X-Rays: How Big A Risk To Kids? UF Researchers Seek Answers
...s providebetter information for parents faced with tough choices about children's care. "If a parent said, `When my child was 1 or 2, she had a CT exam, somefluoroscopy and several chest x-rays, could you tell me what the actualdose was?,' no one can do that right now," said Kathleen Hintenlang,ass...Nonintrusive Imaging Technique Useful For Identifying Language Regions In Kids' Brains
If you think it's tough to coax a child to stop fidgeting while getting ahaircut, imagine asking a youngster to be immobile for repeated five-minuteperiods -- and to take language and number tests at the same time. That's whatresearchers at Washington University School of M...Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits Some Parkinson's Patients
...herapy but which didnot penetrate the brain or its tough protective membrane, called the dura. Allpatients were informed of the risks of the surgery and the possibility that theymight initially be in the non-therapeutic placebo group. The patients wereevaluated periodically for 1 year after the procedure...High stress hormone levels impair memory
...is, June 15, 1999 -- If it's been a really, really tough week atwork and you can't remember where you put your car keys, it may be that highlevels of the stress hormone cortisol are interfering with your memory. In theJune Archives of General Psychiatry, investigators at Washington UniversitySchool of Medi...Study: moms' depression hurts kids' development
...gs show that women who are depressedshouldn't just tough it out but instead should seek help from health-careprofessionals and support from family and friends," said Dr. Martha Cox, seniorscientist at UNC-CH's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center and principalinvestigator for the N.C. site. "That's...You have to break a few (hundred) eggs to make a good crystal
... 20, 1999: Did you ever ask the teacher to grade a tough test "on thecurve"? What you were asking was that ...tein stays dissolved and never forms crystals) The tough part was examining each of the over 2000 wells and counting thecrystals. It turned out that the solu...HIV's deep pocket may reveal vulnerability
...te compounds. "We feel thescreening process wasn't tough enough," he explained. The scientists also plan to create additional libraries based on theinformation gained from this study in an attempt to identify compounds lackingthe protein fragment entirely. Such compounds would, in theory, be still easiert...Award-winning book looks at responsibility for sick babies in hospitals
...But any parent with a critically ill child faces a tough journey in negotiating sometimes life-and-death matters with a rotating host of professionals whose expertise is direly needed but whose competency and commitment may vary. The researchers are interested in how social control systems could induce pa...Undergraduate conducts high-tech tests on dental enamel
...to contact with and break down enamel, the tooth's tough outer layer. As the project proceeded, however, Braly and Weihs discovered that before they could look at the effects of acid, Braly need to conduct more basic research concerning variations in the stiffness and hardness of enamel across the surface ...... treatment. According to Liu, patient adherence is tough to measure. Each of the currently available adherence measures has its own problems either over- or underestimating a patients true adherence. Thisstudy is one of the first with a very rigorous design, aimed to measure adherence in multiple ways ove...New pilot study suggests flaxseed and low-fat diet can be protective against prostate cancer
...ecause, in its natural form, flaxseed is a pointy, tough seedthat can puncture the intestines when consumed in the amounts used in this study (three roundedtablespoons a day). The ground flaxseed in the study was vacuum-packed (ground flaxseed canquickly go rancid) and had added emulsifiers for ease of mix...... tired, or could it be that theyre in pain? Its a tough call not only for parents but even for practiced pediatricians and nurses. Dr. Celeste Johnston, Professor and Associate Director for Research at the McGill School of Nursing, is working on telling the difference between everyday cries and cries of...... good thing." People often think that they should tough out pain. Actually, studies have shown that such martyrdom sensitizes neurons and makes the pain worse. Blocking pain as soon as possible after its onset reduces the chance of pain in the future. While there are concerns about drug addiction, Dr. ...Eisenhower Mem. 1st CA hospital to use Bridge barcode system to prevent medication errors
...ing MedPoint tells nurses we recognize they have a tough job and that errors usually result from a system failure, not a personal one. Deploying MedPoint demonstrates our commitment to protect nurses from the emotional anguish and professional consequences errors can cause. MedPoint was a smart business d...Homeless sexual minorities at greater risk for physical and sexual violence, mental illness
...uddly. However, we sometimes lose sight of what a tough time adolescence can be. In the past we used to have the Army or the ability to "go west" for youth who were having a hard time making it in more traditional settings. But we don't have these any more and I worry about these kids in the long term," ...Electroacupuncture trial is NCCAM's first intramural study
...th conventional medications, but delayed nausea is tough to manage," said principal investigator Patrick Mansky, M.D., a research oncologist and staff clinician in NCCAM's Division of Intramural Research. "We hope that this trial will help reveal the value of electroacupuncture in managing delayed chemothe...FINAL ALERT: RPB Science Writers Seminar in Eye Research to be held in Washington, DC Sept. 22-25
...ith corneal Staphylococcus infections often have a tough time of it: considerable pain and, unless properly treated, the risk of vision loss from scarring. Problem is, standard treatment has been seriously compromised by the increase in antibiotic-resistant strains. But now, with three new remedies in the ...Tissue engineers steering stem cells to produce bone, cartilage
...by a genetic defect. Restoration of cartilage the tough but elastic tissue in noses, ears and joints would be particularly helpful because, unlike skin, cartilage does not naturally regenerate. Routine use of this procedure in humans may be many years away, Elisseeff says, but the potential benefits coul...Transition to mental health carveouts disrupts care for most fragile
...r to entering the marketplace, policy often evades tough examination. "Some argue that the same kind of standard ought to be applied to policies, at least you ought to evaluate them to see if theyre achieving the benefits they are supposed to achieve and if they have any unanticipated effects." The Tenness...Consumers endorse researchers' enhancements to lower-quality beef
...phosphate -- used in the study even elevated often tough and less tasty standard-grade round roasts to a quality similar to a more desirable non-enhanced steak (strip loin). While the findings -- to appear in the October issue of Meat Science but alreadyonline -- are not startling, they reflect the complex...