Mental health following stroke, spinal cord injury; sensory evaluation tools
...ive loading in a repeatable manner and that it was sensitive to small displacements. Reducing friction, backlash enhances extended physiological proprioception control of a powered prosthesis, pg. 327 This study identifies factors that contribute to the jerky behavior of extended physiological propriocept...Rats' response to 'stop snacking' signal diminished by high fat diet
Rats fed a high fat diet were less sensitive to a hormonal 'stop eating' signal than rats on a low fat diet when they were given access to a high calorie, high fat snack that the animals find yummy. Dr. Mihai Covasa, assistant professor of nutritional sciences and a member of the Penn State ...Hearing loss in older adults may compromise cognitive resources for memory
...luding health care professionals, to be especially sensitive to how hearing loss can affect cognitive function," said Dr. Wingfield. He suggested that individuals who interact with older people with some hearing loss could modify how they speak by speaking clearly and pausing after clauses, or chunks of meanin...Rensselaer researchers awarded NSF grant to study nano springs, rods, beams
...fficient light emitters and solar cells, extremely sensitive chemical and biological sensors, and super-high-density three-dimensional magnetic memory. To achieve these advances, researchers need a better understanding of not only the growth and control of nanoscale structures, but also the way they respond t...Advances in brain imaging for epilepsy
...ans of a brain chemical messenger system may prove sensitive enough to help plan brain surgery for epilepsy, ac...gnaling for the neurotransmitter serotonin is more sensitive than the traditional PET measurement of brain glucose," said senior author William H. Theodore MD, c...UCSD study clarifies insulin's role in blocking release of energy in patients with type II diabetes
...insulin sensitizers, so that the body becomes more sensitive to using its own insulin, rather than compensating for insulin resistance by making more. In order to understand the mechanisms of insulin resistance present in Type II diabetes, the researchers used a new breed of cellular enzyme reporter to trac...Scientists breed special rats to learn more about hypertension
...d Yamaleyeva. The development of an animal that is sensitive to estrogen's effects is significant because most ...n research has focused on males. The rats are also sensitive to salt, which will help the researchers work to learn more about how salt intake affects blood pres...Jefferson scientists design method to fight artificial implant infections with antibiotics
...he vancomycin could then immediately kill bacteria sensitive to vancomycin that landed on the titanium. The researchers checked to see if vancomycin was indeed attached to the titanium surface using microscopy. Next, they added a fragment of bacterial cell wall to see if the vancomycin on the powder, or beads...Psychologists find more sensitive tests for predicting Alzheimer's as well as changes in cognition
...ot encode the words properly. These tests remained sensitive to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease even...ular Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE), a test mainly sensitive to episodic memory, was not as good a predictor. Although clinicians use it for quick, easy-to-admi...Air pollution linked to heart attack
...y are also available to media upon request. Anyone sensitive to the issue and willing to contribute to help investigating further into the mechanisms involved with thrombosis and haemostasis associated with air pollution are welcome to send their comments to the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Thrombosis and Hae...MoMA showcases Penn State researcher's device
...se, the enzyme that reacts with glucose. The acid sensitive coating makes the device swell or shrink, changing mass depending on the surrounding acidity. The acid that causes the changes comes from the reaction of glucose with glucose oxidase, which produces gluconic acid. When a magnetic field from the outs...Northwestern receives major award for nanotechnology cancer center
...ances at Northwestern in the development of highly sensitive and selective nanoscale sensors will provide a res...e developing imaging probes hundreds of times more sensitive than those currently available and with the ability to report on physiological changes in cells and ...Preventing communication errors in telephone medicine
... and patients might face. The cases include giving sensitive test results, handling requests for narcotics, dealing with the patient who is not sick enough for the emergency room, inappropriate late night calls, unintelligible patients and getting information from family members. In one case study, a physician...Researchers find multiple proteins that stick to medical devices
...pression in cells. "The techniques are extremely sensitive and are really well-suited to studying proteins on surfaces," said Elbert. "Using these techniques, we can in principle identify a protein given only a billionth of a gram of the protein, even if the protein were mixed with many other types of prot...A new analysis of a standard brain test may help predict dementia
...s suggest that quantitative analysis of the EEG is sensitive to the earliest signs of the dementing process," says Leslie S. Prichep, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Brain Research Laboratories of the Department of Psychiatry, who led the study. Some day she says it may be used as one of the tools to evaluat...Fat rat enables studies of debilitating vascular disease
...lipid, in the blood. Changed blood content affects sensitive blood vessel lining so vessels don't dilate well. That increased pressure decreases blood flow which gives surrounding tissue the wrong idea. "The dilator signal is not getting through, the constrictor signal is too high so blood pressure goes up and...CT colonography versus colonoscopy for colorectal cancer
...er become malignant. (Colonoscopy is slightly more sensitive than CT colonography, and could be expected to detect a certain number of polyps that the CT method would miss.) New technologies are always attractive. Because CT colonography does not physically invade the body, it has even more appeal -- it is eas...Proteome Systems signs agreement with Prince Henry's Institute for Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Test
...diagnostic markers for the development of a highly sensitive test for early stage ovarian cancer. PHIMR bring complementary technology in proteomics and reproductive biology, as well as clinical expertise in ovarian cancer, for the discovery and evaluation of new diagnostic markers. Dr Jenny Harry, Deputy CEO...Should doctors consider male marital status when planning palliative treatment for bone metastasis?
...r pain," Konski noted. "Clinicians may need to be sensitive to the greater likelihood of negative outcomes in single male patients. Focused strategies, though, will depend on better specification of what aspects of being single are most disadvantageous to men with cancer."...Study reveals reason women are more sensitive to pain than men
... it has been generally believed women are the more sensitive gender. A new study says that, when it comes to pain, women are in fact more sensitive. According to a report published in October's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS),...