Online education program better source of information for patients
...e providers. Patients also have access to medical journal abstracts and research studies written in an easy-to-understand format. "Again, this format takes the patient to accurate and up-to-date information," Pia said. "Other Internet sites may be replete with misinformation. It may be difficult for the...Nerves controlling muscles are best repaired with similar nerves
...e. The research appeared in the March issue of the journal Microsurgery. Motor nerves control movement in the muscles, while sensory nerves receive sensory stimuli, such as pain. A significant difference between the two types of nerves is that motor nerves have much larger axons, the thread-like extensions...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
... They describe the success of the procedure in the journal Urology. "Modifying existing tissues, our technique added only a few minutes to standard robotic prostatectomy, yet attained a 95 percent continence rate among patients 16 weeks after their surgeries," explains lead researcher Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewar...$2.6M grant awarded to New York University College of Nursing
...ute demonstration videos and a companion series of journal articles for teaching nurses the use of geriatric health assessment tools. Terra Nova Films will partner with AJN to produce the videos. "Health assessment of older adults is important because illness in older people often looks different than in...Elsevier announces launch of Brain Stimulation
...lication of the first international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the emerging science of brain stimulati...s to treat human diseases. In addition, the new journal will feature special topic reviews, perspective pieces on new technologies and techniques, and lette...Estrogen is important for bone health in men as well as women
...spital. She is senior author of a new study in the journal Calcified Tissue International. "Research by other groups had suggested that estrogen may be more important than testosterone for maintaining bone health in men," she says. "So we designed a study to look at male estrogen levels and bone density." ...Counseling, coping skills could reduce arthritis disability
...t of a new series, appears in the May issue of the journal Health Psychology. Each evidence-based review centers on a specific psychological assessment or treatment conducted in the context of a physical disease process or risk reduction effort. Studies in the review paid the most attention to cognitive-be...Use of Swedish 'snus' is linked to a doubled risk of pancreatic cancer
... published today online in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. Tobacco smoking is a known risk factor for pancreatic cancer, which is an unusually malignant form of the disease. Since it is common for people who take snus a tobacco product designed for insertion between the gum and upper lip to...Curb the pocket money, curb the problem drinking
...to the study published today in Online Open Access journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. Teenagers who were members of youth groups or who had alcohol bought for them by parents were more likely to drink sensibly, the study also revealed. The authors highlight a number of potential in...Breakdown of myelin implicated in Alzheimer's, UCLA research shows
...damage. Now, in a report in the April issue of the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, Dr. George Bartzokis, UCLA...cal myelination that were published in the medical journal The Lancet back in 1901. "Myelination is the single most unique aspect in which the human brain d...Tissue engineered scaffolding allows reproduction of cartilage tissue
...rown along the structure. The study appears in the journal Artificial Organs. The procedure was extremely successful in tested mice as the study found these scaffolds to be a far more effective means of regenerating cartilage than traditional therapy. The shrinkage of cartilage that occurs frequently in ot...No evidence older women generate new eggs
...SF study, published in the March 2007 issue of the journal Developmental Biology and highlighted April 26, 2007 in Nature, counters the controversial findings of reproductive endocrinologist Jonathan Tilly, PhD, and his team of Harvard scientists. Tilly's work, published in 2004 in Nature with a follow-up st...Study implicates protein as a trigger of advanced prostate cancer recurrence
...ciences. It is slated for print publication in the journal on May 15. The protein, named Ack1, is a member of the tyrosine kinase gene family. Ack1 exerts its effect on the reemergence of the cancer by biochemically altering the now inactive androgen receptor in the nucleus of prostate of cells, according ...Animal study identifies promising new target for brain tumor therapy
...d their findings in the April 1, 2007 issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Brain Tumor Society and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. T cells are white blood cells that play an important role in the bodys immune system. Regulatory T cells ...Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
... The new study, which appears online May 8 in the journal PLoS Biology, examined the effects of three months of intensive training in Vipassana meditation, which focuses on reducing mental distraction and improving sensory awareness. Volunteers were asked to look for target numbers that were mixed into a ...Decrease in breast cancer rates likely reflect HRT reduction and saturation of mammography
A new study, published in the Online Open Access journal Breast Cancer Research, reveals two distinct patterns in the recent breast cancer rates in U.S. women: a downturn in the incidence rates in almost all age groups above 45 years beginning in 1998/1999, consistent with a levelling off of mammography ut...HCV patients survival after liver transplantation is not improving
...e May issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver...national Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS). The journal is published on behalf of the societies by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and is available online via Wiley...Gel-based handrub improves hospital hygiene
... a study published today in the Online Open Access journal Critical Care suggests. Good hand hygiene among health care workers can help minimise the spread of infections within hospitals. Alcohol-based handrubs are the standard method of hand hygiene worldwide, yet compliance amongst hospital staff remain...Sleep deprivation can threaten competent decision-making
...ey. A study published in the May 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that sleep deprivation can adversely affect a persons decision-making at a gambling table by elevating the expectation of gains and making light of ones losses following risky decisions. To understand the neural underpinnings of risky ...Chronic fatigue syndrome impairs a person's slow wave activity during sleep
...on. A study published in the May 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that CFS is also associated with a blunted slow wave activity (SWA) response to sleep challenge, suggesting an impairment of the basic sleep drive and homeostatic response. The study, authored by Roseanna Armitage, PhD, and colleagues a...