Researchers report early success using saliva to detect oral cancer
...luid and processed much faster for a comprehensive picture of which mRNAs are present in a given tissue or bodily fluid and at which levels. "What really interested us was the idea that mRNA analyses could be performed in a bodily fluid as easily obtained as saliva," said St. John. "If correct, a salivary te...Stanford study shows hypnosis helps kids undergoing difficult procedure
...st could take her anywhere she wanted to go and to picture doing her favorite things in that place. "So I pictured myself ice-skating in Hawaii," she said, "and swimming and snorkeling." After practicing self-hypnosis at home with her mother's help during the ensuing week, Hannah said the examination went mu...More precise radiation therapy lets prostate cancer patients avoid erectile dysfunction
... using MRI in addition to CT scans to get a better picture of the whole prostate, found the distance between the prostate and the penile bulb ranged from 0.5 cm to 2.0 cm. "We condemned one of the common tricks people try to use. By assuming an average distance of 1.5 cm between the prostate and the penile b...Information fusion research simulates disasters to manage emergency response
... "Responders immediately begin knitting together a picture that makes sense of what is happening based on the flow of reports they receive from the field," said Peter Scott, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science and engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and principal inves...The Lancet calls for the creation of a world institute for risk evaluation
...determine human risks has arisen. Gaining a total picture of the risks facing populations, be that economic, geopolitical, societal or environmental, will allow governments to formulate domestic and foreign policies. But there is currently no existing institution that can deliver this approach. The UN has ...Doctor report cards not always clear when comparing quality of care
...t treat enough patients won't give you an accurate picture of how the physician is performing." The researchers analyzed surveys collected from 2,515 asthmatic patients from 20 California-based physician groups from 1998-1999. Doctors were assessed based on six quality indicators, as reported by their patien...Genes in the interferon system important in SLE
...l of interest in the pharmaceutical industry. This picture has now been further reinforced by new findings - the result of multidisciplinary and international collaboration involving world experts on the interferon system, immunology, and the disease SLE, combined with world leaders in the technology for lar......ly. By its subtle east-west comparisons Swarm will picture the magnetic field of the crust with unprecedented...tions in the strength of gravity already provide a picture of the hot core, the rocky mantle that surrounds it, and the ever-active crust. But the picture is n...Climate change and the future of air travel
...ir travel. The team are investigating whether the picture would change if they were. The reason is that short-haul flights seldom reach the altitude where contrails form and this might make them overall more environmentally friendly than high-flying long-haul flights. As well as the seasonal variation in a...Views from space help oil prospectors see deep underground
...g of these sensor data creates a three-dimensional picture of the underlying geology of the survey area. "The modern vibroseis technique has spatial resolution sufficient not just to identify oil and gas reservoirs, but also to show internal details such as their fracture geometry," Laake adds. "This is ...More homeless mentally ill than expected according to UCSD study: Interventions urged
...ies to document and describe the other side of the picture the number of mentally ill who are homeless. "Homelessness is more common in patients with serious mental illness than I would have guessed," said the study's first author, David Folsom, M.D., co-director of the UCSD Combined Family Medicine-Psyc...Older people get the big picture faster, and they are less inhibited
...appear to be better and faster at grasping the big picture than their younger counterparts. "Going into the study, we knew that ageing changes the way people see the world," says Allison Sekuler, one of the senior authors and a Canada Research Chair at McMaster. "But these results are an unusual twist on th...Risk factors affect parents' attitudes about STD vaccinations
...e scenarios mixed the variables to present a clear picture of preferences and concerns about STD vaccination. Parents expressed little difference in their willingness to accept a vaccine whether it was for an STD or an infection that is not sexually transmitted. However, parents showed a preference i...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
... exactly the same way as happens when you keep the picture large but make it blurry. That is why when witness...something from 120 feet, for example, I can take a picture and know precisely how much to blur it to match that distance." Loftus' formula for how much detail...Drugs aid weight loss among type 2 diabetes patients
... how weight loss drugs should fit into the overall picture of type 2 diabetes care. "For example, if weight loss can be demonstrated with drugs in the short term, pharmacotherapy may be combined with behavioral interventions for long-term weight control," Norris says. The review appears in the latest issue o...Brain-scanning technologies need standards, according to Stanford researcher
...heir health. But these advertisements paint a rosy picture of what the scans can detect without hinting at the technology's limitations and risks. "People are capable of being very savvy consumers of medical technology, but the information has to be available to them to allow them to be savvy," Illes said. S...Use of cell phone images appears feasible for visualizing leg wounds
...overing the lower leg and the ulcer and a close-up picture covering the leg ulcer with surrounding skin. The images, taken under normal lighting conditions, were immediately transmitted (via the mobile telephone) to the e-mail accounts of two physicians who then made the remote diagnoses. "We considered the ...Researchers model brain's electrical storm during a seizure
...uring a seizure could potentially provide a fuller picture of how and why electrical signals misfire. "This model could provide insight into the pathophysiology of the spread of a seizure," said Kirsch. "Further down the line, this could also help us model the impact of medications and other interventions, ...Major review of subway systems suggests potential for significant health and safety hazards
...ehensive review of the data gives us the first big picture into the health of our transportation system, without further appropriate risk assessment studies, we cannot adequately determine the factors and health effects of potential hazards," and "most importantly, the steps that are needed to reduce this ri......lege-age males appeared on the computer screen. A picture of a gun or a neutral object, e.g. wallet or cell ... of their faces. The computer randomly selected a picture to display on the screen until the participants chose to shoot, chose not to shoot, or time ran out....