Orlando meeting highlights work about making systems, tools, and products safe and easy to use
... the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine demonstrate that even after long-term usage, older adults still feel they have no better ability to control the technology. ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN Impact of Environmental Design Features: Does Color Scheme Influence Transputed Attributions? Sae Lynne Schatz, Uni...Kidney transplant patients face higher cancer risk
...tem, and family history of abnormal moles. Studies demonstrate that the immune system plays a critical role in monitoring the body for and destroying early cancerous cells, including melanoma. Patients taking immunosuppressants after organ transplantation would be assumed to be at higher risk for cancers. Stud...Optical imaging added to ultrasound improves breast cancer diagnosis
...ith benign lesions," Dr. Zhu said. "These findings demonstrate that this technique has great potential for non-invasively distinguishing malignant and benign masses to reduce benign biopsies." In the study, 65 patients with a total of 81 breast lesions were examined with ultrasound and optical tomography. Brea...Flavanols key to potential chocolate benefits
...oted that it is the first such study in smokers to demonstrate that endothelial function improved after drinking cocoa with high levels of flavonoids. "The study has helped to identify the optimal concentrations, potential mechanisms and the role of biologically active metabolites of the cocoa flavonoids in the ...Kidney transplant patients face higher skin cancer risk
...tem, and family history of abnormal moles. Studies demonstrate that the immune system plays a critical role in monitoring the body for-and destroying-early cancerous cells, including melanoma. Prior studies have shown that patients taking immunosuppressants after organ transplantation to be at higher risk for al...Sharper picture of major depression and alcohol disorders
...may underlie both conditions." The NESARC results demonstrate a strong relationship of MDD to substance dependence and a weak relationship to substance abuse, a finding that suggests focusing on dependence when studying the relationship of depression to substance use disorders. This research direction is suppo...High fat diet alters hepatic immune system in mice
..., "our findings are important because they clearly demonstrate significant dietary effects on 'classic' NKT cells and cytokine production by other liver mononuclear cells."...Medication appears effective in treating teen heroin addiction
...d-dependent adolescents," they conclude. "Results demonstrate that buprenorphine combined with behavioral therapy is one such efficacious intervention for this population." (Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62:1157-1164. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: This study was spons...A new analysis of a standard brain test may help predict dementia
...the journal Neurobiology of Aging, the researchers demonstrate that a computer analysis of the EEG, which measures the brain's electrical activity, accurately predicted healthy people in their 60s and 70s who would develop dementia over the next 7 to 10 years. It also identified individuals who would remain virt...Speakers and Youth World Information announced for first Neurology EXPO
...ns" in the Craft Zone. The Brain Fitness Zone will demonstrate the importance of bike helmets and good brain foods. In the On-Stage Zone, Eric Chudler, PhD, will describe what the brain looks like and how it works during four sessions of "Journey Into the Brain." A prize drawing will be held at the end of each s...Shift in brain's language-control site offers rehab hope
...ned before birth. Most people are right-handed and demonstrate more activity during language or speech in the left hemisphere of the brain. In left-handed people language centers are located more symmetrically. Drs. Szaflarski and Holland studied brain activity in 177 right-handed children and adults aged 5 to ...Colorectal cancer screening promotion fails to increase use by physician organizations
...ng intervention is subjected to further testing to demonstrate effective use of scarce public health resources or...ely to receive a CRC screening test. "We failed to demonstrate an intervention effect in this study," concluded the authors. However, they were able to identify pr...Erectile dysfunction may signal early atherosclerosis
...erent regions of the arterial tree. "These results demonstrate the systemic nature of atherosclerosis and the relationship to an inflammatory process of the vessel wall. This understanding of atherosclerosis increasingly allows early interventions aimed at the prevention of disease complications," Dr. Schoenhage...Older patients with acute coronary syndromes not getting recommended treatment
... analysis may suffer from residual confounding, we demonstrate that older patients, as a group, benefit equally from guideline-recommended care," said Karen P. Alexander, M.D., from the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. This analysis used data collected as part of an effort to document t...Work on cancer-killing compound nets FSU professor major grant
... lab because it enables us to grow our program and demonstrate the impact of our research." Dudley acknowledged the example set by another FSU chemist, Robert Holton, in inspiring his own research. In the early 1990s, Holton gained fame when a scientific breakthrough in his lab enabled a process for synthesizing...Kids who drink early in life: What does it mean for their future?
... outcomes. "In particular, I believe that we will demonstrate that a strong family history of alcohol dependence or antisocial personality disorder does in fact contribute to an increased risk for the occurrence of negative life outcomes, but that this is not directly influenced by an early onset of AFD."...New study results suggest better outcomes with the CYPHER Stent than brachytherapy
...fe and effective and the CYPHER Stent continues to demonstrate excellent outcomes in clinical trials and in the real world."...Largest single-institution study demonstrates Mammosite is a safe breast cancer treatment
...percent) had fair cosmetic outcomes. "Our findings demonstrate that the toxicities associated with MammoSite were similar to results reported in the MammoSite brachytherapy registry trial," said Dr. Beriwal. "The complications were acceptable and the cosmetic outcome was comparable to what we might see with stan...Corticosteroids often used in treatment of infectious mononucleosis
...se consequences of SCT in IM, our review failed to demonstrate any such trend."...Study finds patients with chronic total occlusions benefit from the CYPHER Stent
...ce on the CYPHER Stent. "The results of this study demonstrate that positive outcomes can be achieved in this complex patient group," stated Dr. Suttorp. "As compared with bare metal stents, the findings of the CYPHER Stent in chronic total occlusions are positive with a significant reduction in binary in-segme...