Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
... Americans don't fear the technologies per se, but rather fear that "unrestrained human selfishness and vanity will drive people to use reproductive genetic testing inappropriately," such as to select for non-medical but socially desirable characteristics. Many focus group participants mentioned that use ...Violence in the media can lead to aggressive behaviour in young children
...r parents and policy makers to take an educational rather than censorial approach. Parents and teachers can view age appropriate violent material with children and help them critically appraise what they see, in terms of its realism, justification and consequences. In this way caregivers can reduce the effe...Medication helps alcoholics control drinking
...in preventing a patient from having one drink, but rather in breaking the cycle where one drink leads to many more. "Naltrexone helps people have more control over the use of alcohol. For me, that's the fundamental issue of what addiction is: impaired control." However, this approach requires a substantial ...Young blood revives aging muscles, Stanford researchers find
...is a matter of the regenerative cell's environment rather than the cells themselves. Rando said that finding the youth-promoting factors in the blood is no small task. "It's as big a fishing expedition as you can possibly imagine," he said. With thousands of proteins, lipids, sugars and other small molecule...Most episodes of HIV 'blips' not clinically significant in patients receiving HAART
...he study population appear to be random variations rather than clinically significant elevations in viremia. Richard E. Nettles, M.D., from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, and colleagues investigated the nature and clinical significance of blips by assessing the HIV-1 RNA (ribonuclei...Feb. 15, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet
...rom the Lung Health Study were based on experiment rather than observation and were of "sufficient size and duration" to prove that smoking causes an increased risk for death in smokers (Editorial, p. 299). "No one can make a serious claim to the contrary in light of this randomized trial evidence," the wri...14-year study finds that quitting smoking adds years to life
...ancer and heart disease, were based on observation rather than on experiment. These new findings "prove that smoking causes increased risk for death in smokers," Dr. Samet said in the editorial. "No one can make a serious claim to the contrary in light of this randomized trial evidence." A surprising find...Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...ines why it is easier to identify someone close up rather than at a distance in an upcoming issue of the journal Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. "When you see anything at a distance the human visual system starts to lose small details. The greater the distance the coarser the detail you lose, " Loftus said....Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
... be useful as long-term therapy for heart failure, rather than just a temporary bridge to transplantation. ...gically cure AF while a patient's heart is beating rather than having to use a heart-lung bypass machine. Dr. McCarthy recently performed the surgery using m...Herb used to treat diabetes works like modern-day prescription drugs, study suggests
...he body. If the enzyme binds to the herbal extract rather than to a carbohydrate, then less glucose gets into the blood stream, resulting in lowered blood glucose and insulin levels. "Lowering blood glucose levels lowers the risk of disease-related complications in people with diabetes," Hertzler said. "Als...Induction at 32 weeks possible action for expectant moms with premature membrane rupture
...t as well when the mothers are induced at 32 weeks rather than later at 34 to 36 weeks, the current standard...hen they opted for induction at 32 weeks pregnancy rather than waiting for spontaneous labor. In addition, hospital stay for the newborn was considerably shor...Dialogue & personal example work best for parents in drug talks with teens
...lecture and, second, they set an everyday example, rather than give the one-time drug sermon, according to a Penn State researcher. Drug talks can work best when parents and teens routinely share insights on the benefits and risks of drug use, says Dr. Michelle Miller-Day, associate professor of communicat...Women successfully treated to prevent preterm labor at low risk for recurrent episode
...4 weeks, standard procedure is to deliver the baby rather than treat the mother again if she went into labor, according to the study's researchers. In 19 women, or 12.3 percent, preterm labor recurred. Repeat magnesium treatment to inhibit uterine contractions delayed labor for at least 24 to 48 hours in 1...Study finds happiness persists, despite illness
...representative snapshots of a person's experience, rather than just relying on their overall impressions of their lives," says Riis, adding that several studies have shown such overall impressions to be biased in a variety of ways. "Our snapshots revealed that the patients were in good moods the vast majori...Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...to reach consensus on an alternative good solution rather than simply agreeing to disagree." If a breakdown of trust occurs between physician and patient, it may be necessary to involve a third party, such as another physician. Kaldjian said most hospitals also have an ethics committee or a staff ethicist w...Carrot component reduces cancer risk
...tative assessment of the vegetables we are eating, rather than quantitative. We now need to take it a step further by finding out how much falcarinol isneeded to prevent the development of cancer and if certain types of carrot are better than others, as there are many varieties in existence, of different s...Gender bias in child growth evaluations may miss disease in girls
...finitions of short stature use percentage cutoffs, rather than actual heights, roughly equal numbers of boys and girls would be expected among the referrals. Instead, the research team found that boys outnumbered girls by 182 to 96, nearly a two-to-one margin. The gender discrepancies were more pronounced s...Listening to fear: Helping kids cope, from nightmares to the nightly news
...ce to express themselves and rely on those reports rather than their own interpretations, and, finally, they need to learn to interpret the "behavioral language of fear" that children employ more often than words. Marans guides parents to better understand the emotional landscape of childhood fears; learn t...Rehabilitation can restore some vision after stroke
...ients appear to benefit by continuing the training rather than stopping after a certain period of time. "The improvement remains stable in most patients," he said. "Continued therapy, however, is helpful to further improve the outcome." Patients with vision loss after stroke benefit regardless of the seve...Rat whisking may provide insight into debilitating eye disorder
...ple, in a furnace controlled by positive feedback, rather than negative feedback, the warmer a room became the more the thermostat would signal the furnace to turn on. This type of vicious cycle appears to occur in blepharospasm. Normally, the blinking reflex protects the eye from bright light and other en...