Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
...mmissioned by the American Psychiatric Association and led by a psychiatrist at the University of North C...rders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and other depressive disorders. A report of the study, which appeared April 1 in the American Journal o...Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
...influenza. Nutrition doctoral student Alexia Smith and Dr. Melinda A. Beck, associate professor of pediat...cs at the UNC School of Medicine, led the research and reported the findings. "Numerous marked alterations seen in the mice's immune response suggest that ...Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
...illion award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the Nationa...to be brought to "everyday" issues in the practice and delivery of oral healthcare. This is one of the largest grants ever made by the NIDCR, and the large...Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
...--Recognizing faces is effortless for most people, and it's an ability that provides great evolutionary and social advantages. But this ability is impaired in people who have suffered brain damage or in those...Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment
...n. The radiology examinations came back negative, and the patients did not undergo anticoagulant treatme... to see more of the arteries throughout the lungs, and to detect small clots in those arteries, said J. David Prologo, MD, chief radiology resident at Univ...Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
...tients with breast cancer who underwent both SPECT and PET. They found that SPECT had a sensitivity of 85% and an accuracy of 96% for detecting bone metastases, whereas PET had a sensitivity of only 17% and an a...BI-RADS lexicon for ultrasound useful for differentiating benign from malignant solid masses
Descriptors from the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) lexicon for ultrasound can b... Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC, and supported by the National Institutes of Health. For the study, the researchers analyzed 403 sonogra...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...essor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Signal Transduction at Be...taly. Cantley will receive a cash prize of 75,000 and a medallion. "Dr. Cantley's contributions to cancer are profound," said AACR Chief Executive O...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...cal oncologists, basic scientists, epidemiologists and translational researchers from around the world to discuss the latest findings and most significant information in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research. More than 6...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...s must look beyond the walls of the examining room and into their own communities to understand and confront the socioeconomic and environmental threats to the health of children and adolescents, such...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...d by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University, challenges the American Psy...ls they need to learn how to manage their problems and emotions," said Robert DeRubeis, professor and chair of Penn's Department of Psychology. "Pharmaceu...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...elieve that oral sex is less risky to their health and emotions than vaginal sex, more prevalent among teens their age and more acceptable among their peers. They are also more likely to try oral sex, according to a UCSF st...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
... entitled "You might as well smoke; the misleading and harmful public message about smokeless tobacco". ...bsites showed that most government, health advice, and advocacy websites suggested that smokeless tobacco use is as harmful as cigarette smoking, even thou...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
...r more suggest some recovery of neuronal structure and function, according to an article in the April iss... brain regions associated with selective attention and regions associated with memory, according to background information in the article. Recent animal an...Different antipsychotic medications may have different effects on brain volume
...nventional antipsychotic medication (haloperidol), and whether these changes are associated with changes in disturbed thinking and general mental functioning. Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D., of the University of North Carolina Medical ...In treatment of depression, cognitive therapy and medication both effective
...from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and colleagues compared the efficacy of antidepressant..., once or twice weekly for the middle eight weeks, and then once weekly for the final four weeks. At eight weeks of treatment, response rates were 50 perc...Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
CHICAGO Insured pediatric and adolescent patients account for only a small part of total insurance expenditures for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) but are more likely to use these therapies if their adult family members ...Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
...ur-year-old children who receive emotional support and cognitive stimulation from their parents are signi...ps young children develop empathy, self-regulation and prosocial skills and might be protective; that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits ...Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
...earchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology describe...vessels that can carry cancer cells to lymph nodes and can actually prepare the way for tumor metastasis by inducing new lymphatic vessels to grow within t......al exams, making diagnoses, prescribing therapies, and charting appropriate treatment plans. The ever-evo...icians requires a fuller understanding of children and adolescents' total environment. A review article published in the April supplement of the journal Pe...