Potential 'weak link' between virus and liver cancer discovered
...ally, it sits on the outside surface of a cell and helps the cell stick to others like it in a tissue, but when it is found inside the cell's cytoplasm or nucleus, it works to turn on genes involved in cancer development. In the study, 50 percent to 70 percent of all HCC tumors showed an abnormal accumulat...Patients learn more facts from videos but need contact with doctor to soothe their anxiety
...At the same time, the consistency of the videotape helps to explain why it isn't as helpful at reducing a patient's distress and anxiety levels, he says. While the video is invariable, a doctor can tailor information to the specific concerns and fears a patient is encountering, says Orringer, clinical assi...Opiates better than sedatives for treating newborns in withdrawal
...by use of morphine instead of phenobarbitone. This helps keep mothers and babies together, helps in educating the mothers in mothercraft skills and to recognize signs of infant withdrawal, and help...Neuroscientists identify how trauma triggers long-lasting memories in the brain
...lasting memories. The researchers believe that Arc helps store these memories by strengthening the synapses, the connections between neurons. The study will appear in today's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Emotionally neutral events generally are not stored as long-term mem...New study: Sexually transmitted disease treatment can be effectively administered by sex partners
... to their partners," Dr. Kissinger said. And if it helps to prevent the spread and recurrence of STDs, patient-delivered partner treatment could be a valuable tool to add to the physician's black bag....Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients
...BD patients. They also found that the CB1 receptor helps to promote wound healing in the lining of the gut. "This gives us the first evidence that very selective cannabis-derived treatments may be useful as future therapeutic strategies in the treatment of Crohn's and ulcerative colitis," said Dr Karen Wri...Hey doc, do I still need this catheter?
...ne at the U-M Medical School. "Our reminder system helps doctors do the right thing," he adds. "Catheter reminders may become automatic as hospitals implement computerized doctors-orders systems. But since about 90 percent of American hospitals still don't have such systems, our study suggests that writte...Anti-tumor activity also plays a critical role during eye development in the embryo
...ment of Hematology-Oncology at St. Jude. "Arf then helps to trigger a series of signals to block cell proliferation. In the developing eye, we've demonstrated that Arf also blocks signals that would otherwise cause pericytes to reproduce and support the continued growth of blood vessels in the developing e...UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women director to receive national justice award
...lop Kentucky's statewide AMBER Alert program which helps locate abducted children. Her efforts also led to increased funding for Kentucky's regional rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelter programs. Her influence has also been heavily felt in the Kentucky General Assembly as she spearheaded the ...More is better, at least in angioplasty
...volume doctors, and also used more of the dye that helps doctors see blockages and artery walls during PCI procedures. They also treated more patients who had had a heart attack in the last 24 hours, a measure of emergency angioplasty used to restore blood flow when a heart artery needs urgent re-opening. ...Wake up, doc: Lack of sleep affects young doctors just like alcohol does
...n the effects of sleep deprivation among residents helps to highlight the consequences of inadequate sleep in medical training. In 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education imposed an 80-hour weekly work-hour limit, a 24-hour limit on continuous duty time, in-house call duty no more th...Northwestern Memorial named one of '100 Best Places for Working Mothers'
...as: Children's Care Center Northwestern Memorial helps support the needs of its working families in many stages of their children's lives. In fact, twenty-five percent of hospital employees have children who are age 12 and under. The hospital offers affordable, accessible and on-site childcare services......3 study demonstrating the white blood cell booster helps protect patients with most types of cancer undergoing moderately myelosuppressive chemotherapy from infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia (low white blood cell count with fever), one of the most serious side effects of chemotherapy. Previ...Scans may help pin down tricky diagnosis
...n College of Cardiology. "Clinically, this finding helps differential diagnosis and reduces the risk of misdiagnosis between two conditions with very different therapeutic options," said Claudio Rapezzi, M.D. from the University of Bologna and S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Bologna, Italy. Clinicians have ...Mars breaks new ground in heart health with Cocoavia
...ented and proprietary process called Cocoapro that helps ensure the heart-healthy flavanols remain active and are not destroyed. This technology guarantees that CocoaVia TM contains a consistent level of cocoa flavanols which is what really counts when you're talking about cocoa and heart health, accordi...Researchers discover how malaria parasite disperses from red blood cells
...f the cytoskeleton, the molecular scaffolding that helps the cell to maintain its rounded shape. In the next stage, called the "flower" stage, the red blood cell assumes a roughly spherical shape, covered with rounded structures that resemble the petals of a flower. Shortly thereafter, the blood cell's me...New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
...r the top of the head that, among other functions, helps the brain track where objects are in space. In Williams syndrome patients, a valley in the parietal lobe known as the intra-parietal sulcus is typically shallower. A colleague, Harold Burton, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology, of radiology and of cel...Hopkins experts highlight strategies to raise levels of so-called good HDL cholesterol
...cholesterol, the so-called good cholesterol, which helps keep arteries clear from the buildup of LDL cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol. More than 54 million Americans are estimated to need higher levels of HDL, according to the American Heart Association. In an article to be published in The New ...'Noise' affects how brain directs body to move
...factor is "noise" in the brain's signaling, and it helps explain why all movement is not carried out with t...ding how noise is reduced to very precise commands helps us understand how those commands are created," adds Lisberger, who also is a Howard Hughes Medical I...Scientists breed special rats to learn more about hypertension
...function. Scientists have long known that estrogen helps protect heart vessels from atherosclerosis, the buildup of fatty deposits that can cause heart attacks. This research suggests that it may also protect heart function. "Estrogen seems to exert protective actions on heart performance that may be indep...