The brain science behind 'A beautiful mind'
...beginning of a new era in which we will be able to pose and explore economic and decision-making questions with empirical data from brain measurements. These new measurements will give us insights from the biological perspective that will improve both the explanatory and predictive of existing economic ap...Optics meeting tips: Internal fingerprints, no cell left behind, 3-D reality
...enses of our eyes up close. But this unnatural eye pose is tiring and gives people headaches. It's easier and more natural for our eyes to focus at the same place that we're pointing them. Brian Schowengerdt at the University of Washington's Human Interface Technology Laboratory has a new 3-D display, ca...National Academies news: Communication Awards winners announced
...gether outstanding researchers from many fields to pose new questions and share ideas for cross-disciplinary projects. The award recipients will be honored during the FUTURES INITIATIVE conference on "Designing Nanostructures." Leading scientists, engineers, and medical researchers that specialize in nan...Call for national collaboration on medical education research
...arch designs such as the randomized clinical trial pose additional challenges for a medical school curriculum, with its strict accreditation requirements. "In clinical medicine, one of most powerful ways to compare two different treatments which you think are comparable is to assign half the patient subj...UCI center finds perchlorate may be acceptable in drinking water at higher levels
...contaminant perchlorate in drinking water seems to pose no additional risks to healthy people, according to a recent report issued by the UC Irvine Urban Water Research Center. The center reached this conclusion following a broad review of existing research on the rocket fuel manufacturing byproduct. Prod...Jefferson researchers announce recommendations on when to test blood pressure in young children
...scents can be substantial. If left untreated, they pose a growing public health challenge," said Bonita Falkner, M.D., professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, who chaired the national committee to develop the guidelines. "We want to...$5 million NIH contract to fund development of pediatric heart assist device
... cells may rupture. Pediatric heart assist devices pose even more complex problems. Due to the smaller size of the blood pump, blood flow in the smaller version is completely different than in the larger adult heart devices. "Making these pumps smaller is not just a matter of shrinking everything. We rea...Iressa news backgrounder: Testing of smart drug expands at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
...that Iressa, and similar other targeted therapies, pose - what are the cancers that may best respond, and which patients will benefit? M. D. Anderson researchers have been at the forefront of testing Iressa, as well as a slew of other experimental drugs that target critical cancer cell pathways. They...Institute of Medicine Advisory: April 1 public briefing on safety of dietary supplements
... a way to identify supplement ingredients that may pose risks, prioritize them based on their level of potential risk, and evaluate them for safety. The report categorizes different kinds of data that FDA can use to assess safety and offers guidelines for determining the significance of the evidence avai...Unethical promotion of medicines is rife in India
.... Such combinations are often irrational, and some pose danger, he says. It is easy to find fault with policies adopted decades ago. Nevertheless, the government has failed in its duty of preventing unethical promotion that has already resulted in misery, illness, and death, he concludes....Australian 'mud football' game sickens players
...o lack of rain. (Mud produced by rainfall does not pose the same health risk as prepared mud.) Participants not only played in the mud, but most also took baths in the river afterwards. Cuts and scrapes from gravel and field stubble became infected with A. hydrophila, causing pus-filled lesions to develop...Acrylamide in food: Unraveling exposure and risk
...ch foods carry the highest levels? Does acrylamide pose a significant cancer risk? At the 227 th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, the ACS Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry will host many presentations that address these questions and more, during a three-day symposium "Chemis...Environmental and dietary influences on cancer risk
...ggests that even small exposures to the pollutants pose some risk to the fetus and supports preventive policies to limit exposures of pregnant women and children," said Frederica P. Perera, Dr.P.H., professor of public health and director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the M...Emerging threats in health and medicine
...and heart disease, which occur more frequently and pose equally significant challenges to our society. As new diseases continue to emerge, our public health infrastructure must be ready to respond to these new threats. State-of-the-art technology and highly skilled professionals need to be in place to pro...Impaired sense of smell increases risk for certain hazards
... are potentially life-threatening and collectively pose a significant public health risk. As patients with olfactory dysfunction will often seek evaluation by an otolaryngologist [physician who specializes in treatment of ear, nose and throat disorders], otolaryngologists must be capable not only of diag...Alcohol-related emergency department visits higher than previously thought
...the article, alcohol-related diseases and injuries pose a significant burden on hospital emergency departments (EDs). Because patients often fail to disclose their drinking habits to physicians, and ED physicians sometimes fail to identify signs of alcohol abuse, the number of alcohol-related ED visits m...New technology facilitates adherence for patients
...ills or aerosols are delivered; however, all three pose inherent problems for drug delivery, according to Dr. Langer. "We are, however, finding ways around these hurdles," he said. "The difficulty with the gut is that digestive acids and enzymes break down drugs before they reach their targets; also, it ...Kidney transplant patients who develop diabetes show poor short-term outcomes
...enter study. "Because patients with diabetes often pose many medical challenges due to the complications of the disease, it was surprising to see that these patients who'd been dealing with diabetes for years, ended up better off than the patients who only developed diabetes after their transplants," said...Vaccine development against influenza A (h5n1) virus 'should be made a priority'
...lleagues suggest that some avian influenza viruses pose a substantial threat to human health, and after the re-emergence of H5N1 disease in humans, the authors draw our attention to the need to develop a vaccine against the virus. In a Commentary (p 582), Maria Zambon (Health Protection Agency, UK) sta......atically predict how they might change, spread and pose new risks to human health. The approach, developed by researchers from Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, could become enormously valuable to agencies that are trying to understand what a disease might do, how it...