Number of students in US medical schools remains constant over 10 years
...into medical school and residency training, may be affected by factors external to the medical school. Understanding these interrelationships will be critical in addressing important issues in medical education and health care today and in the future," the authors conclude....Television viewing of Katrina will have psychological effects on children around the country
...se a toy or other needed goods for a child who was affected by the hurricane. If you are concerned about your child's reactions to Hurricane Katrina, listen to your parental intuition. A child who has an intense or prolonged reaction, or begins having difficulties at school, with their peers, or at home may...AACR launches 'Saving the Science' initiatives
...ance to cancer researchers and clinicians directly affected by the storm, will be used directly to support: Temporary relocation to a host institution, thus allowing researchers to continue their important research; Facilitation of collaborations among colleagues by providing travel support; and The means to...Nation's experts to answer questions about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
... four percent of the U.S. adult population is also affected by ADHD. A recent national survey, "Capturing America's Attention," found that the repercussions of ADHD may have limited adults with the condition from reaching their full academic and occupational potential, and limit their satisfaction with thems...BRAVE program Help available for children with anxiety
...en and adolescents. "Around 8-10% of children are affected by anxiety which can have adverse effects on their social, emotional, educational and physical functioning, as well as affecting the family unit," she said. Children with anxiety may worry about social situations, being away from home or their paren...Failure to suppress irrelevant brain activity in Alzheimer disease
...areas. To test whether cross-modal inhibition is affected in AD, Drzezga and colleagues examined the activation and deactivation patterns in the brains of patients with AD and individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The researchers tested 32 participants: 11 healthy individuals, 11 individuals wit...NIH establishes National Commission on Digestive Diseases
...id Dr. Zerhouni. "With more than 70 million people affected and 1.4 million disabled, now is the time to examine the state of digestive diseases research and to develop a plan to most effectively take advantage of advances in the field." The Commission will conduct a scientific overview of NIH-funded researc...Gene that controls the severity of asthma identified
...eficial and could be guided by the MIF genotype of affected individuals."...Research finds poor sleep affects student's school performance
... causes of disturbed sleep are reversible and that affected students can achieve better academic performance after intervention. "In many cases, when disordered breathing at night is the cause, intervention may not only improve sleep, but improve academic performance as well," lead author Howard Taras, MD ex...Air pollution found to pose greater danger to health than earlier thought
...cles." Jerrett notes that findings might have been affected by participants who moved during the study or who changed their lifestyle since 1982. Another limitation is that scientists could only use participants' zip codes, rather than their home addresses, to determine their home neighborhood. Researchers w...UQ research to ease suffering from whiplash
... study of this interaction. "Over 5000 people are affected by whiplash from motor vehicle accidents in Queensland each year," Dr Sterling said. From 1994 to 2004 whiplash injuries had a cost exceeding $1billion. "While most people respond really well to current treatments, around 20 to 25 percent of people ...Left handedness may be linked to increased risk of breast cancer
...ft handed women. Adjusting for risk factors hardly affected the overall association. The origin of the association may lie in exposure to high levels of sex hormones before birth, which can induce left handedness as well as changes in breast tissue, say the authors. "Although the underlying mechanisms remain ...Psychologists find more sensitive tests for predicting Alzheimer's as well as changes in cognition
...r right ear vs. left ear, and even the very mildly affected group recalled 11.3% more from the right ear. The...nal processing, like other cognitive processes, is affected early in Alzheimer's disease. Poor attentional controls can leave people falling back on familiar, ...September 27th telebriefing on premature health
...ight on top preemie birth and RSV incidence states affected by hurricane season What: More than 500,000 premature infants are born each year in the United States, approximately one every 60 seconds. Underdeveloped lungs and weak immune systems leave these fragile patients susceptible to respiratory ill...Study shows Hurricane Katrina affected 20,000 physicians, up to 6,000 may have been displaced
... Louisiana and Mississippi that have been directly affected by Katrina flooding," said UNC's Dr. Thomas C. Ric...ouisian parishes FEMA identified as being severely affected (Level 1 Disaster Declaration). That included 144 residents in training as well as 1,032 specialists...NASH clinical research network launches trial for treatment of liver disease in children
...ght and insulin-resistant, with boys more commonly affected than girls. Mexican-American children appear to have a greater risk for NASH than black and white children. "The rise in the rates of NAFLD in children likely mirrors the increase in obesity, making it the most prevalent liver disease in American ch...Simulator can help stroke patients drive again
...used to help determine the types of driving skills affected at different stages of Parkinson's disease and how interventions like deep brain stimulation help people overcome some of the problems. Dr. Akinwuntan also plans to help develop a unit at MCG that would use simulators and virtual reality systems to...Smoking seems to increase brain damage in alcoholics
...hese injuries to the brain -- but is this recovery affected by continued smoking?" Meyerhoff and his team are conducting a study to explore that question right now. In the future, the researchers plan a prospective study that will use MRI to compare brain volumes between smoking and non-smoking light drinkers...Nerve changes from diabetes begin earlier than previously known
...n patients' age, height and weight that could have affected results. The study focused especially on 90 patie...rtant for clinical trials to include less severely affected patients and to perform studies over longer periods....Speed of PSA rise helps predict survival for prostate cancer patients
...ton. "Although clinical outcomes may be positively affected if the patient receives hormone therapy with radiation therapy, a quickly rising PSA level unfortunately still portends poor results for these patients."...