Rats Receiving Ginkgo Biloba Learn Quicker, Live 20 Percent Longer Than Controls, UB Study Finds
... that rats receiving ginkgo biloba extract learned quicker and made fewer errors than control animals, and unexpectedly, lived an average of five months longer. Winter found a significant positive relationship between the amount of active ingredient and degree of learning. The standard dose during m...Walking Or Bed Rest OK For First Stage Of Labor, UT Southwestern Research Shows
... to the walking group actually walked;the rest had quicker labors, which may have precluded them from walking. Thosein the bed-rest group were allowed to sit up. The researchers compared suchfactors as duration of the first stage of labor, the need for laboraugmentation with medication, the use of analgesia...Restaurant Meats Higher In Suspected Carcinogens
...e that fast food cookingtimes and temperatures are quicker and lower than other restaurants. Previousresearch has demonstrated that hotter temperatures and longer cooking times areimportant to the formation of heterocyclic amines. This is the first time that measurements have been made of heterocycl...New Use of An Old Test Can Help Brain-Injured Patients
...caraccidents. If we can help get them back to work quicker and improve theirpersonal lives, there will also be a great cost savings for society," saysSatish....UI Researcher Shows Economic Benefits Of Hospitals Fast-Tracking Patients Vary
... advantage because it gets them out ofthe hospital quicker so they can be at home, be with their families," Dextersaid. "From a hospital's point-of-view, even if large decreases in costs cannotbe expected, fast-tracking will increase the productivity of the workforce sostaff members can do other things with ...Anti-Depressant Drug Shows Promise As Weight-Loss Treatment
...ssarily full. So it appears theyfeel rewarded much quicker than they normally do without the drug."The only side effect commonly reported in this study was dry mouth. Burpopion SRis not approved by the FDA for weight loss and should not be used by patientswith seizure disorders, anorexia or bulimia, Gadde sa...UMass researchers teaching computers to interpret MRIs
...to treatment. This method,when perfected, would be quicker and more sensitive than current techniques,researchers say. "The doctor knows what these blobs and squiggles represent," said JosephHorowitz, of the UMass department of mathematics and statistics, pointing to anMRI hanging on the wall of his office...Help for women's urinary tract infections
...risk of antibiotic resistancewhile giving patients quicker treatment. The study is published in the June issue of the American Journal of Medicine byresearchers from the University of Michigan Health System and several medicalorganizations in Washington state. The results are based on a two-year study ofmor...Mayo Clinic study reports that centenarians do well following surgery
...e faster they getback to their daily routines, the quicker they will recover." The researchers studied 31 men and women ages 100 to 107 who had surgery at MayoClinic or Olmsted Community Hospital over a 20-year period. Patients in thestudy had procedures ranging in complexity from total hip replacement tocat...Doppler ultrasound can reduce hospital stays
...cations translates into shorter hospital stays and quicker return toeveryday life. The Doppler technology is less invasive and gives us morecomplete information about how the patient is doing intraoperatively." Specifically, those patients whose treatment was guided by Dopplerultrasound left the hos...New cancer classification brings quicker treatment to some
... practical terms, it will mean quicker and more effective treatment for many patients." In the past, the classification of leukemias and lymphomas was based largely on the appearance of the malignant cells under the ...'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
...the scalpel to the computer by optical fiber. Far quicker results The microcavity laser is far quicker to produce results than flow cell cytometers - the standard instrument used to determine the presenc...Gas prices too high? Scientists converge in Idaho to discuss future energy resources
...ndividual. The process is more cost effective and quicker than DNA analysis. "Antibody profiling technique for rapid identification of forensic samples," V. Thompson, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Wyoming State Crime Lab, and Miragen, Inc.; Thursday, June 15, 9:00 a.m.......aw and the paw was exposed to heat, they were much quicker to withdraw it than normal rats. The changes that occurred because of tissue injury and pain are likely not limited to the spinal cord but could also involve higher centers of the brain that are part of pain pathways, suggest the researchers. ...Supplements that target fat loss … metals that protect themselves …
...r - Treatment for serious bone fractures could be quicker and less invasive, thanks to a new biodegradable material that could replace metal pins, screws and plates. (PMSE 288, 11:15 a.m.) Chemists and curators join forces to preserve Old Masters, museum treasures - Past preservation efforts are backfirin...How to spot drugs that misfire
...d sequence the attached genes. This is a much quicker and simpler way to identify the proteins than sequencing them directly. It also means that you know immediately which genes code for the affected proteins. Normally, researchers would have to isolate the proteins that bind to targets, identify them a...Common hearing test for newborns may be wrong up to a third of the time
... also help audiologists fine-tune their use of the quicker test to give the fewest false positive results. The U-M study directly compared the results of distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) tests, analyzed using four different "pass" criteria, with those from auditory brain stem response (ABR) te...Stress causes heart-damaging fats to stay in blood longer
...ng test session, compared to a quicker 3.2 percent per minute in the resting session. In some people, the difference between the stressful and restful sessions was quite dramatic, Stoney said, while in others the ...Immune system in hamsters bolstered during winter, especially in times of stress, study finds
...ions, this immune reaction was quicker and stronger than for those experiencing the longer days. For example, Bilbo said that after just 10 minutes of restraint stress, the short-day hamsters showed a 30 percent decrease in ...Alcohol-based disinfectant hand gels could increase infection in hospitals
...re effective as it causes less skin irritation, is quicker to administer, and can be used at the bedside. Gel formulations of alcohol-based hand rub have recently been introduced to counteract the drying effect of alcohol rinses in order to increase hand-hygiene compliance. Didier Pittet from the University ...