Study puts us one step closer to understanding the function of sleep
...s in the brain, but they come at a price. Synapses require proteins, fats, space and energy. At the end of a waking day, you have all these traces of memories left behind. "During the slow waves, all the connections, step by step, are becoming a little weaker," Tononi adds. "By morning, the total connectio...Resistant HIV quickly hides in infants' cells
...ted that global elimination of pediatric AIDS will require not only prevention of mother-to-child transmission but also development of new antiretroviral agents for pediatric use, particularly against highly resistant infection. "There is also a need for new and widely accessible methods for detecting HIV in...Scientists find missing link to understand how plants make vitamin C
...he remaining three steps, like a curving driveway, require some turns but no real choices and no backing-up. Through efforts led by UCLA postdoctoral fellow Dr. Carole Linster, the plant VTC2 enzyme was expressed and purified from bacteria. After preparing their own GDP-L-galactose, the team showed that...Decision making by the growing elderly population is uncharted territory
...ers, for example, is an area in which older adults require more assistance," she said. In a separate study, published in the April issue of the journal Medical Care Research and Review, Peters and another group of scientists concluded that "less is more" in the presentation of numbers portraying medical in...Why GNEP can't jump to the future
...ials in spent nuclear fuel by weight. But, it will require costly treatment for reuse in reactors estimated in the billions of dollars. As a result, DOEs plans include the landfill disposal of tens of thousands of tons of recovered uranium. Alvarezs study concludes that the Energy Department "lacks a cr...Obesity increases workers' compensation costs
...pensation plans vary from state to state, they all require that employers carry insurance policies to cover their employees should they be injured on the job. The plans can pay for employee medical costs, compensation for loss of current or future wages, or compensation for pain and suffering. "We all know...Kenya moves toward national food and nutrition policy
...zed acute nutritional problems in the country that require a complex solution." Gleason, along with Tufts colleagues Patrick Webb, PhD, dean for academic affairs at the Friedman School and former head of nutrition at the World Food Program, and Nevin Scrimshaw, PhD, visiting professor at the Friedman Scho...New health insurance survey -- Women have trouble affording care needed
...hat comprehensive health care coverage that doesnt require high out-of-pocket costs is vital to ensuring that women get the care they need to be healthy," said Sara Collins, assistant vice president for the Program on the Future of Health Insurance at The Commonwealth Fund. "As policymakers consider health c...RAND study finds school playgrounds can help fight childhood obesity
...al activity. And making schools accessible doesn't require construction. It's a policy change." Although the RAND Health study didn't find a relationship between school accessibility and increased weekend physical activity rates, the number of locked schools was associated with significantly higher body ma...US critical care delivery system in critical condition
...one by the U.S. trauma system. Such a system would require the most critically ill patients to be seen in top-level critical care centers. Lower-level centers would not provide ongoing critical care services, but would need to transfer critically ill patients to higher-level centers. Participants also ci...UQ researchers identify thousands with curable high blood pressure
...cations. "Patients on blood pressure medication require indefinite monitoring by their doctor to keep a check on their health. It would be a shame for people to miss the opportunity to be cured," he said. Excess hormonal activity by the adrenal glands causes this type of hypertension. When only one of ...IOF and EU panel prepare osteoporosis audit
...velopments over the years, and identify areas that require more attention. The audit will measure prevalence of fractures, accessibility of diagnostic testing, availability and access to evidence based therapies, economic costs, and national health ministry support as well as public and professional educa...Mortality rate increases for kidney recipients with anemia
...ant, and two and a half times more likely to again require dialysis," says study author Dr. Istvan Mucsi. Anemia affects a large number of transplant recipients. "Between 15,000 and 20,000 transplant patients in the U.S. are likely to have severe enough anemia to be treated for it, but it is likely that on...Experimental flu vaccine appears promising in early tests
...ganism lives or grows] for influenza vaccine. Eggs require specialized manufacturing facilities and could be difficult to scale up rapidly in response to an emerging need such as a pandemic," the authors write. They add that development of alternative substrates for influenza vaccine production has been iden...Combined imaging approach may provide better identification of difficult-to-diagnose brain clots
...important warning signs of blocked blood flow that require medical intervention. The enhanced imaging tools can also help identify areas where flow has been partially reestablished after a vessel blockage has occurred. Leach and his team used these contrast-enhanced techniques, in combination with standar...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
...2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability", will require new evaluation tools to help choose the best way forward, according to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), an international network of environmental scientists. This quest for adaptation strategies opens a new chapter in global ...Weak immune response critical to disease that causes most infant hospitalizations
...chiolitis. In these cases, the childs survival may require immediate medical attention. For the past four decades, medical science thought it knew how this dangerous condition arose from such a common virus. Scientists blamed an overreaction in the lungs by specific immune-system cells, T lymphocytes (also...Statins linked to lower risk of infection
... way to starve other competing microorganisms that require cholesterol to survive. The study included patients from 81 dialysis clinics across 19 states. Only those enrollees who were admitted to the hospital with sepsis were counted, in order to rule out any subjects who became septic during an unrelated ...Rush researchers participate in worldwide AIDS initiative led by Imperial College London
... CD4 counts are expensive to buy and maintain, and require a level of infrastructure and training that is often not available in many developing countries. "In remote villages where there are likely to be no laboratory facilities, health care workers need a simple point-of-care test they can perform with ...International study finds ways to maximize effective responses after terrorism incidents
...ve patients back to their home countries. This may require specialty transport services depending on the nature of the injuries and the care required during transport. An important component of recovery is informing the general public of the extent of the event, where they can receive assistance if needed...