News tips from the 2005, 54th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
... heart failure and increased risk of death. "The work also suggests a biological route for potential therapies that could block or reverse obesity's harmful effects on the heart," says lead investigator and cardiologist Lili Barouch, M.D., an assistant professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of......ws reflect machine rules that do not correspond to work organization or usual behaviors. For example, wi...ce programs focus primarily on the organization of work in an institution, rather than on the technology itself. "Computers do some things brilliantly, an...Emotional memory study reveals evidence for a self-reinforcing loop
...nces, and Brain Imaging and Analysis Center. Their work was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. "This study is the first to really test recall of emotional memories after a long time period," said Cabeza. "Previous studies had only allowed a short time inter...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
...evelopment of heart failure. A manuscript of their work has been submitted to a peer-reviewed scientific j...to become a leader in biomedical research." Hahn's work was supported through the Johns Hopkins Provost's Undergraduate Research Awards program. After gradu...Computational tool predicts how drugs work in cells, advancing efforts to design better medicines
... of Nature Biotechnology, reports on collaborative work by a team of biomedical engineers and chemists at Boston University. The team was led by Tim Gardner, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and its Center for BioDynamics, and James Collins...Pregnant women should exercise to keep depression away
...as. Statistics show that over 90% of women in the work force continue to work up to the month before delivery. Of the 60% of women who return to work in the year after delivery,...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...ientific results raises questions about publishing work funded by the tobacco industry," they write. First author on the study is Elisa K. Tong, MD, a postdoctoral fellow in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine. Co-author is Lucinda England, MD, a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Reprod...Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication is effective in the treatment of panic disorder
...dherence in these patients. A major goal of future work in this area should be to develop, implement, and disseminate approaches to treatment of anxiety disorders that are maximally acceptable to patients, physicians, and payers." (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005; 62:290-298. Available post-embargo at www.arc...Beta-blockers may help broader group of patients with heart problems
...t of the body decreases, and the heart may have to work extra hard to compensate. Doctors can see how well the left ventricle works by measuring the ejection fraction, which is the percentage of blood squeezed out of the ventricle with each heartbeat. An ejection fraction of 50 percent means the ventricle...Portable system offers dialysis patients 'liberating' changes
... kids, people who had resigned themselves to never work or have a career, basically a lesser quality of li...er therapy at IU Hospital, a new lease on life. "I work full time night shifts. I would leave work in the morning, come into the hospital for dialysis three...New data on Orqis Medical's Cancion CRS to be reported at ACC
...ood pumps, which either force the failing heart to work harder, or rest it to the point where it begins to atrophy. "The patients we analyzed clearly benefited from the Cancion CRS therapy," said Michael Zile, M.D., who analyzed the research data. "By providing continuous aortic flow augmentation, the the...St. John's wort amplifies effect of blood thinner Plavix
...could also help determine why clopidogrel does not work in some people, and aid the search for new drugs to help them. The researchers caution that much more clinical study will be needed to confirm the effect. For now, they say, the early finding reinforces how important it is for patients to tell their...Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...ost familiar face as an uncomfortable threat. The work deepens understanding of an autistic brain's funct...r who has earned international recognition for his work on the neural underpinnings of emotion. "Imagine walking through the world and interpreting every f...Three anti-platelet drugs used in combination are safe
...d news because all three anti-platelet medications work in somewhat different ways and in combination they may prove to have more efficacy." In addition to Dr. Weintraub, the Emory research team included Jovonne K. Foster MS, Paul Kolm PhD, Grant T. Anderson, Karen M. Parker BS, John S. Douglas Jr. MD a......al methods and research. Pivotal to his scientific work is his studies of tobacco smoking as a cause of di...egic goals as well as in its scientific evaluation work and investments in elite research. Professor Vihko began his research career at Karolinska Institute...MRI proves useful in assessment of suspected breast cancer patients
...e that shows that MRI (using a contrast agent) can work in a real life community setting - the setting in ...s may be missed initially with only a conventional work up with mammography and ultrasound. The addition of MRI will improve the accuracy of breast cancer ...Orthodontists must brace against back pain
... and 93 kg in females. The total duration of daily work would amount to an hour's continuous load on the s...ke to see future research lead to better layout of work and equipment for orthodontists and all other dental workers....IADR & GSK announce 2005 Innovation in Oral Care Awards
...line in the years to come." "GSK is privileged to work with the IADR and to make these funds available to such talented teams of researchers. All three winning entries addressed very significant but different quality-of-life issues and GlaxoSmithKline hopes that these innovative concepts will one day be ...Mayo Clinic develops first genomic-based test to predict stroke from ruptured brain aneurysm
...Clinic research team had previously done extensive work with a molecule (nitric oxide synthase) known to p...increased risk of stroke. The Mayo team's previous work showed that when the amount of this molecule is increased using a gene therapy approach, the arterie...Potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome demonstrated in fruit fly model
...ein similar to human FMR1 protein. "Interestingly, work by my lab and others have found that the dfmr1 mut...olar disorder. "The big take-home message from our work is that maintaining proper regulation of mGluR signaling is a conserved function of the dFMR1 and FM...