Inflammatory pain may help deter inflammatory diseases like arthritis
...ion increases blood flow to the site of injury and sends in a flood ofrescue factors - such as substances that clot wounds and white blood cells thatchew up invading disease-causing pathogens -to the site. But research has shownthat unrestrained inflammation can cause chronic, debilitating diseases. Tradit......e intimate andlonger-lasting relationships. And it sends the message that the male is lesslikely to have a ...lore of this issue is that insisting on condom use sends a negativemessage to a partners," said John Hocking, a professor at UGA."But we found thatfor both m...Study shows benefit of pioneering U-M program for newborns at risk of hearing impairment
...wo to four weeks later. For those who pass, theU-M sends the parents a questionnaire about hearing-loss symptoms when theirbabies are seven to nine months old. Risk factors for infant hearing loss include low birth weight; family history ofchildhood deafness; infection with a virus such as herpes; use of a...Computer matches CT scans to disease database
...mage, circles the diseased region with a mouse and sends the imageas a query to the data base. Computer vision software determines the "meanintensity" of the image -- or how gray it is -- along with other features. Thatinformation is used to place the image into a mathematical vector that enablesthe comput...Migraine Pain: Not Mainly In The Brain
...the brainstem activates the trigeminal nerve which sends branches tothe face, the scalp, to muscles surrounding blood vessels in the head and to themeninges. The other symptoms some people experience with migraines, such asnumbness, tingling or visual disturbances, likely involve areas of the brain,rather...Duke Study Suggests New Class Of Drugs Could Bypass Leptin Loop
...that when the cellreaches a certain proportion, it sends a signal that elicits some metabolic response to e...n leptin binds with receptors on these neurons, it sends asignal to the body to decrease food intake. In addition, the Duke team showed that leptin alsostimu...