Mayo Clinic establishes landmark research program to predict and prevent alcoholism
... program. "We have known for years that alcoholism runs in families and that children of alcoholic parents are at very high risk of developing the problem. We also know that a deep craving for alcohol is a core component of the problem and that there is good evidence that these cravings have a genetic ba...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004
...a, with its 19 million citizens, patient wait time runs from 3 to 16 months from referral to the start of ...atories. The wait time from referral to treatment runs from 2 to 10 months. Wait times are generally longer in laboratories located in university, state, ...Emotion-regulating protein lacking in panic disorder
...oraphobia, avoiding public places. Panic disorder runs in families and researchers have long suspected that it has a genetic component. The new finding, combined with evidence from recent animal studies, suggests that genes might increase risk for the disorder by coding for decreased expression of the re...Scientists identify cell defects that limit immune system's impact on late-stage tumors
...and found that they readily became defective. This runs counter to the predominant paradigm holding that defectiveness is related to antigen reactivity or specificity. At least experimentally, this is not the case. Of course, in a real tumor, most of the T cells that are present are going to be antigen-sp...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2003 (second issue)
...emoral artery is the main artery in the thigh that runs down two-thirds of that leg portion before branching.) The researchers' model was designed to prevent pulmonary embolism-associated deaths. The authors said that almost half of the 16 million patients admitted to U.S. intensive care units annually ...Helping teachers use keys to vocabulary building
...know, " that interstate refers to a highway, which runs among states; that collegiate sounds like college; and that the -ate suffix denotes an adjective " they can deduct the meaning of intercollegiate, which means "among colleges." "Sixty percent of word meanings can be inferred from looking at the Greek...Physician organizations urge Secretary Thompson to defend NIH review process
...s and, in fact, might result in public policy that runs counter to scientific evidence and the best available medical practices," said Joseph Dalovisio, MD, IDSA President. IDSA and HIVMA urge Secretary Thompson to issue a public message to ensure the research community and the public that NIH, the world'...Vital sign device improves resuscitation monitoring
... or the size of a pack of chewing gum. Vital Dust runs on two AA batteries and includes an embedded microprocessor, memory, and a wireless communication interface. Another unique feature of Vital Dust is its ability to store the pre-hospital electronic medical record together with a record of the patient...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic syndrome linked to inherited birth disorder
...rent affected by it and it's highly likely that it runs in families. "This means it could make it a significant health concern," says Syed Jalal, Ph.D., a medical geneticist and professor at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and the study's chief author. While some symptoms can be treated, the syndrome ...Mayo Clinic researchers discover how key cancer protein works
...rms work. It's the same with DNA. To be useful, it runs programs (RNAs) that make desired products. The products are proteins. Proteins are the substances that carry out all life functions, which is why advanced cancer research focuses on them. To do their jobs, proteins need to be activated. They become ...Fetal surgery for spina bifida shows early benefits in leg function, fewer shunts
...e National Institutes of Health. That trial, which runs from 2002 through 2006, will compare the long-term outcomes of prenatal versus postnatal spina bifida repair. In addition to Dr. Johnson, co-authors of the study, all from the Center For Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at The Children's Hospital of Phi...One-step HIV test may be cheaper, faster, less wasteful
...t out to a central lab for evaluation. If repeated runs of this first test react to HIV antibodies -- indicating presence of the virus -- technicians run a second test, called a Western blot. The whole process may take from several days to two weeks. "However, with the rapid-testing methods, an on-site te...Mapping the air to safeguard your looks, the environment and planes in flight
...y for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), which runs the 16-station NABEL network for BUWAL. "There are highly polluted sites in the centre of cities but also stations used for global background information such as the top of Jungfraujoch, 3580 metres above sea level." Located at the heart of Europe,......he truth is not immediately obvious, and sometimes runs counter to intuition. The temptation to make the big wager may be hard to resist. The coin example is trivial. But think instead of risks to health, life or property; and instead of flipped coins think of heart attacks, car crashes, smoking, HIV, cri...Study: Transferred patients hurt big hospitals' rankings
... paper's authors include Cathy Strachan, MSRN, who runs the UMHS APACHE database service; and Timothy Hofer, M.D., an associate professor of internal medicine at UMHS. Both Hayward and Hofer are also members of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, and of the Department of Veterans Affairs He...Virtual mass spectrometry laboratory transforms learning experience
..., a research assistant working with Bier. The VMSL runs rapidly on most computers, in part, because a large 250 kilobyte spectrum is compressed into 1-to-5 kilobyte GIF (graphics interchange format) file before transmission from the server to the Internet user's computer (see Figure 3). Hundreds of actual...Years to your health! Children of centenarians have less heart disease
...s Scientific Sessions 2002. "Exceptional longevity runs in families, but at this point it's difficult to predict how much of this effect is genetic and how much is related to environment and lifestyle," says Dellara F. Terry, M.D., of Boston University Medical Center. "Our research suggests that children ...Ceramic hip implants provide alternative for younger patients
CHICAGO - Indiana resident Luke Pascale runs two pizza restaurants and had worked out three times a week. He also enjoyed long bike rides with his wife, but last year, the pain in his hip became so severe he couldn't stay on a bike for more than five minutes. "I'm very active so the thought o...Why are people who recover from major depression never really out of the woods?
...ex. These brain regions are located in a band that runs deep within the frontal lobes, down the midline. The subgenual cingulate is an area previously identified as critical to the acute experience of intense sadness in healthy volunteers as well as a target of anti-depressant action in depressed patients......ts or abnormalities." Evidence suggests that ADHD runs in families and may have genetic roots. As might be expected with hyperactive subjects, the investigators had to discard 50 of 594 total scans due to blurring by motion in the scanner. Volumes of various brain structures and tissue were measured an...