The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
... will be one in five with the arrival of the first wave of boomers, children born in the euphoria and pros...one and published in Demography, studied the first wave of the Assets and Health Dynamics of the Elderly (AHEAD) survey, which looked at community residents......ep, passing through successive stages known asslow wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. During slow wave sleep, zif-268turned off in all rats, regardless of which environment they had experienced. During R...Nanomolecular 'smart bombs' seek and destroy cancer cells
...ate on finding ways to use ultrafastlaser or sound wave energy pulses to release anti-cancer drugs stored insidedendrimers. Others from the U-M Medical School involved in the project include Brian Athey,Ph.D., assistant professor of anatomy and cell biology; Stephen Ethier, Ph.D.,associate professor of ra...Are the signs of dyslexia in a newborn baby?
...e identified. Comparing the newborn brain wave patterns of the three groups, theresearchers spott...and other skills. At birth,five of these had brain wave patterns similar to those of the dyslexic children. Rod Nicolson, an expert on dyslexic children at ...New coating could lead to safer, more convenient asthma drugs
...h said. "It shoots out like a littlejet in a shock wave and coats the drug particles." Talton said the polymer-coated drugs performed well in laboratory tests as wellas in testing in rats. Although the polymer coating will require extensivetesting in humans before it is approved for the marketplace, it is......ge andthe Family, the findings represent the first wave of data from an on-goingproject to examine how parents' work affects family life and, in turn, child andadolescent development, particularly the middle childhood years. The Penn State Family Relationships Project, in the journal article,r......ave, is associated with relaxation, while a slower wave of 4 to 7 cycles persecond, the theta wave, seems to be important in spatial learning. In epilepsy's four million American sufferers, brain waves turn into miniatureelectrical storms that sweep across the brain. People with mild epilepsy can betreat...Angina sufferers find significant relief with noninvasive technique
...are fed. So,this device times the counterpulsation wave so that it occurs right during theheart's relaxation phase, giving a surge of blood back to the heart that itotherwise would not be able to develop. The thought is, if you do this over andover, patients would be able to achieve improved blood flow." ...Forecasting Killer Heat: UD Systems Predict Deadly Weather Worldwide
...ystem Saves Lives When a particularly brutal heat wave struck in 1995, the newly installedPhiladelphia Hot Weather -- Health Watch/Warning System -- developed at UD and run bythe city's Department of Public Health-"undoubtedly saved many lives," Kalksteinsays. If conditions threaten human health, Philade...Magnetic Hearing Aid Could Open New "Window" For Hearing Impaired
...ally hears is littleor no sound at all; each sound wave is the opposite of the other and they canceleach other out. Spindel said he envisions a human prototype with a separate external controldevice used to tune in the desired frequencies and tune out unwanted sounds andnoise. Changes in the settings wou...Treatment Of Distal Ureteral Stones: ESWL Versus URS: A Prospective Randomized Study
... distal ureteralstone removal: extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and ureteroscopy orURS (passage of a viewing tube and crushing device up the ureter). They treated80 patients with distal ureteral stones. Forty had stones smaller than 5millimeters and 40 larger. Following ureteroscopy, surgeo...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
...said Dr. Shaber. “In my opinion, it is the wave of the future.” Currently, an estimated 70 percent of all diagnostic exams are performed using conventional film-based radiography because of its functionality and high image quality. Film-based systems, however, can be indirect...Discovery Hints At Multitude Of New Targets For Drugs
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