Lack of sleep can affect athletic performance in teens
Providence, RI Adolescents who don't get enough sleep might be jeopardizing their athletic perform...p," says Carskadon, "and adolescents who don't get enough sleep on a regular basis are extremely impaired in the morning." For this reason, she suggests that...Study: Americans willing to pay more for greater vaccine coverage
...e option for most individuals and families, yet is enough to cover the costs of the new vaccines." For the study, Davis and his colleagues surveyed a group of 995 adults in the United States online to determine their willingness to bear slightly higher plan premiums that would cover recommended vaccines. As...Leprosy genome tells story of human migrations, French researchers report in Science
...n grown in armadillos until the samples were large enough to analyze. They focused on genetic sequences known to be dynamic -- to move around, copy themselves or disappear -- and thus most likely to reflect evolutionary change, but found strikingly little variation. Next, the researchers looked for mutatio...Still have to swab those tonsils, Mayo Clinic study finds
...ptococci -- commonly known as strep throat -- shed enough DNA that the infection could be detected toward th...the back of the throat to swab where there will be enough DNA -- you have to actually touch the tonsils," she says. "The infection is much more concentrated i...Neuroimaging confirms the greater vulnerability of women's brains to alcohol
...in-imaging studies, or samples have not been large enough to differentiate between women and men. Conversely, male patients with alcohol dependence have historically been easier to recruit because the majority of alcoholic patients are male and the first evaluations of larger samples were carried out in so...Trampoline injuries on the rise
...02. Also, researchers found that injuries serious enough to require hospitalization increased dramatically jumping from 1,400 annually in the first study to 2,128 annually in the current study. In both studies, fractures or dislocations remained the predominant reason for hospitalization. However, by 2002...Nutrition gene key in regulating immune system
...xposed to IDO might simply starve to death without enough trytophan, one of nine essential amino acids attainable only through food. "If the T cells are just starving, then you don't need a receiver. They just die. But the T cells didn't seem to be dying. They seemed to be rendered selectively non-responsi...Penn researchers find relief for gastrointestinal illnesses
... disease -- which prevents the body from absorbing enough nutrients from the small intestines; and pouchitis, an inflammation of an internal pouch created in patients who have had a section of colon removed. Both conditions are commonly treated with antibiotics. However, use is often limited due to adver...Testicular cancer gene in mice may offer clues to origins of cancer in men
...that is probably because the mice do not live long enough for the cancer to mutate enough to spread, the researchers believe. "We haven't filled in the picture yet, but when dead end is lost...Group-based education improves diabetes self-management, studies find
...ts as shown in the review are consistent and large enough to be meaningful," says Richard Surwit, Ph.D., chief of the Division of Medical Psychology and vice chairman for research at Duke University Medical Center. "All meta-analyses have their limitations, but this one lends credence to that these programs...Asthma drug fluticasone works as well as other drugs at half the dose
...onger period of time. The studies did not contain enough information to determine how any of the drugs affected asthma symptoms like wheezing and shortness of breath or whether any of the treatments led to more severe asthma attacks. "A clear recommendation for fluticasone over the older agents cannot be m...New partnership launched to accelerate and evaluate national malaria control program in Africa
...ment known as artemisinin combination therapy, and enough insecticide to spray the walls of eligible homes in Zambia. MACEPA plans to identify and fill critical gaps in Zambia's malaria control program. It will: Support state-of-the-art data management systems and the use of real-time data for decision m...'Virtual' asthma clinic helps patients manage disease online
...iers to accessing physicians, because there aren't enough generalists. This program allows them to be treated using the most up-to-date guidelines no matter where they live, and to manage their asthma with minimal physician intervention. The program isn't meant to replace doctors, but to complement their ab...Obesity is risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer
...r does not have to grow very much before it is big enough to spread outside the gland." But this story gets more complicated. Men with larger prostates naturally have higher PSA levels, which means they may be more closely followed so their cancers are caught earlier. Also, the size of the prostate is link...Breathing disorders during sleep are common among asthmatics, may help predict severe asthma
... need to look at more than whether they are taking enough puffs from their inhalers." Researchers examined the connection between sleep-related breathing disorders by giving questionnaires to patients with asthma. Of the 115 subjects included in the study so far, most were in one of the most severe stages o...Study shows even limited training improves communication with patients from other cultures
...s in data collection: Less than one-third provided enough information about participants and the training used so that other researchers could duplicate the study. Only eight of 64 compared trained participants to a similar group of participants, called a control group, who did not receive any training. O...Preliminary data suggest that soda and sweet drinks are the main source of calories in American diet
...y (NHANES), more than two thirds reported drinking enough soda and/or sweet drinks to provide them with a greater proportion of daily calories than any other food. In addition, obesity rates were higher among these sweet drink consumers. Consumers of 100% orange juice and low fat milk, on the other hand, t...New haptics systems challenge stroke patients to grasp, pinch, squeeze their way to recovery
...k up a three-dimensional cube and squeeze it small enough to fit through a narrow hole on the computer screen. Another emerging interface is a "mutual touch" task for hand-reaching and grasping exercises. This therapeutic environment utilizes a "cyber grasp" exoskeleton, which fits over an instrumented data...Duke engineers develop new 3-D cardiac imaging probe
... 2-D imaging," said Pua. "The original casing held enough cabling for 64 transducer elements whereas our des... image, Smith said. And because the image is large enough to encompass the whole volume of the heart, fewer "pictures" need to be taken. This may shorten pati...Queen's poll - Ontarians don't want to close institutions for those with intellectual disabilities
...ted to the respondents' beliefs that there are not enough community services in place to support integration for people with intellectual disabilities transitioning from institutions. By collaborating with researchers in Boston the Queen's group compared its findings to findings from the Multinational Surve...