Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...tant evolving technology that is providing further insight now for safe return-to-play decisions in young athletes and may help shape guidelines in the future. The study helps define concussion and recovery for safe return-to-play According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between...RAND presents first Victor Fuchs Research Award to economists at Carnegie Mellon University
...monstrated that economic analysis yielded valuable insight not only about medical resource use, but also health-related behaviors. Fuchs is a Stanford University economics professor who is a member of the Institute of Medicine and a former president of American Economics Association. Funding for the award...ESA's Earth Explorer gravity satellite on show
...e our knowledge of how the Earth works and provide insight into ocean circulation, sea-level change, climate change, volcanism and earthquakes. The spacecraft has been in Italy at Thales Alenia Space, the prime contractor for the development, integration and testing, for roughly nine months where the last su...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...nto adulthood. Studying a university setting lends insight into what other factors besides affordability keep people from seeking help. U-M is a national leader in efforts to reach students and educate them about resources available, Eisenberg said. The University recently developed a mental health assessm...How to market diet pills: Prescription and over-the-counter pills may increase unhealthy behavior
...ylvania School of Medicine provides applicable new insight into consumer thinking about health remedies. A fat absorption pill, Alli has labeled itself as an over the counter non-prescription drug, but its marketing places heavy emphasis on its role as a supplement to a healthy lifestyle the sort of remedy ...Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
...s University colleague Dmitry Khodyakov now offers insight into a critical aspect of end-of-life planning: the choice to appoint a "health care proxy" who will make treatment decisions should a person become incapacitated. Writing in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, the researcher...Medicalizing the human condition
...ents. This thought-provoking study offers valuable insight into not only how medicalization got to this point but also how it may continue to evolve....Dasatinib shows high early response rate as first treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...tients. The comparison to historical data provides insight into dasatinib's effect, but a randomized clinical trial comparing medications directly would present a more detailed picture. Imatinib, known commercially as Gleevec and produced by Novartis Pharmaceuticals, was the first drug to target the fusion...Lilly studies try to shed light on impact of race
...ology (ASCO) in Chicago, Ill. They offered cursory insight into how a diverse group of patients respond to treatment with Lilly chemotherapeutic options. One study analyzed data of chemonave African-American patients with stage IIIB/IV NSCLC treated with GEMZAR in combination with carboplatin or paclitaxel (...Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
...thresholds for temperature are determined, we gain insight into how these thresholds change in the setting of injury, such as inflammatory and nerve injury, and how these changes may contribute to chronic pain," says senior author David Julius, PhD, chairman and professor of physiology at UCSF. The methan...Researchers find deadly prescription drug effects 6 years before FDA
...investigations on safety issues, arrive at a joint insight on drug problems and have the FDA distribute the information to doctors. The old way of doing business was a large number of incomplete reports that took an average of seven years to find adverse reactions to drugs, Bennett said. We propose with ou...The hepatitis C link: Diagnose, treat, transplant
... orthotopic liver transplantation, as well as gain insight as to why these organs may have a slower rate of fibrosis than non-HCV infected donor organs." Dr. Kwo will present this study on Sunday, May 20, at 8:45 a.m. in Room 207. ...JCI table of contents -- May 17, 2007
...Cdelta-CS B cells are autoreactive and may provide insight into the enigmatic function of the IgD antibody, with the goal of understanding the action of autoreactive B cells in autoimmune disease. TITLE: Mature B cells class switched to IgD are autoreactive in healthy individuals AUTHOR CONTACT: Patric...Public health impact of climate change, poverty, disaster response and housing design
NEW YORK, May 21 -- Leading global experts provide insight into protecting public health and promoting health equity in urban settings in a supplement to the May/June 2007 issue of The New York Academy of Medicine's Journal of Urban Health. The 15 reports in the supplement were issued by the Knowledge Networ...Anxiety hikes risk of heart attack, death
...D., F.A.C.C., agreed. "This study provides further insight into the complex connections between the brain and heart," said Dr. Januzzi, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the cardiac intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. "Appropriately, cardi...JCI table of contents: May 10, 2007
...Clinical Investigation, these same authors provide insight into the molecular mechanisms of how TACI mutations cause CVID. TACI is a cell surface receptor and is mainly expressed on B cells. The authors examined mice carrying a C76R TACI mutation (the equivalent of the human C104R mutation) and found that ...Advances in brain research poised to dramatically change society
...se and mental illness. With these advances and new insight into the human mind, a new dedicated 10-year research initiative would enable the scientific community an opportunity to understand more about the human mind than ever before and tackle some of society's most pressing problems....Uveal melanoma patients at higher risk for colon cancer
...eased risk for uveal melanomas may provide further insight into the molecular pathogenesis of this cancer. ...Faster and better emergency response through satellite telecoms
...e reporting from the various locations and provide insight into how the epidemic is developing. A response will then be organised and feedback provided to mobile teams on road access, water, food, drugs, and medical disposables. The second scenario simulates a terrorist attack in the centre of a European ......gulate the way brain cells communicate may provide insight into the causes of, and treatments for, brain diseases that are characterised by too much synaptic activity. This discovery also provides new potential targets for drug development that could one day be used to treat a range of such disorders. This...