Children of diabetics show signs of atherosclerosis
...er, in this high-risk group, even the most insulin sensitive offspring had diminished endothelial function," Dr. Goldfine said. The problem seems to be related to the availability of nitric oxide, a key signaling chemical that triggers blood vessel dilation. The researchers reported that there was no differenc...Male sexual abuse survivors struggle in relations with health care providers -- study
...ractice no matter what their specialty. The key to sensitive practice with male survivors is to treat them with respect and to create a sense of safety by using language that communicates an understanding of their experience--one survivor referred to this as 'malecentric communication'," Lasiuk said. "The onus...Production of key Alzheimer's protein monitored for first time in humans
...ine in St. Louis have developed the first safe and sensitive way to monitor the production and clearance rates of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) in the human central nervous system. According to the authors, the new testing process opens a valuable window into the genesis of Alzheimer's disease that, in addition...Anaesthetists need urgent guidance on patients who don't want to be resuscitated
... autonomy in these cases is often best served by a sensitive and detailed exploration of the patient's wishes by the doctors caring for them, it might be that some national guidance is needed. "The Council of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland have advised us that they are active...Studies evaluating health effects of dental amalgam fillings in children confirm safety
...ts indicated that these organs might be especially sensitive to mercury. The authors noted that children in both studies who received amalgam, informally known as "silver fillings", had slightly elevated levels of mercury in their urine. But after several years of analysis, they determined that the mercury lev...Study recommends new tool to assess blunt abdominal trauma
...and 91.8% making contrast-enhanced sonography more sensitive than sonography and almost as sensitive as CT when detecting "traumatic, abdominal solid organ injuries." "My physicians were a little sk...New McGill research shows mice capable of empathy
...her) and able to see one another in pain were more sensitive to pain than those tested alone. The results, which for the first time show a form of "emotional contagion" between animals, shed light on how known social factors play a role in pain management. The findings are not only unprecedented in what t...Mass. General study finds potential ovarian cancer stem cells
...py drug doxorubicin, the stem-like cells remained sensitive to repeated treatment with Mullerian Inhibiting Substance (MIS). This protein, important in the normal development of sexual organs, has been studied for its potential to treat several reproductive tumors by Patricia Donahoe, MD, director of the MGH...Distressed by your babys distress? How you respond matters
...can change their behavior, she said. What does a sensitive response to distress look like? "Ideally, you want to show your child through your facial expression and your tone of voice that you understand how she feels and that you empathize with her," the researcher said. "Respond in a timely way to your in...New genetic model for Parkinson's disease
...derstand why certain dopamine nerve cells are more sensitive than others, so that we can develop drugs that delay, ore even stop the nerve cell death." ...Low literacy increases risk of death and misunderstanding of medical consent forms
...ent population would not be able to understand the sensitive nature of end-of-life issues associated with our trial if we used conventional consent forms." The researchers recruited 204 adult subjects, fluent in English or Spanish, with a mean age of 61 years. Forty percent had limited literacy. The subjects...Research ethics requirements compromising quality of health research
...contacted by a researcher is minimal. Particularly sensitive topics might justify a different strategy, but ethics committees should presume that opting out is the best approach and that opting in might occasionally need to be used, they write. Certain kinds of research have suffered more than others under t...Patients receiving treatment with radioisotopes may trigger security alarms
...py dose." "Airports worldwide are deploying more sensitive radiation detection systems and hence one would expect more such cases unless we take responsibility of forewarning our patients," they write. "Hence, we felt it was important to dissipate this information in the hope that this will prevent further u...Deadly latex evading lax food labelling laws
...atex should be labeled to avoid the possibility of sensitive individuals being exposed to potentially deadly levels of the allergen, experts told C&I. A recent UK study revealed that one third of food packaging tested was contaminated with latex. The latex was transferred to food in some cases. In one unnamed ...Researchers find new learning strategy
...egorical adaptation in which steps of learning are sensitive to the direction of error, but do not scale proportionally with the size of the error. Eventually, their findings could have an impact in the rehabilitation of people with neurological ailments such as strokes by making use of different learning en...Exercise helps sustain mental activity as we age, may prevent dementia-like illnesses
...uced activity in other parts of the brain that are sensitive to behavioral conflict," said Kramer. Animal studies also provide support for the aging benefits of physical activity. Analyzing the effects of exercise in animal populations provides a unique window into learning about exercise-induced neurologica...Rush researchers explore nanotechnology as diagnostic and treatment tool
...hope to detect ovarian cancer earlier using highly sensitive imaging tools and develop drug carriers that can deliver therapeutic agents inside tumor cells." "A nanotechnology based approach is needed because diagnosis of early stage cancer requires the detection and characterization of very small quantities...Cycles of Cutaneous leishmaniasis are linked to climate
...r vector-transmitted diseases, its transmission is sensitive to the environment, but this is the first study to look at the interannual patterns of cycling of the disease. ...Mapping the neural landscape of hunger
... they could, indeed, distinguish neurons that were sensitive to changes in satiety states as the animals satisfied their hunger. They could also measure how populations of neurons changed their activity over the different phases of a feeding cycle, reflecting the physiological state of the animals. Important...... I enzyme from Escherichia coli, which is normally sensitive to the antibiotic and replaced it with the gene for the Type III enzyme used by Pseudomonas. "The gene for the Type III enzyme made Escherichia coli resistant to the antibiotics," Leonardi said. "This showed that our 3-D images of the enzymes correct...