New device could revolutionize eye disease diagnosis -- creating eye maps on the high street
...atient referral and diagnosis times and massively easing the burden on expensive and overstretched hospital eye equipment. Warwick Hospital consultant eye surgeon Gary Misson has been working with Professor Peter Bryanston-Crosss digital ophthalmoscope research digital programme for several years. He ...Revealing secret intentions in the brain
...s. Already today the first steps are being made in easing the lives of paralyzed patients with computer-assisted prosthetic devices and so-called brain computer interfaces. These devices focus on reading out the movement the patient intends to - but is unable to - perform. Previous research has shown that p...Protein 'fingerprint' in spinal fluid could spot Alzheimer's disease
...ting on the underlying pathology, rather than just easing outward symptoms as most of the drugs that we have now do"" Relkin said. "We are hopeful that by monitoring changes in these cerebrospinal biomarkers, we can actually track the effectiveness or lack thereof of experimental drugs." He continued: "I...Scientists learn how the brain 'boots up' to process information from the senses
...nitric oxide by the body and widens blood vessels, easing the pain of angina. In the brain, small puffs of the gas are naturally released during the day by the brainstem, where it affects another region called the thalamus, but scientists knew little about its role. Nitric oxide is released during awar...Strategies that teach a caregiver to manage a loved one's illness also helps in coping with death
...An intervention aimed at preventing depression and easing the burden of caring for a relative with dementia also helps to prevent complicated grief and depression following the death of the loved one, according to a University of Pittsburgh-led study. The findings, which are published in the August issue of...Menopausal women don't get enough guidance on treatment options, Stanford survey shows
... forms of hormone therapy offered some benefits in easing menopausal symptoms, they both posed substantial health risks. Despite these risks, hormone therapy is still considered the most effective approach for treating menopausal symptoms. Women are advised to use the lowest possible dose of hormones and to...Combination of three new, high-powered MRI systems at PENN is a first in the US
...leted with the patient's head outside of the bore, easing issues of claustrophobia. Plus, with a bore opening of 70 cm (nearly 2.3 feet) in diameter and the average distance between a patient's head and the MRI magnet at almost one foot, the Espree provides enough room for larger patients. "The open confi...How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
...rgy efficiency projects in China, India, Brazil by easing typical investment requirements of financial institutions. The project is a joint initiative of the World Bank, the UN Environment Programme's Denmark-based Risoe Centre (URC), and partners in Brazil, China and India. The UN Foundation and the World...Prescription painkillers effective in patients with dormant inflammatory bowel disease
...tology , prescription painkillers are effective in easing the pain of patients with dormant inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and are not likely to cause symptom flare-ups in IBD patients in remissions. Both studies examined the benefits of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including COX-2 inh...Feinstein Institute neuroscientist wins top honor in Parkinson's research
...scientist who has made a major contribution toward easing the burden and finding the cure for Parkinson's disease. Dr. Eidelberg was recognized for his work at The Feinstein Institute on mapping out intricate nerve pathways in the brain involved in Parkinson's disease, including pioneering new methods for v...Cannabis-based medicine relieves the pain of rheumatoid arthritis and suppresses the disease
...itis has found that it has a significant effect on easing pain and on suppressing the disease. Writing in the medical journal Rheumatology [1], the researchers say that although the differences were small and variable in the group of 56 patients they studied, the results are statistically significant and a ...Creating a new questionnaire to assess alcohol problems among college students
...ach item to be scored as either present or absent, easing administration and scoring of the instrument. "We used the Rasch model to identify whether certain questions are redundant with one another, whether all items measure the same general content area, and whether responses to the questions are orderly, ...K-State researcher discovers compliments go a long way to improve body self-image in women
...cial psychology, a compliment can go a long way in easing a woman's anxiety over her looks. Courtney Fea said a kind word can reduce a woman's shame about her body if she looks at herself negatively. "What we found was that for women who look at themselves as bodies, if you compliment them, they do feel bet...Common incontinence drug could have an additional topical effect on the bladder itself
...der responsible for smooth muscle contractions; by easing the muscle contractions, the number of incontinence episodes are reduced and bladder capacity is increased. Common urologic conditions like overactive bladder are caused by involuntary contractions of the detrusor muscle, which controls the bladder. ...New therapy may give options to those with neuroendocrine tumors
...or, treatment for these cancers usually focuses on easing the symptoms. It is critical to find therapies that offer treatment options for these cancers." Today, only 18 percent of patients diagnosed with metastatic neuroendocrine cancer survive for five years after diagnosis, and complete cure is impossibl...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...sease's effects on heart structure in two ways and easing their disabling symptoms, researchers reported here today at the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. A prospective study of the first 25 patients who had surgery to install the ring shows that it reduced the leakage...