First brain cancer surgeries using new space-age probe are successful
...nada. PHOTOFRIN attaches to and permeates unwanted tissues, leavingsurrounding tissues unaffected. Whelan then places the new solid-state LEDprobe near the affected tissue to illuminate the tumor and activate PHOTOFRIN. Once activated by the light, the drug destroys the tumor's cells, leaving theten...Novel neural net recognizes spoken words better than human listeners
...ch desired responses to stimuli are reinforced and unwanted onesare not. "Though mathematical theorists demonstrated that nets should be highly effectivefor certain kinds of computation (particularly pattern recognition), it has beendifficult for artificial neural networks even to approach the power ofbiologi...Hostility, coercion, sexism among causes of harassment in military
... One in three women reported getting some kind of unwanted sexual overture, but the analysis found that only 2 percent of these experienced purely sexual attention; the other 98 percent received the attention in combination with sexist hostility, sexual hostility or coercion....New understanding of a key control mechanism in the brain
...ir inhibitory system does not effectively suppress unwanted information, impeding their ability to make choices. I-neuron malfunction is involved in memory disorders (such as Alzheimer's disease), neural trauma, and addictions. It also plays a role in a wide range of psychiatric disorders, such as depression......atmentoften becomes part of the problem because of unwanted side effects." In the future, she says, it might be possible to help patients with schizophreniaand others, by offering periodic injections or oral administration of the studydrug or a similar compound. In the Science study, a half-dozen monkeys we...University of Rochester awarded patent for class of drugs known as cox-2 inhibitors
...otein - which was later named cox-2 - and that the unwanted side effects of gastro-intestinal irritation and bleeding were caused by the NSAIDs' effects on the original cox enzyme, which would later come to be known as cox-1. Further study of the cox-1 enzyme revealed that its role is not related to infl...Women medical school faculty perceive gender bias, sexual harassment
...culty, with serious forms of harassment -- such as unwanted sexual advances, bribery or threats -- occurring frequently (reported by almost 30 percent of female faculty). More than half of responding female faculty reported being sexually harassed by a superior or colleague, compared to 5 percent of men. Thes...Jefferson scientists hope to perfect gene therapy without viruses
...iruses many gene therapy techniques use can arouse unwanted immune reactions. Researchers at Jefferson Medical College have developed a system that sidesteps viruses, and they hope, some of the inherent problems with their use. Scientists, led by Eric Wickstrom, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunolog...Supplements that target fat loss … metals that protect themselves …
... that could eliminate stomach irritation and other unwanted side effects is the first drug made from polymers, the stuff of plastics. (POLY 253, 9:50 a.m.) Mercury made 'em mad as hatters - A chemist with clues to history will discuss how mercury literally drove hat makers mad and the implications of find......closporine and tacrolimus, can produce a number of unwanted side effects as well as make patients more susceptible to life-threatening infections and tumor growth. "Because organ transplant patients must take a life-long regimen of drugs to protect their donor organs from immune system attack, we were curious...Increase in effective contraceptive use can reduce abortion rate
...n abortion probability of 0.5 (meaning half of all unwanted pregnancies would end in abortion), a 10 percentag...aarts and Westoff say, because mistimed as well as unwanted pregnancies are potentially subject to termination. The actual rate of unintended pregnancy depends ...New discovery may revolutionize treatment for pain related to surgery, illness and injury
...h adequate levels of pain medicine without causing unwanted side effects. Delivery of painkillers directly to selected target sites can avoid undesired toxicity, as well as inappropriate side effects in non-target neural tissue. Filler says that with this new method of delivering pain medication, one shot a...Sexual abuse may affect health for a lifetime
... in which they were asked if they ever experienced unwanted sexual contact. More than 12 percent of the women and 5 percent of the men reported early sexual abuse. On average, the first experience of abuse occurred when the women were 16 years old and the men were 13.5 years old. Most of the respondents never...Dana-Farber Cancer Institute opens Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies
... signed by both patient and physician to avoid any unwanted side effects from combining various treatments. Rosenthal said that in addition to studying these therapies, administrators and clinicians will also examine, from a big picture perspective, the most effective methods of integrating this approach to c......odstream, peritoneal dialysis helps to clear these unwanted substances through the peritoneal membrane, commonly measured in terms of small solute clearances like urea and creatinine. This membrane, located in the abdominal region, serves as the therapy's natural waste filter and is a substitute for the role...High-dose radiation treatment effective at fighting some cancers in children
...st pediatric tumors, can cause unwanted side effects in tissues near the tumor - often resulting in growth deformities. "It hampers bone formation, for one thing," Nag said. "We try to avoid or minimize using external radiation i...Hormone therapy for prostate cancer causes weight gain and increased body fat
...Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism reveals that unwanted weight gain, particularly increased fat body mass, is a common occurrence in these patients. "Most patients and their physicians are not aware of these important side effects," says lead author Matthew Smith, M.D., Ph.D., an MGH oncologist. "They a...'Star Wars' like technology closer than galaxies far away
...en point-and-shoot the HIFU transducer and destroy unwanted tissue or cauterize a lesion or blood vessel. "With HIFU we increase the amplitude of the ultrasound. Instead of dispersing the ultrasound in a fan-like arrangement, which gives you internal images, we focus the ultrasound like a magnifying glass," ...Parenting News: More than one hour of TV a day may lead to violence, Science study suggests
...ized that violent behavior was just one of several unwanted effects of watching large amounts of television. The increased rate of television viewing appears to be related to an increased prevalence of obesity in the general population, he said. Researchers have found a wide variety of negative outcomes that...Newly published data show at-home dialysis therapy may benefit more patients
...om the bloodstream, dialysis helps to remove these unwanted substances from the body. Two treatment options are available to patients with ESRD: transplantation and dialysis (hemodialysis or peritoneal). Peritoneal dialysis, which is a form of dialysis usually performed in a patients home, uses the bodys ...