'Domino' transplant program makes best use of altruistic donated kidneys
...o be evaluated for living organ donation. "In light of the crisis the transplant community continues to experience in terms of the number of available organs," Montgomery says, "the fact that people are coming forward voluntarily to help ease this shortage should not be treated with suspicion but rath...NICE gives backing for the use of advanced biological therapies to treat severe psoriasis
... medication) combined with exposure to ultraviolet light A (UVA).2 Enbrel is also approved for the treatment of active and progressive psoriatic arthritis in adults when the response to previous disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy has been inadequate.2 Physicians in Europe have become familiar w...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2006 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research
...ols build up in liver cells. His research may shed light on prevention and treatment of heart disease. Amy Pasquinelli, Ph.D., Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego - Dr. Pasquinelli investigates how a specialized type of RNA, called microRNA, regulates different genes a...Google-like process for mammogram images speeds up computer's second opinions
...has low entropy--it consists of an equal number of light and dark pixels. Complex images with more uniform distributions of many pixel intensity levels have higher entropy and are considered more informative in the context of the Duke system. Normal breast tissue "can be as complex as a tumor," Tourassi...Light to moderate drinking reduces risk of cardiac events, death
...ever or occasional (less than one drink per week); light to moderate (one to seven); and heavier (more than...of death or cardiovascular disease associated with light to moderate drinking, the authors write. Alcohol may have cellular or molecular effects that reduce...Sawing the ZZZZZs: getting old needn't keep you awake, Saint Louis University geriatricians say
...ns she suggests: Increase exposure to bright light and natural light during the day and early evening. Avoid napping after 2 p.m. and allow yourself at most one hal...Sandia work launched on space shuttle shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures
... Because such nanostructures are cheap, extremely light and small, and easy to make, they could conceivably be attached to insects and their emanations read remotely by beams from unmanned aircraft. The method also makes it easier to prepare individual cells for laboratory investigation under microscope...Scientists discover why cornea is transparent and free of blood vessels, allowing vision
...e eye. It is the clarity of the cornea that allows light to pass onto the retina and from there to the brain for interpretation. When the cornea is clouded by injury, infection or abnormal blood vessel growth, vision is severely impaired, if not destroyed. Scientists have been wrestling with the "clarity...Animation can be outlet for victimized children, a tool for research
...10 percent exhibited a high level of empathy. In light of these results, Tettegah, a former elementary teacher, thinks some kind of empathy-awareness training, similar to cultural or ethnic awareness training, should be considered as part of training future teachers. "I think that we are not, as teache...Defining the limits of computerized physician order entry systems
...ll-known medical information technology systems in light of a study published in the same issue. Researchers from the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (Galen et al.) found no positive value to computerized reminders for laboratory tests needed to accompany 25 major medications. These two systems are CPOE ...Chronic middle ear infections linked to resistant biofilm bacteria
...with otitis media. This historic finding sheds new light on the decreasing efficacy of antibiotics in treating kids with ear infections and has serious implications about the future direction of therapeutic research." Dr. Kerschner is associate professor of otolaryngology at the Medical College and chief ...New sleep gene discovery wakes up scientists
...en at 2 a.m. on subsequent days. "When they have light and dark cycles in the normal world, they pretty much have to live in a 24-hour day," Forger said. "They were able to adjust but the price they have to pay is their body wakes up early, and they have to go to bed earlier than we do." "The theory w...Study examines link between racial discrimination and mental and physical health
...ely to report experiencing discrimination and have light skin when compared to their counterparts," Dr. Borrell observed. "It is possible that lighter skinned African Americans with higher socioeconomic position report more discrimination because they have greater opportunity to be exposed to situations in...People who smoke light cigarettes less likely to quit
...ity of Pittsburgh and Harvard University. As such, light cigarette smokers increase their lifetime risk of ...at of 12,285 self-reported smokers, those who used light cigarettes were about 50 percent less likely to quit smoking than those who smoked non-light cigaret...New McGill research shows mice capable of empathy
...orm of "emotional contagion" between animals, shed light on how known social factors play a role in pain management. The findings are not only unprecedented in what they tell us about animals, they may ultimately be relevant to understanding pain in humans. "Since we know that social interaction plays...New fruit fly protein illuminates circadian response to light
...new protein required for the circadian response to light in fruit flies. The discovery of this protein nam...nal clock synchronizes to light. Understanding how light affects circadian (24-hour) rhythms will likely open doors to future treatments of jetlag. The bo...New insights into the impact of pregnancy on inflammatory arthritis
...w.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis ) sheds light on this widely reported yet little understood phenomenon. Prenatal diagnostic tests have recently established that fetal cells and cell-free DNA routinely flow into the mothers bloodstream during normal pregnancy. On the strength of these ...Study documents outbreak of fungal eye infections among contact lens wearers in Singapore
...ontrol study currently under way will shed further light on the probable risk factors for this outbreak, including the role of contact lens solutions." The authors conclude by encouraging physicians and clinicians to "maintain a high index of suspicion for fungal infection when evaluating and treating pati...A car's middle back seat may be least desirable, but it's the safest
...le type, vehicle weight, occupant age, weather and light conditions, air-bag deployment, drug results and fatalities per crash, the rear middle seat is still 16 percent safer than any other seat in the vehicle," said Dietrich Jehle, M.D., UB associate professor of emergency medicine and lead author on the ......f prevention for diabetes is exercise and diet, in light of the popularity of coffee consumption and high rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus in older adults, these findings may carry high public health significance."...