Flick of whiskers helps tease out brain's 'shadow' signaling system
... before that astrocytes can become activated under extreme conditions in the laboratory, Nedergaard said this is the first time that such activity has been seen in an organism during everyday circumstances. "This opens the door to whether these cells are part of everyday higher cognitive functioning that def...Victims of rape, especially children, failed by lack of referral centres and experienced doctors
...ss the health consequences of sexual crime is most extreme in the non-SARC services, with many areas relying on the good will of a small number of doctors to provide a comprehensive service under less than ideal circumstances, often with great difficulty and often without a rota. Ideally, any complainant wou...Neurobiology of dread gives scientists clues about human decision making
...ions. The findings also showed that the mild and extreme dreaders had different patterns of brain activity. The extreme dreaders had more activity in the attentional parts of the pain matrix, and this activity was seen m...OHSU joins the NIH in obtaining a 'two-of-a-kind' MRI magnet
...OHSU received delivery of a 60 ton, 7T magnet. The extreme size and weight of this piece of equipment, paired with its fragility, resulted in a precise initial positioning that lasted three days. By comparison, the 12T magnet weighs approximately 12 tons (24,000 lbs). However, the magnetic field that will b...Nearly half of public health employees unlikely to work during pandemic
...ealth workers would be unlikely to reportduring an extreme crisis. Three out of four technical and support workers don't even think they will be asked to report to work during a pandemic," said Ran Balicer, MD, MPH, lead author of the study a member of the health sciences faculty at Ben-Gurion University's E...Prevalence of overweight children, teens and men in US continues to rise
...among adults was defined as a BMI of 30 or higher; extreme obesity was defined as a BMI of 40 or higher. The ...r older were obese in 2003-2004. The prevalence of extreme obesity among adults was 4.8 percent. There was a significant increase in the prevalence of overweig...An affordable future for eye tracking in sight
...ens of thousands of people across Europe. The most extreme example of how this technology is used is its ability to give voice to people who are 'locked-in', people who can only move their eyes and only communicate with their gaze, says Rih. "But it also has applications for people with Amyotrophic Lateral S...New study reports increased response to therapy with no added toxicity in treatment of ...
...erapies hold promise for effectiveness without the extreme toxicities seen in conventional chemotherapy. This randomized trial involved women from seven different research sites (although a majority were from one institution) who had recurrent or persistent epithelial ovarian carcinoma. The final analysis...Wasabi's kick linked to single pain receptor
...ng the TRPA1 channel had a normal ability to sense extreme cold and noxious sound, evidence against the suggestions of earlier studies that the channels might also play important roles in cold sensitivity or hearing, they found. "Pain therapy is one of the major challenges in modern medicine," said Jordt. "C...Extreme personality poses risk of ADHD, conduct disorder
...o have both ADHD and conduct disorder had the most extreme personality profiles. "This helps us to understand that personality is part of the bigger picture of these disorders," Taylor said. "That could help with initial assessments or lead to unexpected discoveries or potential interventions. We're saying ...Bariatric surgery leads to long-term blood pressure changes in extremely obese patients
...agues analyzed data from 347 patients at the upper extreme of body weight, with a beginning Body Mass Index (...ht, while a BMI of 40 or greater is categorized as extreme obesity. At the time of data analysis, 18 months after surgery, study patients' BMIs had stabilized ...The case of the 'second tongue'
... about the dangers. Although this article cited an extreme case, there are some very common dangers associated with tongue piercing. Unclean piercing equipment can cause other infections, such as bloodborne hepatitis. Also, if a patient is not instructed to avoid touching the piercing, they might spread infe...Study analyzes gene therapy for patients at high risk for amputation
... risk for a heart attack or stroke. CLI can cause extreme leg pain at rest and make it more difficult for wounds on the legs to heal, and can frequently lead to amputation or death. The TALISMAN (Therapeutic Angiogenesis Leg Ischemia Study for the Management of Arteriopathy and Non-healing ulcers) 201 stu...University Eye Institute at UH sees start of multiple sclerosis eye care center
...r coordination, slurred speech, tremors, numbness, extreme fatigue, problems with memory and concentration, paralysis and others. Some of these symptoms initially may be transient, making early diagnosis difficult. MS Eye CARE has developed protocols that will facilitate early diagnosis and will provide in...Science and the end of poverty
...ife is bleak. More than one billion people live in extreme poverty, forced to survive on less than a dollar a day. These people and many others lack the fundamental attributes of a normal, dignified life: adequate housing, sanitation, health care, education and employment. They are chronically hungry and fre...Preventive Medicine conference to feature disaster, pandemic, and terror preparedness
...s, terrorism readiness, environmental degradation, extreme weather, and individual health. Sessions will elucidate the nexus of science, policy, and clinical practice as it relates to the readiness and capacity of the current public health system to respond to short- and long-term impacts of disasters. Nat...Morphine and topical anaesthesia effective in treating procedural pain in newborn infants
.... Our previous studies showed that infants do feel extreme pain, that they remember this pain and that it affects their future pain responses," said Dr. Anna Taddio, the study's lead author and principal investigator, a SickKids scientist and pharmacist, and an assistant professor of Pharmacy at the Universi...All placebos not created alike
...acterial infection," said Kaptchuk, "but the other extreme may also be true. In some cases, the ritual may be the critical component." The enhanced placebo effect illustrated in this study applied only to subjective reports from patients about their perception of pain and the severity of their condition. Mor...First impressions of beauty may demonstrate why the pretty prosper
... be called beautiful, but we chose faces of either extreme very ugly or very pretty," Olson said. "Seen rapidly, viewers were able to make what amounted to an unconscious, albeit accurate, assessment of physical beauty." In their second and third experiments, the researchers explored the notion of "priming......h of the 3 classes of obesity, especially the more extreme classes. The proportion of Canadians with class II and III obesity has increased, from 1% in 1985 to 4.3 % in 2004, an over 400% increase in 10 years. p. 156 Prevalence of class I, II and III obesity in Canada-- P.T. Katzmarzyk http://www.cmaj.ca/p...