Wide racial disparities found in heart device implantation
...plete understanding of the procedure, or it is not explained well, they may decline the procedure. If an Africa...ian or a culturally sensitive health care provider explained the procedure and what it entailed, more African-American patients might agree." Thomas found it qui...Elsevier partners with Diabetes India
...ournals are actually dedicated to these diseases," explained Co-Editor, Professor Anoop Misra further, "We will focus on issues relating to these diseases in South Asia, China, Africa and the Middle East where 60 to 70% of the world population and diabetes patients reside--and which are sparsely represented in...Mayo clinic study finds occupation and education influence risk for Parkinson's disease
...ians and more educated individuals could be partly explained by earlier recognition and detection of the disease, in addition to better access to specialized medical care. However, nonphysicians and physicians in the study had a similar time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of Parkinson's, which would s...American Academy of Neurology elaborates expert witness guidelines
...ther co-author and the general counsel of the AAN, explained that the AAN doesn't provide a referral service for expert witnesses for litigation purposes. "It is the responsibility of the attorneys representing the plaintiff and defendant to select expert witnesses who will follow the guidelines when providing...Research findings contradict longstanding bias against morphine
...g a more accepted practice by doctors nationwide," explained Susan Tolle, MD., Director for the Center for Ethics in Health Care at OHSU. "If a person feels that they are suffocating, they struggle for oxygen and panic sets in. Much like a scuba diver who panics, these patients are trying to use more oxygen th...Imaging shows similarities in brains of marijuana smokers, schizophrenics
...s introduced into the body through marijuana use," explained Dr. Ashtari, associate professor of radiology and psychiatry at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In the study, DTI was performed on 12 healthy, early adolescent males compared with 12 late adolescent males to show normal human brain de...Fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial
...esthesia and a researcher who worked on the study, explained that arteries used for grafting will contract during surgery, making it more difficult for the surgeon performing the procedure, and restricting blood flow in the artery following the surgery. Drugs are often used to prevent the contraction, but a st...Sooner is better with cochlear implants, Stanford scientist shows
...at speech is a product of both hearing and vision, explained Knudsen, who is also chair of Stanford's Department of Neurobiology. The brain has learned that in conversation, the lips and face make certain gestures that always occur together with certain sounds. "The brain is always combining what it sees with ...As Montreal Conference considers deforestation issues, ESA presents space solution
...puty Head of the Switzerland Delegation at COP 11, explained that his country's forest cover kept relatively st...rsity (DGB) of Spain's Ministry of the Environment explained that Kyoto Inventory products had been produced across three Spanish provinces of Lleida, Girona and...Mathematics used to discern immune response to infectious diseases
... minimal use of the infectious agents themselves," explained Dr. Morel. Studies focused on developing models of the immune response to TB will be headed by JoAnne L. Flynn, Ph.D., department of molecular genetics and biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Denise Kirschner, Ph.D., a math...Risk of second cancer after breast cancer
...er after a breast cancer diagnosis is likely to be explained by treatment for breast cancer and by shared genetic or environmental risk factors although the general excess of cancer suggests that there may be additional explanations such as increased surveillance and general cancer susceptibility," the authors...Infections are a major cause of childhood cancer, study suggests
...per cent more cases of these cancers than could be explained by chance. Moreover, clusters of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and the brain tumour astrocytoma were also found around time and place of birth - here there were 13 per cent more cases than expected. There are theories that suggest environmental infl...Gene increases risk of tuberculosis
...sed to this bug become ill -- a phenomenon largely explained by genetic differences that make some individuals more prone to developing disease than others. Indeed, a recent scientific study found that a particular region on the human chromosome 17 was associated with increased risk of developing active tuber...Gender plays role in religious sensitivity for medical students
...udy hypotheses and difference in training were not explained to the students, and they were unaware that the subsequent simulated patient interaction was related at all to religious awareness training. HOPE, a teaching methodology that integrates spiritual assessment into patient interviews, was used to trai...Toward the future of cancer prevention
...e effects of treatments. Such differences could be explained by variation in our genes." Humans have a series of overlapping mechanisms to deal with the consequences of harmful environmental exposure, and these molecular pathways are all under genetic control, she says. "In our genes are thousands of sm...Brandeis researchers propose model of neural circuit underlying working memory
... activity will switch off earlier firing neurons," explained Miller. "While a perfectly insulated room would maintain the high temperature, most rooms have leaks, so over time, would cool down. An important area of investigation in neuroscience is how neurons can make their leak timescales long enough to be u...Yoga is more effective than conventional exercise for back pain, Group Health study finds
...perienced back pain at some point in their lives," explained Karen Sherman, PhD, a Group Health researcher and the lead author of the study. "Sometimes the pain goes away in a few days, but sometimes it lasts for weeks. And unfortunately, the treatments offered by modern Western medicine are only modestly effe...Cervical cancer screening failure linked to poverty
...nd to be a predictor, but this association was not explained by the level of poverty in the state. "The study adds to the literature by demonstrating that [community] and state factors influence cervical cancer screening behaviors above and beyond individual factors," the authors conclude. Further, they recomm...Radiotherapy advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment
...s place. "Exactly 100 years after Einstein first explained this effect, we have found a way to make it useful in medicine," De Stasio says. "In this effect, atoms absorb photons and emit electrons. The emitted electrons are very destructive for DNA, but have a very short range of action. Therefore, to induce...Initial results help clinicians identify patients with treatment-resistant depression
... the NIMH vision of developing personalized care," explained NIMH Director Dr. Thomas Insel in an accompanying editorial. "By beginning to identify which particular treatment benefits which patient, the STAR*D trial takes us a little closer to realizing this vision for non-psychotic depression." While effica...