Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...although the parents hold the keys to the car that goes to the fast-food restaurant, they're not entirely to blame. "Parents don't choose for their children to be exposed to this type of marketing," he said. "Parents have a very difficult job. It may seem easier to give in to their child's plea to go to......ys for problem solving, their intelligence clearly goes far beyond rote memory and perception to include complex reasoning ability. That won't come as any surprise to Michelle Dawson, who is autistic. She is also a scientific collaborator on this study....From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...ures on distant patients. But the UF-IBM advance goes a step further: It provides the technologicalstepstones to make it easy for any company to manufacture and sell smart networked devices -- while also making them more user-friendly for consumers. UF and IBM both see the need and the opportunity to ...Scaling up HIV prevention programs is cost effective
...fore, the fact that costs tend to go down as scale goes up is good news. This could save millions of lives, as well as keeping in check the number of new patients requiring expensive anti-retroviral therapies. Larger prevention programs use money more efficiently than smaller ones, analysis of the Preve...Paying taxes, according to the brain, can bring satisfaction
...mitive part of the brain is larger when your money goes to a non-profit charity to help other people.On to...l the people whose brains light up more when money goes to charity than to themselves altruists, Mayr said. The others are egoists. Based on what we saw in ...Female teen steroid use not limited to athletes
...ng teen girls is not limited to athletes and often goes hand in hand with other unhealthy choices, including smoking and taking diet pills. The study will be published in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal. Diane Elliot, M.D., professor of medicine (...International studies show high efficacy for HPV vaccine
... For most people, HPV causes no complications and goes away on its own. However, in some cases, if left ...99 percent effectiveness. Everyone who gets cancer goes through a pre-cancerous stage," says Dr. Ault. "There are about 50 to 60 million pap smears perform...Limiting stroke damage is focus of study
...ochondria, shut down and the key energy source ATP goes away. Energy loss shuts down the sodium-potassium pump and the membrane that keeps the right substances inside and outside the cell becomes dysfunctional. Neurons swell and the proper electrical balance essential for neuronal activity is lost. "Th...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
...pill-sized wireless camera that takes photos as it goes through the digestive tract, and Bravo capsule, another wireless system that detects esophageal acids. Both technologies are currently used by UT Southwestern gastroenterologists. Researchers have already successfully tested the new RFID device to...Ground breaking research to end in tears
...il spreads overthe entire surface, so a little bit goes a long way. "When we looked closely at the thin surface layer of molecules on tears- the 'tear film' - we found proteins previously thought to be confinedto the aqueous portion of the tear," he says. Further study by Associate Professor Millar re...Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
...y to develop the disease, the authors said. If all goes well with a follow-up study currently underway, researchers will apply to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to begin human trials next year. Nearly everyone aged 65 or older suffers from the pain, swelling and permanent joint dam...Poorer countries could struggle to implement new International Health Regulations
...eks edition of The Lancet. The aim of IHR, which goes live on June 15, is to prevent national public health emergencies from spreading internationally. Countries are obliged to nominate a national focal point to communicate detailed public-health information to the World Health Organisation, includin...Same-day coronary angiography and surgery safe for many patients
...ral days or even weeks before surgery; the patient goes home and then returns for surgery. With coronary angiography, a dye is injected into the blood vessels through a thin, flexible tube; the dye or contrast medium allows the physician to see narrowing or blockage. One of the primary concerns of perf...Inhaled steroids may not be enough for some children with asthma
...by anyone in the study; its an observation of what goes on when the childrens care is directed by their own physicians....NIH study tracks brain development in some 500 children across US
... develops, so that they can better understand what goes wrong in children who have brain abnormalities caused by genetic disease, prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs, or other factors," said lead author Deborah Waber, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard ...Kavli Institute's Journalist Workshop, June 13, at Cornell
... the evening reception and dinner. Nanotechnology goes ready-to-wear: The evening program, following dinner, features a "fashion-show" that focuses on fabrics with nano-functionality, and other nano-functional fabrics that are used as sensors and to create sophisticated air filters. The journalist works...DALYs system for 'measuring' disability
...unctioning has been accommodated." The Viewpoint goes on to discuss the problems that can stem from the views of some doctors that disability is a disorder to be cured rather than a functional status that needs to be accommodated. Dr Mont says: "The main difficulty with DALYs is that they do not value...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
... "For most people, HPV causes no complications and goes away on its own. However, in some cases, if left ...re 98 percent effective. Everyone who gets cancer goes through a pre-cancerous stage," says Ault. "There are about 50 to 60 million pap smears performed e...Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
...ne much of the time. "The attention momentarily goes off-line," Davidson says. "Your attention gets stuck on the first target, then you miss the second one." This effect is called "attentional blink," as when you blink your eyes, you are briefly unaware of visual signals. But, he adds, the ability to......y, we can gain a much better understanding of what goes wrong when you get a disorder and how diseases can be treated more effectively, for instance with tailored proteins as drugs," explains professor Ulla Wewer, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who will receive the grant from the Novo Nordisk Fou...