New method of distinguishing Alzheimer's from Lewy body dementia
.... Ferman, Ph.D., an expert on DLB. Lewy bodies are round collections of proteins in the brain that are considered the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease. Lewy bodies are never found in healthy normal brains. In Parkinson's disease the Lewy bodies are largely localized to an area of the brain st......ravity phase. By the time the next parabola comes round I am excitedly anticipating the experience. Second time around I am sitting in a lotus position and a single tap of my finger sends me into the air. An 'orange angel' flight attendant named for the colour of their suits sets me gently spinning arou...Northwestern Memorial helping to define best treatment for congestive heart failure
..., while a damaged ventricle expands to look like a round basketball," explains Dr. Horvath. "We use a soft and flexible patch and a shaping device to reshape the ventricle. The idea is to restore the diseased heart rather than just treating the symptoms of heart failure." CHF occurs when the heart is unab...Anti-inflammatory drugs speed brain recovery in Stanford animal study
...ew neurons a week after the injection. In a second round of experiments, she treated the injected rats with twice-daily doses of an NSAID. One week later, stem cells were making neurons as regularly as in rats without an inflammation-causing injection.Monje switched to a laboratory dish to learn how inflam...UCI Cancer Center selected by National Cancer Institute to test cancer prevention drugs
... Prevention. "We are looking forward to this next round of work on critical early phase trials of new agents and their biological effects." Overall, the UCI center currently receives more than $14 million in grants and contracts to conduct chemoprevention trials. Current studies include testing vaccine...Wild blueberries may help protect arteries, reduce risks from cardiovascular disease
...ody's internal chemical environment. In a second round of experiments, researchers wanted to find out what layers in the artery are affected by blueberries. They focused on the inside surface of the artery, a layer of cells known as the endothelium. "Increasing vascular resistance may lead to an elevat...Surgeons offer new treatment for degenerative eye disease
...rs are reporting that patients who have received a round of a standard treatment called ocular photodynamic therapy (PDT) and continue to experience vision loss recovered reading vision after MT360. Macular degeneration, a disease that may cause blurring of central vision, occurs in two forms, wet and dry....2003 winners of Collegiate Inventors Competition announced in NYC
...ition from universities around the world. A first round of judges evaluated entries in order to select the fifteen finalists. Patricia Hallberg, President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, said, "Collectively, these winners are an excellent example of what the Collegiat...Rejection really hurts, UCLA psychologists find
...excluded from the last three-quarters of the third round by the other players. While the undergraduates lat...l cortex did not become activated during the first round of Cyberball, when the students were led to believe that a computer glitch prevented them from being...Lesbians' weight patterns may trigger more heart disease
...clusions from their study. They recommend a second round of research that would include not just self-performed measurements of height, weight and waist size, but also an unbiased observer's measurements of those factors, as well as of blood pressure, triglyceride, HDL and LDL cholesterol, and glucose leve...Consumers endorse researchers' enhancements to lower-quality beef
...elevated often tough and less tasty standard-grade round roasts to a quality similar to a more desirable non-enhanced steak (strip loin). While the findings -- to appear in the October issue of Meat Science but alreadyonline -- are not startling, they reflect the complex qualities being juggled by the beef...Chemical turns stem cells into neurons say scientists at Scripps Research Institute
...nder the microscope. Neurons have a characteristic round soma body and asymmetric multiple processes. In the end, Schultz and Ding found a number of molecules that were able to induce neuronal differentiation, and they chose one, called TWS119, for further studies. When they examined the mechanism of TWS11...St. Jude to receive multi-million dollar grant for sickle cell program
...cells to become sickle-shaped and firm, instead of round and flexible. These abnormal blood cells clog blood vessels, causing episodes of severe pain, organ damage and eventually premature death. Sickle cell disease occurs primarily in African-Americans but also affects people of Hispanic and Middle Easter...Water may prevent some fainting spells
... in what is called a crossover study. On the first round of testing, one of the randomized groups drank water and the other didn't. On the second round, the two groups switched, with the water drinkers going without and the nondrinkers consuming water. The two tests were done on separate days. Both teams ...Possible new cancer therapy shrinks tumors in melanoma patients, Science authors report
...the patients, Rosenberg's team gave the patients a round of chemotherapy that suppressed their immune systems' tendency to reject new cells. A few days after the T cell transfer, the number of tumor-fighting T cells shot up in more than half of the patients. After the transfer, the cells proliferated and t...MTCT-Plus makes HIV treatment a reality for poor countries
...untries. Today, MTCT-Plus is announcing its first round of 12 grants for HIV care and treatment--including antiretroviral therapy--for infected mothers, children, and other family members at 40 sites in eight African and Asian countries. The program will build on existing programs to prevent mother-to-ch...The future of research into Parkinsons disease and tissue banking
...and tissue banking. As part of this there will be round table discussions on Emerging Concepts in Parkinso...vited to attend both the conference itself and the round table discussions. Emerging Concepts in Parkinson's Disease Research will look at the history of P...Learn and Serve announcement and call for proposals
...ogether site at http://www.gt.pitt.edu . The next round of funding for Intergenerational Service Learning ...t, 2003 to July 31st, 2004. To apply for the next round of funding, contact Merrille Weissman at merrilw+@pitt.edu for an RFP.......ne of more than 900 different conditions. In each round of the model, roughly analogous to a five-year period, women die or move to the next older age level. At each age level, they are assigned some probability of going to school, having a child, or working. After running the model for a period of time ...Stanford researcher's uncommon approach to common cold fights cancer
...ystem hormones appear after treatment. In the next round of trials, Sze hopes to better clarify how the treatment works, along with determining which tumors it most effectively fights....