Yale study reinforces theory that babies count
...controlled," Wynn said in the study published this month in the journal Cognition. "This suggests both that infants can represent number per se, and that their grasp of number is not limited to the domain of objects." To substantiate her theory that infants are capable of distinguishing between different n...Number of teens --primarily boys -- having sex declined in '90s
... because a boyfriend can be like the flavor of the month rather than going with a guy for two years. "A girl today might be called a 'slut' because she had sex outside a relationship, not because of the number of partners she had. Boys have to conform to this social context. A boy can't play around and ...Long-term safety data on Xalatan presented
...IOP was measured regularly every four months until month 48, and then every six months. Increased iris pigmentation was reported during the study - an effect which is seen with all ophthalmic prostaglandin OAG therapies - particularly in patients with green-brown, yellow-brown or blue-grey/brown irides. ...Insulin pump effective for infants, children
...njections, the children averaged 0.52 episodes per month of severe hypoglycemia. After initiation of pump therapy, the frequency of these episodes declined to 0.09 per month." The frequency of physician or emergency room visits remained the same before and during the use of the insulin pump. The frequency ...USAID-supported research leads to new formula of ORS that will save millions of lives
... five developing countries among children from one month to two years old with acute diarrhea and dehydration. Its findings suggest that using the low-sodium, low-glucose ORS formulation reduces the need for intravenous fluids by 33 percent. The effect of this reduction could result in fewer children re...Study by UBs RIA confirms link between alcohol consumption, work absence
...viduals, the average number of days absent for the month was 2.5. The average number of days of alcohol use for the four-week period was 7.1. Of the 280 participants, 235, or 84 percent, reported drinking alcohol on at least one occasion during the previous month. Of those who drank, the average number of ...Whitewater death inspires students to create safer helmet
... enthusiasts. The year-long project concluded this month when Cordeiro and Lee unveiled a prototype helmet and subjected it to several tests designed to replicate whitewater conditions. The undergraduates attached the helmet to a dummy head, marked its position, then blasted it with a high-pressure fire ho...Atlanta researchers to launch clinical trial of progesterone for treatment of brain injury
...ctioning on discharge from the hospital and at one month following injury. Neither the patients, their families, the doctors or nurses treating them, nor the study team will know who received progesterone and who did not until the end of study. When progesterone is administered to men, it temporarily sup...New drug regimen shows clear benefit for treating advanced colorectal cancer
... a system by which up to 300 eligible patients per month will be randomly selected for the TRC through a lottery. Designed in consultation with patient advocates, a lottery system is considered the fairest way to distribute drugs with limited availability. However, clinicians should be aware that other f...Jefferson researchers show angiostatin is safe when given with radiation for advanced cancer
... Jefferson team previously presented evidence last month at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in San Francisco showing Angiostatin enhances the effects of radiation and "delays tumor regrowth" in the laboratory. They have seen little evidence to date of toxicity from the drug. "We think ...Effexor (R) XR achieved long-term remission in 67 percent of recurring depression patients
... at each monthly observation point after the first month of treatment. At the end of 12 months, significantly more patients who received Effexor XR, 67 percent, maintained remission after a year of therapy, compared to 46 percent who received placebo, p <0.01. More than 19 million Americans each ye...'I think I can' helps shed pounds after giving birth
... University Ask the Nutrition Expert web page this month at http://www.cce.cornell.edu/food/ . The researchers also found that the more positive feelings a woman has about motherhood, the more likely she is to exercise frequently after giving birth. Women in the study who restricted their food intake aft...New data show fast and significant weight loss with Xenical sustained over time
...ld usage of Xenical in clinical practice. 1 The 12 month study of 430 overweight men and women (BMI of 30-4... of four people achieved 5 per cent weight loss by month three, losing an average of 8kg By month 6, 92 per cent of these people had maintained at least 5 p...Use of tampons and sexual activity protect women against endometriosis
...l tissue grows only in the uterus and is shed each month during menstruation. Women with endometriosis have endometrial tissue growing in the Fallopian tubes, ovaries, and other sites within the pelvis, or in rare cases, outside of the pelvic area. It is found in women who are childless or who have childre...Despite resources, at-risk infants in US fare no better, researchers find
... survival rates for low birth weight babies at one month or one year of age. Their study, published in the ... of Pediatrics, adds to the concerns reported last month in the New England Journal of Medicine by another Dartmouth team that more neonatal intensive care r...Acute stress disorder is common among children and parents following pediatric traffic injury
...toms and reactions that may occur within the first month after a traumatic experience. ASD symptoms include...acute stress symptoms were common within the first month after injury. Among injured children and their parents, more than four-fifths experienced at least o...U-M artificial lung showing promise, as need grows
...e, and a majority saying that animal trials of one month or less, in a few dozen animals, would be sufficient as final pre-clinical testing. The respondents overwhelmingly said that patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a mysterious and deadly scarring of the lungs with no known cause, would be the...Intensification therapy studied in head and neck cancer
...ated surgically. All enrolled in a 2 and one-half month treatment plan consisting of chemotherapy (cisplat...t-operatively. Further radiotherapy was added one month post-operatively for an additional 4 to 5 weeks. We are going after these advanced cancers very aggr...Cardiac differences in infants born to HIV-positive mothers may persist
... born to HIV-negative mothers, starting at about 1 month of age. Throughout the study, HIV-infected children's heart rates were, on average, 13 beats per minute faster than healthy children of healthy mothers; heart rates of the uninfected children averaged only 3 beats per minute faster."The P2C2 study sh...Simple questions may help predict death risk for heart patients
...th. However, filling out this questionnaire every month or every three months is a very cost-effective way...na was rated as minimal, occuring less than once a month or not at all. People rating their angina as moderate, meaning several times a week to every day, w...