New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
...ay often quickly and with pinpoint accuracy is a critical part of the job. According to the study, the new approach involves rethinking how the eyes are trained to filter out clutter and focus in on a target. Previously, scientists believed these two perceptual skills intermixed and worked simultaneously....Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...dicated that activation of PI3K by oncogenes was a critical event in transforming a normal cell to a cancerous...this model and provided evidence that PI3K plays a critical role in many human cancers. In addition, research from Cantley's laboratory and others has reveale...Education program reduces incidents of shaken baby syndrome
...the birth of their children, appeared to provide a critical reminder that resulted in fewer cases of abuse." The statewide incidence of abusive head injuries in Pennsylvania did not change significantly from 1996 to 2002, suggesting that the reductions in New York state were specifically related to the patien......limeter in diameter embedded in agar medium. Many critical refinements occurred during the five-year process ... notably sheep kidneys and bovine liver. The most critical feature of the HUTT imaging technology is its potential to reliably differentiate types of tissue ba...Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
...ta to support this. People with MCI tend to retain critical thinking and reasoning skills, but experience significant short-term memory loss. For example, they may experience trouble remembering the names of people they meet or the flow of a conversation, or have an increased tendency to misplace things. Rese...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...ler body size and smaller vessels "appears to be a critical factor that confers higher mortality risk in women," Lansky said. The study also noted that women waited longer by an average of 22 minutes to go to the hospital than men, and women had as much as a 15-minute longer delay once they arrived at the h...Scientists to study actions of botanical oils
...using natural products, these research centers are critical to helping us determine whether and by what mechanisms botanicals may serve as effective treatments or preventive approaches," said Stephen E. Straus, M.D., NCCAM director. "The five centers we are funding will investigate the use of a variety of wi...UPenn receives 2005 Templeton Research Lectures Grant
...Ethics in Dialogue," this project will explore the critical relationship between the mind and spirituality. T...emological problems. Such scholarly pursuits hold critical importance for many fields including cognitive neuroscience, theology, philosophy, anthropology, law...Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
...for gastrointestinal and other health events, it's critical to assess arthritis therapies using additional factors that can impact treatment such as taking aspirin," Spiegel said. The model reflected probabilities of various adverse events that could occur, including heart attack, ulcer perforation, ulcer bl...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
... the problems of developing countries but they are critical components of development. Nanotechnology is a rel...ng radical and relatively inexpensive solutions to critical development problems." Nanotechnology is the study, design, creation, synthesis, manipulation, and a...Little answers to world's biggest problems
... the problems of developing countries but they are critical components of development. Nanotechnology is a rel...ng radical and relatively inexpensive solutions to critical development problems." The authors point out that several developing countries have launched their o...Late-breaking science presented at 57th AAN Annual Meeting
...rica, Australia, and Belgium, impairs a variety of critical cell transport processes. In addition, neutropenia, a white blood cell disorder, was found to be inherited along with the disease, which has not been seen in CMT families before. The same protein function that is impaired by the mutation--the ability...Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
...ation with the patient?s healthcare provider. It's critical that individuals with more severe asthma follow recommendations for daily long-term control medications and that all asthma patients -- even those with mild asthma -- be aware of signs of worsening asthma and adequately treat their symptoms." Asthma...Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem
...unique bacterial species. "The intestinal flora is critical to human physiology and a wide spectrum of disease...in the translation of the genetic code and thus is critical to the organisms. However, small variations in the 16S rRNA gene sequences allow scientists to detec...Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
...ment over the last twenty years. "Adolescence is a critical period for engaging the population in health" says Dr Viner, as behaviour and attitudes towards health are maintained into adulthood. Yet current strategies do not target young people appropriately, and do not engage them with their own healthcare. E...Medical journal editors condemn ghostwriting
...ch as Journal of General Internal Medicine serve a critical service by providing a medium for such discourse. To be most effective in advancing medical science, care and education, published articles must have relevant content that pushes back the interface between what is known and what is yet to be discover...College students likely drink much more alcohol than they think they do
...es and one to two drinks per day for males. It is critical for people to understand that when these messages say 'a drink,' they do not mean a Big Gulp filled with alcohol." For this study, researchers recruited 133 (78 males, 55 females) undergraduate students to complete an alcohol survey as well as "free ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (second issue)
...nd health burdens as a result of their loved one's critical illness, as well as a major load of anxiety and depression. The missed opportunities to communicate fell into three categories: opportunities to listen and respond to the family; to acknowledge and address emotions; and to pursue key principles of me...Rice, NC State win NAS/Keck Futures funding
...demies Keck Futures Initiative to study one of the critical questions in the biology of nanomaterials: how such particles cross membranes to allow for their interaction with cells. The program is a collaborative project between Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, professor of investigative dermatology and toxicology at N...Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
...The research suggests that the first week may be a critical period for setting lifelong patterns of body weigh... of Philadelphia. "It suggests that there may be a critical period in that first week during which the body's physiology may be programmed to develop chronic di...