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...ing, along with improvements in imaging technology and increased biopsy rates, among other factors, are c... breast cancer earlier, before it starts to spread and becomes more life-threatening, according to a new study by Christopher Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagu...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...al. He also became the third patient at Stanford - and in the United States - to benefit from a new imagi...een closed could doctors get an image of the heart and see whether blood was flowing through the newly created vessels. "The new technology now is just ...University of Kentucky physician publishes fibromyalgia study in Arthritis & Rheumatism journal
...dy of a drug that reduces the pain of fibromyalgia and improves sleep is being published by a University ...lege of Medicine, chief, Division of Rheumatology, and the Gloria W. Singletary Chair and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Women's Health "Fib...Chemical library aids in developing drug system for nerve damage
...ent protein sequences that some day might help her and her colleagues develop a successful timed drug del...ity for the heparin drug. Sakiyama-Elbert and her colleagues are looking for protein sequences that bind to drugs to help a drug delivery vehicle ...Tops in technology: UH math professor honored for aneurysm work
...nal non-profit professional organization for women and men interested in information technology. Along ...ed on her leadership roles in Houston's technology and computing arenas, as well as her significant career accomplishments. Representing an array of leade...NIST to host public forum on robot standards
Urban search and rescue robots capable of locating victims at disas...re entering the marketplace. To hasten development and deployment of this life-saving technology, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...7th Annual AIDS Science Day at Yale April 22
... scientists from Yale, the Hispanic Health Council and The Institute for Community Research, will present their findings to scientific and community members. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required for lunch....Chemical present in clear plastics can impair learning and cause disease
...r brain function, leading to learning disabilities and agerelated neurodegenerative diseases, according to Yale researchers and colleagues. "These data heighten concerns about the potential longterm consequences of human BPA exp...Obesity and insomnia linked by excitability of brain cells
A possible link between lack of sleep (insomnia) and obesity has been traced to hypocretin/orexin cells...alamus region of the brain that are easily excited and sensitive to stress, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the April issue of Cell Metaboli...ARVO annual meeting features over 6,000 presentations
Rockville, Md. More than 9,000 eye and vision researchers will gather to attend the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2005 Annual Meeting to be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Co...Probable cause sequences for WTC collapses finalized
...ty on April 5, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) presented its analysis of how th...under, lead investigator for the agency's building and fire safety investigation into the WTC disaster. "While the buildings were able to withstand the ini...Breakthrough findings by Ume researchers link obesity to diabetes
...obesity causes increased levels of insulin, sugar, and blood fats leading to diseases like type-2 diabetes and liver degeneration. The findings also indicate a direct way to prevent these diseases. Today obesit...Institute of Medicine advisory: Cord blood stem cells
...s, but the current system for collecting, storing, and allocating donated cord blood is fragmented and less efficient than it could be. ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CORD BLOOD BANK PROGRAM, a new congression...Evaluating virtual reality therapy for treating acute post traumatic stress disorder
...personnel before the disorder disrupts their lives and careers. ONR program manager Cmdr. Russell Shillin...oal is to provide therapists with innovative tools and techniques for early intervention and treatment of PTSD symptoms. Early intervention is key. Virtual...Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...real emergency, the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters is being activated so rescue teams... disaster zone. It begins with a train derailment, and then the situation gets worse. Train wagons of fuel begin to burn, the fire spreading to pressurised...The mental, emotional and sexual health of people with learning difficulties who are gay, lesbian and bisexual is being jeopardised by the failure of many services to give the support needed in this are...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...gsong Cao, Christopher C. Gelwix, Kim A. Caldwell, and Guy A. Caldwell Dopamine neurons appear to be part...lein causes intracellular inclusions (Lewy bodies) and cell degeneration of dopamine neurons. Such mechanisms are considered central to the pathogenesis of...Columbia research suggests need to rethink causes of heart failure
...heart failure - e.g. anemia, obesity, hypertension and diabetes - rather than the treatments currently pr...icine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly at the NewY...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...n coronary arteries, restoring blood flow to heart and saving heart muscle. The doses of some of the drug...nd-effect relationship between small dosing errors and worse outcomes for patients," Granger continued. "These findings should be somewhat reassuring to bu...Traditional risk factors best predictor of CVD death in kidney patients
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