Chemical present in clear plastics can impair learning and cause disease
...tion and retention of memory. Although estrogen is best known as one of the principal hormone products of the ovary, a number of studies over the last twenty years have shown that estrogen is also synthesized in the brain, where it contributes to the development and function of the hippocampus. MacLusky s...Will cancer vaccine get to all women?
...ur vaccinating their daughters. "Abstinence is the best way to prevent HPV," says Bridget Maher of the Fam... to convince parents. Vaccinating men could be the best way to prevent the spread of HPV among women. HPV is extremely common. Half of all sexually active...Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
.... Opinion has been divided among experts as to how best to treat these conditions. In 1997, an expert NIH panel recommended daily use of inhaled steroids to prevent attacks, and theoretically, to counter the possibility of permanent, debilitating airway scarring which would further aggravate breathing. Bu...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...e warranted. IMPACT was designed to identify the best long-term treatment strategy for adults with mild persistent asthma. Researchers compared changes in lung function, frequency and severity of asthma symptoms, and quality-of-life scores in 255 adult patients. Participants were randomly selected to on...ACP and ACP Foundation launch 3-year effort to improve diabetes care
...eam and will work to raise awareness and teach the best practices in diabetes care. The initiative will develop a self-management tool kit to help patients become working partners with their health care providers in diabetes care. The patient materials will include information for vulnerable populations ...NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
...needs and anticipated outcomes on the basis of the best available evidence,' which is how our single-search algorithm works." The NMDP is the largest registry of cord blood units in the country (more than 40,000 units), an international cord blood registry and the largest Registry of marrow donors in the...Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
...rget each individual patient with the therapy-type best for him."...Golfers' yips may be movement disorder
...co-contractions were older, had higher current and best previous handicaps, and had yips for fewer years than the other five with yips who did not have the co-contractions. There was also a trend for those five golfers with the yips to make fewer putts and have a greater degree of error in missing the put...New treatment 'roadmap' improves odds for unusual brain aneurysm
...ix different types of thrombotic aneurysms and the best way to treat each type. At UCSF Medical Center, surgeons perform more than 400 brain aneurysm procedures a year, and while all are not thrombotic, when this type does arise it presents particular challenges to a neurosurgeon, according to Lawton. "Wh...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...ase in medicine ensures that the city attracts the best clinicians and biomedical scientists. Research not only unravels the root causes of diseases, but also ensures that the outputs of research are translated into effective treatments and patient care....MR spectroscopy may be superior for determining prostate cancer prognosis
... prostate tumors may help physicians determine the best treatment strategy. Using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy, which provides detailed information on the chemical composition of tissue samples, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have shown that chemical profiles of prostate ti...Measuring enzymes at end of cancer pathway predicts outcome of Tarceva, Taxol
...fied and validated, "a CDK2 test would provide the best marker yet for effective use of Tarceva," he says. The only experimental predictive test currently available is whether lung cancer cells have a mutation in their epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), but that does not predict response to the targ...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...iers can prevent many Americans from receiving the best quality care and health disparities arise when the...matically improve patients' chances of getting the best care and have an opportunity to live with cancer as a manageable disease. By navigating patients ar...The Neurosciences and Music in Leipzig: Registration boom and over 140 posters
...s 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 of a musical perfor...American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
...gents, our job involves more than just booking the best trip possible," said Kathy Sudeikis, ASTA President and CEO. "We also educate travelers about potential health risks and measures they can take to stay healthy while overseas. I encourage those planning to travel abroad to log on to http://www.tra...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
...ford Institute for International Studies. "And the best strategy is actually the least expensive." Owens is the senior author of the paper in the April 19 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. As he and his co-authors note, their findings highlight "the critical need for distribution systems that can prov...Virtual colonoscopy: Virtually promising
...Physicians have come to accept colonoscopy as "the best test" for colorectal cancer because it's the most ...riale, who thinks that PAP smears are probably the best currently available screening tools because they are reasonably sensitive, specific, and inexpensive...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 19, 2005
... Attack, Study Finds A new study to determine the best strategy to handle a large-scale anthrax attack on a mid-sized U.S. city suggests that post-attack vaccination plus antibiotic therapy is the most effective and least expensive strategy (Article, p. 601). An editorialist finds the analysis limited be...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...obal Health Service (GHS) to mobilize the nation's best health care professionals and other experts to help combat HIV/AIDS in hard-hit African, Caribbean, and Southeast Asian countries, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Full-time, salaried professionals would ma...Number and quality of kidney transplants much greater if national matching program adopted
...so called paired kidney exchange, would ensure the best possible kidney for the greatest number of recipie...al techniques for sorting through them to find the best possible organ matches, will not only allow more people to get the transplants they need, but will d...