New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
...dentifying targets or patterns ranging from dim to strong using the "amplification" or focusing in process. Then they trained on "noisy," or high-clutter, displays, exercising their filtering mechanism. The other three volunteers started with the noisy displays and then switched to clear. Over five days, th...Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...eat depression," Golden said. "The findings are as strong or as striking." More research is needed on the safety of light therapy, particularly among children and the elderly, Golden said. The study did not look at safety or adverse effects, as very few reports contain controlled, or comparison, data on sid...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...will be presented this year. "The AACR maintains a strong commitment to enhancing the educational and training opportunities available to the next generation of cancer researchers," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), AACR's chief executive officer. "Our primary mission is to promote the exchange of kno...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...dbreaking efforts at URMC. Building on an already strong institutional commitment to community health, in 1996, the Pediatric Links to the Community (PLC) program was created at URMC to further the study of the unique health challenges for economically disadvantaged children and adolescents in the Rocheste...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...n this new approach to providing care and building strong community partnerships. Rigorous residency training in community health and child advocacy will help fight the increasing impact of social and environmental risk factors on the health of children and adolescents."Many of the health issues affecting ...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...Cunningham, a prostate cancer survivor, has been a strong and long-time supporter of funding for cancer research through his committee work in the House and related efforts on behalf of the biomedical research community. His leadership was instrumental in achieving the five-year doubling of the budget for ...A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
...c disease. The authors propose that there is now a strong biological rationale for testing the effects of potent anti-inflammatory therapies during the first few months of clinically apparent disease. "The pathologically distinct nature of the very early phase of clinically apparent rheumatoid arthritis sug...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
...of heart attack. This association was particularly strong in blood collected one to five years before the men's first heart attacks. However, lead author Christine Arcari, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin cautions that the research is still preliminary, and much more data will be needed to confirm the li...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) study show a strong association of EBV-IgA antibodies with lupus in African Americans. In addition, their findings shed new light on variation in a T-cell response gene that might influence immune responsiveness to EBV among lupus patients. Participants in the C...Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
... "The strong association between lack of regular vigorous physical activity and subsequent functional deterioration in this national arthritis cohort is particularly important from a public health point of view, since this risk factor is very common among persons...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
...d pharmacologically, "what we're showing is a very strong correlation between the presence of a higher proportion of high-affinity D2 in a population of receptors in animals that show supersensitivity to dopaminergic drugs," Grandy added. The study also further confirms the import...Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive
...protein adhesive. Then they began to develop other strong and water-resistant wood adhesives from renewable ...boiled for several hours and the adhesive holds as strong as ever," Li said. "Regular plywood bonded with urea-formaldehyde resins could never do that." The ...University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
...ries is that African Americans who say they have a strong relationship with God were significantly less like...d environmental influences. Measurable effects of strong spirituality, regardless of religion, are improved physiological functioning, health and well being,...One-meter waistline predicts high risk of diabetes and heart disease
...er of each variable Waist circumference was a very strong independent predictor of insulin sensitivity. A waist circumference of less than 100 cm excluded insulin resistance in both sexes. It replaces body mass index, waist:hip ratio, and other measures of total body fat as a predictor of insulin resistance...Shape-altering genes linked to ovarian cancer
...y way to assess the relative risk for women with a strong family history of ovarian cancer," she continues. "Often these women have their ovaries removed, and unusual changes in the cell shape are seen in many cases. But we don't know if changes in cell shape necessarily lead to cancer. We would like to be ...University of Nevada, Reno professor showcases 'mini' ion accelerator
...world with this capacity. The facility also boasts strong in-house theory and simulation capabilities supported by a 48-node cluster computer. Research areas underway at the Terawatt Facility include wire array physics, laboratory studies of astrophysics, dynamic processes in material science, ultra-strongl...Obesity adds risk of cardiovascular disease in siblings in families with a history of heart problems
...Results from the study could not fully explain the strong link between obesity and premature heart disease. Further research is planned to verify its biological and genetic origins....The Neurosciences and Music in Leipzig: Registration boom and over 140 posters
...and their future perspectives. To this regard, the strong response offered by the scientific community to the initiative promoted by the Foundation should be pointed out: there are over 140 posters, all of which of very high quality. The Foundation has decided to acknowledge the authors of the thirty best p...Surgery for children with sleep apnea improves quality of life
...urgery compared with children without surgery. No strong association was identified between QOL scores and PSG parameters." "The improvements in QOL were seen six months after surgery and were sustained at one year," the authors write. "Even though not all children were cured of OSA (using PSG parameters),...... need to develop better, more compelling evidence, strong public advocacy groups; and more potent efforts to work with media and with lawmakers and regulators to create a situation where the public good will prevail," they say....