First mouse model for multiple system atrophy points to new treatment targets for brain diseases
...e-cell malfunction and death. The mice also showed slowly progressive problems with their motor skills associated with the nerve-cell damage. Neurons are important in transmitting signals and in maintaining learning and memory. "The uniqueness of this disease is that, unlike most of the neurodegenerative di......ften for a short amount of time. Typically, saliva slowly helps to restore the natural balance of the acid found in the mouth. If foods high in acid are consumed on an excessive basis, the mouth can't repair itself and the greater the chance for dental erosion, says Dr. Shipley. "As the availability of sof...Earlier use of prostate cancer vaccines urged by Hopkins scientists
...wing cancer. "The mice get used to the cancer very slowly over time," Drake says. "But we found that if we use the vaccine to activate the immune system right after we give the mice hormone therapy to shrink their tumors, T-cells start a reaction against the cancer." T-cells are responsible for recognizing...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
...cer is. Furthermore, because prostate cancers grow slowly in many cases and treatments can have unpleasant side effects, treating the cancer may be less desirable than leaving it alone, especially in older men. "But the main thing is we don't know whether screening saves lives," says Gerald L. Andriole Jr.,...Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
... be managed, she said. "Change would need to occur slowly to prevent a shortage of physicians. But the payoff would be fewer false alarms for women."...Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
...at their novel drug made contact with transporters slowly about 10 times slower than cocaine which, they speculate, may be why it does not have a stimulating effect. Between 2 million and 3.2 million people in the United States about 1 percent of the population - use cocaine, according to estimates. Of t...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...hat you need to do is look at the person and speak slowly and clearly. Speaking loudly is like turning up the volume on a cheap stereo it's only going to distort your speech and add to the confusion." Six years ago the same team of researchers reported finding a closely related brain "timing" problem wher...Slow growth in infancy signals poor economic prospects in adulthood
...n over 80 cm in height at that age. Those who grew slowly as infants tended to achieve lower levels of education than those who grew more quickly, prompting the authors to wonder if slow physical growth might also be accompanied by slow brain development or reduced physical activity and therefore less senso...Viagra used in stroke recovery study
...d up with assistance," says Silver. "Things moved slowly in the first couple of months; most of the recovery has come after the sixth month period. This is very uncommon for individuals after stroke who typically see a deceleration in recovery. Individuals with locked in syndrome rarely walk or talk again...New highly active agents against sandfly fever
...a. It can cause a specific form of leukaemia and a slowly developing degradation of the nervous system (tropical spastic paraparesia). The activity of these substances is closely linked to their chemical structure, and especially to the length of the substitution group (number of carbon atoms) located in po...Women successfully treated to prevent preterm labor at low risk for recurrent episode
...me time, he says, rates of preterm labor have been slowly but steadily rising in the last several decades in the United States. Newborns are considered to be full-term when delivered about 40 weeks after the first day of their mother's last menstrual period....Engineers develop biowarfare sensing elements for future highly sensitive nerve-gas detectors
...t of crystals with many imperfections, and recover slowly because molecules previously detected can become trapped in these imperfections. Shi constructed the accompanying sensor components using traditional computer chip design and fabrication techniques. Specifically, he used microelectromechanical syste...Cell phone users drive like old folks
...rive like elderly people, moving and reacting more slowly and increasing their risk of accidents. "If you ...ted to brake lights from a car in front of them as slowly as 65- to 74-year-olds who were not using a cell phone. The elderly drivers, meanwhile, became eve...Stents and going with the flow
...s the name suggest, are coated with drugs that are slowly released and help keep the artery from reclosing, an occurrence known as restenosis. In the first of three articles on sirolimus-eluting stents, in the February 1 issue of CMAJ, Yang and Moussa explain the mechanism of action of these types of stent...New method to fix cleft palate shows promise in Mayo Clinic lab study
...ance is turned slightly each day for four weeks to slowly lengthen the bone and soft tissue. Finally, the device is surgically removed. "This method of repairing a cleft palate is potentially superior to standard surgery because it brings in bone and soft tissue to cover the opening," says Bob Tibesar, M.D...Reduced progression of atherosclerosis tied to statin drugs lowering fats, protein
... hardening of the arteries, in which blood vessels slowly narrow with brain- and heart-threatening plaque, something like rust blocking water flow in an iron pipe. A report on the research appears in Thursday's (Jan. 6) issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. More than three dozen investigators ...New test possible aid to overcoming barriers to colon cancer screening
... measured. Typically, colorectal cancer develops slowly over a period of several years, usually beginning as a growth of tissue known as a polyp that develops on the lining of the colon or rectum. Most cancerous lesions bleed intermittently, however many precancerous polyps do not bleed. Absence of feca...Infants, children prefer sounds over pictures and only slowly become visually oriented, studies find
...s are dominant over visuals from infancy, and only slowly through childhood do visuals become more important," said Vladimir Sloutsky, professor in the Center for Cognitive Science at Ohio State University. "The younger the children are, the more dominant their auditory system seems to be." Earlier work by ...European study highlights persistent 3 decade increase in childhood cancer incidence
...s how childhood cancer, while still rare, has been slowly increasing over the past 3 decades. Cancer is rare before age 20 years. Eva Steliarova-Foucher (International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France) and colleagues used the large European database of childhood and adolescent cancer cases to est......ars after kicking the habit. "It starts decreasing slowly for the first 19 years after quitting, then drops to half by 20 years, although it always remains higher than in those who never smoked," Dr. Henschke said. Lung cancer remains the major cause of cancer death in both men and women, killing more peopl...