Effects of new sleep medication appear unlikely to have potential for abuse or cognitive impairment
...who classified placebo as placebo. The findings, along with previous clinical trials indicating ramelteon's effectiveness, suggest that it "may fill an unmet need in the treatment of insomnia," the authors write. "Although further clinical trials are warranted, ramelteon may be particularly useful for t...Science of Learning Center comes to UC San Diego
...rn could lead to improved teaching techniques and, along the way, alter the trajectories of countless human lives. Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant for 3.5 million, with the possibility of an additional 32 million over the next decade, a UC San Diego-based interdisciplinary team of scientists ...Researchers set benchmarks for screening mammography
...y 807 radiologists. Each radiologist's assessment, along with every woman's outcome within 12 months of the initial screening exam, were tallied. The radiologists included in the analysis came from urban, rural, large and small practices of different organizational structures, across broad geographic areas...Web tool helps gauge risk of having genetic mutation linked to colon cancer
... samples of 898 patients at risk for colon cancer, along with information on the medical history of the patients and their families. All potentially identifying information had been removed from the data to protect patient anonymity. Investigators matched the samples that tested positive for MLH1 and MSH2 ...AIDS study challenges conventional treatment guidelines for HIV patients
... Case Medical Center, led by Benigno Rodrguez, MD, along with a nationwide team of AIDS/HIV experts, strongly challenges conventional thinking about the role of measurements of the amount of HIV particles in the blood as a method of predicting a patient's ability to fight off the disease. The study, publis...Blacks with bladder cancer have more aggressive tumors, worse survival, U-M study finds
...were also more likely to receive radiation therapy along with surgery. In addition, the researchers found black patients tended to have more aggressive tumors. Most notably, the majority of black women had aggressive tumors. From 1992-1999, black women were 15 percent more likely than white men and women ...Study shows men with ED favor treatment with Vardenafil
... asked: "Overall, which medication do you prefer?" along with 11 other preference questions relating to their ED treatment. Additional efficacy assessments using established scales were also used in analysis. Data showed that 38.9% preferred vardenafil compared to 34.5% sildenafil (26.6% had no preferenc...Rochester launches Cancer Stem Cell Research Program
..."Hucky" Land, Ph.D., chair of Biomedical Genetics, along with about 25 scientists studying the genetic, met... of stem cells and cancer stem cells of the brain, along with the neurological impacts of cancer therapies. Jordan is focused on hematologic cancers and is c...Penn critical-care physicians recommend strategies when facing requests to end supplemental oxygen
...nior fellow with the Center for Bioethics at Penn, along with John Hansen-Flaschen, MD, chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Penn, have co-authored a guide for physicians faced with such requests. The commentary - which examines concerns physicians may have in removing ...UCSD researchers create roadmap to integrin activation
...and flexible tool for studying therapeutic targets along the pathway that impacts the activation process. ...sites where known drugs work, and discover targets along the pathway for new drugs. "If you think of these pathways as interstate highways on a map, this st...Implanted wireless device alerts patients and physicians to dangerous conditions
...ow, wireless technology can monitor these devices, along with blood pressure and weight, on a daily basis. The wireless system offers doctors a significant opportunity to better treat heart failure, keep patients out of the hospital and bring them greater peace of mind. Using Bluetooth technology, Boston...Road wends its way through stomach
...t a narrow path forms in the center of the stomach along which food exits the stomach more rapidly than the regions near the walls of the stomach. They used MRI data from human subjects to create the proper geometry of the muscle contractions. "We looked at a ten-minute window of digestion and we tagged a...Drug could prevent type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals
...oping type 2 diabetes a drug called rosiglitazone, along with lifestyle recommendations, could substantially reduce their chances of developing the disease, according to an Online/Article published by The Lancet today (Friday September 15, 2006). Type 2 diabetes develops when people cannot produce enoug...Planning guidebook to help make walking safer and more convenient
...ng retail, commercial, and residential properties, along with public spaces. Atlantic Station is built on the former site of Atlantic Steel Company and was one of the nation's largest brownfields....Molecular medicine comes to the rescue
...n go to sleepovers or playdates without Mom coming along to do blood sugar tests and operate her pump. She can eat snacks without counting carbohydrates or testing her blood. Just like all of us, it is important that Lilly continue a healthy, physically active lifestyle for her health, but this will grea...ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS
...ber 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, along with Expedition 14 crew members, NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Iranian-American entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari will be the test subject for four ESA experiments during her stay on board the International Spa...MIT device could prevent epileptic seizures
... and Computer Science. Guttag developed the system along with Ali Shoeb, a graduate student in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. "Our colleague Dr. Steven Schachter, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and epileptologist at BIDMC, suggested hooking our detector up t...New Orleans 'toxic soup' a less serious problem than initially believed
...and economic toll from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf Coast in 2005, the much-discussed "toxic-soup" environmental pollution was nowhere close to being as bad as people thought. That's the bottom-line message from dozens of scientific papers scheduled for presentation at a four-day symposium ...Forgetful? You may be losing more than just your memory
...mind is going" may be losing a part of their brain along with their memory, according to a study published in the September 12, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study, which looked at 120 people over the age of 60, found people who complained of ...Migraine treatment also appears effective for cluster headaches
...pray can be used as a first-line abortive therapy, along with sumatriptan nasal spray or inhaled oxygen, in the management of cluster headaches," they conclude....