Sleeping Through the Night: Children's sleep expert advises parents
...gh the Night (HarperResource; March 2005; $14.95), pinpoints causes of sleep problems and offers parents advice on how to create good sleep habits for their child. "A sleepless child affects the entire family. Parents are usually at their wits' end by the time they seek advice," says Mindell. "Sleeping Throu...Serum sodium level is a major predictor of a poor prognosis for heart failure patients
...ege of Cardiology's Scientific Sessions in Orlando pinpoints a major marker of a poor prognosis for heart failure, hyponatremia, or a lower than normal concentration of serum or blood sodium. Researchers found that hyponatremia, which is found in almost a quarter of patients with severe heart failure, doubled...Jefferson Lab medical imager spots breast cancer
...ey're absorbed by cancerous tumors. The PEM device pinpoints tumors in the breast by detecting the location of FDG uptake. "By detecting areas that have increased glucose metabolism, you can often distinguish a cancer between normal surrounding tissue, which in general has low uptake of FDG," Dr. Rosen says. ...U.Va. Health System adds new cancer treatment center
...erent directions, the TomoTherapy System precisely pinpoints the tumor and delivers radiation from 360 degrees. "This reduces high-dose exposure of healthy tissue to radiation and could reduce the side effects for our patients," said Dr. Maria Kelly, chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology at U....Barbed sutures, wrinkle fillers give patients more innovative, non-surgical options
...is laser uses light to heat and remove microscopic pinpoints of skin, promoting a more effective result and faster recovery. This new laser treatment may replace deep chemical peels and laser skin resurfacing, which often leave the skin raw and take more than a week to heal. ThermaCool offers pati...New imaging technique may help reduce risk of heart attacks, strokes
...herever MPO levels are elevated. The signal, then, pinpoints plaque that is most likely to rupture. Another imaging group is lighting up white blood cells in plaques using iron particles, notes Chen. However, our proposed method is more specific because we target an enzyme that is secreted only in abundance in...Patients recovering from depression with talk therapy show a 'distinct' pattern of brain changes
...ion tomography (PET) -- multi-colored imaging that pinpoints where maximum changes in brain metabolism occur -- Dr. Mayberg's team, led by CBT expert Zindel Segal, PhD, and graduate student Kimberly Goldapple, generated a detailed picture of what this self-correction looks like. CBT has theoretically been cons...JCI table of contents, 1 August 2003
...codes melanophilin. This spectrum of GS conditions pinpoints the distinct molecular pathways used by melanocytes, neurons, and immune cells in secretory granule exocytosis. TITLE: Griscelli syndrome restricted to hypopigmentation results from a melanophilin defect (GS3) or a MYO5A F-exon deletion (GS1) AUTHOR ...Carcinogen in cigarettes causes mutation linked to lung cancer
...g technique that Dr. Tang pioneered. The technique pinpoints the exact sites on DNA where damage occurs due to environmental carcinogens. Dr. Tang and colleagues from NYU and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, introduced the carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene diol expoxide (BPDE), a known cancer-causing che...UCSD team identifies potential role of CRP in development of antherosclerosis
...f Sept. 9, 2002, the study by the UCSD researchers pinpoints how CRP attaches itself to oxidized LDL, the so-called "bad cholesterol" that accumulates in the artery wall and generates atherosclerotic plaques. LDL is the major cholesterol carrying particles. When they enter the artery wall from the circulatio...When moms smoke, certain kids are more vulnerable
... that may persist into young adulthood. This study pinpoints for the first time a group of children who appear genetically susceptible to the effects of smoke from their very beginnings. "The study illustrates that experiences during the period in the womb are very important for long term health, especially am...Researchers find gene that causes leukemia in children with Down syndrome
...er has come from disorders like this. Our finding pinpoints a specific pathway that leads to this kind of cancer, offers a method for rapid and precise diagnosis, and suggests more focused ways to treat this disease." Unlike most studies, which begin with a disease then search for the genetic trigger, this on...Medical physicist treats spinal tumors faster with new procedure
...sity-modulated spinal radiosurgery, this technique pinpoints a tumor's location to deliver a powerful dose of radiation that avoids healthy areas of the spinal cord, kidneys, and lungs. This research was presented last month at the annual meeting of the American Association for Physicists in Medicine in Montr...Road skills hint at 'motion blindness' of Alzheimer's
... ability to see and respond to useful information, pinpoints potentially dangerous drivers very well. The emotionally charged tussle over when a patient should stop driving takes up hours of Duffys time with patients and families every week. The American Academy of Neurology advises doctors to tell all patien...Lifetime Risks And Costs Of Heart Disease Much Higher For Obese
...otal over $50 billion, this isthe first study that pinpoints the expected lifetime costs of obesity from theperspective of an individual person, says Thompson. The study also reported that individuals who are obese are likely to live agreater portion of their lives with heart disease. The expected number of y...