New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
...he cluttered displays did not show any transferred improvement when they tested on the clear displays. "We were surprised to find training the eyes in the one process would transfer so extensively to the other, but not vice versa," Dosher said. Dosher and Lu have been working in visual attention and perceptual l...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...the medication and cognitive therapy groups showed improvement at about the same rate; however, cognitive therapy patients were less likely to relapse in the two years following the end of treatment. According to the researchers, the return of symptoms might demonstrate that the medication may have blunted the ...Different antipsychotic medications may have different effects on brain volume
...ecrease in WBGM [whole brain gray matter] and less improvement in neurocognitve functioning [general mental functioning], and greater improvements on PANSS total and negative subscales [a measure of disturbed thinking] with less increase in lateral ventricular volume indicate that treatment effects on brain volu...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
...hose people with severe heart failure had striking improvement in terms of cardiac function after a kidney transplant." Dr. Wali adds, "Our study also found that systolic heart failure was more likely to be reversed if patients received a transplant soon after they began dialysis to treat their kidney failure."...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
...obal deployment of data collection and performance improvement processes. Nanzan Educational Complex, working with its parent Nanzan University, developed an educational planning system to cope with alarming national trends in higher education. In Japan, the number of students entering universities is shrinkin...... Marmarelis, HUTT offers nearly order-of-magnitude improvement in resolution of structures in soft tissue (i.e., 0.4 mm, compared to 2 mm for the best alternatives). Several other features promise to make the technology a scientific and clinical tool of great power: *Robust algorithmic tools enable HUTT to...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...ehavioral treatments displayed nearly a 25 percent improvement when compared to those patients who only received ...al function," Blumenthal said. "This is a level of improvement is comparable to that achieved in drug trials. For that reason, these findings add additional suppor...Patients with heart disease can lower cardiovascular risk factors with exercise, stress management
...erable promise to patients with stable IHD through improvement in psychosocial adjustment and by modification of disease risk markers that may translate into improved clinical outcomes."...Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
...r people with sleep problems reported a 35 percent improvement after they started listening to 45 minutes of soft...dy. "The music group reported a 26 percent overall improvement in the first week and this figure continued to rise as they mastered the technique of relaxing to th...Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
...discharge. The team "found a small but significant improvement in mortality for head-injured patients transferred to level I centers when compared to those transferred to level II centers," said the study's lead author, K. John McConnell, Ph.D., OHSU assistant professor of emergency medicine and an economist in ...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...or amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye", showed improvement after treatment in a clinical trial reported in th...r more letters by the 24th week or if there was no improvement at all from a prior follow-up visit (or baseline). Of the 404 seven- to 12-year-olds in the study, ...Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
... to improve more with STN than GPi stimulation. No improvement in on-medication function was observed in either group. Levodopa [Parkinson medication] dose was reduced by 38 percent in STN stimulation patients compared with three percent in GPi stimulation patients. Dyskinesia was reduced by stimulation at both...National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...vestigators set the standard for successful vision improvement in the amblyopic eye as the ability to read at lea...s not known, say the study authors, whether vision improvement will be sustained in these children once treatment is discontinued. The NEI is supporting a one-year...Hopkins study shows older children also benefit from 'lazy eye' treatment
...on. Repka says it is also not known whether vision improvement will be sustained in these children once treatment is discontinued. A follow-up study is planned to determine the percentage of amblyopia that recurs among the children who responded well to treatment....Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
... The study investigators defined successful vision improvement as the ability to read (with the eye with amblyopi...y the authors of the current study, whether vision improvement will be sustained in these children once treatment is discontinued. The NEI is supporting a one-year...University of Kentucky physician publishes fibromyalgia study in Arthritis & Rheumatism journal
...ion of pain, as defined by a 30 percent or greater improvement in pain. Additionally, significantly more patient...vely). Patients taking Lyrica reported significant improvement in the quality of sleep compared to those who received placebo, as assessed by daily sleep diaries a...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...surgery to install the ring. All experienced great improvement in their symptoms, and lived at least a month after the operation. All but two were still alive six months after surgery. The ring was co-invented by Steven Bolling, M.D., the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center cardiac surgeon who presented...Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
... among adolescents have also increased or shown no improvement over the last twenty years. "Adolescence is a critical period for engaging the population in health" says Dr Viner, as behaviour and attitudes towards health are maintained into adulthood. Yet current strategies do not target young people appropriate...Special physical therapy technique successful for chronic back pain
...ise program. Of the 102 people, 92 had significant improvement in their pain and were able to return fully to their daily activities. For 85 percent, the improvement was noted after three weeks of treatment. After an average of almost two years, the pain has not rec......its. Of those taking the drug, 84 percent reported improvement in the condition, compared to 49 percent of those ...o received the placebo. They also reported overall improvement in the condition and improvement in their quality of life, quality of relationships, and amount of p...