Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases
...lates the life cycle of a skin cell. That marker guides cells by telling them when to differentiate, die off and form a skin barrier, Dr. Hsu says. In people with psoriasis, that process is interrupted and the skin cells dont die before more are created and the resulting lesions form. Animal models tr...New book guides boomers through retirement maze
...thored by a professor at The University of Arizona guides baby boomers and their families through the often overwhelming legal and financial issues facing new retirees. UA Professor of Law Kenney Hegland and Tucson attorney Robert Fleming penned Alive and Kicking: Legal Advice for Boomers with the lofty g...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...inuing medical education, newsletters and resource guides were only partially successful in changing the way that pediatricians handled behavioral health problems, according to a follow-up study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. But external factors, especially "black box warnings" from the U....Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
...lymer fibers. These polymer fibers act as physical guides for regenerating nerve fibers. They have also developed a way to make these aligned nanofibers bioactive by attaching various biochemicals directly onto the surfaces of the nanofibers. Thus, the bioactive aligned nanofiber technology mimics the nerve...Measuring lung motion leads to better radiation treatment for lung cancer
...of the scan. The three-dimensional model, in turn, guides treatment modalities such as intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) in which several radiation beams are turned on and off and their intensity altered depending on the organs that the beams pass through. Low believes one of the most important c...Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System
...lists - known as navigators- who serve as personal guides for patients as they face the psychological, emotional and financial challenges in their cancer experience. Health care facilities that take part in the program are strategically selected to reach those populations with the greatest need. Navigators...RAND study of Los Angeles County neighborhoods and their impact on children enters second phase
...wledge helps schools decide how to engage parents, guides cities as they build and staff parks, and influences many other government and private programs. "Much of what we know about how neighborhoods affect the well-being of kids and adults comes from studies done in cities on the East Coast and in the M...SCAI president testifies before FDA on safety of drug-eluting stents
...ciation for the balance of benefits and risks that guides all clinical decision-making. As president of SCAI, Dr. Dehmer spoke on behalf of the professional organization representing the vast majority of physicians who perform invasive cardiac procedures, including the placement of coronary artery stents...The AGA Institute releases report on the future of gastroenterology
...l help inform the strategic planning process which guides the association in training, education and policy programs as well as domestic and international collaboration with other medical societies. According to Timothy C. Wang, MD, Future Trends Committee Chair and Chief, Division of Digestive and Liver ...New book looks at menstrual disorders in primary care
...management of women with disabilities. One chapter guides clinicians through the evaluation and management of bleeding disorders, including von Willebrand's Disease. The book also provides an overview of procedures used in managing abnormal uterine bleeding, with old and new treatment modalities including e...What is the sound of one person talking? New speech collection tells all, syllable by syllable
...poken was pronounced similar to the pronunciation guides found in a dictionary. This phonemic labeling is a key part of the corpus, because in casual conversations, people don't always use the proper English pronunciations they were taught in school, said Laura Dilley, a post-doctoral researcher in psycho...American Academy of Neurology 58th Annual Meeting scientific highlights
...el," has an internal structure that preferentially guides regrowing nerve cell extensions (axons) in one direction. Researchers showed that when it was implanted in an animal model of spinal cord injury, it improved regrowth of both existing neurons and implanted cells. Growth across a spinal cord injury is...Chemical guidance of T cells leads to immunologic memory and long-term immunity
...combination of specific physical and chemical cues guides them to sites where they receive activation signals. Specifically, two molecules known as chemokines help guide them toward the cells that release these activation signals. "Understanding the processes whereby CD8+ T cells find their way in the lymp...ABIM to recognize CMS Physician Voluntary Reporting Program measures
...o an ABIM Practice Improvement Module (PIM), which guides them through a process of analysis and improvement planning that includes evaluation of practice systems. ABIM's Self-Directed Practice Improvement Module (PIM) allows diplomates to enter clinical results provided by CMS to help them improve areas i...Anti-inflammatory drug's potentially deadly side effect found to be rare
...luid were collected for analysis. Organizers sent guides for evaluation to local neurologists, who evaluated patients and either sent the results to a central database if they suggested little chance of PML or, if indications of potential PML were detected, to the three committee members. Based on data fro......said Davis. "Our impression now is that maybe what guides the behavior after training in the first few minut...the antennal lobe. That is the important part that guides behavior for the small window of time after training. The DPM neurons have that role from 30 minutes...NIH encourages African Americans to discuss kidney disease at family reunions
...y health information at reunions, including simple guides for conducting a 15-minute Make the Kidney Connection health discussion, identifying and talking with family members at risk, and distributing kidney disease prevention information to attendees....4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...therapy (IGRT), in which onboard imaging equipment guides radiation more precisely than previously possible during a cancer therapy procedure. Further details will be given in an upcoming news release. RSVP Ben Stein at bstein@aip.org by July 15 if possible. PRESIDENT'S SYMPOSIUM FEATURES EINSTEIN AND T...New complicated grief treatment holds promise for millions, Pitt researchers report
...he avoided following the death. The therapist also guides the patient through an imagined conversation and reminiscence regarding the person whom he or she has lost, which offers the opportunity to speak openly about the intense feelings that the two shared. At the same time, patients work on re-engaging in......e difference between pain and non-pain cries which guides the urgency of their care taking, and helps parents deal with infants with colic," says LaGasse. But parent perception of their infant's cry may be affected by conditions such as depression or age of parent which can lead to action or nonaction whic...