Duke Study Uses Tiny Temperature Changes To Probe Water-Exclusion At Protein Binding Sites
...er in and around the protein'sbinding site to make room for the binding partner, said Eric Toone, a Dukeassociate professor of chemistry. Removing this water provides much of the energy that drives a bindingreaction, and determining how much energy this removal provides has previouslybeen impossible...Chemists Closing In On Commercial Potential Of Alkanes
...etailed pictureof an alkane-activation reaction at room temperature. Alkanes are compounds of carbon a...with ultraviolet light and measure the kinetics at room temperaturewith the compounds dissolved in a hydrocarbon solvent. Frei supplied a Fouriertransform i...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
... absorbed, we can illuminate the patient in a dark room andsee these localized red spots. We can say, 'this is where the cancer is.'" The method is being tested in eastern Europe, with encouraging results,say researchers. Rawicz "imported" the concept with his two colleagues, Ivan Melnik, a profes...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...hetechnology present in those wild posters in your room -- or your children'srooms -- could lead to safer driving. Prototype headlights will contain both standard bulbs and the blacklights. The special road markings will floresce -- reflecting a greater amountof light that painted surfaces. And ...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...: Harrell can be reached through the meeting press room at (505) 982-6615 or 982-8816 in Santa Fe today and at her office, (919) 966-4284, after the meeting. Bradley can be reached at (919) 966-3610. School of Nursing Contact: Renee Kinzie, (919) 966-1412. News Services Contact: David Williamson, (919) 9......alloon counterpulsation,requires that an emergency room physician or intensive-care cardiologist placethe balloon into the aorta by pushing it through a thin flexible tube that isinserted through an artery in the groin and threaded upward into the aorta. Once the balloon is in place, a pump is used to exp......ent for clinical trials, anendpoint that leaves no room for disagreement among physicians, the researchers...the caseof a patient who is rushed to an emergency room with a heart attack and isenrolled in a trial. A few hours later, the patient experiences some ches...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...eart attack patient may be treated by an emergency room physician, andtransferred to a cardiologist's care if the case becomes particularlyproblematic." For example, the researchers say 14 percent of patients assigned byMedicare as having been cared for by cardiologists were actually admitted byi...Most People Cant Identify Stroke Symptoms
...ffective stroke treatment is toget to an emergency room as quickly as possible after they've hadsymptoms -- that's why it is imperative that people know what these symptoms are. People also need to learn about risk factors in order to prevent a stroke in thefirst place," said Dr. Pancioli. The NINDS has d...Asthma-Airways Clinic Improves Lives, Reduces Medical Costs
...asured---the number of hospitalizations, emergency room visits,unscheduled office visits, days spent ill and days out of work. Those results,Bria says, show the promise of changes now transforming health care. "The era of hospital-centered care is over," he says. "The trend is now towardthe maturation o...New Treatment Targets Most Malignant Brain Tumors
...e need for patients to be isolated in a lead-lined room forthe week or so required after Iodine treatment. However, the most important therapeutic advantage of Astatine-211 is itsfar greater efficiency as a killer of cancer cells, with only one or tworadioactive atoms needed to kill a cell. Prelim......g treated for asthma can leadto multiple emergency room visits, more frequent doctor visits, and days missedfrom school or work. About 15 million people in the United States have asthma. Of that number, 4.8 million are under 18. For information about asthma, call LUNG LINE, (800) 222-LUNG.......he chemistry of sports. # # # # A press room will be available for media representatives in the HynesConvention Center, Room 308, on Saturday, August 22, from noon until 5 p.m., andon Sunday, August 23 through Thursday, August 27, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Further information on the meeting...Drug Combination Including New "Super Aspirin" Drug Cuts Risk Of Death Or Second Heart Attack
...lone.Even with standard treatment, "There is still room for improvement," saysMoliterno, of the department of cardiology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,Cleveland, Ohio. The number of deaths and second heart attacks is high even atsix months after the initial attack, he says. The Circulation report, h...Fact Sheet -- Rectal Administration Of Diazepam For Acute Repetitive Seizures (RADARS) Study
... be cost-effective, reducing the need foremergency room care. Study Design Double-blind, randomized, 10-center, parallel group, placebo-controlledstudy. 91 patients (47 children and 44 adults) with a history of ARS treated withrectal diazepam gel. Pediatric patients received two doses--one at onset...Extreme Prematurity Brings Two-Fold Increase In Risk Of Repeating A Grade, Needing Special Education
...hree times as likely to need the school's resource room than the control group, findings showed. "If we are going to save these extremely premature babies, we need to know what is in store for these kids and their families," Buck said. "For the first time at our center, neonatologists have the data......mis scheduled from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. on August 5 in room 309 of the BaltimoreConvention Center. On the EID front, Jonathan Patz of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene andPublic Health will join Elaine Matthews of the Columbia University Center forClimate Systems Research and NASA Goddard Institute for Spac...Repairing Cranio-Facial Deformities From The Inside Out
... thepatient. The distraction process, which makes room for the new bone to grow,takes from five to nine days. After that period, the device is left in forapproximately six weeks to allow the new bone to fill in the gap before beingremoved. Besides correcting facial deformities, DynaForm can be u...Novel Therapy To Treat Lung Cancer Patients Enrolling Patients At UCSF Cancer Center
...that breaks downthe material between cells to make room for new cellular growth. There is good reason for enthusiasm about this drug because the preliminarydata looks favorable and suggests that MMPs inhibitors (MMPIs) are effective inslowing tumor growth, said David Jablons, MD, UCSF assistant professo...University Of Kentucky One Of First To Use New Technique To Treat Atrial Flutter
...imates, it accounts for 5 percent of all emergency room visits. While not usually life-threatening in itse...tter accounts for up to 5 percent of all emergency room visits. The condition also can be treated with drugs, or with another type of ablation that uses rad...