Embargoed March/April Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...site of care, drug of choice, neighborhood poverty level or dose of buprenorphine-naloxone. Sobriety was linked to those with private health insurance, older age, length of treatment and attending self-help meetings. The authors suggest that these findings lend support to recent efforts to loosen access ...Blueberries contain chemical that may help prevent colon cancer
...he same diet supplemented with pterostilbene (at a level of 40 parts per million). At the end of an eight-week study period, the rats that were fed pterostilbene showed 57 percent fewer pre-cancerous lesions in their colon in comparison to the control group, Reddy and his associates say. Pterostilbene al...Study describes action of estrogen in protecting bone
...ctures. Our research at the molecular and cellular level suggests that the underlying basis of this protective effect of estrogens involves the prevention of apoptosis in osteoblasts and that the key event in this prevention is the inhibition of caspase-3 activity." Bradford is an associate professor of ph...Gender and age can be determined from face silhouettes
...ge-range for the silhouettes, compared to a chance level of 38.8 percent. Most research on face perception focuses on the role of features such as the eyes, the nose, and the mouth, said lead researcher Nicholas Davidenko, PhD. Our studies demonstrate the importance of shape in face recognition. By using...Mooney to receive IADR's Isaac Schour Memorial Award
... of the award in perpetuity. Funded at the same level as all IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards, the award will recognize outstanding scientific contributions in the anatomical sciences, including tissue engineering, tissue regeneration, and stem cell research as it relates to the oral, dental, or cran...Marshall to receive Wilmer Souder Award from IADR
..., cementum, bone, and the relationships of mineral level and biomechanics using a materials engineering approach. This has greatly added to basic science information about the micro-structural properties of especially dentin. These studies have had considerable impact on the understanding of bonding mechan...Darveau receives Periodontal Disease Research Award
...au to explore the significance of the constant low level of inflammation present in the healthy periodontium induced by commensual organisms. In 2000, Dr. Darveau was appointed as an Interim Program Officer at the NIHs National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, to assist the Institute in for...First greenhouse gas animations produced using Envisat SCIAMACHY data
...ther, which is essential for reaching the accuracy level of 1 percent needed for SCIAMACHY to retrieve information on greenhouse gas sources and sinks. Buchwitz and his colleagues used SCIAMACHY data from the same period to retrieve the columns of carbon dioxide, which occurs naturally as well as being c...Study details catastrophic impact of nuclear attack on US cities
...tion data from the U.S. Census Bureau to provide a level of detail previously unavailable. Among the study's findings: A 20-kiloton detonation would leave debris tens of feet thick in downtown areas with buildings 10-stories or higher. Roughly half of the population in downtown areas would be killed...Congressional proposals would cover all uninsured, reduce US health spending by up to $61B
...n. Building on the current momentum at the state level to expand health insurance, two currently introduced bills propose state demonstrations to expand health insurance. These bills do not provide enough details to estimate their cost. However, the analysis assumed a model where 15 states (Arizona, Cali...Researchers hot on the trail of brain cell degeneration
...nd the nerve cells thus survive a previously toxic level of over-stimulation. The study identifies a new factor provoking cell degeneration. It is more than likely that future research will uncover more such factors interacting with each other. Investigating these will benefit new forms of treatment and...A closer look inside our lungs -- Penn researchers develop 2 novel imaging techniques
...of what we see in the lung down to an even smaller level -- to the cellular and intracellular level. Investigators have figured out a way in which they hope to look for a "marker" of disease inside the body. In animal models, they are injecting polarized carbon-13-labeled molecules and watching its convers...Making sense of the world through a cochlear implant
...implants, which can distort speech and have a high level of background noise. "The idea behind the study was to simulate the experience of having a cochlear implant, where speech can sound like a very distorted, harsh whisper," says Professor Sophie Scott, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the ...Health-care inequities underscore racial disparities in prostate cancer
...c disadvantage at the time of diagnosis. While the level of knowledge among this group was comparable if not better than among whites, African-Americans were more often distrustful of physicians but less likely to reject conventional Western medical treatments. African-Americans also reported having less a...CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery
...he Earth system, predicting future climate and sea level depends on the data that CryoSat-2 will realise. In the year since the go-ahead to build CryoSat-2, much has been achieved and the project has just passed an important milestone, that being the Critical Design Review during which all the changes to...New project to analyze why Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and insulin resistance are so closely linked
...esistance and how the link manifests itself at the level of individual cells. The researchers will be loo...ctly at the mechanism of insulin resistance at the level of an important target tissue the ovary. We expect the results of these studies to give us informat...Research finds music training 'tunes' human auditory system
...fect the way an individual encodes sound even at a level as basic as the brainstem," says Patrick Wong, pri...For example, the Mandarin word "mi" delivered in a level tone means "to squint," in a rising tone means "to bewilder," and in a dipping (falling then rising...Study finds antibiotic resistance in poultry even when antibiotics were not used
...dings suggest that banning antibiotics at the farm level may not be as effective as assumed. We need further studies to identify which management practice would be effective" Lee stresses that for consumers, the advice on poultry is the same that it's always been. Cook meat thoroughly and use proper food...New study cautions states on changes to Medicaid
...arly childhood programs at the state and community level Undertake efforts to actively improve the quality of preventive pediatric care Additionally, federal Medicaid officials can help states strengthen preventive services for children prior to school entry by: clarifying policies on reimbursement fo...Holographic images use shimmer to show cellular response to anticancer drug
...s currently have to look at things on the cellular level through microscopes. With this technology, we now can detect things on the cellular level and the tissue scale at the same time. In this case, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts....