Computer-aided detection could help breast cancer screening
...vited for their regular breast screening are being asked to participate in the new study, CADET (Computer-Aided Detection Evaluation Trial) 2, and we really hope that they will take part." Dr Sue Astley of Manchester University Medical School continued: "This is an opportunity for women across the region ...Japanese adults with diabetes have increased cancer risk
...vity and food and beverage intake. They were also asked if they had ever been diagnosed with diabetes or taken diabetes medications. Researchers consulted the national registry of Japanese residents, major hospitals, cancer registries and death certificates to track deaths and cancer cases. At the begi...58 percent of older hospital patients have problems eating, 31 percent leave most of their meal
... mostly nurses (92 percent). Three patients were asked about their bowels while they were eating and four male patients had urine bottles place on the table beside meals. "Recent research suggests that 40 percent of older people are malnourished when they are admitted to hospital" says lead researc...Music helps patients tune out test anxiety
...cts health. In the colonoscopy study, researchers asked 44 female and 29 male subjects to either bring music from home or choose from a selection of available CDs. Before the procedure, ear buds were taped to all of the participants' ears and volume set to be audible to only the patient. After the pati...Teenage alcohol and drug use: At best, parents know about it only half of the time
...n a child reported using any of the other drugs we asked about for example, cocaine, speed, downers the parent agreed that their child had used any of these drugs in only 28 percent of the cases." Even among children who reported experiencing symptoms of alcohol or marijuana abuse or dependence, there...Risk factors linked to pain after breast cancer surgery
...lymph node dissection or a mastectomy. Researchers asked the women to rate their pain (on a scale from zero to 10) two days after surgery, 10 days after surgery and at the three-month point. They also collected demographic and clinical information on each patient, and conducted tests to assess their ment...Emotional control circuit of brain's fear response discovered
...l control. In the 2006 Neuron paper, subjects were asked to identify the facial expressions in photos shown to them as either happy or fearful. Across each face were the words FEAR or HAPPY, and were either congruent or conflicting from the facial expressions. When the word and face clashed, subjects exper...Walking not enough for significant exercise benefits
...and stationary bicycles. The traditional group was asked to complete exercise at a moderate intensity, a level allowing for one or two sentences of conversation with ease. Intensity was not set for the walking group; they completed their daily exercise at a self-selected pace. "When we matched the two pro...Perceived facial similarity in children is an estimate of kin recognition
...iblings. In one condition, participants were only asked to rate the facial similarity of each pair of children. In a second condition, participants were asked to classify each pair as sibling or non-siblings. Researchers found that the mean similarity rating...Penn critical-care physicians recommend strategies when facing requests to end supplemental oxygen
...gged on his mask but was too weak to remove it and asked for Halpern's help to do so. Halpern debated this ... The patient wanted to stop his oxygen therapy and asked Hansen-Flaschen to help him avoid a sense of suffocation afterwards. "I had to ask myself, is this p...First evidence that musical training affects brain development in young children
...en also completed a music test (in which they were asked to discriminate between same and different harmonies, rhythms and melodies) and a digit span memory test (in which they had to listen to a series of numbers, remember them and repeat them back to the experimenter). Analysis of the MEG responses sho...UCSD researchers create roadmap to integrin activation
... bleeding ," said Ginsberg. He and his colleagues asked themselves if there was another way to block the receptors, by working at the step of activation when the receptors change from non-sticky to sticky in other words, by blocking the ability of GPIIb-IIIa to activate. "Up until now, scientists have h...Study adds to links between sleep loss and diabetes
...go Hospitals for type 2 diabetes. The researchers asked participants how much sleep they thought they needed at night and how much sleep they managed to get on weeknights and weekends. They also assessed the quality of their sleep using a standard 19-item questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index...Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide
...pened. The cells behaved normally. "We eventually asked ourselves, 'What if we're not seeing results in these two separate dishes because in the body, the two aren't separated. What if these two cell types somehow act in concert and need to communicate with one another as they otherwise would in vivo in o...Over 1.6 million Americans use CAM for insomnia or trouble sleeping
...8 years and older. A CAM supplement to the survey asked about the use of 27 types of CAM therapies, as well as a variety of medical conditions for which CAM may be used, including insomnia or trouble sleeping. Survey results show that over 17 percent of adults reported trouble sleeping or insomnia in the ...Work-family conflict common among registered nurses, study shows
... assess work interference with family, nurses were asked how often their jobs interfered with their home lives or their responsibilities at home, such as yard work, cooking, cleaning, repairs, shopping, paying the bills or child care, or kept them from spending the amount of time they would like with their...Cartoons help measure hostile assumptions, risk of aggression in urban girls
...tage of the research, Dr. Leff and colleagues then asked a number of urban African American girls how to adapt the cartoons to make them more culturally sensitive and engaging. The girls suggested dressing the characters in more feminine clothes, giving them sneakers instead of shoes, braiding their hai...New launch date for Europe's first polar-orbiting weather satellite
...ws. Media representatives wishing to attend are asked to complete the attached reply form and fax it to the establishment of their choice....National study: Patients poorly prepared for end-of-life decisions
... to one of their family members. Participants were asked about their information needs regarding the use of CPR as a means of keeping them alive, as well as the decision-making process and the role they wished to play in making this decision. The Queen's study also underlines the important role of family...VIRTUE clinical trial opens to primary immunodeficiency patients across the U.S.
...ne year. During the trial period, patients will be asked to assess overall health-related quality of life, comparing experience receiving the study medication and their previous intravenous treatment experience. Additionally, VIRTUE will identify which patients are more inclined to use SC treatment becaus...