What type of lens is best after cataract surgery multifocal or monofocal? It depends, study says
... of glasses and contact lenses and on their having realistic expectations about the outcomes and compromises in...eeing haloes around lights. "This study is a very realistic interpretation of the multifocal versus monofocal tradeoff," said Academy spokesperson Samuel Masket...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...gical test is related to performance in the highly realistic SIREN simulator or to actual driving behavior measured in the ARGOS vehicle. These kinds of comparisons will help us develop simple testing methods to predict a driver's risk." The researchers hope that these tests could help improve the ability to p...Mapping the air to safeguard your looks, the environment and planes in flight
...maps of UV levels, and we can use them to work out realistic doses, as well as fine-tune the doses simulated in laboratory tests." From autumn next year L'Oreal will receive regularly updated high-resolution maps of global UV doses and pollution levels, as part of a wide-ranging ESA Data User Programme proj...UC Davis physicians use high-tech virtual system
...dividual response time, actions and decisions. The realistic clinical environment allows users to "feel" lesion...gion will benefit from the technology, which has a realistic feel and simulates clinical practice." Low has more than 20 years of experience as a practicing car...Economic evaluation shows add-on therapy with Keppra(r) is a cost-effective alternative
...effectiveness measure. This model corresponds to a realistic and representative way of treating epilepsy patients in clinical practice. Direct medical costs included costs of physician visits (both general and neurologist), accident and emergency visits, hospitalisations, Keppra drug costs as add-on and advers...Patient simulator will enhance training for medical emergencies in space
...cal officers, NASA tasked the NSBRI with designing realistic training scenarios for astronauts and ground perso...rations. "This simulator will give us an extremely realistic setting to validate and integrate medical procedures and medical equipment," said Dr. Jim Logan, MOS...Targeted smallpox vaccinations could be effective intervention against deliberate attack
.... Halloran and Longini believe their model is more realistic than "deterministic" models that assume all individuals within a large, homogenous population interact randomly with others, concluding that an epidemic always follows the same course. The Emory study considered many different variables, including w...World Health Report: addressing main risk factors
...titute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK, assess how realistic it may prove to reduce certain risk factors. They comment: "Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption to a mean of 600 g/day may turn out to be relatively simple compared to the cultural transformations needed to bring mean cholesterols in develope...'Virtual stomach' reveals pill's path
...h combines a sophisticated computer program with a realistic stomach geometry model derived from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) movies of the human stomach. The resulting computer simulations are presented as colorful, cartoon-like movies of the human stomach showing pressures, the motion of gastric fluid, a...Treating effects of brain damage
...illion each year hence there is a real need to be realistic and concerned about the effectiveness of treatments offered for these deficits. Brain damage encompasses various medical conditions, including head injury, stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, and Alzheimer's Disease (for statistics see Notes to Editors). No ...Media focus on endostatin helped -- not hurt --
...ns. Yet many of them were better informed and more realistic than patients who first got their information from... a Phase I trial tend to be, yet well informed and realistic -- the kind of patients that researchers want," says Pentz, who conducted the study while she worked...New research brain abnormalities appear early in psychoses
...g brain imaging, preventative psychiatry becomes a realistic possibility."...A computer-based, self-help system for the space age
...s, audio and video multimedia designed to create a realistic environment. The prototype will include three modules for users - conflict management, treatment of mild depression and psychological self-assessment. The goal is to prevent these problems from occurring, but if they do, crewmembers will have the pr...Behavior plays key role in disease development and control, according to 10-year prospective review
...with opportunities to immerse themselves in highly realistic and challenging treatment environments that are difficult to replicate in treatment settings, such as exposure to combat scenes for veteran's suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. The collection of 27 articles follows prior special issues on ...New hearing test simulates noise of real world
...rder to be able to help these children function in realistic environments, we must understand how they hear." The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has filed a patent on Litovsky's hearing test. Pilot versions are now available and some have already been distributed to clinics in Milwaukee, New York City, B...Continued disruption of movement among alcoholics despite abstinence
...ctions." Sullivan added that alcoholics need to be realistic about the effects of chronic alcohol abuse on their abilities. "The identification of performance deficits in sober alcoholics can be important to the individual," she said, "who may otherwise believe that with sobriety, there is performance recover...Cost-effectiveness assessments important for HIV response in Africa
...tance of cost-effectiveness evaluation to identify realistic intervention programmes to tackle HIV/AIDS in Africa. HIV/AIDS accounts for around 20% of all deaths in Africa. The cost-effectiveness of interventions is important as African governments face difficult choices in striking the right balance between...... than in other medical specialties. However, it is realistic to hope that major breakthroughs will be made in t...izures and then deliver preventative therapy are a realistic goal. 2. The ability to detect the onset of dementia at an early stage is essential if therapeutic ...Tobacco industry strategies for influencing European community tobacco advertising legislation
...an bring the industry to the bargaining table in a realistic frame of mind. The ability to bring about that duress probably lies in the approach to litigationsourced documents as used by Neuman and colleagues....Devices that emit sounds to track medical status or pinpoint military targets may cause mistakes
...The perceptual interactions persisted in this more realistic situation. In short, listeners couldnt perceive changing stimuli accurately, because the presence of other changing stimuli distorted their perception. Neuhoff et al. remark that their results have practical significance, especially in light of the...