Alternative kidney test reveals hidden health risks
...es for large patient populations. "We also want to map out the physiologic consequences of early mild kidney dysfunction, now that we can measure it." Co-authors of the study are Ronit Katz, PhD, of the University of Washington; Mark J. Sarnak, MD, of Tufts-New England Medical Center; Linda F. Fried, M...Just breathe: Ozone forecaster unveiled at University of Houston, available via Web
...h.edu/ozone_forecast.htm , the public can obtain a map view of daily maximum ozone levels color-coded with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) health alert index. Also included are links to animations of a two-day forecast in one-hour increments. These maps and animations can help individuals, es...Preoperative brain mapping alters tumor surgery
... exam, they performed sentence completion tasks to map areas of the brain involved in language function, and hand-squeezing tasks to detect sensory motor areas. The entire procedure, including the time it took to train patients and acquire the images, took less than one hour. The neurosurgeons who refe...Jefferson radiation oncologists among first to use cone beam CT to improve treatment accuracy
...iven "Positioning no longer depends on the road map marks on the skin," says Dr. Machtay. "With cone beam, we are actually looking at a CT scan of the inside of the patient to see if he or she is lined up properly and if there's been a change in the size or shape of the individual. "We're using it ...Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center opens outpatient facility in Basking Ridge
... and two state-of-the-art linear accelerators that map and deliver intensity-modulated radiation beams. This leading-edge technology enhances the precision of radiation therapy while reducing radiation exposure to healthy tissue. Chemotherapy treatments are administered in a soothing environment where t...Ground movement risks identified by Terrafirma
...eas. The new PSI studies have yielded a subsidence map giving first-hand evidence of the high degree of spatial variability of the ground conditions throughout Istanbul's urban area, and have contributed to a re-definition of their seismic risk maps. Another urban area being studied for earthquake ris...Child Survival Symposium: Urgent action needed to reduce child mortality worldwide by 2015
... Heads of State and health experts will convene to map out the global action still urgently required to make MDG 4 a reality. The meeting will coincide with the publication of a special issue of The Lancet devoted to child survival. The issue will include the latest findings from the Child Survival Cou...Global view shows strong link between kidney cancer, sunlight exposure
...ly available data on worldwide cancer incidence to map cancer rates in relation to proximity to the equator, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have shown a clear association between deficiency in exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), a...Mirrors in the mind: New studies elucidate how the brain reflects onto itself the actions of others
...intrinsically "social"--that the neural mechanisms map the actions of others onto one's own body, rather than initially treating all observed action (whether perpetrated by one's self or by others) as essentially neutral in ownership. These findings inform our understanding of the motor system's role in ...UCSD researchers create roadmap to integrin activation
...l of blood vessels and to one another. "The road map of the activation pathway could lead to the develo... to manipulate the system, they hope to define and map sites where known drugs work, and discover targets along the pathway for new drugs. "If you think o...Study IDs protein that inhibits HIV from growing in cell cultures
...e used for any kind of therapy, we need to further map it," Xiang said. "We need to zero in to see what region has the critical effect on HIV inhibition." Once that is accomplished, the team will seek to develop small molecular drugs that mimic the inhibiting action. Stapleton noted that GBV-C is not...New study reveals postcode lottery for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
...survey was anonymous, so we cannot use our data to map the disparity in provision across the country." Dr Kay said this disparity in the provision of a treatment, which could change the lives of RA patients, inflicted great mental and physical pain on them, and she described the human suffering behind ...Children's Hospital Boston neurosurgeons to perform brain tumor removal during live Web cast
...re electrocorticography and physiological tests to map the normal brain around the tumor before the surgery. Once the mapping has been completed, Dr. Madsen will then perform a microsurgical resection of the tumor. Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children--approximately 1,800 are diagno...Transforming knowledge into economic benefits -- EPSRC's First Knowledge Transfer Challenge Awards
...W1P 3AA (nearest tube is Westminster). A full site map and directions can be found at: http://www.ice.org.uk/contact/howtofindus.asp...Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say
... it has been almost 40 years since the last global map of malaria endemicity was constructed, and that "t...he UK's largest biomedical research charity. The map will be constructed using information from sources such as satellites and population censuses. Stati...NIAID media availability: Examining genetic variability of malaria parasite offers insight
...e's genome. The genetic diversity captured by this map will help researchers understand the parasite's evolution and study malarial drug resistance. Two companion studies being published simultaneously include one led by NIAID scientists that identifies new antigens--pieces of the pathogen that are recog...New imaging compound might 'see' Alzheimer's earlier
A new imaging molecule that can detect and map plaques and tangles in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could eventually lead to earlier diagnosis of the devastating disease, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles report in the Dec. 21, 2006, issue of the New England...Why are Danes the world's happiest nation?
Earlier this year, Denmark came top in a world map of happiness (the UK ranked 41st out of 178 nations). And for more than 30 years it has ranked first in European satisfaction surveys. So what makes Danes so content? Researchers in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ decided to find out why lif...New device could revolutionize eye disease diagnosis -- creating eye maps on the high street
...to apply software used to stitch together detailed map images to assemble the captured images from the di...medical significance and usefulness. It provides a map of the eye equal to the field of view and resolution of the large "Fundus" cameras typically used in......rmless radio waves and magnetic fields are used to map oxygen levels in brain regions. By performing FC MRI in patients with spatial neglect, the authors identified regions of the brain where there was a disruption of normal functional brain circuitry. In their experiments, the researchers used FC MRI ...