NYU, Salk Institute neuroscientists offer new path for measuring visual responses to complex images
...han previously appreciated. "This analysis can be extended to study the further transformations of image components into the higher representations that allow us to recognize, remember, and act upon visual information," said Rust....Researchers discover 'window on the brain' that could help treat disorders
...nalyzing and averaging EEG readings collected over extended periods of time, or open the skull and attach sensors directly to the inner cranium. University scientists have used high-performance computing to eliminate the distortion caused by the skull and have developed a computational algorithm to translate ...Arteries bio-engineered from elderly cells
...nents of an artery, the life span of the cells was extended long enough to form arteries in the laboratory. In the latest experiments, the researchers took cells from the saphenous vein of four men between the ages of 47 and 74 who were undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. The saphenous vein is located ...Oral liquid hydroxyurea promising for long-term use in babies with sickle cell anemia
...was to determine if this higher dose, given for an extended period of time, provided significant long-term benefits without causing unacceptable side effects in children ranging in age from 2.6 to 4.4 years (median age 3.4 years). After four years of hydroxyurea therapy, the concentrations of Hb, HbF and the ...Chemotherapy for brain tumors is boosted after vaccine targets resistance-related antigen
...therapy significantly slowed tumor progression and extended survival of patients suffering from these deadly t...ieve by itself. The average length of survival was extended to about 26 months, compared to 18 months for patients who received vaccine alone and 16 months for ...Pfizer's antifungal VFEND provides significant cost advantages when used as initial therapy
...with weakened immune systems. It often results in extended hospital stays and a significant economic burden. Economic analyses show that patients with this type of infection average 17 days in the hospital with mean treatment costs of $62,426. The overall case fatality rate for invasive aspergillosis is es...Diabetes, hypertension and obesity negatively effect joint replacement outcomes
...n which clots that can form deep in muscles during extended periods of inactivity can break loose to cause heart attacks or stroke, be evaluated. The researchers plan to refine their analysis to include other complicating factors as well as additional complications. They also will investigate whether outcomes...Skin infections caused by MRSA are cured more often when treated with Pfizer's ZYVOX
...essed to loss of vision, patients were treated for extended periods beyond the maximum recommended duration. V...ould be monitored in all patients taking ZYVOX for extended periods (=3 months) and in all patients reporting new visual symptoms regardless of length of therap...New information on reproductive health in St Petersburg
...espread model, even though families that have been extended with relatives are still common. Russian women normally give birth to one child, even if two children is still the ideal number. Every second mother in St Petersburg breastfeeds for over five months and only a small percentage do not breastfeed at al...Penn study points to how COX-2 inhibitors can eventually lead to heart disease
...2 inhibitors safely, even to healthy patients, for extended periods."...University of Pittsburgh study shows using expanded critera donors is safe
...ase in the transplantation of livers obtained from extended criteria donors, such as organs from HBcAb positive and HCV positive donors. In the Pitt study, the researchers conducted a seven-year review of liver transplant recipients who received HBV positive and HCV positive organs between 1997 and 2004. The ...Ramelteon demonstrates no abuse potential according to study results
...types of insomnia may necessitate treatment for an extended period, underscoring the need for sleep medications with little or no abuse potential." It is estimated that 60 million Americans suffer from insomnia at least a few nights per week. Most currently prescribed sleep agents and some investigational dru...Nature as important as nurture in developing ability for flexible self-control
...ializations and exposure to tasks that require the extended exercise of cognitive control are both necessary for the proper development of prefrontal cortex. When either was absent, the model became inflexible it could not apply rules or strategies to situations that differed from the ones present when it or...Lack of sleep can affect athletic performance in teens
... Conversely, she warns that athletic teams taking extended training trips (eg. spring break) of a week or more may experience schedule difficulties on the return home. "This scenario is most problematic for teams on the east coast that travel west, as student athletes may return with a significant sleep-pha...Diabetes and pizza: Slow and steady insulin delivery wins the race
...ulin," Gabbay said. "We showed that the eight-hour extended dose of insulin better controlled post-meal glucose levels and did not decrease glucose levels enough to cause any hypoglycemic events, which is unusual. Blood glucose control after a pizza meal was improved by extending the time of delivery of insul...Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
...llowed by those closer inside.The researchers have extended their experiments to study the meltingof metals, such as gold, which may increase understanding of warmdense states of matter as a prelude to nuclear fusion. (PresentationCTuAA1, "Femtosecond Electron Diffraction: An Atomic-Level View ofCondensed Pha......red coffee has on cholesterol, physical effects of extended exposure to high altitudes on climbers and the skeletal health of rowers versus runners. These four new studies will be featured on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. (PST). Leading researchers are gathering during the Men's Health press conference to pre...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...patients did not show an effect. The current trial extended the earlier trial to 24 months, and examined five different doses of the drug. Results showed that patients taking the highest doses lived for up to 200 days longer than those receiving the lower doses. Larger trials are now planned to confirm this e...Study sheds light on age-related changes of prion diseases
...red mutation in the prion protein in members of an extended family in Indiana who inherited the prion disease Gerstmann-Straussler-Sheinker (GSS). GSS is a familial disease that causes movement disorders and has a course of approximately 3 years. This disease, and other prion diseases such as mad cow disease...Anti-malarial drugs given to infants can protect them for two years
...cet 2001; 357: 1471-77) In their latest study they extended follow-up to two years to see if the risk of malaria increased during this period. They found the opposite: the rate of clinical malaria was 36% lower in recipients of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine than placebo recipients. Dr Schellenberg states: "We hav...