Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...very early heart failure, the heart also begins to rely on the contraction of the atrium to finish filling the left ventricle. Dr. Kapuku was among the first to demonstrate this abnormal filling is one of the earliest expressions of heart malfunction and that this phenomenon may occur behind the faade of ...Depression linked to insomnia in HIV patients
...nts and inconsistent findings. More recent studies rely on patients' reports about their own sleep habits and disturbances, including whether they had difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, their frequency of nightmares, whether they were tired in the day or whether they used sleeping pills to help ...Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emissions
...ly uncertain, and anthropogenic emission estimates rely mostly on socio-economic figures." SCIAMACHY: sifting through sunlight SCIAMACHY is a spectrometer that maps the air over a very wide wavelength range, allowing the detection of trace gases, clouds and dust particles throughout the atmosphere. I...Neuronal death and processing of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
... neurofibrillary pathological pathways in AD might rely on caspase-3 cleavage of tau.Intriguingly, the authors find that one of the tau mutations described in FTDP-17, potentiates the apoptotic capacity of tau fragments; such finding has no relevance in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of FTDP-17....European folic acid policies are not effective enough
...g fulfilled, and it is unacceptable to continue to rely mainly on prenatal screening and termination to reduce the number of babies born with neural tube defects, they conclude....Mayo Clinic study sets threshold for valve repair surgery
...method to determine when the risk of continuing to rely on medication alone exceeded the risk of surgery. Now we have a threshold established through this large study, where continuing medical management carries a much higher risk and surgery can restore normal life expectancy." Dr. Sarano says the study ...Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
...ut when they practice deep acting, but may have to rely on surface acting when genuine empathy seems impossible. Surface acting may be needed, for example, in situations in which the doctor's values or beliefs are entirely different from the patient's. "We suggested viewing physician empathy as emotional...Psychiatric disorders greatly underdiagnosed in hospital emergency departments
...s, affecting an increasing number of Americans who rely on such facilities for much of their primary healt...or the more vulnerable minorities and the poor who rely on emergency departments for much of their primary health care needs," say the authors. "This underd...Brain synapse formation linked to proteins, Stanford study finds
...s form in the brain during development turn out to rely on common but overlooked cells, called glia. These cells were known to support the neurons in adults, but had never been fingered as players in forming the connections between neurons, known as synapses. The Stanford University School of Medicine res...Listening to fear: Helping kids cope, from nightmares to the nightly news
...uld give kids the chance 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 ...Public interest advocates question NIH Enhanced Access policy
...If NIH is going to delegate its responsibility and rely on the good faith of the research community," Reinhard added, "then NIH should lead by example. What better step could they take than by strongly encouraging NIH intramural researchers to ensure that any paper which bears the name of an NIH employee ...New way to diagnose sciatica may point to a different cause
...s typically perform a physical exam and ultimately rely on MRI scans to show the extent to which a disc or discs may be damaged. But, of the 1.5 million MRI scans performed each year, only about 20 percent show a herniated disc serious enough to be treated with surgery. And, of those patients treated wi...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...rection and even the size of a sound source. Both rely on arrays of loudspeakers. Generally speaking, the more loudspeakers, the better the performance, but also the greater the cost. The method being pursued at York and Sydney employs the technique of binaural sound synthesis, which seeks to recreate th...Women In Government report on eliminating cervical cancer
...re they become cancer. Most state-funded programs rely on the Pap test, which detects these cell changes approximately 51 to 85 percent of the time," said J. Thomas Cox, M.D., director, Women's Clinic, University of California, Santa Barbara. "We know that cervical cancer is caused by high-risk types of ...Unique presentation of delirium after stem cell transplantation
...ce. This study demonstrates that clinicians cannot rely on classic presentations such as hallucinations and agitation to recognize delirium in this patient population. Instead, the authors conclude, "more subtle symptoms of hypoactive psychomotor behavior, altered sleep-wake cycle, and impaired attention ...Physician response to conflicts between faith and medicine
...ich there is effective treatment, chose instead to rely on faith and prayer." "That's really tragic," said one physician, citing the case of a woman with a small breast cancer who chose prayer over treatment. "Oh gosh," the doctor recalled. "We can do something for you now but 6 months from now it wil...More precise radiation therapy lets prostate cancer patients avoid erectile dysfunction
...d vessel problem. Typically, radiation oncologists rely on a CT scan to identify the prostate and plan treatment. But because of limitations in the CT scan, the images do not show the bottom of the prostate. Doctors instead estimate where the prostate ends, based on average distance from identifiable stru...Money issues leading cause of holiday stress for Americans
...e with holiday stress. Forty-five percent say they rely on exercise to relieve stress while 44% turn to religious and spiritual activities. A small number turn to massage and yoga. "People tend to reduce stress in ways they have learned over the course of time because they turn to what they know," ...Employment reduces chronic drug use, UH professors find
...ion efforts for drug using welfare recipients that rely upon this "work therapy" model as its key component to prevent continued drug use. Future drug prevention research efforts also may benefit from observing how individuals spend their time. These findings, he says, may further indicate that lack of ...... "Without FERV, the UH College of Optometry would rely only on state funding, which would inhibit its ability to keep up with the growth of the profession. I've been committed to UHCO and have worked hard for its support organization by getting others involved in FERV and creating good will." Invo...