'Shaping' technique found effective and efficient in stroke rehab
... sessions with constraints. With a constraint, the unaffected arm must be in a sling during awake hours to force...re irrelevant. The combination of constraining the unaffected arm and training the affected one would likely increase the neural activity in the motor system even...Roche pledges continued support for Organ Transplantation Research Foundation
... while leaving the remaining immune defence system unaffected and so ensure long-term survival with minimum side effects. Award-winning projects, newly funded by ROTRF in 2003, include research to understand the body's 'rejection response', including the role of lymphocytes, T cells and inflammation. Research...Pharmacokinetic data presented at ICAAC on investigational HIV protease inhibitor 433908 (908)
...spectively. Plasma C12 concentrations of APV were unaffected by Maalox TC or Zantac. 908 co-administered with Lipitor (atorvastatin) In a second study, (poster A-1622), researchers found that plasma concentrations of the cholesterol lowering drug atorvastatin (ATO), a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, or "stati...UCSD researchers identify chromosome location for 2nd form of Joubert syndrome
...researchers obtained DNA samples from affected and unaffected individuals in 20 families. Using sophisticated genetic screening tools, the researchers identified a common genetic region in seven children from three affected families who displayed the form of Joubert syndrome with eye and kidney problems. The......or outbreaks in countries currently claiming to be unaffected by SARS, including Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines. "We genuinely believe they have no cases at the moment. But we take the possibility of new outbreaks in this region very seriously," says Peter Cordingley, a spokesman for the WHO's Western ...Genetics of familial atrial fibrillation revealed, Science researchers report
...of the family members affected with AF, but not in unaffected family members. Cell culture analyses confirmed that this genetic alteration disrupted the function of the KCNQ1 potassium channel. The KCNQ1 potassium channel, like other ion channels, controls the electrical activity of the heart in excitable heart...Macrophages from human lymphoma patients cause mouse lymphoma in mice, UCSF study finds
... important reservoir of HIV infection that remains unaffected by current antiretroviral therapies, McGrath said. New therapies targeting HIV-infected macrophages hold promise not only for fighting lymphoma, but also could assist in eliminating latent reservoirs of HIV. A phase I/II clinical trial testing one ...Researchers find gene that causes leukemia in children with Down syndrome
...with Down syndrome are 10 to 20 times as likely as unaffected children to develop leukemia. They most commonly develop a type known as acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AMKL), which is extremely rare in children without Down syndrome. "This study, for the first time, defines a part of the molecular pathway l...Women with PCOS and their siblings with hormone problems have same gene defect
...ose with high androgen levels were more obese than unaffected sisters. The PCOS brothers also had significantly elevated levels of the androgen DHEAS, which correlated with the high androgen levels in their sisters with PCOS. These results strongly suggest that the same gene defect is responsible for PCOS ...Should people with diabetes sleep with the lights on?
...xygen; oscillatory potentials in the controls were unaffected by oxygen. Neville Drasdo comments: "Since light transmission through closed lids is adequate to suppress dark adaptation, our findings strengthen the suggestion that diabetic patients might benefit from a modified cycle of night-time illumination d...Landmark study demonstrates potential for nerve regeneration treatment of stroke
...outside. By the 4th week of the study, with their unaffected paw restrained, half of the Inosine-treated rats u...' swimming function after a stroke. Normally, rats unaffected by stroke swim using only their hind limbs, holding their forelimbs motionless under the chin. Afte...A helping hand: Healthy arm helps retrain stroke-impaired arm
...upled with bilateral movement, a therapy where the unaffected arm helps the affected arm by mimicking its movement. The second group had active neuromuscular stimulation and unilateral movement therapy on the affected arm only. The third group, "the controls," had physical therapy on the affected limb withou...UF research: For stroke recovery, two therapies better than one
...impaired arm is supplemented by its impulse to the unaffected one, Cauraugh said. "We found the two protocols improved motor performance after just six hours of training," Cauraugh said. "It expedites motor recovery so these people can be more independent, and they feel good about the movements they can do. An...Psychologists hunt for new ways to detect precursors to Alzheimer's Disease
...similar to schizophrenia in that relatives who are unaffected nevertheless show some of the physiological markers of the disease. In the case of the 4 allele, carriers may show some of the attentional changes but never develop Alzheimers Disease. Like the San Diego team, Parasuraman et al. are studying people...Eye drops to treat childhood eye disorder work as well as patching the eye
...s found that the drug atropine, when placed in the unaffected eye once a day, works as well as eye patching and ...ve patch, or eye bandage, on the skin to cover the unaffected eye. This forces the child to use the eye with amblyopia, which stimulates vision in the eye with am...Study finds drops work as well as patch for 'lazy eye'
...rs found that the drug atropine,when placed in the unaffected eye once a day, can work as well as eyepatching and may encourage better compliance. Compliance is an importantfactor in the success of amblyopia therapy. Treatment should be startedwhen the child is young, since amblyopia is more effectively treated...Burnout of young doctors affects careers, recruiting and patient care
...urnout were less satisfied with their careers than unaffected residents. They reported giving suboptimal patient care at least once a month. Another article in the March 5 Annals reported the results of a survey of residents in all 415 internal medicine residency programs in the United States (Perspective, p....Cancer patients emotional needs often undetected by oncologists
...after the consultations and two weeks later seemed unaffected by the doctors responses to informational or emotional cues. These findings support earlier studies which showed that patients are reluctant to disclose emotional concerns, perhaps because they do not want to burden their doctors. They demonstrate ho...Computer-assisted detection of proteomic pattern could help screening for ovarian cancer
...es: 50 from women with ovarian cancer, and 66 from unaffected women or those with non-malignant disorders. The computer-generated algorithm identified a pattern that, in the initial assessment, completely segregated cancer from non-cancer. The discriminatory pattern correctly identified all 50 ovarian cancer ca...Misclassification of death may influence perceived value of cancer screening
...n of deaths and when they occur and, therefore, is unaffected by misclassifications in the cause of death. To demonstrate that death misclassification may have occurred in past trials, William C. Black, M.D., of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and colleagues compared these two mortality end points in 12 ran...