Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...nsidered preliminary, fMRI represents an important evolving technology that is providing further insight now for safe return-to-play decisions in young athletes and may help shape guidelines in the future. The study helps define concussion and recovery for safe return-to-play According to the Center...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...provided a continuous source of information on the evolving ice conditions. Combined with an automatic data processing system and daily mosaics from the MERIS optical instrument, it helped me predict safe and unsafe areas in the sea ice and provide this crucial information to Alain and Dixie in field via the ...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...s an approach that would take advantage of rapidly evolving scientific understanding of how genes, proteins, and small molecules interact to maintain normal cell function and how some of these interactions can be perturbed in ways that could lead to health problems. Specifically, the new testing approach wou...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
... do to achieve specific health outcomes within the evolving opportunities and constraints of chronic illness.Toward an Ecosystemic Approach to Chronic Care Design and Practice in Primary CareBy Hassan Soubhi, M.D., Ph.D., et al A SNAPSHOT OF DISEASE MANAGEMENT The author of this essay reflects on commer...Human antibodies protect mice from avian flu
...quality in any therapeutic aimed at the constantly evolving flu virus. Taken together, the findings from this international collaboration are encouraging, says Dr. Subbarao. They show that fully human mAbs with potent H5N1 influenza virus neutralizing ability can be rapidly generated from the blood of conva...Malaria 2007 -- Progressing research, persisting challenges
...eatment and surveillance approaches in the face of evolving drug resistance." "Notably, few submitted manuscripts for this theme issue on malaria evaluated completely novel approaches to the management of this ancient disease. There likely will be a role for vaccine development in disease prevention, but ne...Violent sleep disorder linked to a form of dementia
... symptoms) RBD may be exhibiting early signs of an evolving neurodegenerative disease, which in most cases appear to be caused by some mishap of the synuclein protein," says Bradley Boeve, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead author of the study. Synuclein proteins are associated with synapses in the brain,...SCAI Founders' Lecture highlights remarkable progress in catheter-based aortic valve replacement
...brought us to where we are today, with continually evolving technology for aortic valve replacement," said Ted Feldman, M.D., FSCAI, director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, IL, and a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. "Dr. ...Elsevier announces launch of Brain Stimulation
...jrnl.com/ ) will cover all aspects of this rapidly evolving field, from the most basic molecular research, to innovative technology and surgical techniques, to practical clinical studies. The editorial focus will encompass all technologies and methods using any type of stimulationelectrical, magnetic, ultras...Off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents appears widespread
...e patients receiving these sometimes enigmatically evolving intervention." (JAMA. 2007;297:2028-2030. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including financial disclosures, funding and support, etc....New edition of medical reference book provides the latest in hematology
...urrent with the latest advancements in the rapidly evolving disciplines of adult and pediatric hematology and oncology. The printed third edition and companion Web site offer a new chapter on plasma cell dyscrasias, up-to-date clinical vignettes, and a self-assessment test with more than 200 case-based, mu...Interventional cardiologists assemble in Orlando, Fla., for SCAI Annual Scientific Sessions
... latest news and information about stents, rapidly evolving therapies, and other breakthroughs in cardiovascul...d holes in the heart Updates on new and rapidly evolving treatments of infants and young children with congenital heart disease; and Insights on the use o...Topical testosterone cream does not increase sexual drive in female cancer survivors
...tenance of sexual health in women, a large body of evolving information about sexual functioning (and dysfunction) suggests that these hormones may be necessary but not sufficient to overcome disorders of desire and arousal in women," the authors write....Research has shed light on the computer frustrations that plague older adults
A number of evolving social changes highlight the importance of making computer technology accessible and usable for older adults. For instance, older adults are using email increasingly to keep up their social contact with others and are using the Internet to look up he...ACP: Residency match results for internal medicine underscore need to redesign primary care
... expanding body of medical knowledge and a rapidly evolving system of health care delivery. According to Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, ACP senior vice president for medical knowledge and education, "If trends continue, there will not be enough general internists to take care of an aging population with g...Math model predicts cancer behavior
...ition. "What we get is a picture of cells that are evolving and growing within a microenvironment," Quaranta said. "The nice thing about computer simulations is you can create what if' scenarios: what if we make the oxygen very high, what if we turn oxygen off in the middle of tumor growth, what if we change ...'Deserving Poor' or 'Greedy Geezers'? New book debunks aging crisis
...e authors analyze the impact of an aging nation on evolving private and public retirement policies, faltering employer pensions, skyrocketing health care costs, and the debate over entitlement programs. They argue that the threat to our future economic growth and economic welfare is not so much "population ag...Maximizing womens' health benefits when resources are limited
...types in Yunnan province. They found a dynamic and evolving pattern of HIV types segregating among different parts of the population. Sexual transmission seems to be on the rise, suggesting that the epidemic could rapidly spread from high-risk groups like drug users to the general population. HIV/AIDS educati...Study calls for 39 percent more family physicians
...o better prepare family physicians to care for the evolving U.S. patient population greater training on care of older adults, health disparities and the management of complex patients with chronic illnesses; Help establish a public-private entity to allocate funding for graduate medical education; and Advoca...Tibotec Therapeutics announces start of largest US study on HIV treatment in women
... of the steps that need to be taken to address the evolving HIV epidemic. The development of this trial included extensive collaboration with the HIV community," said Dawn Averitt-Bridge, founder and Chair of the Board of The Well Project. "Women who participate in GRACE will play a very important role in a...