Irrational decisions driven by emotions
...amble at the threat of losing 30 than the offer of keeping 20. On average, when presented with the "keep" option, participants chose to gamble 43 per cent of the time compared with 62 per cent for the "lose" option. Furthermore, there was a marked difference in behaviour between participants. Some people ado...Immune system police learn early and sometimes badly
...people may have regulatory T cells less skilled at keeping the immune system from attacking their bodies and/or too skilled at protecting invaders. It also means one day physicians might steer early education of regulatory T cells in the thymus as a way to vaccinate children against diseases such as lupus,...HIV/AIDS treatment remains successful 10 years on but rise in TB cause for concern
...ovement we recorded for the action of the drugs in keeping the HIV virus in check and the apparently worsening rates of clinical progression might be related to the change in demographic characteristics of the study participants, with an increasing number of patients from areas with a high incidence of tuber...Parents of teens more likely than parents of younger children to store firearms unsafely
...dolescents, parents may become less vigilant about keeping firearms stored securely," the authors write. "This assertion is supported by the present research, as well as by studies on parents' attitudes about firearm safety, in which authors concluded that parents were more likely to believe that adolescent...College women at risk for eating disorder may benefit from online intervention
...ram included reading and other assignments such as keeping an online body-image journal. Participants also took part in an online discussion group, moderated by clinical psychologists. Participants were interviewed immediately following the end of the online program, and annually for up to three years therea...As heart procedures increase, quality and cost controls are critical
...rove and provide the highest quality of care while keeping costs down."...Teens who do use condoms often don't use them properly
...used during penetrative vaginal sex. Among those keeping a diary, the primary reasons given for not using a condom were to enhance intimacy, that sex felt better without, that other contraception was being used, or that they got carried away. The three most common reasons for actively choosing to use a c...Strokes will cost US $2.2 trillion by 2050 if prevention & treatment don't improve
..., losing weight, eating healthily, exercising, and keeping their blood pressure, cholesterol levels and any heart-rhythm problems under control, says Brown. Meanwhile, doctors and hospitals can do a better job of providing preventive care and screening to patients with high blood pressure, clogged arterie...Study finds MRSA most common cause of skin infections in patients presenting in nation's ER's
...ses are mild, and having the infection drained and keeping it clean resolves the problem. But when antibiotics are needed, it's important to prescribe an effective medication. Sometimes these infections may require hospitalization and, in rare cases, may even be life-threatening. "It's important for us to ...'My life sucks!' The 10 most common causes of childhood unhappiness
...cover the secret pain that children are so good at keeping from them. Parents are often at a loss as to how they can help a child who looks and acts unhappy most of the time or makes statements such as:"My life sucks.""I'm going to kill myself.""I hate myself.""Nothing ever good happens to me.""I wish I wa...Montreal researchers make a major strategic breakthrough in controling the AIDS virus
...s proud to have researchers of Dr. Skaly's calibre keeping our country at the forefront of the global fight against HIV-AIDS." Dr. Mark Wainberg, Co-Director of the FRSQ-AIDS and infectious diseases Network and Co-Chair of the 16th World AIDS Conference held in Toronto last week, congratulated Dr. Skaly an......duce the risk of another stroke. Quitting smoking, keeping cholesterol and blood pressure levels down, controlling blood sugar for people with diabetes, and having a healthy diet and exercise routine can all help. The authors also call for better awareness of stroke prevention methods and stroke symptoms ...Modern radiation therapy ups lung cancer survival
... doctors to give more radiation to the tumor while keeping it away from nearby healthy tissues. Between 1978 and 2003, 200 patients with medically inoperable stage I NSCLC were treated with radiation therapy alone. Eighty-five received 3D-CRT while 115 received conventional therapy. Thirty-six percent of p...Doctors warn: Do not rely only on what young athletes say when managing concussions
... suspected concussion is particularly important in keeping kids safe," said Mark Lovell, Ph.D., director of the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Research has shown at least one in 10 high school or college athletes sustains a concussion each year. Dr. Lovell's alert is based on a recent UPMC study o...Clean water project hit by funding drought
..., which is contrary to the commercial principle of keeping your methods secret from your competitors.' In May 2006, the project reached the last 125 out of 2,500 applications for a grant award from the World Bank but in the end just failed to get funding . Dr Sallis said: ''Funds are available for research a...MIT device could prevent epileptic seizures
...t rate, gastrointestinal peristalsis, sweating and keeping the larynx open for breathing. The mechanism by which VNS prevents seizures is not known, but the technique has been FDA approved to treat epilepsy for about 10 years. About 32,000 epilepsy patients already have VNS implants, according to Guttag. S...National study: Patients poorly prepared for end-of-life decisions
...ation needs regarding the use of CPR as a means of keeping them alive, as well as the decision-making process and the role they wished to play in making this decision. The Queen's study also underlines the important role of family members, who say they want to be informed and involved in the discussions an...Two-faced protein can stop metastasis or promote it, researchers say
...ve function of p120 on mesenchymal cadherins while keeping the pro-adhesion function of p120 in normal epithelial cells. "We have provided a better understanding of the processes involved in the initiation of tumor spread, and it is this process that we all seek to shut down," Anastasiadis says.......d pressure within the Fregat propulsion system and keeping a check on the nitrogen gas flushing system that was needed by some of the instruments under storage conditions. The launch campaign officially resumed on 29 August and the team are back in Baikonur to carry out the pre-launch procedures. This time...Landmark study of islet transplantation reveals potential benefits in uncontrolled type 1 diabetes
...e of getting patients off insulin all together and keeping them that way. As we've shown, even partial survival of the transplanted islets can lead to significantly improved health in these patients. It's a tremendous result." Patients enrolled in the study will be followed for at least another year to con...