Too many doctors fail to follow guidelines and to prescribe best treatments for heart patients
...eel they are flooded by too much information and a plethora of guidelines." He said there might be several reasons why doctors do not follow guidelines: economic constraints, lack of belief in the guidelines and "nihilism". "This means that treatments with life-saving potential are under-prescribed for a wide...Parasite genome sequences offer hope for new drugs and vaccines, Science studies say
...f their distinct evolution, trypanosomes present a plethora of potential drug targets, and potential drugs are almost certainly languishing in the chemical libraries of pharmaceutical companies," writes George Cross from Rockefeller University in New York, NY. in this week's Science editorial. Comparing th...No evidence that hangover cures work
...s each year, mostly due to sickness absence, and a plethora of "hangover cures" is on offer. The team searched medical databases and the internet, and contacted experts and manufacturers for randomised controlled trials of any medical intervention for preventing or treating alcohol hangover. They found eight...Marijuana compound may help stop diabetic retinopathy
...ate multi-tasker to protect the eye from growing a plethora of leaky blood vessels, the hallmark of diabetic retinopathy, says Dr. Gregory I. Liou, molecular biologist at the Medical College of Georgia. "We are studying the role of cannabinoid receptors in our body and trying to modulate them so we can defend...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
..., a robotic microscope called the SurgiScope and a plethora of imaging tools, such as functional magnetic resonance (fMRI), to identify areas in the brain to avoid. Sawaya adds that another advance is in store. Neurosurgeons at the Brain Tumor Center will soon operate in a technology-rich environment that is...Computerized atlas highlights 'plethora' of changes in brain disorder
...n. "What is interesting and new is that we found a plethora of changes discernible on a background of normal variability in folding patterns, and the fact that the changes are strikingly symmetric." Scientists found 16 changes on the left side of the brain and identified 16 changes in corresponding regions o...Stanford researcher links hot flashes to insomnia
...ar, and many find themselves having to cope with a plethora of unpleasant symptoms. Hot flashes, headaches and mood swings all come with the territory and, for some women, so does insomnia. Maurice Ohayon, MD, PhD, DSc, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of sleep epidemiolo...Cranberries contain possible anti-caries/anti-plaque agents
... in dissolution of the tooth. Cranberries harbor a plethora of biological compounds such as flavonoids (e.g., quercetin and myricetin), phenolic acids (benzoic acid), anthocyanins, condensed tannins, among others. The researchers have shown that many of these substances can: (i) inhibit enzymes associated wit...Large-scale cross-platform study of research microarrays uncovers high concordance across platforms
...stence of multiple platforms and the corresponding plethora of microarray data, an important issue is whether the platforms measure genes differently, and, if so, how data from different platforms can be compared or combined. Over the past several years, several small-scale attempts have been made and the ...U of M professor explores spooning, snoring and sheet stealing
...k in the field of sleep and relationships. While a plethora of writing exists about adults sleeping as an individual phenomenon, until now there was no book about sharing a bed, even though it's a part of millions of couples' lives. "Sharing a bed is a complicated, changing and often a challenging experien......tories as a purely scientific issue, but drew on a plethora of social and cultural factors, such as concepts of nationality, nature and purity, to describe potential risks. In his presentation, Professor Nick Pidgeon, Cardiff University, will describe how people deal with the risks associated with living cl...