Big cut in heart failure problems from one hour of education
...went home from the hospital because they failed to stick to the complex self-care regimen that's proven to ...ected by discharge education and made an effort to stick to their regimens. Even though the study looked at a specific discharge education intervention, she ...Seeing HIV in positive light boosts patients' mental health
...s of their disease might also affect how well they stick to a medication schedule or avoid risky behaviors related to HIV infection, they add. Farber and colleagues surveyed 203 mostly low-income people with HIV who were being treated at an urban outpatient clinic. The patients were asked about their strat...OHSU doctors use 'putty' to prevent hemorrhagic stroke
...ow into the sac isn't fully restricted. "Coils can stick out, and sometimes you can't get the coil where you need it," Clark said. And there is a 20 percent aneurysm recurrence rate among coiling patients. But in the Onyx procedure, an angioplasty balloon can be used to hold the liquid inside the sac while...Dads and cads: U-M study tests female preferences for partners
... Kruger said. Even though cads aren't good bets to stick around and help raise children, the genes that make men successful cads will be passed along to their sons, who will increase their mothers' eventual reproductive success by providing numerous grandchildren. Finally, Kruger noted, the distinction bet...Double trouble: big portions of calorie dense foods
...han big portions alone. If you like big portions, stick to water-rich foods that don't have too much fat. Other research in our laboratory has shown that big portions of a low-calorie salad as a first course can even help lower the total amount of calories you consume."...Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
...reatment. At the same time, the particles must not stick together, forming clumps that will prevent proper travel through the air passages. Once the particles deposit in the lungs, some therapies will require that they cross the thick mucus lining of air passages prior to releasing their medicinal cargo. F...Trans fatty acids: What are they and why shouldn't you eat them?
...trans fatty acids that are so bad for you? Donuts, stick margarines, French fries, cookies and other tasty snacks are loaded with them. And this summer the Food and Drug Administration decreed that as of Jan. 1, 2006, manufacturers must break the trans fats category out of the total fat listing on labels. ...Chicago chemist wins national award for insights into how cells communicate
..., and wash cells over the surface. Where the cells stick means binding between matrix and cellular proteins, and thus communication, can take place. "Our whole approach to the problem is to take this very complicated system and dissect it, and with that information be able to create very simple mimics of t...Trans fatty acids on food labels
...lly hydrogenated vegetable oil," which is found in stick margarine, vegetable shortening and some prepared ...to have a creamier consistency and is used to make stick margarine from vegetable oil. "Although people do need some fat in their diet, it's important to dis...Scholar: Amount of food eaten more critical than fat content
...h either a dish of 66 grams of olive oil or half a stick (66 grams) of soft block butter next to their plates. Six pieces of machine-cut Italian bread were given to each diner. After the meals were finished, Wansink and his student assistants weighed the butter or olive oil remaining, along with the brea...Researchers say deadly twist key to sickle cell disease
...haemoglobin strands, there is also a propensity to stick together. This stickiness would normally make a thick, compact crystal more stable than a thin fibre, Turner explains, because a crystal maximizes the contact area of the protein with itself. But for sickle haemoglobin, fibres are more stable. To fav...Rutgers researcher: Brains in dyslexic children can be 'rewired' to improve reading skills
...make the dyslexics' improvements in reading skills stick and advance. "In light of President [George W.] Bush's legislation, 'No Child Left Behind,' which mandates that only scientifically validated applications be used for intervening with children, this program has the potential to help address the crisi...This is your heart on drugs: Study improves ER treatment for cocaine's heart effects
...art altogether. Cocaine also causes blood cells to stick together, forming clots that can lodge in narrowed blood vessels. Both effects can cause a heart attack after the first dose of cocaine a person takes -- or their hundredth. And if the cocaine user also smokes, the two drugs can have an additive eff...Soaking in the genius of Mother Nature
... the compound apart and asking 'What happens if we stick the different parts together in a mix and match way," he said. "Now that we have the whole skeleton figured out, we can put it together however we want." That will allow Handy and his team to begin teasing the compound apart so that they can better i...Rush begins use of magnetic guided navigation system
... of the current procedure that requires one-needle stick entry point per nerve route, which is a painful and time-consuming process. The technology is also expected to advance Rush's research efforts in restorative neurosurgery to treat movement disorders (Parkinson's disease, epilepsy), pain syndromes an...JCI table of contents, November 4, 2002
...veloping and industrializedcountries. The bacteria stick to the surface of the cells lining the gut andrelease specific toxins that cause the cells to "open the floodgates" anddramatically increase secretion of electrolytes and water into the gutlumen. EAEC form a thick biofilm on the gut surface that is ...New study shows weight loss decreases ACE enzyme that controls blood pressure
... to use a diet that motivated obese patients could stick to....OHSU receives $7.8 million NIH grant to develop first ultrasound to also deliver heart treatment
... team's ultrasound devices will look like a hockey stick when fully extended, with ultrasound channels on the side of the tip. The device will include Doppler imaging, which tracks the movement of the heart's walls -- a vital tool in determining where an abnormal heart rhythm originates so those tissues ca...Artificial liver trials show progress, as transplant candidates wait
...by. Meanwhile, smaller toxin molecules that don't stick to albumin flow through the membrane's tiny pores into the less-concentrated dialysis solution. The patient's own albumin, too large to fit through the membrane's pores, returns to the body with the blood. In the U-M safety trial, all patients toler...Short-term pain can mean long-term gain for osteoarthritis patients
...cope with that temporary increase -- may help them stick with an exercise program long enough to obtain [a] long-term reduction in pain," says lead author Brian C. Focht, Ph.D., of East Carolina University. Prior research, he notes, indicates that this reduction in pain can result not only in greater comfo...