Healthy eating reduces the chance of spina bifida
According to Dutch researcher Pascal Groenen, a balanced diet reduces the risk of a baby with spina bifida. He investigated how different nutritional components affected the risk of developing this condition. Low concentrations of myo-inositol, zinc or vitamin B12 in the blood o...Problematic behaviour of dementing patients exacerbated
Dutch researcher Marjolein de Vugt has found that carers of dementing family members can exacerbate the dementing patient's problematic behaviour. If they cannot accept the behavioural problems and express this irritation towards the dementing patient then the patien...Wound healers cause skin disease
Dutch researcher Manon Franssen has shown that cells which heal the skin following an injury play an important role in the development of the skin disease psoriasis. In people with psoriasis, the skin peels much faster than normal so that it flakes and becomes inflam...Men with advanced, incurable prostate cancer can benefit from docetaxel
..., 2004) An international study led by a Canadian researcher shows that men with advanced, incurable prostate cancer can survive an average of three months longer and face less symptoms when offered a new treatment for prostate cancer. Published in tomorrow's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, the ...Testosterone may help in recovery from strokes, suggests preliminary findings in study
...at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and a researcher on the project. "We are trying to find newer, better techniques including pharmacological techniques to improve the outcomes of patients who have had strokes," Dr. Acharya says. "Many of the techniques for physical rehabilitation were designed for...VA study finds rural veterans in poorer health
... leader William B. Weeks, MD, MBA, a physician and researcher with the White River Junction VA Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School. Senior author on the study was Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, VA's acting under secretary for health. The study included 767,109 veterans who had used VA healthcare betwe...Stanford scientists help bring study of smallpox virus into 'molecular age'
...Since the disease no longer exists in humans, Army researcher Peter Jahrling, PhD, set out to create an animal model that mimicked as many aspects of human smallpox as possible, using some of the preserved strains from the CDC and the maximum containment laboratory at CDC that is sanctioned for use with smallpo...Survey highlights myth of multi-faith chaplaincy in hospitals
...es from hospitals in the Midlands and London and a researcher from the Muslim Council of Britain, undertook the survey of hospitals chosen from all NHS hospital trusts in England and Wales. He said: "The Human Rights Act 1998 and the Patient's Charter place a legal responsibility on public bodies to ensure the ...Children with ADHD benefit from time outdoors enjoying nature
...r conclusion. Kuo and Faber Taylor, a postdoctoral researcher who specializes in children's environments and behavior, recruited the parents of 322 boys and 84 girls, all diagnosed with ADHD, through ads in major newspapers and the Web site of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. ...Needle-free anthrax vaccine shows promise in animal studies
... by the injectable formulation, according to a key researcher on the project, Ge Jiang, Ph.D., a pharmaceutical scientist with BD Technologies. Initial data indicates that the powdered formulation of the rPA antigen, a genetically engineered protein, is also more stable than the liquid version and can withstand...Health benefits of citrus topic at American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia
...ancer lesions in an animal model of the disease. A researcher at Kanazawa Medical University in Japan showed that nobiletin, a compound found in tangerines, also shows promise in animal studies for preventing colon cancer. ( AGFD 129 , Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1:05 p.m., and AGFD 130 , Tuesday, Aug. 24,1:35 p.m.) Or...Blueberry compound shows promise of lowering cholesterol as effectively as drug
...e potential for fewer side effects, according to a researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The compo...l to conventional drugs used for this purpose, the researcher says. Findings were described today at the 228 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society...Study indicates why hospitalists improve hospital efficiency
... greatest savings occur," said Peter Kaboli, M.D., researcher and staff physician at the VA Iowa City Health Car...included Gary Rosenthal, M.D., staff physician and researcher with the VA Iowa City Health Care System and UI professor of internal medicine; and Mitch Barnett, V...Listening in on the whispering heart
...h energy one," explain Au-Yeung, who is a graduate researcher in Wolf's laboratory at Duke. To test the concept the team has designed and built a device that can be implanted under the skin close to the heart, like a pacemaker. Sensors on the implantable cardiac telemetry system pick up the heart's electrical p...Wartime spitfire strain test monitors stress on key heart artery - aortic aneurysm
... out on the actual patient." University of Warwick researcher Mr Geoff Calvert is pleased with the success of the work so far. He is now seeking further funding to research materials that could be used in the rapid prototyped aortic aneurysm that would provide an even closer mimic of the mechanical properties o...Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics, study indicates
...ed a year earlier using mice, said Teixeira, now a researcher focusing on type 2 diabetes for the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass. "Our most remarkable result was that soy protein added to the diet, compared to animal source protein, in this case casein, resulted in a significant ...ASU researchers demonstrate new nanotech effect - moving water molecules by light
...ry and biochemistry; Rohit Rosario, a postdoctoral researcher in the Harrington Department of Bioengineering; Jennifer Taraci, a postdoctoral researcher in chemical and materials engineering; and graduate students Teresa Clement and Jeff Dailey working ...July/August 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ritual beliefs in at least certain instances. The researcher found the percentage of those welcoming spiritual discussion increased with the severity of illness. Discussion of spirituality is most welcome in cases of a life-threatening illness (77 percent), a serious medical condition (74 percent) or followi...Tufts professor launches program to mentor deaf students in state-of-the-art physics research
... first as a graduate student at Cornell, then as a researcher at the Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech, before moving on to faculty appointments at M.I.T. and Tufts. Some of her recent graduates have been employed by Northeastern University, and companies such as Exxon Research Center, Michelin Americas Research Ce...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
...ts vessels are wider and leakier. Knowing this, a researcher can perhaps tailor an anti-cancer drug aimed at ho... Jack Fowler Junior Investigator Award, given to a researcher who has been in the field less than four years. The group's preliminary calculations show that a com...