Deaf children who get cochlear implants earliest get the biggest language boost, large study finds
...ew study's result may clearly point to the risk of missing or delaying those milestones because of hearing impairment. The team is still looking at the long-term effects of cochlear implantation before the age of 2. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved implants for use in children as young as a...Wet combing is far more effective in detecting head lice than traditional scalp inspection
... being treated unnecessarily and infested children missing out on effective eradication treatment. The study, in this week's BMJ, suggests that despite the extra effort involved, wet combing is the gold standard for detecting head lice....Wet combing is far more effective in detecting head lice than traditional scalp inspection
... being treated unnecessarily and infested children missing out on effective eradication treatment. The study, in this week's BMJ, suggests that despite the extra effort involved, wet combing is the gold standard for detecting head lice....Hospital records may be distorting cancer statistics
...re finally identified - a 12% increase. Adding the missing cases to the register increased the level of cance...e overall survival in the Trent region because the missing cases tended to be older with a lower life expectancy, explain the authors. These findings, they say...Missing proteins in the uterus tied to infertility in women with endometriosis
... CHAPEL HILL, Friday, June 30, 2000 -- Proteins missing from cells lining the wombs of women with endometr...d no effect on the mice. "She had previously been missing beta3 but was successfully treated and had gotten it back before she conceived," Lessey added. "Many...Experimental drug reverses effects of Fabry disease in mice
... Shayman. "Other researchers tried to replace the missing enzyme, but we concentrated on blocking glycolipid...n the United States. Although caused by different missing enzymes, all seven diseases are characterized by accumulations of similar types of glycolipids in di...Map makers can avoid confusing the color blind
...is red/green, which has two forms. Some people are missing red receptor cones and others are missing green receptor cones. People with different forms of red/green color blindness have slight differenc...Synthetic rubber kills germs on contact
... exposing the rubber to bleach, which provides the missing chlorine atoms. Rubber formulas can be given enhanced disease-fighting power by adding more N-halamine groups to their structure, Worley says. Based on preliminary laboratory studies, the researcher believes that his rubber will kill microorg...Genetic test for melanoma developed at UCSF
...y found on one arm of chromosome 9, 63 percent are missing sections of chromosome 10, and 50 percent of tumo...extra DNA on chromosome 7. Cancer cells that are missing DNA have shut down certain genes on that chromosome and, similarly, extra DNA suggests that the mel...Chemist Percy Julian captures spirit of black history celebration scientist
...waved goodbye with a three-fingered hand - the two missing fingers had been severed as punishment for learning to read. Julian worked his way through DePauw by digging ditches and waiting tables at a fraternity and in 1920, he graduated at the top of his class with a Phi Beta Kappa key. Eager to earn an a...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
..."chutes," where large vertical swaths of trees are missing from a slope or chute-like clearings. * Although avalanches can occur on any slope given the right conditions, certain times of the year and certain locations are naturally more dangerous than others. Most avalanches "run" from December to Apr...Immune system protein may be critical in kidney disorders and other diseases
...ly as one week after themice were born. How could missing CD2AP have such a dramatic effect on the kidneys? To addressthis question, Shaw revisited a model concerning CD2AP's potential role in Tcells of the immune system. He developed this model with colleagues Mike L.Dustin, associate professor of patholog...U-M School of Public Health to direct national asthma program
...s,asthma is the number one reason why children are missing school. Because of thedisease, they are unable to participate in everyday physical activities, sotheir quality of life is compromised. There are no quick fixes for theseserious problems, but supporting children with asthma so that they remainhealth...UCSF finding could lead to a new class of painkillers
...sible danger, and the mice in which the enzyme was missing appeared normal, it may be possible, the researcher said, to develop PKC inhibitors that reduce pathologic pain without producing serious systemic side effects or interfering with normal pain responses. Co-authors of the UCSF study were Sachia G. Kha...Hormone linked to body weight may help regulate blood pressure
...us studies involving mice found that those who are missing the gene thatregulates leptin production become fat. When they are given leptin, they eatless and lose weight. But the situation is less clear-cut in humans. Obese people tend to have highleptin levels. Researchers believe these individuals may have ...Study suggests why estrogen not helpful against heart disease
... Cardiovascular Research blames the missing estrogen benefit on genetic changes caused by a process calledDNA methylation. Pascal Goldschmidt, professor of internal medicine andhead of Ohio Sta...New HIV drug intervention cheap and effective
...rd AZT and often do not get prenatal care, thereby missing their chance to begin treatment. To address the needs of developing countries, scientists have developed more feasible and less expensive "short-course" drug regimens that can be started late in pregnancy. All involve different doses and timing of a...12-year-old Oregon girl is first child to receive new bone growth material in her skull
...t we will eventually be able to use BMP to replace missing bonewherever it is needed," said Alan Seyfer, M.D....amics and artificial materials are used to replace missing or disfiguredbones....College men nearly as likely as women to report they are victims of unwanted sexual coercion
...trators. "Our participants told us we were missing the boat when it came tosexual coercion," said Mary Larimer, research assistant professor of psychologyand principal investigator on the new study, "so we revised the questionnaire tomake it gender neutral." The revised survey asked the st...