Study suggests loss of 2 types of neurons -- not just 1 -- triggers Parkinson's symptoms
...nsate by signaling the surviving dopamine cells to dramatically increase their activity and the output of dopamine. Eventually, the norepineprhine neurons die, the surviving dopamine neurons lose their ability to release extra dopamine, and symptoms start to appear." To test their hypothesis, the researchers ga...Draining away brain's toxic protein to stop Alzheimer's
...an experimental method in mice to fix the process, dramatically reducing the levels of the toxic protein in the brain and halting symptoms. The team is now working on developing a version of the protein that could be tested in people with the disease. The approach doesnt take direct aim at the pathology that is...Test project of patient-centered medical home model endorsed by American College of Physicians
...with ACP to test a model that has the potential to dramatically improve healthcare delivery and quality. The project will be a test of the PCMH model implemented with the financial and administrative support of a private health plan. The innovative model is designed to strengthen the physician-patient relation...Reductive stress linked to heart disease
...lure. Lowering the level of reduced glutathione dramatically changed the survival of these mice, Benjamin said. Basically, we prevented them from getting heart failure. Heart, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, and other deadly diseases are associated with oxidative stress, in which free radical molecules are produced ...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, energy, environmental breakthroughs
...hing, containers, LCD's, films and coatings. PxMax dramatically reduces the cost of producing para-xylene. It also has environmental benefits as the process generates less waste and significantly reduces energy needed to produce para-xylene. Jeevan S. Abichandani, Ph.D., is the Research and Development Manag...Geriatric health conditions have major effect on half of all seniors
...nd we found that they are very common and increase dramatically in prevalence with age, she says. To me, that says that clinicians need to ask patients about these issues. In many situations, they may be able to help manage the condition before it leads to disability. In the medical world, experts have debated ...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...ics that require no more than a power outlet, that dramatically limits their appeal. We decided to create a technology that self integrates, Helal said. When you bring it in to the house and plug it in, it automatically provides its service and finds a path to the outside world. With $60,000 in research fundin...Organic farming can feed the world, U-M study shows
...own. Yields in developing countries could increase dramatically by switching to organic farming, Perfecto said. While that seems counterintuitive, it makes sense because in developing countries, many farmers still do not have the access to the expensive fertilizers and pesticides that farmers use in developed c...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...tive imaging provided by C-arm CBCT is expected to dramatically improve surgical performance and expand the application of minimally invasive interventions to cases that would be otherwise untreatable. [Wednesday, July 25, 8:55 AM (WE-B-L100F-2), Thursday, July 26, 11 AM (TH-C-M100J-6 ), and 2:54 PM (TH-D-L100J...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
... that global warming causes summer temperatures to dramatically exceed the range that was correlated with the increased number of deaths. "The thresholds of the 2003 event are substantially exceeded in the future in both of our research scenarios," said Diffenbaugh, who is a member of Purdue's Climate Change Re...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...ay prevent a serious side effect or even death, it dramatically reduces the effectiveness of drugs administered for management of severe pain. Researchers at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) and Cortex Pharmaceuticals (Irvine, CA) believe that AMPAKINE drugs may provide protection from drug-induced res...Research shows aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
...ng muscle, and that its ability to do so drops off dramatically in the elderly. Now, a small but provocative study by medical researchers in Texas and California suggests that a simple, cost-free therapy appears to largely overcome that drop-off in insulin response: moderate aerobic exercise such as walking. ...Scripps Research awarded $17 million for adult stem cell use to treat eye diseases
...riedlander laboratory's approach, however, takes a dramatically different tack-repairing, rather than destroying, blood vessels. "By preserving existing vessels and normalizing the new ones," Friedlander says, "we hope to provide the eye with the oxygen it needs so it won't have to grow new and potentially damagi...Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout
...dence that drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day dramatically reduces the risk of gout for men. Subjects were drawn from an ongoing study of some 50,000 male health professionals, 91 percent white, who were between 40 and 75 years of age in 1986 when the project was initiated. To assess coffee and total caf...Adult brain cells rediscover their inner child
... nerves that were between 1 and 2 months old could dramatically increase or decrease the amount of signaling chemicals they receive from neighboring nerves. This ability of nerves to modulate their chemical inputs, known as synaptic plasticity, is especially high in developing brains but tends to become less int...When it comes to preventing amputation in diabetics, site, not size, matters
...sence of poor blood flow were the key factors that dramatically increased the risk for recurrent wounds in these patients, thereby increasing their risk for gangrene and amputation. These findings could go a long way to help us predict and prevent the unnecessarily high rate of complications in persons with diabe...SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
...ing done at a Newark, NJ, medical center, and it's dramatically improving the quality of care, according to a study honored as the best abstract presented at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), May 912, 2007. The wireless system, which enab...Web-based program could ease treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients
...ide which treatment to pursue. Those decisions can dramatically affect their lives, but the bottom line is that we often dont know enough scientifically to recommend one treatment over the other." MCG is part of a National Institutes of Health-funded study to determine the impact of the Personal Patient Profile...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
...The world of interventional cardiology has changed dramatically in nearly three decades, and Donald Baim, M.D., FS...rfected. "This field has evolved progressively and dramatically over the last 30 years, through iterative problem solving and evidence-based medicine," Dr. Baim sai...Spanish project 'AmIVital' creates intelligent communication devices for elderly and disabled people
...hat the percentage of elderly people will increase dramatically within the next years: by 2050 there will be 180 per cent more people older than 80 than today. Guided by these figures, the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade through its CENIT programme, targeted at fostering cooperation between the...