Study adds to knowledge of what it takes to stand up, walk
...from a seated to standing position causes blood to pool in the legs. In most people, the body compensates for this drop in blood pressure by releasing norepinephrine, which triggers vasoconstriction, or blood vessel narrowing. Vasoconstriction revs up the pressure in the vessels and maintains adequate blo...Trust mergers have negative effect on NHS services
...e some benefits including the creation of a larger pool of professional staff, improvements in staff training, the unification of previously fragmented services and the cross-fertilisation of ideas....Dooley and Gardner named Hartford Doctoral Fellows in geriatric social work
...to ensure that the country will have the necessary pool of trained and skilled geriatric social workers by recruiting, sustaining, and training a cadre of talented doctoral students who will become tomorrow's social work faculty. The GSA administers the Hartford Doctoral Fellows program. James Lubben, Pro...Medication effective in treating children with autism
... "This study network enabled five universities to pool their resources and locate a large number of children with the same conditions and carry out a protocol in a uniform way," said Aman, a professor of psychology and psychiatry in Ohio State's Nisonger Center for Mental Retardation and Developmental Di...Leading anti-cancer factions strengthen bonds
...able knowledge resources. The challenge will be to pool these resources and establish a system to better equip us to meet the new challenges", concluded Stener Kvinnsland....Jefferson Lab/Hampton University partnership results in new medical instrumentation center
...n University, the Lab, and EVMS to staff CAMI. "We pool expertise in one place and we get the word out," she says. "The idea is to become an international resource for medical physics and to invite physicians, companies and patient advocacy groups to partner with us." Groundbreaking for a new CAMI resear...Two drugs are better than one to prevent return of atrial fibrillation
...ting effectively. Blood that isn't pumped out may pool and clot. If a piece of clot leaves the heart and lodges in an artery to the brain, a stroke results. Irbesartan is in a class of drugs called angiotensin II antagonists, or blockers. They are used to treat several cardiovascular disorders such as...Beta-blockers after heart surgery show double benefits
...ood isn't pumped completely out of them, so it may pool and clot. If a piece of a clot leaves the heart and lodges in an artery leading to the brain, a stroke results. "Postoperative AF occurs in 25 percent to 40 percent of patients. Many studies have evaluated ways to decrease AF, however, none of the...Columbia dental students chosen for three out of nine NIH summer fellowships in national competition
...stigious national competition--out of an applicant pool that represents over 50 dental schools from across the United States--is an extraordinary achievement on the part of our students and our school," said Dr. Ira Lamster, dean of the School of Dental and Oral Surgery. "It not only reflects the caliber ...Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons professor named 2002 Guggenheim Fellow
...f narrative medicine, was chosen from an applicant pool of 2,800 to receive one of only 184 Guggenheim fellowships. The results of the annual competition were announced April 10 by Guggenheim Memorial Foundation president Joel Conarroe. Dr. Charon, a 1978 graduate of Harvard Me...New breast cancer therapy trials show dramatic results
... energy warms their breasts, which lie in a sunken pool of water. The heat triggers the chemotherapy they ... particles -- such as liposomes -- to leak out and pool into the tumor's interstitial spaces." Second, heat increases the rate of a drug's uptake into the ...Outstanding scholars set to improve geriatric social work in U.S.
...to ensure that the country will have the necessary pool of trained and skilled geriatric social workers by creating faculty leaders specialized in geriatric research and teaching. The Faculty Scholars Program is a major step toward increasing the visibility and desirability of geriatric social work so as ...Post-genomic technique provides real-time, multiscale look at protein life cycles in living cells
...esearchers were able to identify the ReAsH-labeled pool at the electron microscope in cells which had been stopped, using a chemical reaction called photo-oxidation. Theoretically, this technique could be applied to any protein and would allow scientists to follow the dynamics of assembly and disassembly ......ted using standard telephone survey techniques. A pool of eligible applicants for the survey was generated through a consumer survey in which respondents indicated that a member of their immediate family had cancer. Calls were subsequently made to talk with the individual with cancer. Patients respon...Individual neurons reveal complexity of memory within the brain
...given time. The electrodes pick up discharges of a pool of neurons that are then separated into activity of individual neurons based on the shape of their individual discharges. The latest study was able to identify the behavior of 105 neurons at 57 sites in 26 patients; before, Ojemann says, his teams la...UNC to share in $34 million study of what happens to cancer patients
...cal information about what happens to patients and pool the data to make it more useful, he said. They also will pursue special projects of their own design. At the UNC site, researchers also will look specifically at "functional health literacy" how peoples literacy affects their health. "Our hypothesi...Public schools may face shortage of speech-language pathologists
... the reports recommendations is to create a common pool of bilingual speech and hearing specialists to serve as a resource for those who cannot speak English, she said Demand for speech and hearing services also is increasing because of the new emphasis on early intervention with children, Fraher said. E...Enzyme could provide continual fat burning
...g carbon chain component of fatty acids. The other pool associated with ACC2 regulates the transfer of fatty acids to the mitochondria, the cells powerhouse. Without AAC2, fat burns continuously in the mitochondria. ACC2 was identified in Wakils laboratory in 1989 where researchers sequenced its DNA and ...Brain's efforts to save itself during Alzheimer's may backfire
... were required to recall visual cues in a swimming pool to remember the location of an escape platform. The mice with excess galanin had trouble remembering where the platform had been located. This is the same sort of effect seen in Alzheimers patients, Crawley said; its because of this problem with reme......atment, as well as epidemiological information, to pool in an international database. A yearly symposium the first one this July in Baltimore will help members share findings. Transverse myelitis is an inflammation of the spinal cord that causes damage and ongoing disease. While rare, TM can be trigger...