Award-winning research affirms use of hypnosis in eliminating pain
...thic Medicine in Blacksburg, and Cristian Sirbu, a visiting colleague from Babes-Bolyai University in Romania, Crawford demonstrated similar findings within a sample of people with temperomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder, a dysfunction of the jaw joint that can cause such problems as headaches, facial pain, an...Scientists raise caution about effects of HRT on hearing
...hnology; SungHee Kim of Daegu, South Korea, who is visiting Frisina's lab at the University; and D. Robert Frisina of RIT. All are part of the NIH-funded hearing and speech center....Optical glucose sensor holds promise for diabetics and intensive care patients
...glucose sensor for the past four years, along with visiting scientist Rich Wessling and several graduate students. The team's latest results were published in December in the international journal Angewandte Chemie. "We are very excited about the prospects for our optical glucose sensor to be used in a viabl...UCSD pharmacologists collaborate on new approach to drug design
...ntific Research in Marseille, France, and formerly visiting faculty at the UCSD School of Medicine and TSRI. A key role in the research was played by Taylor, also a UCSD professor of pharmacology, and project scientist Zoran Radic, Ph.D. The UCSD team characterized the binding sites, the conformation and th...Study finds little effects in patients who take prescription drugs and dietary supplements
...e System. The researchers surveyed 458 outpatients visiting general medicine clinics at two veterans affairs medical centers located in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. Because herbal supplements are more frequently used in the western half of the United States, the researchers sought to sample one VA health care ...Caregivers, remember this: Patients' medications ease your distress too
... previously pleasurable activities like reading or visiting with one's grandchildren such behaviors were reduced markedly in the group on galantamine, but not in the group taking a placebo medication. "These are a major reason that people go into nursing homes," says Tariot. "Such behaviors are a major caus...Heart disease and stroke hit younger in developing countries, new report shows
...n rapidly developing countries? Says co-author and visiting professor Stephen Leeder of the Center for Global Health and Economic Development, a joint initiative of The Earth Institute at Columbia and the Mailman School of Public Health, "Not only is treatment often unavailable, but lifestyle programs that ha...Strategies could make for safer shift changes at hospitals
...ust like other businesses, said Emily Patterson, a visiting researcher at Ohio State's Institute for Ergonomics. "When research showed that extreme fatigue was causing medical residents to make errors, one of the arguments against letting them work shorter hours was that patients may not get continuity of car...2004 Spring Allergy Capitals(TM) identified
...fferer can create their own Allergy Action Plan by visiting allergyactionplan.com. After answering a few questions, you will receive a personal plan that includes helpful information on allergy triggers, prevention and treatment." The Web site, www.allergyactionplan.com , contains tips for preventing sprin...Hospital gowns' benefits outweigh costs in intensive care unit
...res staff and visitors to wear hospital gowns when visiting a patient colonized or infected with drug-resistant bacteria, so instituting a similar policy at other hospitals might require additional costs for initial set-up and staff education. "Those kinds of costs only would be incurred once, though, while t...'Good guy' blood cells are now suspects in heart disease, diabetes
...ist Kelly F. Gettings, and Filize Akbiyik, M.D., a visiting scientist. "Our findings totally shift the way we view platelets," Phipps says. "Normally non-nucleated cells have limited capabilities, but we now believe that platelets are far more complex than was thought." Chronic inflammation is a major concer...Smokers welcome help in quitting when offered at clinic visits
... routine primary care. With 70 percent of smokers visiting their primary care physicians at least once a year, health care clinics are well-suited sites for tobacco cessation treatment. "Lack of interest among patients has been cited as a reason for not offering cessation help to smokers," said Michael Fior...Scents will not rouse us from slumber, says new Brown University study
...to act as a sentinel system," said Rachel S. Herz, visiting assistant professor of psychology and an author of a study titled "Minimal Olfactory Perception During Sleep: Why Odor Alarms Will Not Work for Humans," published in a recent issue of the journal Sleep. Researchers studied the effects of two scents ...Low-income Native American women suffer high rates of domestic abuse
...imates. In the study, 312 Native American who were visiting a clinic for low-income pregnant and childbearing women in Southwestern Oklahoma were asked to fill in a questionnaire about their experiences of assault by a partner and about their socioeconomic circumstances. These women were enrolled in one of 29...Read my lips: UCL launches centre for human communication
... grants to the centre in its opening year. UCL and visiting researchers will study the development and acquisition of human languages along with grammar, perception, hearing and speech. They will also investigate the genetics and patterns of language disorders, ranging from stuttering and loss of speech to sy...Handwashing program decreases incidence of diarrhea among children in Pakistan
... these pathogens to vulnerable infants. "Although visiting households weekly to provide free soap and encourage handwashing was effective in reducing diarrhea, this approach is prohibitively expensive for widespread implementation. The next essential step is to develop effective approaches to promote handwas...Left and right ears not created equal as newborns process sound, finds UCLA/UA research
...for processing," explained Yvonne Sininger, Ph.D., visiting professor of head and neck surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Yet no one has looked closely at the role played by the ear in processing auditory signals." Scientists have long understood that the auditory regions of the two ...National Academies news: Communication Awards winners announced
...rk, Rockville, Md. Marcia Bartusiak, author and visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge May Berenbaum, member, National Academy of Sciences; and professor of entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Peter Dykstra, executive producer, CNN Science Desk, Atlanta. ...Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
...m to receive a complimentary registration badge by visiting http://www2.avs.org/symposium/anaheim/pressroom.html . Please make your request for a registration badge by November 5, 2004 if possible. Even if you can't make it to Anaheim, the website's detailed information for reporters ( http://www2.avs.org/sy......e method in about 80 patients in Japan. Izumi is a visiting assistant research scientist at U-M and a long-time colleague of Feinberg's. Many types of people have trouble with mouth wounds that do not heal well on their own---patients going through cancer chemotherapy, for example, or people with diabetes....