Barrow scientists make headlines for their research on fixational eye movements
... many to be the Rolling Stone magazine of science, says Dr. Macknik. It is a honor in our career to be fea...e our research highlighted in Scientific American, says Dr. Martinez-Conde. Fixational eye movements have long been debated and our research has proven that...Childhood sun exposure may lower risk of MS
...re was seen only among female twin pairs, but Mack says this novel finding must be viewed with caution since only a few male twins were involved in the study. Our findings note the importance of sun exposure among people with identical genetic risk for MS, said Mack. High priority should be given to res...New algorithm matches any tumor cells to best possible anti-cancer treatments
...udied drugs to any other cell line or human tumor, says Dr. Theodorescu, director of the UVa Paul Mellon Prostate Cancer Institute and senior author of the study. We believe we have found an effective way to personalize cancer therapy. The UVa research team was able to predict the clinical responses of br...Children and young people show elevated leukaemia rates near nuclear facilities
...as, which means that sample sizes tend to be small says lead author Dr Peter J Baker. The advantage of carrying out a meta-analysis is that it enables us to draw together a number of studies that have employed common methods and draw wider conclusions. Eight separate analyses were performed includin...The future of biofuels is not in corn
...gton, DC -- The future of biofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food & Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and the Environment. The corn ethanol refinery industry, the beneficiary of new renewable fuel targets in the propo...New study examines effectiveness of tailored health messages
...e the difference between strong and weak messages, says Updegraff. Particularly, strong messages created m...is disposition, hes really paying attention to it, says Updegraff. It changes the way people process health messages These findings can help health practit...Device helps physically disabled turn on computer
...motor skills for months but couldnt find anything, says Dr. Joseph Drew, Kent State associate professor of...hose with disabilities as independent as possible, says Drew, who also has designed a unique online Master of Public Administration degree program, the only...Nonsmall cell lung cancer -- chemotherapy before surgery appears better than surgery alone
... a relatively small number of trials and patients, says lead researcher Sarah Burdett. There was, howeve...rapy outweigh the risks associated with the delay, says Burdett A project to collect complete data on all patients included in all trials is ongoing and w...Stroke in nonvascular atrial fibrillation -- anti-coagulants better than anti-platelet therapy
...ions in stroke for AF patients who can receive it, says lead researcher Maria Aguilar, who works in the de...vailability of optimal anticoagulation monitoring, says Aguilar....Lower mortality rates associated with hospitals that rank highest on quality of care indicators
...Because care varies from hospital to hospital, Jha says consumers should use publicly available data such as the HQAs when choosing a hospital, since getting treated at higher-performing hospitals can increase their odds of surviving the hospitalization. These data are not just for consumers, said Arno...6 out of 10 doctors aren't frustrated that patients can't lower cholesterol
... cholesterol does not appear to be widely endorsed says co-author Professor Richard Hobbs from the University of Birmingham. Our study also highlighted discrepancies between what family doctors do when a patient has high cholesterol and what they are advised to do by national guidelines. Key finding...First of its kind report on how children with brain tumors perform at school
...hed ability to learn new information. Lhteenmki says girls may be more sensitive to the adverse effects of radiation therapy, which has been regarded as the main cause of cognitive decline. The study also found 94 percent of brain tumor survivors completed the ninth grade of Finnish comprehensive sch...Scaling up HIV prevention programs is cost effective
...n prevention methods need to be scaled up rapidly, says Elliot Marseille, the project director and lead au...f dollars of spending anticipated in coming years. says James G. Kahn, the projects principal investigator. We hope that research of this type will help pro...Screening for behavioral health first step to getting treatment
...hool for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis, says that requiring health plans to screen patients for...identify problems and get patients into treatment, says Horgan. Despite these reasons, most health plans do not require primary care physicians to screen ...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...e scientists, Carri Glide ( glidec@karmanos.org ), says that they hope to gain FDA approval and introduce ...ssor Stephen Rudins medical imaging physics group, says that in-vivo testing of the new device is planned, with clinical trials to follow. [Wednesday, July...Do people listen to heat warnings?
...sure to extreme heat. Heat is a stealth killer, says Dr. Scott Sheridan, Kent State associate professor in geography. Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, Sheridan recently conducted a study on how effectively heat warning systems have been implemented in four cities, including Dayton, Ohi...U of M researchers assess effectiveness of computerized physician order entry system
...oving hospital safety. CPOE can help that process, says Robert Kane, M.D., review co-author. Hospitals would be short-sighted not to use it. Kane also notes that CPOE systems can be combined with existing computerized medical records, creating a central location for physicians to efficiently enter and vi...Needle-stick injuries are common but unreported by surgeons in training
...ed for hospitals to develop systems to address it, says contributing author Mark S. Sulkowski, M.D., of th..., M.P.H., a surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, says that while residents must take more responsibility, its also up to hospitals to take immediate steps...When minority patients have insurance and a medical home, their health care improves
...h disparities and promote more health care equity, says a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. The repor... the next thing you have to ask is access to what" says lead co-author Anne Beal, M.D., senior program officer at the Commonwealth Fund. We found many dispa...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...ains are making it even more difficult to tackle," says Dr Buddha Basnyat, senior investigator on the stud...ished drug used by many doctors around the world," says Dr Basnyat. "There is currently no resistance to the drug, and at just over US$1 dollar for a seven ...