Child early intervention programs make for healthier adults
...es that help build the evidence base over time and demonstrate that quality preventive programs improve health outcomes, reduce disparities, and have substantial economic and social value." The Brookline Early Education Program (BEEP), a community-based child health and development program was initiated by the B...American Academy of Neurology supports embryonic stem-cell research bill
...esearch to all members of the U.S. Senate today to demonstrate its support for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (S.471), which passed the House earlier this year. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) has said the Senate will likely take action on the legislation in mid-July. S.471 and its compa...Experts report dental X-rays effectively identify stroke risk factors
...hich appear as patchy white spots. "These findings demonstrate the increasingly important role that a general dentist can play in the management of a person's overall health," said Dr. Carter. "They also show the importance of routine visits to your general dentist to promote early detection of potentially life...Not enough is known about treating malaria in pregnancy, researchers say
...t is not surprising that this review was unable to demonstrate any clear direction for policy," Orton says. One of the surprising findings of the study, according to the reviewers, was the lack of drug trials conducted in Africa, where malaria is endemic. According to Dr. Judith Robb-McCord of Roll Back Malaria,...Assessing smoking-cessation programs Does the 5A program work?
...S clinical practice guideline for tobacco. Results demonstrate substantial clinician compliance with the guideline and highlight areas in need of improvement. In contrast to commonly-held beliefs, smokers reported they wanted their doctors to discuss cessation at most medical visits, and were more satisfied with...Emory researchers offer new approach for testing potential HIV vaccines in animals
...p://www.plos.org/press/plme-02-08-regoes.pdf . "We demonstrate that using low doses and challenging repeatedly -- which also is more realistic because humans are typically exposed repeatedly to HIV -- represents a very promising design," says Roland Regoes, a postdoctoral researcher in Emory's biology department...Minimally invasive solid tumor biopsy may replace surgery to get diagnostic specimens
...the correct identification of a cancer. This would demonstrate how likely individual biopsy specimens provided suitable tissue for laboratory analysis, according to Hoffer. Among the tumors correctly identified using biopsy samples obtained percutaneously were 13 neuroblastomas (a tumor of the nervous system), e...FDA expands indication for ADDERALL XR (CII) confirming safety and efficacy in adolescents
... be properly diagnosed with ADHD, a child needs to demonstrate at least six of nine symptoms of inattention; at least six of nine symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity; the onset of such symptoms before age 7 years; that some impairment from the symptoms is present in two or more settings (e.g., at school and ho...Study on female twins finds occupational class influences adult health, above early life conditions
...ins and who lived together through adolescence, to demonstrate that adult socioeconomic conditions affect adult health, above and beyond genetics and early life conditions. They found that identical twins with different adult occupational class positions (working class versus professional) differed considerably ...New finding may aid adult stem cell collection
...sh the mechanism of blood formation. "Our findings demonstrate that RAC GTPase proteins are essential for injected stem cells to migrate into the correct location in the bone marrow," said Dr. Williams. Researching the location of and the factors involved in stem cell regeneration is important to the developmen...Mayo Clinic researchers use ultrasound to describe subtle heart muscle motions
...ventricle. The researchers' published measurements demonstrate how a rapid succession of motions occurring within tissue of the ventricular wall can appear chaotic if not observed closely and with high temporal resolution. The data also show how these transitions "reorganize" the ventricle to best perform its cy...HIV therapy success rates similar in developing and developed world, study shows
... sense, it was a satisfying surprise to be able to demonstrate the impact of payment for ART on its success. This has important potential implications for ART program development, which is ongoing in many resource-poor settings around the world," Doucette said. According to the latest numbers from the UN, about ...New anti-blood-thinning drug not as safe as protamine
...f Pennsylvania. "The results of this study clearly demonstrate that more research is needed to develop a protamine alternative," Newman said. "As in the use of all medications, there must be judgments made about the risks and benefits. Because of the limited alternatives available to us at this point, the benefi...Study evaluates averted costs of neuroblastoma screening
...s to interventions that prove to be effective. To demonstrate the costs and benefits of performing these types of evaluation studies, Lee Soderstrom, Ph.D., of McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues examined data from one evaluation--the Quebec Neuroblastoma Screening Project (QNSP). That project evaluat...Largest study of unrelated bone marrow transplantation for leukemia serves as benchmark
... trial. While the primary aim of the study was to demonstrate whether one approach might be better than the other in terms of disease-free survival three years after transplantation, the study also systematically compared the incidence of various complications (GVHD, graft failure, therapy-related side effects,...... connected with this study, said the results again demonstrate the extraordinary value of aspirin, one of the least costly medications. "Given the widespread use of aspirin, the prevalence of hypertension, and the ease in altering the time of aspirin administration, these results should be widely disseminated," ...New non-surgical approach showing great promise in the treatment of challenging brain aneurysms
...cedure. "Our results are encouraging because they demonstrate that devices like the intracranial stent will continue to not only improve our ability to treat challenging wide-necked aneurysms without opening the skull but also to have a significant impact on re-treatment rates" said Lopes. Coil embolization i...Healthcare workers who don't have flu injections could be risking patients' lives
...side-effects. "Many of the respondents appeared to demonstrate general apathy towards the flu vaccination. "Almost half of the respondents were either not aware of the vaccine or did not think they needed it. And only 10 per cent knew that the benefits of the vaccine included protecting patients against the seri...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
... California Institute ofCreative Technologies will demonstrate a method to capture thecomplete range of illumination we experience in the real world.First, he uses a "High Dynamic Range" imaging technique to capturethe lighting conditions within a scene. Using the measurements ofthese real-world illuminations, ...... access to the databank. Dr Catalina Hallett will demonstrate the query of the new database at the e-Science All Hands meeting in Nottingham on 20 September. Patient records contain a wealth of information that could be very useful to medical research. To make this information accessible to researchers, howeve...