Smoking affects same 'feel good' brain chemical system as heroin
...arge effect on opioid levels they found suggests a promising road for further discovery. That may lead to better understanding of why smoking affects people the way it does -- including the mystery of why it's often so hard to quit, despite tobacco's many health dangers. "It appears that smokers have an alter...AAN, ANA announce support for embryonic and adult human stem cell research
...rsight, ensuring that the highest quality and most promising research is conducted with utmost regard for ethic...believe that these lines are inadequate to advance promising research, including the search for potential treatments. "The AAN and ANA respect the concerns o...Growing epidemic of wet AMD ushers in new era in treatment of the disease
...specialists and ophthalmologists are encouraged by promising new scientific approaches that could have the potential to reduce the devastating effects of wet AMD for patients and offer the medical community a new paradigm of care, according to presentations made at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Acade...Promise of stem cells amplified
...cally. "Treating brain tumors is perhaps the most promising use of stem cells," Synder says. "It's truly the 'low-hanging fruit' in the field." In other research, scientists at Oslo 's University Hospital have now shown that even adults harbor stem cells that can become real neurons. Throughout our lives, ne...p110 delta: A key player in the allergic response
...ions Dr Vanhaesebroeck. "Our work points towards a promising future for developing inhibitors for allergic conditions, but we are still a long way from developing a drug for human patients." The LICR group's research efforts are also focused on their findings that p110delta could also play a role in certain tu...Ductal lavage may not detect breast cancer
...al. Dr. Khan adds that "ductal lavage does remain promising as a method for obtaining more information about the level of breast cancer risk." Ductal lavage is a method that can be used to collect cells that have been shed from the lining of milk ducts from the breast of healthy women, and then examined f...Two novel agents work synergistically to treat lung cancer in animal experiment
...l, and we look forward to possibly translating our promising findings into a clinical trial," says Ho-Young Lee, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology Research and lead author of the study. "Combined, these two agents block two different pathways and appear...Mayo Clinic finds effective treatment with minimal side effects for non-renal lupus
...f SLE affecting the kidneys, and the drug appeared promising for SLE that does not affect the kidneys in animal models and early human studies. This study of mycophenolate mofetil was conducted in a six-month, open label, prospective trial. Of the 23 patients who started in the study, 18...Promising results for malaria vaccine trial
... countries. In combination with existing and other promising new malaria-control measures, malaria vaccines could greatly contribute to reducing the intolerable global burden of this disease". In an accompanying commentary (p 1380), Philippe van de Perre and Jean-Pierre Dedet (University of Montpellier, Franc...National Institute on Aging Neuroimaging Initiative for Alzheimer's disease
... treatments are found. However, clinical trials of promising new medications are slow, expensive, and difficult to conduct, according to Michael Weiner, M.D., principal investigator for the study, who spoke today at the AMA's 23rd Annual Science Reporters Conference. "Brain imaging seems to offer the greates...Interactive breathing device found effective in lowering high systolic blood pressure
...ion, diet and exercise might not be enough. Now, a promising new non-drug treatment offers an additional approach. High blood pressure was significantly decreased using a new interactive breathing device, RESPeRATE, according to a study published in this month's edition of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension...Severe pain relief may be possible with a common anesthetic drug
...fueled by compassion and intellect. Dr. Correll's promising innovation, forged by necessity in tiny resource-poor clinics in the jungles of Papua-New Guinea and Northern Australia and carefully shepherded to publication by his co-authors, may herald an effective treatment for one of mankind's most enigmatic a...Dartmouth study suggests caution against using certain drugs to unclog heart arteries
...ote or prevent blood vessel growth is considered a promising approach for treating a number of diseases. The researchers found that injured arteries grow smooth muscle in two distinct ways: one that depends on angiogenesis and another that is independent. "So even if no there is no angiogenesis, mechanical in...Eight New Hartford doctoral fellows in Geriatric Social Work selected
...reer development and leadership training for these promising doctoral students. The Fellows attend the annual meetings of GSA, the Council of Social Work Education, and the Society for Social Work and Research, where special pre-conference institutes are offered. It is estimated that there are over 600,000 p...Testosterone may help in recovery from strokes, suggests preliminary findings in study
...hose in the control group did not. Based on the promising findings, plans are on the drawing board to test whether testosterone helps people recover from strokes, said Aninda B. Acharya, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and a researcher on the project. "...Researchers examine recurrence of low back pain
...cal activity. "This investigation brings together promising ideas from the motor coordination and health psychology literatures to provide an innovative integration of the best predictors of recurrent low back pain," Thomas said. "Once we have identified the relationship between dysfunctional movement pattern...Media invitation first annual EDCTP Forum
...ategies towards identifying and assessing the most promising new drugs, vaccines and other interventions that will help reduce to the burden of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa. The first EDCTP Forum is hosted by the Instituto Superiore di Sanit on behalf of the EDCTP. DATE: 29 Se...DMS offers guidance on educational research
...uture. "Momentum is everything," they write. One promising innovation, the Dartmouth Medical Encounter Documentation System (D-MEDS), designed to track students' patient and preceptor encounters throughout their four years of clinical training, could lead to future research endeavors based on this newly obta...University of Maryland School of Medicine scientist receives prestigious presidential award
...wards for Scientists and Engineers honors the most promising beginning researchers in the nation within their fields. Eight federal departments and agencies annually nominate scientists and engineers at the start of their careers whose work shows the greatest promise to benefit the nominating agency's mission....Envisat Symposium day one: Steady symphony of Europe's largest satellite
...n and measurements of wind and wave fields, even a promising new demonstration of mapping Gulf Stream displacement using radar Doppler shifting. Envisat was praised as a worthy "toolbox" for polar research by Duncan Wingham of University College London. He recounted how results gathered by the satellites and...