Environmental influences found to have role for development and function of the pain system
...s the question "What function do I have?" and then receives a sensory echo answering the question. The strength of the connections in the circuitry can then be set appropriately. That tactile (i.e., innocuous), rather than noxious, (i.e., painful) input is used to set the gain in the pain pathways solves the ...UCI Cancer Center selected by National Cancer Institute to test cancer prevention drugs
...cal effects." Overall, the UCI center currently receives more than $14 million in grants and contracts to conduct chemoprevention trials. Current studies include testing vaccines that can attack cervical cancer-causing viruses and participating in locally led efforts on prostate, oral and colon cancer prev...Brain maps perceptions, not reality
...e brain is organized to process the information it receives from our senses. Vanderbilt University psychology department researchers Anna Wang Roe, Li Min Chen and Robert Friedman have identified responses in the brain to a touch illusion that shed new light on how the brain processes sensory information and ...2003 winners of Collegiate Inventors Competition announced in NYC
...the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Semino receives a $5,000 prize. Also an undergraduate winner, Debo...erta College of Art & Design, Katherine Dickerson, receives a $5,000 prize. Graduate winners Rongchao Jin, 32, Yunwei Charles Cao, 35, and Gabriella Mtraux, 23,...Panel of leading neurologists pronounce best treatment for Guillain-Barr Syndrome
...requires immediate hospitalization. If the patient receives either plasma exchange or IVIg within two weeks of the onset of symptoms of Guillain-Barr Syndrome, the chance for a better outcome improves. The new guidelines for Guillain-Barr Syndrome treatment do not recommend combining plasma exchange and IVI...Method to keep track of cancer comorbidities is successful; may help cancer research
...tes that can be controlled by dietary restrictions receives the same code as an individual with severe diabetes taking daily insulin shots. Medical bills also may omit certain diseases for socio-political reasons (for example, mental illness or AIDS), and often are written with the intent of maximizing reimbu...Less invasive kidney transplant technique spurring donations
...ng list for three years. By contrast, a person who receives one from a living donor can have a kidney in a matter of weeks. "When we consider the thousands of people on waiting lists for kidneys around the country, a technique that encourages more people to donate is not just welcome, it's critical," Dr. Lask...U.S. News & World Report ranks The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia the top pediatric center
... and metabolic diseases. The Newborn/Infant Center receives approximately 900 admissions per year and serves as a primary referral center for other neonatal intensive care units. Infants with certain problems, such as those with severe lung disease or surgical abnormalities identified prenatally, are frequen...AAS praises President's Commission for emphasizing suicide prevention
...e prevention has been under-funded for decades and receives significantly less funding than other public health problems that cause comparable loss of life. The Commission Report can provide the momentum necessary to move forward and make the National Strategy a reality," added Rudd. The American Association...UC Davis physicians use high-tech virtual system
...post-procedure briefing. In the briefing, the user receives an overview of the case, presented by a computer-generated, animated "doctor" who relates the patient's history, including health conditions, allergies, heart rate, blood pressure and medications. Laboratory results and displays of electrocardiograms...Physics and medicine in San Diego
...therapeutic equipment to ensure that every patient receives precisely the prescribed dose of radiation at the correct location. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM The following is a sampling of some of the intriguing talks that medical physicists will present at the meeting. CT SCREENING FOR BREAST CAN...First quarter prescription drug spending: Generic drugs slow upward trend
... interaction. "The average Express Scripts member receives care from more than two physicians and more than one retail pharmacy. Because we often have patients' most complete prescription histories, Express Scripts is in an excellent position to make the use of prescription drugs safer," said Toan....Purdue researchers design fishes' diets to make you healthier
...enter for Enhancing Foods to Protect Health, which receives support from the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund. The public also must be educated that aquaculture can produce fish just as good and possibly healthier than those caught in the wild. "The consumer doesn't know to ask the right que...Drug combination opens clogged arteries faster, keeps them open longer
...der the mountain. As vessels open up and the heart receives blood, the mountains get smaller and the area under them decreases. "When conventional ECGs are taken, they run for about 30 seconds, which gives you a snapshot of the heart's activity, but not the total picture," Roe said. "By collecting data for a ...Jefferson surgeons turning to light therapy for advanced lung cancer
... has not spread beyond the chest, the patient then receives photofrin 24 hours prior to surgery to remove the tumor. During surgery, he or she receives an appropriate dose of light therapy. Of the 16 patients evaluated to date, at least one-half have ...No significant rise in cancer deaths in 3-Mile Island residents over 20 years, says Pitt
... less radiation than the annual dose an individual receives from the everyday environment in the United States. However, little is known about the long-term health effects of low-level radiation. The current University of Pittsburgh study examined causes of death that included heart disease and malignancies a...UCSD study shows smokers' quitlines work
..., which has been a model for many other quitlines, receives calls from more than 55,000 tobacco users per year. Over a third of Helpline callers are from ethnic minority backgrounds....D.C. surveillance system considered a model for early disease detection
...iginal posting. An automated tracking system that receives data from all military medical facilities in the Washington, D.C., area could serve as a model for designing a national system for detecting outbreaks of diseases and biological terrorism. As described in the October issue of the American Journal of ...Rutgers researcher finds brain connections may reorganize in Parkinson's disease
...d-limb neuron. The problem is that the neuron now receives hind-limb signals but maintains its original downstream communication with the fore-limb. The result is that the brain is unable to process these signals to control movement of the fore-limb. "We saw this switching of connectivity happening througho......re being infected with the cold, and another group receives it after being infected. Some subjects in each group receive a look-alike placebo, or inactive medication, instead of the echinacea so they can be compared with the group receiving the herbal supplement. "One of the things we want to find out is whet...