Researchers model brain's electrical storm during a seizure
...ssages in the brain. Some seizures begin in a very specific area of the brain called the "seizure focus" before spreading out, and others, particularly ones linked to genetic causes, appear to start simultaneously in various parts of the brain. What is clear is that during a seizure, a strong pattern of elec...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
...e high comorbidities." Among the other disorders specific to children who have bipolar disorder, children can also suffer from ADHD, oppositional-defiant disorder, conduct disorder, anxiety and tic disorders, and substance abuse. The comorbid disorders and common side effects from treatment medications are...When the brain, not the ears, goes hard of hearing
...aging brain. In addition to earlier findings of a specific type of "timing" problem that limits our hearing as we age, the group is now finding increasing evidence of a "feedback" problem in the brain that diminishes our ability to hear. This week at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Otol...Exercise therapy builds strength, mobility in MS patients
...itdehaag and colleagues found no evidence that any specific exercise therapy programs were better for health and mobility than other exercise programs. The researchers also found no signs in any of the studies that exercise therapy was harmful to the health of MS patients. The National Multiple Sclerosis Soc...Scientists replicate hepatitis C virus in laboratory
... enzymatic function and can cleave RNA sequence at specific locations. These two ribozymes were designed to generate the correct ends of the HCV genome and to act as start and stop buttons to gene activity. The construct was "naked," meaning that it contained only nucleic acids, the genetic material of the ......ribution (each of them serving the population in a specific area), the researchers determine an optimal equita...fically based allocation strategy" for a number of specific objectives. The study and the wider issues of 'distributive justice' are discussed in an accompany...Jefferson scientists uncover potential trigger of diabetic kidney disease
... found that a protein called CD36 was present in a specific cell type called the proximal tubular epithelial cell in human diabetic kidney disease. In humans, the cells seem to be involved in a self-directed cell death or apoptosis in diabetic kidney disease. "We think CD36 might be a switch that is turned on...Study: Young adults can be motivated to eat fruits, veggies
...nformation to tailor educational messages to their specific interests," she explains. For example, someone who had not given much thought to eating healthier might need basic information about the importance of good nutrition, while someone who already knows why eating healthy is important might make better u...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...ers have found that joints whose cartilage lacks a specific type of collagen will develop osteoarthritis the so-called "wear-and-tear" form of the disease at a greatly accelerated rate. The results of their experiments with mice provide new insights that could lead to potential treatments for a disease that...Heart attack treatment gap may be closing for women
... levels should be treated. "We need to look at the specific guidelines on who needs to receive statins because lowering LDL is beneficial and statins have additional anti-inflammatory effect," she said. "The guidelines recommend a lipid-lowering agent with LDL of 100 mg per dL or higher." But this study rev......sound patterns, without invoking innate mechanisms specific to grammar. Languages as far apart as Native American, Australian Aboriginal, Austronesian and Indo-European show similar patterns of vowel and consonant inventory and distribution, but exceptions to sound patterns regarded as universal show that the...Vaccine may complement conventional treatment for chronic leukaemia
...evelopment against the fusion protein or other CML specific antigens appears to be a reasonable avenue for further investigation. In the meantime, we will eagerly await the results of disease free-survival in the vaccinated group and confirmatory studies by other investigators in the field."...Mayo Clinic study finds obese kidney donors face few increased risks
...ot a good trend, we need to see if obesity poses a specific risk for kidney donors," says Sandra Taler, M.D., a Mayo Clinic kidney specialist and a co-author of the study. "We found that short-term outcomes for obese donors did not differ significantly from outcomes experienced by donors of normal weight. Add...HIV patients may be at risk of heart problems when taking protease inhibitor drugs
...th by a ventricular arrhythmia. There are several specific actions physicians can take to use this new inform...hibitors affect "pore function" of "channels" in a specific cell type they were studying. Pore function in channels permits the exchange of biochemical signals ...New European cancer figures for 2004 major efforts needed against the big four killers
...to rise, even if incidence and mortality rates for specific age groups remain constant. They also say that it is vital to make a major assault on the four biggest killers lung, colorectal, breast and stomach cancer if there is to be quick, significant progress against the burden of the disease. The report h...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February 2005 (second issue)
...s. Medical antagonists are designed to counteract specific functions.) According to the authors, asthma usually begins and has its greatest prevalence in children younger than 5 years. This age group often has intermittent symptoms, which include long assymptomatic periods interrupted by episodes of asthm...Hepatitis B viral load, genotype affect liver cancer risk, study finds
Infection with a specific subtype of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and a high viral load are associated both independently and additively with an increased risk of a type of liver cancer, according to a new study in the February 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Insti...Faster, less expensive test proven more effective in detecting bladder cancer
...as more sensitive in this study, cytology was more specific (99 percent versus 86 percent), meaning that the number of false positives was higher for the NMP22 test. Still, the authors say "the high specificity of cytology is offset by low sensitivity, ambiguous test results, expense, and time lag to obtain r...Mothers' exposure to air pollutants linked to chromosome damage in babies
...irst study to show that environmental exposures to specific combustion pollutants during pregnancy can result in chromosomal abnormalities in fetal tissues," said Kenneth Olden, Ph.D., the director of NIEHS. "These findings may lead to new approaches for the prevention of certain cancers." Researchers monitor...Another look finds promising proteomics test is not biologically plausible
...on associated with cancer should affect only a few specific peaks, not the entire spectrum." Furthermore, the researchers say some of the protein peaks were found in regions of the spectra where, for technical reasons, mass spectrometry cannot be sampling proteins, and thus may be simply representing experime...