Shining light on pancreatic cancer
...the altered tissue and then enhance the data for a clearer diagnosis. The researchers scanned tissue samples from 19 people already diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 32 without the disease. They properly distinguished patients with cancer at an accuracy approaching 100 percent. The clearest results came...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
... Much like increased resolution in a photo makes a clearer picture and allows one to zoom in without blurring the image, the powerful resolution of the climate model allows researchers to gather detailed information about particular areas. Giorgi, who is head of the Earth System Physics Section of the Inte...Catastrophic events can affect a person's sleep
...ted and the surrounding areas is needed to provide clearer information about changes in sleep complaints after a natural disaster. The amount of sleep a person gets affects his or her physical health, emotional well-being, mental abilities, productivity and performance. Recent studies associate lack of sl...Better insight into brain anatomical structures
...Contrast agents can help to make these images even clearer and allow physiological processes to be followed in real time. Conventional gadolinium complexes currently used as MRI contrast agent cannot reveal anatomic structures. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Korean researchers led by Jung Hee ...GI screening: Racing time or wasting time?
...anuary 2000 and December 2005. Colonoscopies give clearer pictures of bends in the colon than another screening tool called flexible sigmoidoscopy, which uses a slender hallow lighted tube to detect cancer. Researchers studied procedure results for abnormally sized and shaped polyps and adenomas (benign tu...New mechanism identified for resistance to targeted lung cancer drugs
...lyze a larger number of resistant samples to get a clearer idea of the frequency of this resistance mechanism. ...Health insurance fails to protect Americans from financial risk
...try. These problems call for the establishment of clearer rules and standards of accountability for health insurers." "For too many Americans, health insurance fails to protect them from the costs of medical care," said Jeff Prottas, coauthor and professor at The Heller School for Social Policy and Manage...Research agreement to advance new imaging technology
...gan or region of the body and, as a result, create clearer and more precise side by side images. The company, which is led by two former Kodak imaging systems executives, will work with researchers in the URMC Department of Imaging Sciences to apply this technology to images from actual patients. "We are......uld constitute a criterion for a good prognosis. A clearer understanding of how the immune system functions is essential to optimise one of the most promising options for future cancer treatment: immune therapy. For many years now, the Institut Curie has been participating actively in the development of inno...Bioterrorism alerts induce anxiety and may pose health risk, Einstein study finds
...ng this approach to public health in the future, a clearer evaluation of its efficacy and safety should be undertaken. Doing so could prevent potentially harmful warnings that do little more than raise anxiety among the general population without offering a beneficial action for the public to take."...Ultrasound mammography, volcano monitoring for aircraft safety
...ower tool users request more realistic testing and clearer labeling from manufacturers. (2pNSb1) WHY "TICK-TOCK" TO ENGLISH SPEAKERS SOUNDS LIKE "TOCK-TICK" TO JAPANESE SPEAKERS A US-Japan team has found new evidence that the rhythm of one's native language influences how that individual hears the rhythms ...Teens who smoke have increased risk of developing asthma
...ry of smoking, the researchers were able to make a clearer connection. "These findings suggest that the harmful effects of cigarette smoking are not limited to those who are long-term heavy smokers," says National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Director David A. Schwartz, M.D. "The study result...New mechanism underlying pain found
... mechanism that may underlie neuropathic pain. The clearer understanding of the root-cause of chronic neuropathic pain, and the preclinical validation of new targets for pharmaceutical therapies shown in this research, together present an opportunity for the development of new ways to treat the severe pain a...OHSU researchers demonstrate how white blood cells cannibalize virus-infected cells
...copic level. The research not only helps provide a clearer understanding of the body's immune system, it also offers hope of a new method for gauging vaccine effectiveness. The research is published in the current edition of the journal Nature Medicine. CD8+ T-cells are specialized white blood cells that se...Doctors must debate hospital closures
...or located to suit electoral convenience. We need clearer guidance on issues such as safe transit times for paediatric and obstetric emergencies, and we need more creative thinking on shared site working and flexible training rotas. It is time for GPs to reassert their role as patients' advocates, defendin...Washington University researchers find almost half of kids with ADHD are not being treated
...sorder, or rather, the disorders. "It's becoming clearer that ADHD is not a single problem but a group of disorders that have different causes but similar clinical expressions," he explains. "There also can be lots of reasons why you become diabetic or hypertensive. The end result is high blood sugar or el...Stroke risk should determine anti-clotting treatment
...l streamline patient care and make recommendations clearer for physicians," he said. In the United States and Europe, hospital admissions for AF have increased by 66 percent during the last 20 years. It is also expensive, with total costs approaching 13.5 billion (about U.S. $15.7 billion) in the European...New MRI technique quickly builds 3-D images of knees
...ventional methods of data acquisition, yet produce clearer images....Tip sheet, Annals of Internal Medicine, April 20, 2006
... carefully until the drug's safety profile becomes clearer with longer time on treatment. 2. Hospital Care of Patients with COPD Varies Widely and Needs Improvement Overall In a study of nearly 70,000 patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), only 33 percent of the patients...NYU researchers decorate virus particles, showing potential to enhance MRI capabilities
...tially have the ability to get better contrast and clearer images that can distinguish between different tissue types." While Kirshenbaum cautioned that many obstacles remain in using this process to enhance MRI for clinical applications, he said the results point to the potential of enhancing specific MRI c...