NYU researchers uncover the neurobiology of decision-making
...brains of macaque monkeys. Thesefindings raise the possibility that biological mechanisms which can account forth...n into 'sensory' and 'motor'areas but overlook the possibility that much of the brain must be devoted tosubjective evaluation and decision-making. Over the last 5...New computer model supports the importance of annual mammograms
...ction in breast cancer deaths. It also raised the possibility thateven more frequent screening could cut death rates even further - with twiceyearly screenings resulting in a death rate reduction as great as 80 percent. While the current data supplied to the model suggest that twice-yearly screeningmay be optim...Experimental peptides prevent diabetes and halt its progression
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...ave survived without these transplants -raises the possibility that other patients with blood-cell cancers and kidneyfailure may be successfully treated with the same approach." The researchers are particularly intrigued by the fact that, while the effect ofmixed chimerism - no conflict between the donor and r...Stress and social support linked to prostate cancer
...atively, prostate cancer. These findings raise the possibility that psychosocial factors promote prostatedisease through direct physiological pathways," said Arthur A. Stone, Ph.D., headof the study. Investigators at State University of New York at Stony Brook's medical schoolstudied 318 men who had been recruit...Lower death rate in Oregon hospitals linked to better care
Study raises the possibility of improved hospital care for heart failure inOregon Portland, Ore.-- A study by two Oregon Health Sciences University researchersfinds that the recent decrease in hospital mortality rates for Oregon heartfailure patients is likely due to improved...Breast milk only for first four months helps protect against asthma and atopy
... conclude that they cannot definitively reject the possibility that it is breast feeding itself that is of prime importance. They say that further studies are required to confirm the benefits that they have found and to better understand the mechanisms involved, but that public health interventions promoting an ......tions achieved in the respiratory tractis that the possibility of development of resistance to the drug is reduced.Other influenza anti-virals have been of limited clinical use because the viruscan often develop resistance to them rapidly. The efficacy of the drug against influenza B was demonstrated by a meta-a......ty, Dr. Frischling asked his cardiologistabout the possibility of TMR, which he'd read about in a medical journal. Hisdoctor agreed that he might be a good candidate for the procedure, since otheravenues to relieving his angina had been exhausted. Most TMR patients, like Dr.Frischling, are in their 60s and 70s, ...Raise eggs' vitamin D3 content sevenfold by adding more vitamin D to chicken feed
...ome people have in getting it into theirdiets, the possibility of producing vitamin D-enriched eggs is worthy ofconsideration," said Pirjo Mattila, Ph.D., senior researcher at the AgriculturalResearch Centre of Finland and the study's principal investigator. Vitamin D is crucial for normal bone formation and may...UF researchers show magnetic stimulation may be a safe alternative to shock therapy
...iggs said the majortheoretical risk of rTMS is the possibility of inducing a seizure in some patients, which researchers have foundways to minimize. Triggs said rTMS could someday be used as a treatment for other types ofneurologic or psychiatric problems. It also could benefit severely depressedpatients earlier...Americans expect to live a year longer than statistics suggest
...ir life expectancies. One possibility he investigated was that these groups might report better health than othersand so be more optimistic about their future life. Butcontrolling for perceived health, and a varie...A new ion channel involved in cell proliferation: evidence for its oncogenic potential
... brain under normal conditions.This wouldoffer the possibility to design a diagnostic method to detect a potential cancerby measuring the presence of EAG outside its normal location. The ion channel with this property carries the name of a mutant of the fruit fly(Drosophila melanogaster) in which a defect in th...Issues surrounding genetic medicine and the Jewish population to be explored at conference
... her medical outcome.Her fears also focused on the possibility that her children-and other familymembers-could develop the same disease. Marcia had already seen two of her auntssuccumb to breast cancer, and began to wonder if there might be a geneticsusceptibility to the disease within her family. "I gradually b...UI researchers find way to possibly improve effectiveness of gene transfers
...more efficiently on the cell surface, minimize the possibility of an immune response and further improve gene transfer." Although Welsh and his colleagues specifically focused on airway gene transfers, "this problem is not unique to the airways," Welsh said. "Many cells that one might wish to target lack specifi...Nausea from anesthesia plummets with extra oxygen
...tists do not yet know why it decreases nausea. One possibility suggested intheir paper is the fact that during abdominal surgery the intestines do not getthe usual amount of oxygen, due to surgical cutting or temporary displacement oforgans to facilitate surgery. Tissues are known to react to an inadequate oxyge......y to put more demands on the heart, increasing the possibility that chest pain will occur.Patients anxious that exertion might worsen their chest pain tend to limit their activities. Over time, self-limiting behavior can lead to deconditioning, a vicious cycle in which lack of exercise leads to weakness, she sa...Japanese experience indicates possibility of similar problems in the UnitedStates Dallas--A new study released for the first time at the American Association forthe Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 1999 Annual Meeting in Dallas, November 5-9,suggests that the United States may soon be seei...