Coupling of brain proteins may prompt new treatments for schizophrenia, addiction
...pamine D5 receptors, and act as the major shutdown systems for virtually every part of the brain," says co-author Dr. Yu Wang, associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathobiology at U of T and scientist at HSC's research institute. Dopamine receptors were previously believed to be able to modify GABA...Copper-lowering drug stabilizes advanced cancer in anti-angiogenesis trial
...ffect on the dangerously high copper levels in the systems of patients with Wilson's disease, a potentially fatal recessive genetic condition that strikes 5,000 teenagers and young adults each year. Finding that zinc acetate brought the patients' dementia, drooling, slurred speech, temper outbursts and tremo...Eastman gives Clemson University $38 million fiber technology
...de absorbent materials for use in blood-filtration systems needed in surgical operating rooms, surgical dressings, footwear and apparel, and personal health-care products. Clemson's Bhuvenesh Goswami, Alumni Distinguished Professor and internationally recognized textiles-and-fiber researcher, predicted the ...Cranfield pushes for greater child flight safety
...ike. We are committed to mandating child restraint systems in aircraft to provide equal protection for adults and children." There are alternatives to carrying children on laps and many airlines already insist that children are restrained during a flight in an appropriate safety seat. As this conference has ...... example. Sophisticated forward- and rear-looking systems are also being developed to gauge the distance bet...ral design, vehicle size and weight, and restraint systems -- belts, airbags, head restraints, and crash avoidance features. Consider mass and crashworthiness...NHLBI funds asthma coalitions to improve care among high risk populations
...t-centered education approaches, and making office systems changes for primary care physicians and staff in 16 Federally funded community health and migrant health centers in 8 southeastern states to improve asthma care delivery to their low-income minority patient population. Tacoma-Pierce County Asthma P...What does the man-machine system demand? Cognitive task analysis in medical decision making
...rch remains to be exploited in developing computer systems to improve decision making in professional practic...needed in order to develop more effective computer systems in health care....Chronic disease: the overlooked & understudied epidemic
...ons. "Perhaps most important is the need to change systems of practice to meet the needs of chronically ill patients, especially interventions that help patients to change their own risky behaviors and to become better managers of their own health conditions," he said. Other researchers featured in the issu...Study to assess heart effects of depression drugs during stress
... drugs are known to affect different physiological systems in the body. If we find that one of them influences cardiovascular stress responses differently than the other, then the study results may have special implications for the treatment of heart patients with depression." Wellbutrin works against depre...Common pathway found in early stages of addiction to alcohol and many drugs
...esearch encourages us to look at common underlying systems of sensitization that would lead an animal or a hu...itatory signaling system, one of several signaling systems between neurons in the brain. Earlier research by others has shown that blocking access to NMDA rec...Study: passengers with young drivers boost accidents, graduated licensing might cut toll
...ty expert say the results show graduated licensing systems are a good idea for young drivers. Dr. Li-Hui Che...n the second stage of (graduated driver licensing) systems from driving after 10 p.m. and from driving with teen-age passengers. "The end result of prohibitin...New tools for early cancer detection
...tate-of-the-art designs in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), Paul Gourley (505-844-5806, plgourl@sandia.gov ) and colleagues at Sandia have developed a tiny device known as a biocavity laser which can quickly and accurately screen cells for cancer. Their tests on normal and cancerous cells show that o......AN FRANCISCO, March 27 -- Innovative drug delivery systems could make the hypodermic needle obsolete. They ra... focus of a daylong symposium on new drug delivery systems at the 219th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific socie...Computerized prescription system reduces errors caused by bad handwriting
...999 report recommends that automated drug-ordering systems can effectively reduce the number of medication er...Health Care system) developed one of the first POE systems almost 30 years ago. While today's systems are far more sophisticated than those put in place in th...Employers are primary source of health plan information
...gh contracts with 15 distinct health-care provider systems in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. "The s...ers information to help employees compare the care systems and their participating providers. All employers distribute a standardized "report card" developed ...New evidence suggests reconsidering causes and treatments for schizophrenia
...ationship between the cholinergic and dopaminergic systems as it pertains to the pathology of schizophrenia. ...eractions between the cholinergic and dopaminergic systems in schizophrenia. Finally, it shows that modulation of cholinergic function in schizophrenic patient...Brain scans of Gulf War veterans show brain damage
...sses, you get a host of subtle malfunctions of all systems of the body." Using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy - highly specialized brain scans that measure chemical levels inside the brain - UT Southwestern researchers found evidence of brain damage that causes a variety of symptoms in sick veterans,......ing landfall predictions less accurate and warning systems less effective. A large hurricane could flood New Orleans with no way to pump the water out. Story ideas: Catastrophic Hurricanes Hit the Gulf Coast Only Once Every 300-600 Years, but the Frequency and Intensity of Major Storms Could Drastical...Minister Of Health launches Canadian Institutes of Health Research
... -- biomedical research, clinical research, health systems and services research, and population health research -- to better address the health needs and priorities of Canadians. Dr. Bernstein, the inaugural President of CIHR, is the former Director of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sina...Study finds marijuana ingredient promotes tumor growth, impairs anti-tumor defenses
... response, a group of mice with compromised immune systems was also studied. The researchers found that in the mice with normal immune systems there was significant enhancement of tumor growth, but THC had no effect on tumor growth in the immu...