Common hearing test for newborns may be wrong up to a third of the time
...mily history, birth conditions or medical problems put them at risk for hearing deficits. In the new trial, they looked at babies with no special risks. All the babies were tested while lying quietly in their mothers' hospital rooms. The two approaches they tried, DPOAE and ABR, together account for mos......is so we gain a lot of confidence in being able to put the lesion in the right spot. Not only that, but we have a way to monitor the formation of the lesion s it happens, and watch it grow. If the image tells us that the lesion isn't big enough, we can go back to the same spot and deliver another burn." ......terest policies in medical research. The proposals put forth will provide an excellent starting point as the AAMC's task force on conflicts of interest begins its own deliberations in the near future, " said AAMC President Jordan J. Cohen, M.D. The AAMC task force is being chaired by William Danforth, M....Teenagers, drinking and driving: a quick trip to the grave
...ntion program doesn't work that way. It's usually put into place in one high school, often for a short period of time, and it's very difficult to measure its effects. One of the really good things about Shope's study is that she finds effects in long-term traffic offense data." Shope's research is a ...Family important source of support for HIV-positive men
...sitive people to have satisfying sex lives and not put themselves or others at risk, Serovich said. But they often discover ways to help them do so only after disclosing their HIV status, she said. In a recent issue of the J...Brain's efforts to save itself during Alzheimer's may backfire
...udy neuropsychiatric diseases. The pair decided to put Steiners mice through a series of tests to determine their mental function. Steiners mice, with their overabundance of galanin, appear to have normal motor and sensory abilities; they are able to normally move and sense things, for example. But they ...South Pasadena chemist wins national award for designing new catalysts
...h, Grubbs added: "We're trying to find new ways to put the carbon-carbon double bonds wherever we want. These are useful starting materials to later add functional groups to them," with the precision the drug industry requires. Grubbs said he didn't set out to become a laboratory chemist originally. "I w...Science, engineering and technology newstips
...nts for tuning and receiving radio waves cannot be put on chips, increasing the size of devices. Miniaturized, on-chip components will be needed to make wearable communications devices feasible, he said. Note: A picture of the micromirror and motor is available. Contact Andy Fell for details. Media con...Training for doctors improves screening for risk-taking in teens
...ase the number of times that health providers will put that knowledge into practice. The study showed that a carefully-designed training program to teach pediatricians how to talk to teenagers about risks during annual medical exams can increase the number of teens who are screened for several risky beha...Medical system pays little attention to behavior counseling
...vely little time or money for a doctor's office to put pink reminder stickers on patients' charts or to send a computerized letter prompting patients to schedule a mammography or a flu shot." "Now that the federal research establishment is doubling, and a prescription drug benefit for seniors may mean m...Study finds troubling trends in hepatitis C screening, diagnosis and referral
...ther behaviors that don't carry a stigma may still put people at risk of infection: occupational exposures in health care workers, long-term dialysis, or having received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before 1992, when surveillance of the blood supply improved. Once a person tests positive for h...Failure at nonconscious goals explains negative 'mystery moods'
... couldn't explain and wondered what put you in a funk? A researcher...d. "But if you fail at a nonconscious goal, you're put into this negative, mystery mood." Chartrand discussed ...USC study shows teens with type 1 diabetes already face clogging arteries
...therosclerosis, and if so, which factors seemed to put them more at risk. They compared 57 adolescents between ages 12 and 21 with insulin-dependent diabetes to a group of age- and gender-matched young adults without diabetes, running blood tests and measuring the thickness of their neck arteries through......information has been available on the factors that put this population at higher risk. This study is the first to use a case-control approach to tease out these risks. It assessed health and lifestyle histories of 122 African Americans between the ages of 18 and 45 admitted to a public hospital in Atlan...Material could lead to self-healing cavities
...the NIST/ADA research group is unique in trying to put the material into a bioactive and photocurable pol...g. If we use it as a liner or base, then we would put a regular filling over it." Potentially stronger hybrid ACP composites with reinforcing glass fille...Biomolecule studied for medical uses
...It's a glue that's very soft. And it's very easily put into the wound." This glue also remains clear as it dries. "So far our work looks very encouraging," continued Kim, who also envisions the possibility of using biodendrimer glues to reduce or even eliminate the need for sutures in corneal transplant ...Tourettes, other tic disorders far more common than once thought
...cribed 20 relatives with similar symptoms. Kurlan put together a research team to visit the isolated village in northern Alberta which the patient called home, for a study of the genetic roots of Tourettes. The Mennonite community of 700 was made up heavily of descendants of a single Russian ancestor, a...Those who recognize '5-A-Day' message eat the most fruits and vegetables
...e both at and away from home and less likely to be put off by the cost, availability and preparation time. Other hallmarks of those who eat more fruits and vegetables are the simple enjoyment of the taste of fruits and vegetables and a conscious effort to increase eating healthful foods. These and other ......medical care for the patients, also was willing to put its device through a rigorous randomized trial. The investigators acknowledge that more research needs to be done to overcome some serious problems with the therapy, including infection and device failure. "Heart failure affects an estimated 4.7 m......2001 - Leading experts from around the world today put forth a global challenge to policy-makers and healthcare professionals to combat the crisis of rapidly increasing antimicrobial resistance. A preview of the first ever Global White Paper1 on Bacterial Resistance in Community-Acquired Respiratory Tra...