Slow growth in infancy signals poor economic prospects in adulthood
...se who grew more quickly, prompting the authors to wonder if slow physical growth might also be accompanied by slow brain development or reduced physical activity and therefore less sensory stimulation....Teaching a less obvious medical skill -- Ethical decision-making
...ecialty when choosing a physician, patients rarely wonder how their doctor makes ethical decisions. Yet a physician's ability to reason ethically can contribute substantially to both the patient-physician interaction and health care delivery, said Lauris Kaldjian, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of inte...... completely in a thousand years or so. The experts wonder if our planet is preparing to swap its north and south magnetic poles around, as it has often done before during the Earth's long history. These and other mysteries about our magnetic planet will get the closer attention they deserve, in ESA's for...Pharmaceutical marketing tactics hold little sway with prescribing physicians
...ormation, which are more highly regarded, it is no wonder that the salesperson's influence is minimal." Jacobson added that pharmaceutical marketing aimed directly at consumers might be expected to have greater impact....Pitt research shows NASA sleep-wake scheduling guide may need to be changed
...urgh School of Medicine and lead author. "We often wonder if we should make the change all at once, or more gradually over several days or weeks. This research has the eventual aim of helping us make that decision in the best way possible." According to Dr. Monk, early in the history of manned space flight,...Low cost drug helps reduce deaths, repeat heart attacks
...how that GIK had a neutral effect, but the authors wonder whether a solution that had a lower glucose concentration may be of benefit. "It is important to conduct large studies of promising agents to determine whether or not they are of value," said Dr. Mehta. "While demonstrating that something is of benef...Plastic surgeons honor 'Patients of Courage' overcoming difficult obstacles, inspiring others
..., "Candy is a force to be reckoned with. The sheer wonder of her personality in the face of all she has gone through is almost magical." ...Why is Ian Kennedy's healthcare commission damaging NHS care?
... its doctors, nurses, and allied health workers. I wonder if you fully appreciate the harm that your commission is causing. Let me quote from a letter sent to reassure demoralised staff at one hospital that not only lost a star but also had its clinical care rated as "poor". They are horrified at the damage...Antioxidant component of green tea blocks new but not established arterial plaque in mice
...ve been disappointing. This has led researchers to wonder if failure in clinical trials might be due to the short duration of treatment, the use of the "wrong" antioxidant, or other factors such as the timing of the introduction of antioxidants. Theoretically, antioxidant therapy might be effective in human...Hormone may offer hope for treating some behavioral disorders
SAN FRANCISCO Do you ever wonder how the brain determines its response to emotional stimuli? Researchers have now shown a correlation between secretin, a hormone found in gut and brain tissue, and how the brain responds to affective stimuli. Details and implications of this study wi...The physics of films, butterflies, banknotes and rainbows
...hat scientific theories of light would destroy the wonder of the rainbow? Philosopher Robert P Crease argues that they feared that the scientific image of the rainbow would be taken as the "true" meaning. This would in turn replace the "other" meaning of the rainbow -- namely that it is a sign that our worl...Gene therapy technique could aid islet transplants for diabetes, says Pittsburgh study
...ed following human islet cell transplants makes me wonder whether the same might not be occurring in humans, thereby increasing the number of islets needed for successful transplant outcomes and ultimately causing failure of islet grafts. These issues now need to be studied in humans." "In brief, in my view...Caesarean delivery could increase risk of future stillbirth
... and colleagues' paper also reminds us that whenwe wonder why preterm birth and unexplained antepartum stillbirths remainsuch a constant feature of perinatal outcomes in developed countries, theactual causative factors may be varying through unrecognised changes inperinatal care."...NYU School of Medicine attracts a powerful MRI machine
...em specifically for brain research. "People always wonder why we need bigger magnets, and I always point out that using a bigger, more powerful magnet is like using an electron microscope as opposed to a conventional bench-top light microscope," says Dr. Helpern, who led the design team for the 7-Tesla shie...One use every seven years makes automated external defibrillators a good buy
.... With their pricey tag of about $3,000, you might wonder what types of places make a defibrillator purchase a "good buy." Researchers at the University of Iowa and University of Michigan evaluated the value -- in terms of saving lives and the necessary costs to rescue people with cardiac arrest -- of inst...Chicago chemist wins national award for insights into how cells communicate
...g with a chemistry set I'd see a color change and wonder what really happened," he remembered. "Now I'm playing with the ultimate Tinker Toy set ... but it goes way beyond that. We, and everything around us, are what we are because of the molecules that make us." Mrksich received his undergraduate degree f...UNC physician says patient, doctor education improves health outcomes
... much to combat illnesses across the nation as new wonder drugs and innovative medical procedures. Thats the view a young University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill physician expressed Wednesday (May 7) at an American Medical Association media briefing on health literacy in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Da...Unproven prostate cancer screening more popular than valuable colon test
...rostate cancer. "The results of our study make us wonder whether men are aware that PSA testing has not been proven to reduce mortality from prostate cancer," said Sirovich. "We know that men are being screened for cancer, but now we need to better inform them of which tests are most likely to be benefici...Making therapeutic kitchens more like home aids Alzheimer's patients
...ased primarily on intuition. "I cannot help but wonder how architects in their 20s, 30s or 40s can effectively design for people in their 80s without some kind of knowledge base," he said.......nimal drop dramatically. That led Dr. Borlongan to wonder if that same state might help protect brain cells specifically. "Our thinking here is that if we take this drug, probably brain cells are going to go into this mode of hibernation. So if you get a stroke or some other neurological disorder, most of t...