Imaging technique predicts success of bypass surgery or angioplasty
...ery or angioplasty, whereas "bright" areas did not recover after surgery. The research group, which consisted of cardiologists, basic scientists and physicists, also reported that contrast-enhanced MRI is the first technique to allow physicians to view the extent of damage within the heart wall following ...Researchers image language recovery after stroke
...ke to the left side of the brain. Remarkably, many recover the majority of their language abilities within si...m either of two mechanisms. The damaged area might recover its original functions or a different part of the brain might take over and compensate for the impai...Specifying alcohol-related brain damage in young women
...ed to produce these changes and how these problems recover with abstinence." Tapert said that teens, college-age people, and their parents need to be aware that abstinence from alcohol may not necessarily reverse the negative changes caused by alcohol abuse. "It may pay off later to drink less now," she sa...Personality influences psychological adjustment and recovery from stroke
... How they cope with the changes and how well they recover is based on the individuals unique pre-stroke persona, according to new research. In some cases, two people with the exact same stroke-related deficits can have very different results, says Lynn M. Grattan, Ph.D., lead author and associate pro...New method lets researchers study heart cell communication
... glow again. "The time it takes for the cell to recover fluorescence would be an indicator of how well the cells are coupled," or connected to each other, Muller-Borer said. Coupling is important in heart muscle cells because the electrical signal that causes the heart to beat travels through them....Gender differences in general aviation crashes
...rudder, poor response to a bounce, or inability to recover from a stall, was the most common error for both sexes, but was more prevalent among females (accounting for 81 percent of the crashes) than males (accounting for 48 percent). Males, however, appeared more likely to be guilty of poor decision-making,......ould provide important new clues to help the brain recover following an injury. Meaney, 35, an associate professor of bioengineering, joined the Penn faculty in 1993. A member of Penns Institute for Medicine and Engineering and the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation, he holds a B.S.E. from Rensselaer ...Fluids, electrolytes key to good health for firefighters
...nd to document the extent to which these variables recover following 90 minutes of recovery, the researchers write in the report. They also documented firefighters perceptual responses to repeated trials of the same firefighting activities. Besides recommending that firefighters drink plenty of water after ...Landmark study uncovers reasons behind recurring back injury
... spine. That's why losing weight can help people recover from back injury, Marras said. Another route to recovery, physical therapy, may have to change to prevent recurring back injuries, he added. Typical therapy for back in...New depression and anxiety treatment goals defined
... necessarily a life-long diagnosis -- a person can recover and enjoy a full and productive life at work and at home, with episodes of illness progressively tapering off. To promote the recovery process, treatment must focus on the whole person behind the disorder. Beyond determining and using appropriate me...A few drinks a day do no harm to the alcoholic heart
...r damage. In fact, the heart may actually begin to recover strength. Researchers at Jefferson Medical College and at the University of Barcelona measured the heart-pumping efficiency of a group of men who were alcoholics and were suffering from heart failure. They found that those who abstained from alcohol...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...ave a greater risk of death, and those who survive recover less compared to patients with normal glucose. Arturo Tamayo, M.D., London Health Science Centre University, London, Ontario, Canada, (519) 663-3113; tamayoarturo@hotmail.com . 5:30 p.m. #P197 Viagra has potent effect on stroke recovery in rats. ...Robotic physical therapy improves movement long after stroke
...t-assisted sensorimotor therapy can help survivors recover movement abilities years later. When an arm or leg doesnt recover function during that early period most patients learn to compensate for the loss and make little or ...Rat makes a partial recovery following a spinal cord lesion
...nables rats with a spinal cord lesion to partially recover from their paralysis. Up until now not even the slightest degree of recovery was possible. PhD student Bas Blits was part of this team. The method uses a combination of transplantation and gene therapy. For the transplantation, the researchers impla...Multimillion-dollar pain research center funded at Wake Forest
...er, used the example of sunburn. "Most people will recover from nerve injuries, just like their skin sensation returns to normal after a sunburn goes away. But a lot of people develop chronic pain, and when that happens there are changes in the spinal cord, with the chemicals and receptors. So even without t...Obese lung-transplant recipients at higher risk of death
...ot only is it more difficult for obese patients to recover after a major chest operation, but their impaired ...iratory muscles make it very difficult for them to recover after setbacks such as pneumonia or rejection, complications that are probably better tolerated by p...Ultrasound senses 'feel' of breast lesions
...RFI images and in the time it took for tissues to recover following application of the pushing beams. The goal for ARFI imaging in the breast is to differentiate between benign solid lesions and malignant ones in order to reduce the number of biopsies performed on benign breast abnormalities, she said. ...Restorative rather than usual home care for elderly patients enhances their function and well being
...tudy. "According to previous studies, only a third recover to pre-hospital levels of functioning by three months." Traditionally, home care has been aimed at treating individual diseases. There is, however, a recent mandate by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services that attention be paid to fu...Mastiffs could aid treatment of retinitis pigmentosa
...s defective and rods gradually lose the ability to recover -- first in small areas, then throughout the retina -- and they lose vision altogether. " Gregory M. Acland, another Cornell geneticist in the vision studies, explains that in one form, human RP is an early-onset disorder with rapid loss of rods thro...New hope for treating or avoiding heart failure after cancer drugs
...r Jensen said: "The patients did not spontaneously recover during the observation period. Function could only be reversed by ACE inhibition for several months. We have now successfully treated more than 60 patients with severe congestive heart failure and achieved a remarkably long-lasting recovery."...