Renewed hope for Parkinson's patients
... including those that regulate movement. A reduced concentration of dopamine in the brain is associated with Parkinson's Disease....Wright State receives $3 million grant to study learning with disabilities
...lect the technology-based learning with disability concentration as part of one of the following Wright State Ph.D. programs: biomedical sciences; human factors/industrial organizational psychology; engineering; and computer science and engineering. "A team of more than 20 faculty members from across campus will c...Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
...chemotaxis -- moving from areas of lower to higher concentration of a signaling molecule known as a chemokine. Studies by the two scientists have shown that S1P and its T cell receptors block this signaling.They slow the flood of T cells "called into" lymph nodes by chemokines. The scientists made a second discov......rds made to fit tightly around their teeth. A low concentration of carbamide peroxide is then placed in the tray and into the patient's mouth, where it remains for an hour. After the first treatment, patients are able to repeat this process at home for an hour everyday. After approximately three treatments, the...National Academies news: Coeur d'Alene Superfund site
...ood testing in children suboptimal, given the high concentration of lead in the soils of many communities. All children ages 1-4 years throughout the basin should be screened annually for blood lead in conjunction with other routine health care screening tests, the report says. Wider blood testing would also com...Evidence that arsenic was responsible for the madness of King George III
...e of the King's hair. They found unexpectedly high concentration of arsenic in the hair sample. The researchers looked at the Royal physician's medical notes to try and identify the source of the arsenic. They found that the principal compound administered to the King during his illness was emetic tartar. Emetic t...Doctors and care providers often underestimate the full impact of head injuries
... patient, but common consequences include fatigue, concentration difficulties, memory problems and headaches. Doctors and care providers often focus on these physical and cognitive effects when treating and rehabilitating patients who have had head injuries, reflecting the areas they consider to be important. Howe...Scientists harness the power of pee
...dicator of a person's general state of health. The concentration of glucose in urine is a useful diagnostic tool for diabetics. The lead researcher, Dr Lee, envisions a world where people will easily be able to monitor their health at home using disposable test-kits that don't need lithium batteries or external po...Coffee is number one source of antioxidants
...ng the top fruits for antioxidants on the basis of concentration (antioxidants per serving size), he says. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 158,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scie...Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality
...ubling every few years. "China's nitrogen dioxide concentration varies according to season," Burrows adds. "There is more in the winter as a result of differing emission patterns and meteorology. For example more fuel is burned for heating and nitrogen dioxide persists longer in the atmosphere at that less sunny ...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
... was obtained using from one-half to one-tenth the concentration required for either of the drugs used alone. The group's findings are the basis of a new clinical trial Feldman has begun with oncologist Sandy Srinivas, MD, assistant professor of medicine. Men who have been treated for prostate cancer, but who are ...Long residency hours linked with impaired performance similar to effects of drinking alcohol
...ted with a .04 to .05 grams percent blood alcohol concentration during a light call rotation. Compared with light call, heavy call reaction times were 7 percent slower and lane variability and speed variability during the simulated driving test were 27 percent and 71 percent greater, respectively. Speed variabili...Johns Hopkins researchers discover key protein linked to transverse myelitis and multiple sclerosis
...d depression. IL-6 has been implicated in mood and concentration disorders. "This discovery is a success story that begins with listening carefully to what patients are telling us about their suffering and then collaborating across disciplines to open up new avenues of investigation," said Kaplin. "TM is related t...Can pomegranates prevent prostate cancer? A new study offers promise
...sults were dramatic: the mice receiving the higher concentration of pomegranate extract showed significant slowing of their cancer progression and a decrease in the levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a marker used to indicate the presence of prostate cancer in humans. The animals that received only water ...Optical imaging added to ultrasound improves breast cancer diagnosis
...ectrum, the researchers were able to calculate the concentration of oxygen-carrying blood cells--or hemoglobin--and...ve cancers have a two-fold higher total hemoglobin concentration compared with benign lesions," Dr. Zhu said. "These findings demonstrate that this technique has gre...American Thoracic Society journal news tips for October 2005 (first issue)
...rways produce nitric oxide and that its fractional concentration in exhaled air is elevated in patients with atopic asthma that has not been treated with steroids. They called the nitric oxide test an "inflammometer" for the disease. In asthma, airways narrow because of hyperreactivity to certain stimuli that pro...Prescription drugs can interact with a variety of foods
...ract with drugs. This interaction can increase the concentration of drugs in the bloodstream and enhance their potency, which can result in toxicity. While most people know to ask their pharmacists about possible interactions between medicines, many don't realize they should also be asking about the foods in thei...New microfluidic devices found to be effective method of in-vitro fertilization in mice
...(43 percent). They then hypothesized that as sperm concentration is decreased, fertilization rates would improve in microchannels. At these lower concentrations, the combined fertilization rate was significantly higher in microchannels (27 percent) than in culture dishes (10 percent). The authors note that the res...Breath test offers hope for early detection of lung-bacteria growth in cystic fibrosis
...he cystic fibrosis patient, the higher the sulfide concentration in the breath sample, suggesting an increased amount of bacterial growth in the lungs. "Early detection and antibiotic therapy has been promoted as a means to delay chronic bacterial lung growth and prolong life, and breath analysis may be an effecti...Study shows that prenatal exposure to alcohol may cause visual problems in infants
...TAC) Test, which is comprised of gray cards with a concentration of vertical black and white stripes on the left or the right side. An examiner looked through a peephole in the center of the card to determine where the infant was looking. Poor visual acuity was indicated when the infant was not looking at the si...