New research suggests two brain areas critical for short-term memory
...rly diagnosis, as well as new drugs to enhance and recover memory, said Deadwyler. In addition, the findings that two brain areas act together to establish and retrieve short-term memories suggests the possibility that humans could be retrained to use one area if the other is damaged or diseased. "Surprising...Cedars-Sinai Medical tipsheet for May 2004
...han cutting though soft tissue. Patients not only recover quicker, but they're usually out of the hospital in a couple of days. AGUSTIN GARCIA, M.D., APPOINTED AS NEW DIRECTOR OF BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AT THE WOMEN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER Agustin Garcia, M.D., has been...Envisat witnesses return of the South Polar ozone hole
...one. Whether or not the ozone layer is starting to recover is a hotly debated topic at the moment." The stratospheric ozone layer protects life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The ozone thinning represented here is ultimately caused by the presence of man-made pollutants in the atmosphere ...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, September 7, 2004
... days because of the infection. The median time to recover was 60 days. Previous characterizations of West Nile fever were that its symptoms were mild and lasted three to six days. Resynchronization of Heart Can Improve Quality of Life After Heart Attack But Is Not Cost-Effective Two articles and an edit...Testosterone may help in recovery from strokes, suggests preliminary findings in study
...e responsible for a man's sex drive - may help him recover from a stroke, according to preliminary animal res...ng board to test whether testosterone helps people recover from strokes, said Aninda B. Acharya, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at Saint Louis Universi...Mayo Clinic research shows stroke rehabilitation best served by physical training
...m evaluated how various treatments enabled rats to recover function. The treatments evaluated included regular, repeated physical training sessions of walking on a beam, medication with amphetamines and no treatment at all. Results showed physical training alone had the most positive effect on recovery from ...Jefferson neuroscientists find evidence of lead exposure affecting recovery from brain injury
...to low levels of lead take significantly longer to recover from a brain injury than those animals that weren'...tion in both groups, the lead-exposed rats did not recover as much or as quickly as did the unexposed animals. Dr. Schneider presents his group's findings Oct....Molecular clock genes influence metabolism of sugar and dietary fats
...ins in the clock control the ability of animals to recover from the fall in blood sugar that occurs in response to insulin. The investigators demonstrate a role for the circadian clock proteins, Bmal1 and Clock, in regulating the day-to-day levels of glucose in the blood. Suppressing the action of th...New brain cells develop during alcohol abstinence, UNC study shows
...rain is growing as the spaces shrink as alcoholics recover from alcohol dependence. "And when they stop drinking, you can show in a period of weeks, months, years, the brain grows back, there's a return of metabolic activity, and cognitive tests show a return of function," Crews said. The findings may have s...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
...t it with chemotherapy you can prompt the mouse to recover its immune system much more quickly simply by removing androgen." When testosterone is removed, the immune cells come back strong and aggressive, ready to attack. Says Dr. Kwon, "They become twitchy, very reactive, and in this state they can, in fact...Impaired neuromotor function following cancer treatment can improve
...e expected beyond one year as patients continue to recover and are able to discontinue medications. "The results of this study have important implications for physicians and patients when they have choices about treatments for these diseases. The most immediate value is for patients and their families to kno...Angioplasty, robotically assisted keyhole bypass combo appears effective
...asive than regular bypass operations, and patients recover more quickly with less pain and scarring. The procedure is for patients whose arteries are not suitable for angioplasty, a non-invasive procedure that uses a balloon catheter and a wire mesh stent to widen, then prop open blocked blood vessels. "The ...New WHO study asks, 'How happy are you with your lot in life?'
... life can, for example, influence how quickly they recover from an operation or make a difference to the psychological impact they experience when they become ill. In the U.S. for example, the availability of accessible health and social care is one of the most important influences on quality of life," said ...Kinder, gentler procedure gives superior results for stem cell transplants
...d cells engraft, but then allow immune function to recover quickly," says study leader Shalini Shenoy, M.D., ...ransplant protocols, immune function may not fully recover for a year or more, and during this time, the patient is highly susceptible to life-threatening infe...ZYVOX(R) demonstrates high success rate for patients who develop MRSA surgical site infections
...dditional infections and allow them to potentially recover in the comfort of their own home without the need for an IV line which is especially important in instances where the patient would not otherwise be hospitalized," said Dr. Weigelt. "Previous studies have demonstrated cost savings associated with o...Size of myocardial infarct measured using MRI
...ck matters for determining how well a patient will recover from the trauma. Current methods for measuring the size of an infarct and assessing how much damage was done are highly subjective and arbitrary," said senior study author and cardiologist Joo Lima, M.D., associate professor of medicine and radiolog...Women need less morphine after hysterectomies with new treatment
...quire less morphine to combat pain and are able to recover their lung function more quickly when they receive...y deep breaths or coughing, and allow the lungs to recover better. Epidurals are currently the best pain treatment option after many major surgeries. However, ...Rotary blood pump shows promise for pediatric patients
...ts, sustaining heart function, until the heart can recover or until a heart transplant can be done. According to WebMD Health, as many as 50,000 people each year could benefit from a heart transplant, but only 2,000 to 2,500 hearts become available. As a result, tens of thousands of patients each year die...2001-2002 survey finds that many recover from alcoholism
...then previous reports that many persons can and do recover from alcoholism," said NIAAA Director Ting-Kai Li,...less chronic alcoholics (the fact that persons who recover from alcohol dependence may be more likely to have survived to the survey date) may have inflated th......with spinal injury high in the neck region), could recover touch sensation and movement of the hands, and regain the ability to dress, feed and clean independently. Professor Raisman's key discovery was that there is one part of the nervous system, a region in the nasal cavity concerned with the sense of sme...