Researcher studies sleep deprivation's effect on decisions
...it needs more oxygen. "The brain is a system, a network of areas, all of which work together to get a task done," he said. The researcher found that volunteers' working memory wasn't affected after 36 hours without sleep, not because they were all healthy and had an average age of 24 years, but because...Digital cameras and Internet ease the pain of oral disease
...ng experienced by the Health-e-Access telemedicine network here in Rochester, we knew we had the potential for a very cost-effective and successful solution." Health-e-Access is one the nation's largest telemedicine networks, using customized computer and other medical equipment to connect sick children in...NJIT offers new certificate to fight digital and physical terrorism
...er-Terrorism Ethical Hacking explores computer and network vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them as well as how criminals, hackers or cyber-terrorists can exploit them. The certificate will explore cutting-edge techniques that cyber-security professionals may employ to understand what must be accomplish...Actor Richard Gere presents altarpiece highlighting South African response to AIDS
...or the international MAKE ART/STOP AIDS project, a network of artists working with experts in public health and medicine to intervene in the AIDS epidemic. MEDIA CONTACT: Enrique Rivero, UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations erivero@mednet.ucla.edu , (310) 794-2273. ...Community model effective in allotting anti-AIDS meds, Stanford doctor says
...werment and Treatment International, or AIDSETI, a network of 23 associations in 14 sub-Saharan African and C...are setting, Israelski said. AIDSETI organized a network of associations of people living with HIV/AIDS throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. It p...Study provides evidence that autism affects functioning of entire brain
... The study, conducted by scientists in a research network supported by the National Institutes of Health (NI...Program of Excellence in Autism (CPEA), a research network funded by two components of the NIH, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development an...Columbia researchers restore memory lost in mice with Alzheimer's
...ered that the enzyme Uch-L1 is part of a molecular network that controls a memory molecule called CREB, which is inhibited by amyloid beta proteins in people with Alzheimer's. By increasing Uch-L1 levels in mice that had Alzheimer's, they were able to improve the animals' ability to create new memories. "B...Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center opens outpatient facility in Basking Ridge
...ocation and other regional sites. MSKCC's growing network of regional care centers also includes facilities ... ambulatory care facility in MSKCC's regional care network and the first stand-alone facility for MSKCC in New Jersey. "We are replicating Memorial Sloan-Kett...NCI creates network of Clinical Proteomic Technology Centers for cancer research
...ion over five years will establish a collaborative network of five Clinical Proteomic Technology Assessment f...define a cross-institutional and multidisciplinary network of assessment centers that will rigorously evaluate and compare different commercially-available pro...Science of Learning Center comes to UC San Diego
...amics of synaptic learning and motor learning. The network leader is Dan Feldman, professor of Biology and Ne...e timing of interactions among memory systems. The network leader is Andrea Chiba, professor of Cognitive Science and Neuroscience at UCSD. Perceptual Exper...Scientists stop colon cancer growth in mice by blocking just one enzyme
... called aldose reductase could shut down the toxic network of biochemical signals that promotes inflammation and colon cancer cell growth. In a dramatic demonstration of the potential of this discovery, they followed up this work with animal studies showing that blocking the production of aldose reductase ...Study recommends strategies for distributing flu vaccine during shortage
...tribute the vaccine. The scientists used contact network epidemiology to model various vaccine distribution...se. Meyers and her colleagues based their contact network models on information from Vancouver, British Columbia. While other mathematical models of disease t...German researchers develop first non-invasive test to measure skin aging
.../elastin factor and the physical appearance of the network showed a clear dependence on the patients' age. Th... dermatologists who want to check out the collagen network of a patient's dermis need to remove a sample of tissue and analyze it in the lab, under a microscop...Latest influenza science and recommendations presented in new release
...ribes her agency's plan for pandemic control as "a network of shared responsibility from the national to the global level." Frederick G. Hayden, MD, FIDSA, and Andrew T. Pavia, MD cover treating and preventing influenza using antivirals--and viral resistance to them. Kristin L. Nichol, MD, MPH, MBA, and Joh...Human brain region functions like digital computer, says CU-Boulder professor
... The brain as a whole operates more like a social network than a digital computer, with neurons communicating to allow learning and the creation of memory, according to O'Reilly. However, the computer-like features of the prefrontal cortex broaden the social networks, helping the brain become more flexibl...Civil society movement calls for transparency in the WHO director-general elections
...y the People's Health Movement (PHM) - a worldwide network of individuals and civil society organisations - in a Viewpoint published online today (Tuesday October 24, 2006) by The Lancet. WHO is the world's leading global health agency. The election for a new Director-General to head the organisation is cur...Interaction between lymph and liver cells may affect immune response
...samer-like structures that form the rich capillary network of the liver) and are perforated by fenestrations, or openings. The researchers hypothesized that the fenestrations could provide a portal through which liver cells and T cells could interact or that the interaction could take place across gaps betwe...Pulsating gels could power tiny robots
...formations and chemical reactions within a swollen network of polymers. The model represents gel material as ... studies, Balazs plans to take advantage of the 2D network construct to examine chemically or physically heterogeneous gels....AIUM to host Annual Convention
...o learn the latest research in medical ultrasound, network with colleagues from around the world, enhance their professional skills, and view the newest advancements in ultrasound technology while earning up to 33.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM . Sonographers and radiologic technologists participants may ea...ESSP launches project on the effects of global environmental change on human health
...alth Organisation, aims to create an international network of researchers who can identify and quantify health risks posed by global environmental change, and develop adaptation strategies that are cost effective for reducing health risks. "Population health is a crucial bottom-line indicator of the impac...