Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
...which their ability to recognize faces is impaired from birth--are not just deficient at recognizing indiv... the acquired form of prosopagnosia--which results from brain damage such as that suffered in a stroke--congenital prosopagnosia can go undetected, as the p...Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
...ed) to a patient's bones, according to researchers from Shizuoka Cancer Center Hospital in Japan. FDG PET is an imaging technique based on the increased metabolism of glucose in tumor cells. SPECT is atype of nuclear medicine scan that detects special radioactive elements administered to the patient by th...BI-RADS lexicon for ultrasound useful for differentiating benign from malignant solid masses
Descriptors from the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-R...ultrasound can be useful in differentiating benign from malignant solid masses, according to a new study by researchers at Duke University School of Medicin...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...known as conformational changes. The work stemmed from his early interest in the biochemical basis for ce...ole in many human cancers. In addition, research from Cantley's laboratory and others has revealed that PI3K also is a significant factor in insulin signa...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...sts, epidemiologists and translational researchers from around the world to discuss the latest findings an...d on the basis of their qualifications, references from mentors, and an estimation of the potential professional benefit to the awardees. They will receive ...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...lop diabetes, become pregnant as teens, and suffer from asthma than their white counterparts. The mortali...essional Education Award, and a $2.5 million grant from the Dyson Foundation. Using those funds, the Pediatrics Department at URMC created the Child Advoc...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...n seven participants thought that the risk of STDs from oral sex would be zero. The UCSF researchers noted...need to know about methods to keep themselves safe from physical as well as emotional risks." The findings come from a larger longitudinal study on the rela...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
... risk is actually extremely small compared to that from smoking. Carl V. Phillips, of the University of Te...ite had statements that played up the health risks from smokeless tobacco without caveat". Furthermore, "a large portion of websites directly stated or impl...In treatment of depression, cognitive therapy and medication both effective
...r depressive disorder. Robert J. DeRubeis, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and colleagues compared the efficacy of antidepressant medications with cognitive therapy in 240 moderately to severely depressed patients. Study participants were randomly assigned to receive antidepress...Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
...neapolis, and colleagues analyzed 2002 claims data from two large private health insurers in Washington st...ires private insurers to cover claims for services from CAM-licensed professionals, insurance claims provide a database for investigating the frequency, pre...Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
...eceive emotional support and cognitive stimulation from their parents are significantly less likely to become bullies in grade school, but the more television four-year-olds watch the more likely they are to bully later, according to an article in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent...Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
...pril Journal of Experimental Medicine, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Swiss...ical Center. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society Research Project and the MGH Cutaneou...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
... 5, 2005) New guidelines for management of obesity from the American College of Physicians recommend diet ...ity in Primary Care: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians," were published in the April 5, 2005, issue of Annals of Interna...Endangered species: Who will teach anatomy in 2010?
... teach gross anatomy when they make the transition from postdoctoral fellows to junior faculty members....Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
...rthermore, all have possible side effects, ranging from surgical complications to gall bladder disease and...s. The ACP guidelines estimate that the death rate from bariatric surgery, including in-hospital deaths and deaths within 30 days of discharge, range from 0...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...s, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, from male mice lowers their risk of aneurysm to that of females, while giving females these same male sex hormones increases their risk to that of males. Tracy Henriques, a graduate student in the laboratories of Drs. Lisa Cassis and Alan Daugherty, prese...Education program reduces incidents of shaken baby syndrome
...e serious, with about one quarter of infants dying from their injuries and at least one half of the surviv...nd children less than 36 months of age was tracked from December 1998 to May 2004 and was compared to the regional incidence during the five years before th...AACR celebrates 20th anniversary of minority scholar awards
... Since 1985 the AACR has received generous funding from the Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Branch of the National Cancer Institute to administer the AACR Minority Scholar Awards in Cancer Research program. For 20 years the AACR has endeavored through this program to reach out to minority predoctoral an...Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
...in on dialysis and still receive a cardiac benefit from a kidney transplant. "Our conclusion," says Dr. W...posure to those toxins increases the risk of death from cardiac causes. In an editorial accompanying the article in the Journal of the American College of C...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
... schedule classes to spare students and professors from commuting during rush hour, reduce the fleet of bu...million in savings (14.3% of $2.13 billion spent) from a next-generation procurement process that relies on operations research techniques like applied opt...