..., 2005), demonstrate prolonged clinical benefit as measured by improvement of patients' angina two years following treatment (p www.blackwellpublishing.com/joic . Corautus' technology is currently being tested in a randomized, double-blinded, dose-ranging and placebo-controlled Phase IIb clinical trial know...Cigarette smoke worsens respiratory infections in infants
...astro and colleagues looked at medical records and measured the children's oxygen saturation levels during RSV... on the severity of RSV infection. The researchers measured levels of dog and cat allergen, two types of dust mites and cockroach allergen, all of which have be...Laughter helps blood vessels function better
...ssure cuff and released. An ultrasound device then measured how well the blood vessel responded to the sudden increase in flow. Volunteers watched a 15-minute segment of the movie while lying down in a temperature-controlled room. After the movie was shown, the brachial artery was constricted for five min...Study: Two brain systems regulate how we call for help
... to recruit others for social support. Researchers measured the frequency with which each monkey called out, and then scanned each animal's brain with a special animal PET (positron emission tomography) scanner at UW-Madison's Waisman Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior. The high-resolution s...Serum sodium level is a major predictor of a poor prognosis for heart failure patients
...ospital discharge. Serum sodium levels are easily measured through routine blood tests. "Even a minor decrease in a person's serum sodium level levels that are now dismissed by physicians had a major impact on mortality of heart failure patients," says Mihai Gheorghiade, MD, associate chief, Division of Ca...Curious female rats survive tumors longer
...an years. The same rats' stress hormones were also measured after being placed briefly in a new tunnel.The cautious females had lower stress hormone responses than the curious ones. This finding in female rats is the opposite of the result Cavigelli saw in an earlier study with male rats.The males' stress hor...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
... low response to 450 milligrams of clopidogrel, as measured using a platelet-aggregation test. First, the participants received only clopidogrel, and platelet aggregation tests to confirm they had less than a 30 percent relative decrease in platelet aggregation. Then, two weeks later when the drug had entirel...Studies underscore genetic involvement in nicotine addiction & aggressive hostility
...neighbors on the same chromosome." The researchers measured genotypes dubbed AA, AC and CC. The "AA" genotype was associated with the highest levels of aggression, whereas the "CC" genotype was associated with lowest levels. Using another sample of 48 men, the authors also validated the distinction between...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
... Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior. Dalton measured eye movements in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a sophisticated technology that allows researchers to "see" a brain in action. Notably, the UW-Madison study overturns the existing notion that autistic children struggle to process ...Study examines racial differences among children to environmental tobacco smoke exposure
...vironmental Health. Dr. Wilson and his colleagues measured cotinine in the blood and hair of 222 children with asthma. Cotinine is considered the best marker of environmental tobacco smoke exposure. The investigators also assessed exposure to environmental tobacco smoke using a validated survey. Surprisingl...Columbia study shows widely used artery clearing device does not help patients during heart attack
...or not they received the treatment. The study also measured the size of the heart attacks by measuring the uptake of a tracer in the heart, and found that there was no difference for patients who received distal protection. According to Dr. Stone, not using distal protection devices will reduce the cost of an...Patient knows best when it comes to ulcerative colitis, U-M study finds
...stool frequency and stool blood, which are already measured in the indices through survey questions. These findings suggest endoscopy is not a necessary component to determine disease activity and that less expensive, noninvasive indices may be reasonable alternatives for measuring disease activity for ulcera...Cartilage repair techniques shown to restore patient mobility and reduce pain
...erienced less pain. In both studies, results were measured by MRI to detect tissue repair and ADL (Activity of Daily Living) scores to assess knee function. The results of both studies provide scientific data that gives surgeons a tool for the first time that can predict a patient's outcome from either proce...Celecoxib safe for short-term use in patients with cirrhosis
...(RPF.) For the remaining patients, the researchers measured and monitored platelet and renal function, as well as the diuretic and natriuretic responses to furosemide. Celecoxib, like the placebo, did not inhibit platelet aggregation or thromboxane B2 synthesis, while naproxen did. Celecoxib also did not aff...Slow growth in infancy signals poor economic prospects in adulthood
...and, between 1934 and 1944. Their heights had been measured an average of eight times during the first year of life. The researchers linked these measurements to their educational levels and information on income and occupation, taken from the 1990 census. The analysis showed that boys who were taller between...