Violence in the home leads to higher rates of childhood bullying
...exists. Not all children exposed to violence will respond in the same way, but there are many indirect effects and problems that you can see, such as engaging in bullying, not being able to make friends, not eating or those with extended school absences. But not all bullies come from violent families," she...MIT device could prevent epileptic seizures
... (VNS), which is often used in patients who do not respond to drugs. A defibrillator typically implanted under the patient's collar bone stimulates the left vagus nerve about every five minutes, which has been shown to help reduce the frequency and severity of seizures in many patients. The MIT researchers...Stubborn ulcerative colitis responds to arthritis drug, review finds
...r people with active ulcerative colitis who do not respond to corticosteroids or immunosuppressive agents, infliximab is effective in inducing clinical remission, inducing clinical response, promoting mucosal healing and reducing the need for colectomy, at least in the short term," said review co-author Dr. ...Public confidence in government drops as 5th anniversary of 9/11 approaches
... U.S government to protect them from terrorism, or respond to disasters or emergencies, has dropped to startl...e in the nation's health care system to be able to respond effectively to biological, chemical or nuclear attacks or a major outbreak of the bird flu. The sur...Sound understanding of indoor acoustics could make hearing easier
...gned to pinpoint precisely how indoor environments respond to music and speech while those areas are in everyday use. This opens up the prospect of basing acoustic design on more realistic information about the way sound behaves than has previously been possible. It may also contribute to the development of ...Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses
... the treatment of last resort for those who do not respond to drug therapy. But nearly one in 10 of those treated see symptoms return within weeks or months after surgery fails to keep open the nasal passages, scientists say. The Hopkins report, published in the July issue of the American Journal of Rhi...Combined therapies may boost immune response and long-term protection against brain tumors
...nable the immune system to "remember" antigens and respond in subsequent encounters. In that animal study, the researchers injected bone marrow-derived neural stem cells that were genetically engineered to produce IL-23. The stem cells tracked tumor cells and the IL-23 produced an immune response and long-te...JRRD tipsheet: Focus on stroke
..., pg. 337 Spatial neglect (a failure to notice or respond to a stimulus on the opposite side of space from a brain injury) often happens after a stroke and may predict loss of independence. We examined whether eye patching primarily affected awareness or motoraction planning in people with spatial neglect. ...Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology
...said, adding that LCP devices could be tailored to respond to specific external stimuli, such as temperature changes and UV radiation exposure, which could makes them easier to activate than silicon. And, perhaps most importantly of all, LCPs are less expensive than silicon and potentially easier to process,...Malpractice concerns may deter Florida medical students from entering obstetrics and gynecology
...malpractice climate may have been more inclined to respond to the survey, and cite the need for more national research to clarify future practitioners' concerns....More than just pretty faces for this brain region, says Stanford researcher
...ersus inanimate objects, and that the patches that respond to faces outnumber those that respond to animals by 50 percent. Furthermore, same-selectivity patches are not physically connected, implyi...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, green chemistry breakthroughs
...treatment of aspergillosis in patients who did not respond to other therapy. Aspergillosis is an often fatal infectious fungal disease that occurs most often in the skin, ears, nasal sinuses and lungs of people with suppressed immune systems. More recently, CANCIDAS has been used effectively to treat esophag...A novel mechanism of manganese-induced neurological dysfunction discovered
...anese-induced neurological symptoms do not seem to respond to traditional Parkinson's therapies," said the study's lead author, Toms R. Guilarte, PhD, a professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. For the study, researchers observed a group of anim...Experts add to growing warnings about asthma drug
...eople have a genetic variation that causes them to respond negatively to the class of medications that includes salmeterol, Weinberger said. The concern about salmeterol and a related medication, formoterol, led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this year to add a "black box" warning to products conta...Scientists learn more about how roughage keeps you 'regular'
...could reseal, repair the damage and how they might respond biologically, namely in this case, whether they responded by secreting mucus as part of the healing process," Dr. McNeil says. They found time and again that most cells did just that, including intact cells in a section of the GI tract. "Epithelial...Molecular switch may turn off immune cells that target HIV
...t completely clear the virus. CD8 cells initially respond to viral infection by reproducing dramatically and producing cytokines that help destroy the viruses, but in chronic infection high levels of virus appear to overwhelm and exhaust CD8 cells. Recent studies in mice by Rafi Ahmed, PhD, of Emory Univer...UK hospitals poorly prepared for a 'major incident,' say researchers
...n 34 UK hospitals, to ascertain their readiness to respond to a major incident. In all, they obtained 144 responses. Almost half of the respondents (47%) had not read any of their particular hospital's major incident plan. And only just over half of the doctors (54%) were clear about the specific role th...African Americans have lower response rate to standard therapy for hepatitis C
...of antiviral resistance among patients who fail to respond to current optimal therapy regimens. While African Americans have a higher prevalence of HCV infection, they have been underrepresented in most therapeutic clinical trials, making it difficult to estimate response rates in these patients. Accordi...'Senseless' turf battles between health development and relief agencies
...e overwhelming needs and there is an obligation to respond to those needs." The "turf battles" between emergency medical relief agencies and health development agencies are senseless, says Ooms. "Health development advocates should not blame medical relief advocates for ignoring concerns about sustainabil...... reopen the artery. However, some patients do not respond to rtPA alone, according to background information in the article. In animals, argatroban--which blocks the action of chemicals that clot the blood--has been shown to work with rtPA, increasing blood flow, speeding the opening of blood vessels and p...