'Fatally flawed' legal analysis will not stand
...orward. Most of the APS counsel's other arguments rely on this misunderstanding of copyright law, and therefore, are inapplicable." "Nothing could be more consistent with the federal purpose of NIH than collecting this research in an archive and allowing taxpayers and follow-on researchers to have access...Elderly cancer patients are significantly under-represented in cancer clinical trials
...cultural beliefs may influence Native Americans to rely solely on traditional healers instead of seeking care at a cancer clinic. To address these issues, the researchers designed clinical trials involving innovative therapies that will shorten treatment time significantly, to 1-4 weeks. Therapies includ...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...fulfill applications in research and medicine that rely on accelerators to produce pulses of x-ray and infrared radiation, including high resolution imaging and treatments for certain types of cancer. (Papers: CO2.004, CO2.006, CP1.126. Contact: W.P. Leemans, wpleemans@lbl.gov , 510-486-7788). Plasma Wi...Pitt researchers identify biomarkers of lupus which could lead to quicker and better diagnosis
...ing chemotherapy. Currently, most physicians rely on blood abnormalities to aid in the diagnosis of SLE, but according to Dr. Manzi, these tests are inadequate because they are not sensitive or specific enough. In the study, researchers used blood samples taken from each participant and analyz...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
...fulfill applications in research and medicine that rely on accelerators to produce pulses of x-ray and infrared radiation, including high resolution imaging and treatments for certain types of cancer. (Papers: CO2.004, CO2.006, CP1.126. Contact: W.P. Leemans, wpleemans@lbl.gov , 510-486-7788) Plasma Win...Pediatricians often underestimate substance abuse problems in adolescents
...icians do not use a structured screening tool, but rely solely on clinical impressions, these findings are of great concern." The study, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, involved more than 500 14- to 18-year-old patients arriving for routine health care at Children's Adolescent/Young Adult Me...Enzyme linked to mania and schizophrenia impairs higher brain functions
...formance were seen on cognitive tasks that did not rely on the prefrontal cortex....Researchers develop neural prosthesis allowing a monkey to feed self using only its brain
...to the prosthetic arm. Because the software had to rely on a small number of the thousands of neurons needed to move the arm, the monkey did the rest of the work, learning through biofeedback how to refine the arm's movements by modifying the firing rates of the recorded neurons. For the task, food was pl...DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
... forward-looking statements. The reader should not rely on any forward-looking statement. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Several important factors, in addition to the specific factors discuss...Panel finds that scare tactics for violence prevention are harmful
BETHESDA, MARYLAND - Programs that rely on "scare tactics" to prevent children and adolescents from engaging in violent behavior are not only ineffective, but may actually make the problem worse, according to an independentstate-of-the-science panel convened this week by the National Insti...Summa study finds portion control induces greatest weight loss
... we live in an obesogenic environment, you can not rely on the overeating and sedentary signals that the environment is constantly sending. You have to block these signals out (cognitive restructuring) and change your personal environment (change the way that you shop for food, where you eat, and how you ...Child health improvement through computer automation
...opics often overwhelm busy pediatricians who often rely on memory. Most physicians do not use computerized guidelines because they can be costly or, unlike the extensively tested RMRS, may be unappealing to a busy physician. However, the majority of health care providers can't spend sufficient time with t...Lab studies show two proteins prevented progressive nerve cell loss in Parkinson's disease
...treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, doctors rely on various types of drugs that work by helping to replenish dopamine. A drug called L-DOPA (levodopa), for example, is absorbed in the brain and changed into dopamine. Other drugs, work differently by either prolonging the effect of levodopa-formed...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...ing through ice-infested waters in northern Canada rely on radar data supplied by another such project." ...and organisations concerned with food security can rely on early warning of famine from a systematic satellite survey of Sub-Saharan Africa. At the same tim...NJIT business incubator helps start-up companies move out of the lab and into the marketplace
...coping with urine retention of this nature have to rely on an indwelling catheter connected to a urine collection bag or insertion of an intermittent catheter several times each day. Urovalve holds a patent on a silicone device that is implanted into the urethra during a simple procedure performed in a ph...Women who early in life care for elderly parents are at higher risk of poverty later
...y to live in poverty and 46 percent more likely to rely on SSI in later life than were married women. The predicted probability of living in poverty for non-white caregivers was 29 percent, compared to only nine percent for white caregivers. In a previous study, Donato and Wakabayashi analyzed the sub...New research calls for schools to be more aware of head injuries
...ch impacts on their education. At present, schools rely on parents to inform them about a TBI, and rarely receive information on possible long-term consequences. Only one third of teachers were aware that the child had received a head injury. Teachers reported that for 31% of children no one informe...New study shows phonics is critical for skilled reading
...d alike but carry different meanings, it begins to rely more on the visual method, which requires one less step than the phonics-based approach, says Seidenberg. But, as he explains, "you can't go straight to that end point. Learning to read words visually is hard - it takes a lot of practice because the ...... for the food industry and for consumers who daily rely on accurate labelling. Therefore continued and vigorous research in developing such assays is urgently warranted."......in cleaning and hand washing, Kubo says. But don't rely on salsa alone to safeguard your food: There's only a small amount of the potent antibacterial in a typical serving. "If you were eating a hot dog or hamburger," explains Kubo, "you would probably have to eat an equivalent weight of cilantro to have ...