Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
... to be the preferred target. At the same time, the authors note, there does seem to be some evidence that the...h GPi and STN stimulation (39 vs 48 percent)," the authors write. "Bradykinesia [extremely slow movement] tended to improve more with STN than GPi stimulation....Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
... the pre-school years." It is not known, say the authors of the current study, whether vision improvement will be sustained in these children once treatment is discontinued. The NEI is supporting a one-year, follow-up study to determine the percentage of amblyopia that recurs among the children who respond...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
... abnormal CT findings. Explaining the results, the authors conclude, "multiple lung CT scans may enhance primary and secondary prevention efforts by potentially providing increased interaction with health care providers, increased cognitions about one's own cancer risk, and reinforcement for smoking abstinen...Little answers to world's biggest problems
... and economic sustainability - by 2015. The study authors describe how the top ten nanotechnology applicatio...veloping world," said Dr. Peter Singer, one of the authors of the study. "Science and technology alone are not going to magically solve all the problems of de...Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
...MenC or pneumococcal glycoconjugate vaccines," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2005;293:1751-1758. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com ) Editor's Note: This study was funded by Wyeth Vaccines. For financial disclosure information, please see the JAMA article. Dr. Buttery is now with the Department of General ...Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
...reased risk of litigation against caregivers," the authors write. "When identifying an incorrect dose of a po...h errors and their impact on patient outcome," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2005;293:1746-1750. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com ) Editor's Note: The ASSEN...Smoking doubles risk of degenerative eye condition
...y sighted as a result of macular degeneration, the authors calculated that smoking was likely to have caused up to 30,000 cases. "An increased risk of [age related macular degeneration], which is the most commonly occurring cause of blindness in the United Kingdom, is yet another reason for people to stop sm...British Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer than all other women
...still between 3% and 8% higher in Asian women. The authors note that the differences in survival were not accounted for by differences in how advanced the disease was at diagnosis....Smart plastics change shape with light
...d, forming an arch or corkscrew spiral shape," the authors write. The team has also shown that the temporary shapes are "very stable for long times even when heated to 50 degrees C." "In our Nature paper, the basic principle of photo-induced shape-memory polymers is explained. We are currently developing ...Scientists discover how Ebola virus infects cells
...der clinical development as anti-cancer drugs. The authors write, "Further investigation of the antiviral efficacy of [enzyme] inhibitors maybe warranted. The wealth of existing knowledge regarding the design and in vivo pharmacology of these inhibitors may facilitate development of an anti-Ebola-virus thera...Exercise variety - not intensity - appears to reduce some Alzheimer's disease risk
...o reach 11.3 to 16 million by the year 2050. Other authors of the report are Laura Jean Podewils, Eliseo Gualler, Linda Fried and Michelle Carson of Johns Hopkins, and Lewis H. Kuller and Oscar L. Lopez of the University of Pittsburg. The research was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute a...Can hospital data detect poor performing doctors?
...al quality where death may not be the outcome. The authors investigated whether routinely collected data from...to be refined to deal with case mix variation. The authors also warn of the potential limitations of statistics, including missing or poor quality data that ca...Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
...rch letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The authors believe the use of lethal injection should cease in order to prevent unnecessary cruelty and a public review into anaesthesia procedures during executions is necessary. Lethal injection is the most common way people are legally put to death in the US...Medical journal editors condemn ghostwriting
...ists, clinicians and medical educators," wrote the authors of the editorial, Dr. Tierney and co-editor Martha Gerrity, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at the Oregon Health and Sciences University. "Peer reviewed journals such as Journal of General Internal Medicine serve a critical service by p...Hormone aids recovery in rats with hemorrhagic stroke
...rapeutic effect in hemorrhagic stroke," said study authors Dong-In Sinn, MD, and Jae-Kyu Roh, MD, of the Stroke & Neural Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Neurology at Seoul National University Hospital. Erythropoietin was administered to adult rats after they had an intracerebral hemorrhage and then for 4...Drugs targeted at muscle cells
...rnational network of researchers that includes the authors of the article. The molecular mechanisms behind Type 2 diabetes are not fully known, but both hereditary and environmental factors are thought to contribute to its development. The prevalence and number of new cases of Type 2 diabetes are steadily in...The Neurosciences and Music in Leipzig: Registration boom and over 140 posters
...ity. The Foundation has decided to acknowledge the authors of the thirty best posters by awarding free participation to the conference. The research subjects described in the posters show the quality leap that research has made in this field. Many, in fact, are centered on the study of the "emotional" part ...Surgery for children with sleep apnea improves quality of life
...sting one year after treatment or enrollment," the authors write. "We compared QOL data subscale scores betwe...after surgery and were sustained at one year," the authors write. "Even though not all children were cured of OSA (using PSG parameters), the improvement in QO...Dermatologists use knowledge of patterns to recognize melanoma
...lar borders; C, uneven color; and D, diameter. The authors suggest that assessing how dermatologists spot mel...owledge that the lesion has recently changed," the authors write. "The overall recognition process, mimicking experts in their daily practice, could be useful...Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical programs' experience increases
...obese patients do not tolerate complications," the authors write. "Complications, such as leaks [of the stapl...lize in it and perform it on a regular basis," the authors write. Theoretically, high volume enables the surgeon and all involved clinicians to develop a signi...