UI study finds types of decision-making deficiencies depend on area of brain damage
...o not make decisions that lead to physical harm to themselves or toothers, Bechara explained. The patients with ... have more profoundproblems that can cause harm to themselves and others, he said. Bechara and his colleagues had two goals for their study: to determine whethera...New laser treatment allows patients to swallow and breath easier
... go out duringthe day after the surgery to protect themselves against sunburn," Warren said. "Patients will not experience photosensitivity when exposed to ordinary indoorlighting from normal fluorescent or low wattage incandescent bulbs," he said. Currently, PDT is FDA approved for use on tumors in the...Bullies need as much help as their victims
...ro et al found that children who were both bullied themselves but also bullied others had the greatest number of psychological and psychosomatic problems. In a separate study, Professor Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino and colleagues from Finland found that adolescents who were being bullied and those who also bull...UCSF researchers report new risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...eand control group who were interviewed identified themselves as homosexual andwere part of previous papers on HIV-related lymphomas. Holly says that thecurrent study's findings are consistent with those of the previous study onHIV-related lymphomas. The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute. Other ...Vanderbilt School of Nursing begins graduate program in correctional health
...man says. Bureau officials agree: "They are asking themselves how they should provide care for segments of theirpopulation such as the increasing geriatric population. They are looking forcreative approaches to health care. Having only physicians provide the care isexpensive. As nurse practitioners become more ...... research so that the participants coulddecide for themselves how long they had been dating their imaginary part... The stage was set by having participants read to themselves a scenario in whicha male and female student meet, date and decide to have sex. At the point atwhich......n, found that 75 percent of thestudents identified themselves as bullies, victims, or both bullies and victims(bully-victim) during the 1998/1999 school year. Eighty-three sixth graders (47 male and 36 female) were asked to identifythemselves as bullies, victims or both bullies and victims. Teachers and peer...UI researchers discover that aggressive cancer cells may make their own blood vessels
...ch team reports that highly aggressivecancer cells themselves may generate their own vascular networks independent ofangiogenesis. Because the researchers' discoveries call attention to analternative pathway that is responsible for aggressive tumor growth and spread,the findings potentially could change the way...Study finds parental influence still important during adolescence
... examining how close the teens perceived themselves tobe to their parents and... adolescents are trying to detach themselves from their parents and become more independent," he said. "That's ...Doctors are not good at going to see their own doctor!
...or and for many (over 70 per cent) prescribing for themselves and their families is the norm, according to a stu...on the ethical responsibilities of doctors towards themselves and their families. The study, say the authors, was conducted in the context of a current picture o...Condom use in young adults motivated more by pregnancy than AIDS
...ge in the leastrisky sexual behavior, and they see themselves as the least vulnerable todisease. People who use condoms to prevent disease, in contrast, are less likely than thepregnancy-prevention group and non-users to be in an exclusive relationship andmore likely to engage in risky sexual behavior. Condom ......n do is help people identify barriers toprotecting themselves and offer resources to overcome those barriers." The PEP project, jointly run by the UC San Francisco AIDS Research Instituteand the San Francisco Department of Public Health, offers comprehensivetreatment to high-risk sexually active people and inje...Study finds problems with buying drugs on the Internet
...om, people who buydrugs on the Internet should ask themselves if they are willing to pay more foreasier access and convenience to obtain the medication and the physicianconsultation but be exposed to uncertainties about the prescribing physician,the appropriateness of the prescription and the actual medications...It's high time we registered all clinical trials say editors of Lancet and BMJ
...xoWellcome and Schering Health Care have committed themselves to registering clinical trials, making a commitment to "..a climate of openness". According to Horton and Smith, such initiatives have led to critisism that the companies are opening up a "..window of vulnerabilityin (their) commercial armour." How ...Extract from traditional Chinese herb enhances recovery in stressed cells
...s restored, the cells switch into overdrive to rid themselves of accumulatedtoxic compounds. In this revved up state, cells produce an explosion of freeradicals which can cause permanent cellular damage. Antioxidants like vitamin C and E work by binding to free radicals andpreventing them from doing damage t......hysicsof musical instruments more accessible, they themselves invaded their subjectmatter in the form of electronic music, giving rise to a totally new kind of symbiotic relationship" (2aMUb1). -- The Sound of Corn Growing . Farming legends suggest that one can hear corngrowing, especially at night, with dist......fluence of the drugs and are unable to take careof themselves until the drugs wear off. The timing is especially critical ifthe baby is in distress, Bell said. "Every minute that passes that the baby is not delivered can lead topotential health problems for the baby," she said. This is complica......o come in contact with meninfected with HIV do not themselves become ill. Further study of these women shows that the mucous lining their vaginas containsHIV-specific secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies that may be able tostop the virus and keep it from entering the bloodstream. It is possible thesewom...... suggests that our brains mayconstantly reorganize themselves throughout our lives in an effort to ensurepeak mental performance. The study, conducted by researchers at Brandeis University, the University ofToronto, and the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in North York, Ont., isdetailed in the Oct. 25 issue...