Cycled light promotes growth in pre-term infants
...ally for families, and the infants are at risk for multiple health and developmental problems. By creating an environment that may encourage growth, the Duke research suggests, these pre-term complications may be reduced. "Additional research will be needed to show the long-term impact of a cycled light envi......oclonal protein (M-protein) in their blood develop multiple myeloma, a fatal cancer of the bone marrow. This s... gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) to multiple myeloma or related cancers. The significance of this study is that it now enables physicians to iden...Duke researchers identify age at onset genes for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
...s and Parkinson's diseases -- of 449 families with multiple family members with Alzheimer's disease and 174 families with multiple family members with Parkinson's disease. The age of onset of Alzheimer's disease is generally consid...UT Southwestern researchers identify mechanisms by which cocaine elevates blood pressure
...re, if severe or persistent, can lead to damage of multiple vital organs such as the heart, brain and kidney. Approximately 25 million Americans have tried cocaine, and the drug is the most frequent cause of drug-related deaths reported by medical examiners. In 1999, cocaine use was cited in 30 percent of all...Eating breakfast may keep colds & flu at bay
...lcohol' says Professor Smith. 'Those who developed multiple illnesses had also endured more negative life events in the last 12 months' he adds. Both studies also showed that volunteers who were ill reported more negative mood, slower response times and more problems sustaining attention. The extent of t...NIAAA steps up search for brain mechanisms of alcohol abuse, alcoholism
...search knowledge from animal and human studies and multiple analytic approaches to understand the behavioral n...lves two principal scientific consortia comprising multiple leading research institutions across the United States. Each consortium will pursue three overarchin...New index developed by Yale researcher to assess the risk of mortality in an elderly population
...e elderly because they do not address the elderlys multiple chronic diseases and high burden of illness. Still other risk assessments were targeted for the elderly, but required extensive physicals or reviewing charts in great detail. "We wanted to come up with a system that is based on administrative data th...Second patient with multiple sclerosis undergoes groundbreaking surgery at Yale
New Haven, Conn. A 29-year-old man with multiple sclerosis is the second patient to undergo transpl...re an estimated 1.4 million persons worldwide with multiple sclerosis. The young man in the trial suffers from a relapsing form of multiple sclerosis, which Vol...Guidelines needed to prevent spread of infection in European hospitals
...e in mind, many doctors agree that spread of these multiple resistant bacteria should be prevented. On the other hand, a rigorous infection and control policy will result in extensive patient discomfort, increased workload for healthcare workers, and substantial extra costs for healthcare organisations. The a...American Academy of Neurology presents 54th Annual Meeting in Denver
...s disease, obesity and stroke, epilepsy, headache, multiple sclerosis, and many other topics of interest to neurologists and neuroscientists will be part of the 1,100 scientific studies presented as platform and poster sessions. Key science presentations will be presented at four plenary sessions. Among the ...Intensity modulated radiation therapy at Fox Chase Cancer Center
... every day during the radiation treatment. We use multiple tools each day of treatment in order to locate the prostate and spare any healthy surrounding tiss!ue undo exposure to radiation. And as the radiation technology is becoming more and more sophisticated, we are able to achieve that goal, says Pollack....Improving communications and support for doctors, patients and partners
...ive, patient-focused interventions. Patients have multiple ongoing psychosocial and physical needs after treatment, yet follow-up in a busy outpatient clinic does not provide the opportunity for comprehensive care and support. By contrast, patients who saw the specialist nurses were much more satisfied. The...MGH study finds herceptin has additional antitumor qualities
...er. The new data show that herceptin also targets multiple factors secreted by cancer cells which maintain th...ncer. "The beauty of this molecule is that it has multiple anti-angiogenic effects and so it acts like a cocktail of angiogenesis-blocking drugs," says Rakesh ...Doctors investigating one stop shop radiotherapy at time of surgery
...erapy is not available or because they cannot make multiple visits for treatment, may for the first time have the option of choosing conservative surgery that will preserve their breasts."...UCSD team reviews pituitary gland development, from a common primordium to distinct cell types
...of of the embryonic mouth into an organ comprising multiple distinct endocrine cell types, is described by two University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine researchers in a review published March 22, 2002 in the journal Science. M. Geoffrey Rosenfeld, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute inv...Breast cancer under threat from the new ethics say top cancer specialists
...ommissioners. "These threats to research come from multiple directions EU regulations on clinical trials, the revised Declaration of Helsinki, which is branding some legitimate clinical research unethical, and the activities of animal rights," said Professor Baum. On top of this the increasing bureaucracy of...Study confirms seasonal fluctuation in immunity-generating cells among MS patients
... healthy individuals) show seasonal fluctuation in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, and that the T-cells were at a high in the autumn months. The study is published in the April 9 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The finding that seasonal changes affect the im...College drinking problems and research solutions
...noted that alcohol research clearly indicates that multiple factors, from genetic and biological characteristi...the use of comprehensive, integrated programs with multiple complementary components to address the problem. "Prevention strategies must simultaneously target t...Medical microspheres provide precision-release drug delivery
... would be especially useful for drugs that require multiple daily injections and for vaccinations that require additional booster shots at timely intervals. Single-shot vaccinations could increase both patient comfort and compliance, Pack said. They would also dramatically reduce the number of injections re...A combination of targeted therapies may be needed to keep prostate cancer at bay
...und that the mice developed resistant tumors after multiple rounds of treatment with ZD1839. After the mice stopped responding to treatment with ZD1839, the investigators wanted to determine whether different targeted drugs would combat resistance. First, they gave the mice who had developed resistant tumor...