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... save the lives of cardiacarrest victims almost as quickly and efficiently as professional emergencymedical personnel, researchers report today in Circulation: Journal of theAmerican Heart Association. "Now we know that AEDs are literally easy enough for a child to use," says GustH. Bardy, M.D., of the Unive...'HARP MRI' provides faster, clear heart pictures
... morepractical. Initial tests have shown that HARP quickly produces images equivalentin quality to those that take six to eight hours to process with oldertechnology. Prince points out that the HARP MRI system remains a work in progress. He andOsman believe the images that the system now provides in a few mi...Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism
...e and memoryimpairment. All of these abnormalities quickly returned to baseline during the recoveryperiod, when subjects spent 12 hours in bed. In fact, as the subjects spentmore than eight hours a night in bed, their laboratory values moved beyond the"normal" or baseline standards, suggesting that even eig......nsitive tests could detectno viable HIV, the virus quickly rebounded to substantial levels when therapywas stopped, according to researchers at the National Institute of Allergy andInfectious Diseases (NIAID). NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., chief of the NIAID Laboratory ofImmunoregulation (LIR), Tae-...Stereotypes of aging may have significant effect on gaits of older persons
...tereotypes on the screen. The words flashed by too quickly to read, but slow enough to perceive subconsciously. Those who received the subliminally delivered positive words, such as "wise," "astute," and "accomplished," subsequently increased their walking speeds by 9 percent. Those who received negative wo...Novel neurotransmitter overturns laws of biology, offers potential for stroke treatment
...synapse. Also, knocking D-serine out with enzymes quickly stops NMDA receptors from being active. Hopkins researchers aren't clear why nature would have such a bizarre and highly specific neurotransmitter as D-serine, but Snyder suggests it may be because having two neurotransmitters required to trigger t...... Adolescent Psychiatry prides itself on responding quickly to new developments that address the health care needs of children and their families. It is with this sense of urgency that we join forces with NIDA in alerting our members and the patients they serve to the alarming increase in club drug use and t......al-action antidepressant, relieves depression more quickly than some commonly prescribed selective serotonin...ater improvement in their depressive symptoms more quickly than patients on fluoxetine and paroxetine. In this particular study, the difference between mirtaz...Colorado most dangerous state in nation for avalanche fatalities
...at any time because snow can accumulate deeply and quickly in these areas. * There are ways to gauge snowpack stability. Look for cracks shooting across the surface, or small slabs shearing off. These are signs of weakened snowpack. Also, listen for "hollow" or "whumping" noises as you walk or ski. ...New understanding of a key control mechanism in the brain
...ibitory neurons (I-neurons) prevent the brain from quickly spinning out of control into hyper-excited states or full-blown epilepsy. One of the problems that children with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) have is I-neuron malfunction: their inhibitory system does not effectively su...BioMed Central -- freedom of information for the science community
...searchers the tools they need to publishtheir data quickly and easily on the web. 'The publishing model of BioMedCentral is different from the current forms of science publishing,' statedVitek Tracz, Chairman of the Current Science Group. 'At present, scientificpublishers make a large proportion of their rev......f "dowsing" technique that could lead researchers, quickly and precisely, to areas of functional interest on proteins crucial to drug development. The findings, in a paper by Jefferson Foote, Ph.D., assistant member of the Hutchinson Center's Human Biology Division, will be published Feb. 1 in the Proceeding...Expert calls for common sense, science in national response to medicinal herbs
...cal practice in this country. Those compounds were quickly supplanted when scientifically created, remarkably useful synthetic drugs such as the antibacterial sulfanilamide were developed by the Germans and others. Benefits of the new drugs included patent protection that would cover development costs and pr...Estrogen shows potential as stroke treatment, UF animal studies show
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...here were no differences between the groups in how quickly the disease progressed, " said Herrington, associate professor of cardiology. "HRT did lower cholesterol, but these changes didn't translate into a measurable benefit in the arteries of the heart." The mean age of the women in ERA was 65.8 year...New tools for early cancer detection
...a tiny device known as a biocavity laser which can quickly and accurately screen cells for cancer. Their tests on normal and cancerous cells show that only a few hundred cells -- equal to about a billionth of a liter -- are needed to detect abnormal growths. Using the Advanced Light Source to produce an inte...'Smart scalpel' detects cancer cells in seconds
... would tell a surgeon when to stop cutting."We can quickly identify a cell population that has abnormal prote...nter, at the Society's annual March meeting. Can quickly distinguish cancerous from non-cancerous cells According to Dr. Steve Skirboll, a member of the neu...Synthetic rubber kills germs on contact
...eves that his rubber will kill microorganisms more quickly and more efficiently than antimicrobial plastics. N-halamines have already been used to create antimicrobial plastic, which disinfects water in filter systems, and antimicrobial clothing, which protects agricultural workers from pesticide exp...Purdue 'stealth compounds' attack cancer cells
...cause it is breaking down the components almost as quickly as it processes them." Borch says his group's new method has the advantage that there is no premature breakdown in the bloodstream, and it carries out the process very quickly. Purdue has filed for a patent on the new technology. Borch says he ...Ritalin and Prozac: Study finds more kids using both drug types together
...hey provide a unique preliminary indication of how quickly stimulant and antidepressant use rose among children from 1990 to 1998, and how many children are receiving both types of medication. It is not clear from the study whether the prescriptions for SSRIs and for combination prescriptions were for A...