Conventional prognostic factors fail to explain better prostate cancer survival in most Asian men
...% higher). The study should help physicians more accurately apply prognostic factors to their prostate cancer patients. The authors conclude, these results argue that traditional prognostic factors for survival from prostate cancer (stage, grade, treatment, age, year of diagnosis, and socioeconomic status), ...Even older women at high risk have little interest in being tested for HIV, study finds
...ulations, older women appear to be less capable of accurately assessing their lifetime risk of HIV even when they have significant risk factors and live in communities with high rates of infection, Dr. Akers said. We need to design prevention strategies and AIDS education for this vulnerable population and help...Method shows promise for early detection of pancreatic cancer
...al Clinical Cancer Research, show that the changes accurately predict the presence of cancer. More than 30,000 people in the United States die each year from pancreatic cancer. Count Basie, Ren Magritte, Billy Carter and Joseph Cardinal Bernardin all died from it; Luciano Pavarotti is fighting the disease. Th...Mapping mountains from space with GOCE
... so that mountain ranges on one continent could be accurately measured against those on the other side of the world. Given the harsh and remote environments of many of the Earth's large mountain ranges such as the Himalayas or the Andes, an accurate map of the gravity field acquired from space will contribute s...AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...es of those children who dont get enough sleep can accurately predict the impact sleep loss has on their ability to pay attention during the course of a day. Research examining the impact of sleep in school-age children suggests that even mild sleep loss produces marked deficits in their cognitive develop...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...sion extrapolation (COXEN) system could be used to accurately predict drug sensitivity for bladder cancer cell lines to two common chemotherapies, cisplatin and paclitaxel. Even though this NCI cell set wasnt an exhaustive encyclopedia of cancer cells, we found we could use the available data to draw conclusi...New mangosteen research establishes xanthone measurement standard
...HPLC) analysis to create an analytical method that accurately identifies xanthones from the rind of the mangosteen fruit. According to Walker, an 80:20 acetone/water mixture was used to extract the xanthones from dried, ground whole mangosteen fruit rind. A total of six xanthones were purified by preparati...Children's brain responses predict impact of sleep loss on attention
...s of those children who don't get enough sleep can accurately predict the impact sleep loss has on their ability to pay attention during the course of a day, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APS...Simple test predicts 6-year risk of dementia
...8 percent accurate. These are the first tools to accurately predict dementia, according to lead author Deborah...the Alzheimers Association. There are tests that accurately predict an individuals chances of developing cardiovascular disease and other maladies, but, until n...Brain-boosting pill alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
...howed the women had a faster memory and could more accurately recognize words and pictures after four weeks on the drug. The ability to focus attention, however, did not change at first. But after taking modafinil for another four weeks, attention deficits improved and memory was even greater. Larger studies a...New Mayo Clinic MRI technology enables noninvasive liver diagnoses
...dified form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to accurately measure the hardness or elasticity of the liver. B...thy volunteers. The researchers confirmed that MRE accurately detects fibrosis with high sensitivity and specificity. Researchers also found that steatosis, which...System to pinpoint airline passengers who contaminate cabins
...learning how to precisely place several sensors to accurately trace hazardous airborne materials back to the source. Research findings are detailed in a paper being published in June in Indoor Air - International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health. The paper was written by Chen and mechanical engineerin...New research supports early testing for prostate cancer
...demographic or clinical characteristics that could accurately predict disease progression in this population. This abstract will be presented during Podium Session 21 on Sunday, May 20 starting at 3:30 p.m. OUTCOMES OF MEN MANAGED WITH WATCHFUL WAITING IN THE PSA FOLLOW-UP STUDY (Abstract 610) There are...Anxiety hikes risk of heart attack, death
...ows not only the need for repeated measurements to accurately gauge the impact of anxiety but also suggests an important role for physicians in reassuring anxious patients, Dr. Blatt said. Spending extra time with patients and families gives the cardiologist an opportunity to talk about heart disease, adjust me...Swedish snus much safer than smoking but linked to pancreatic cancer
...tes for market share, and we should be prepared to accurately inform smokers about the relative risks of cigarettes, snus, and approved smoking-cessation medications. "In light of all the available evidence, the banning or exaggerated opposition to snus in cigarette-rife environments is not sound public heal...Why losing money may be more painful than you think
... brain activity. They found that the subjects were accurately learning to predict when there was a chance of winning or losing money, and that this learning appeared to occur in a region located deep within the brain, called the striatum. Being able to make predictions about rewards and punishments is import...Magnesium loss in patients given monoclonal antibodies
...tudy could help in the development of a model that accurately predicts those who are most at risk of severe hypomagnesaemia and candidates for monitoring and early intervention. In addition, Fakih proposes that intermittent treatment schedules could be appropriate for those at high risk. The authors agree wit...How plastic is your brain? UH engineer seeks answers
...sky has created a new device that more quickly and accurately reveals how "plastic," or adjustable, adult brains are. The duo's work is supported by a three-year, $750,000 grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program, an organization dedicated to bringing together scientists with expertise in different field...Simple system accurately predicts weight-loss surgery risk
...imple scoring system based on five medical factors accurately predicts which patients being considered for gastric bypass surgery would be at highest risk of dying. The scoring system, which was first proposed last year by Duke University Medical Center surgeons, has been validated in a new study of more than...Speeding 'fingertip' discovery -- 20 years of protein info in 1 place
... the original goal of the research was to identify accurately as many protein changes as possible using the new technology. But to see how well we measured up, we had to compare our findings to what already was published, and there was just no clean, easy way of doing that because there were reports all over th...