Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
...y 50 percent. Weve done studies in the past with specialized drinks containing amino acids the chemical building blocks of proteins but this was the first time anybodys looked at a real food and its ability to stimulate muscle growth in both the young and elderly, Paddon-Jones said. What we learned was reall...New research discovers independent brain networks control human walking
...lity to learn various walking exercises. Utilizing specialized computer software and infrared tracking devices placed on key joints, researchers found subjects could store different walking patterns for forward versus backward walking simultaneously, with no interference between the two, revealing that separate ...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
...ine Dr. Wehrens hopes to define the mechanisms of specialized protein complexes in excitable cells, such as heart muscle. His research has the potential to explain the underlying causes of certain types of heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Jennifer Zallen, Ph.D., Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan...Researchers develop criteria to detect bone mass deficiencies in children with chronic diseases
...of California in San Francisco using software with specialized features for pediatric scans. Kalkwarf said researchers plan to continue their work, seeking to advance their findings by analyzing a seven-year stream of data. This will allow growth charts to be extended up to 21 years of age in males and 20 yea...Borderline personality disorder shows improvements with intensive psychotherapy
...vior therapy, supportive psychotherapy, and TFP, a specialized psychodynamic form of talk therapy, pioneered by Otto F. Kernberg, a study co-author and professor of psychiatry at Weill-Cornell, that focuses on dominant emotionally charged themes that emerge in the relationship between patient and therapist. As...Fat protein cuts blood vessel inflammation, may help heart, Jefferson scientists find
...t the work is that it's in animals, and involves a specialized technique in Dr. Scalia's laboratory in which you can visualize the interaction between the white blood cell and blood vessel wall," says Dr. Goldstein. Studying normal mice, Dr. Goldstein notes, is an important aspect of the work. While using gene...Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats
...this lack of blood flow can result in the death of specialized spinal cord neurons called spinal inhibitory neurons, leading to irreversible spasticity and rigidity, or loss of muscle control, in the lower limbs, even though the spinal cord is intact. The important difference between spinal cord ischemia and s...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...e additional time and energy investments, need for specialized training to administer the modality, side effects or potential toxic effects, safety in combining CAM and other modalities, likely acceptance by clients and the public, and ease of incorporation into traditional pain management practices. Prelimin...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
... the wireless system. Engineers had to develop the specialized radio frequency implant, which detects and sends the data, as well as the receiver. The receiver will include a button the patient can push when they begin eating. Eventually, engineers hope to design a devise similar to a personal digital assistant ...Small infants have greater survival rate in high level intensive care facilities
...icine. Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are specialized hospital facilities offering medical care for newborn infants. NICUs are classified according to the level of services they provide. High-level neonatal intensive care units provide mechanical ventilationthe use of a device that assists with breath...Scientists develop method to track immune system enzyme in live animals
...ia or allergens, they migrate to germinal centers specialized microenvironments in tonsils, spleen and lymph nodes. Within germinal centers, B cells divide extensively and express the AID enzyme, which causes random mutations and recombination in the cells immunoglobulin (antibody) genes. For the most part, the...Pioneering study maps attention, memory and language links in the human brain
A University of Arizona scientist who has specialized in studying how fireflies and other creatures communicate has won a million-dollar grant to conduct a pioneering 5-year study on the roles that attention and memory play when the human brain hears and processes spoken language. "This is the chance...A self-fulfilling prophecy in bleeding stroke?
...treatment for it -- though people can recover with specialized hospital care. Figuring out which ICH patients ... have suffered an ICH should seek to get them to a specialized center as soon as possible. At the same time, they should speak with the patient's doctors about end...Breakdown of myelin implicated in Alzheimer's, UCLA research shows
...se Clinic. Myelin is produced by oligodendrocytes, specialized glial cells that themselves become more vulnerable with age. "Myelination of the brain follows an inverted U-shaped trajectory, growing strongly until middle age. Then it begins to breakdown," Bartzokis said. "Before the advent of modern medicine, ...Machine preservation may promote more organ sharing
...o a portable pump to maintain a constant flow of a specialized preservation solution through the organs until transplantation. With both methods of preservation, a cooling solution is pumped into the organs during organ recovery. However, with simple cold storage, the kidneys are simply immersed in preservation...NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery
...rm because of the company's background in creating specialized space robots, used aboard NASA space shuttles and ...gn of neuroArm. Sutherland's team is developing specialized training programs in partnership with the Calgary Health Region, and U of C's faculties of medicine ...US Senate introduces bill to train more preventive medicine doctors
...evention (CDC) the necessary funds to train highly specialized public health physicians in the skills necessary to lead pandemic flu planning, bio-terrorism surveillance, chronic disease prevention, quality improvement and safety in the health care system, and health promotion at both the patient and population ...Experimental flu vaccine appears promising in early tests
...ives 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 identified as a ...Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
...of people with Fragile X. The other was the use of specialized microscopes and tiny needles to eavesdrop directly on individual conversations between two cells. Before this study, investigators relied on a strain of mice in which every cell carried a mutated Fmr1 gene, and they inferred how cells communicated by...Combined imaging approach may provide better identification of difficult-to-diagnose brain clots
...andard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans with specialized contrast-enhanced techniques could lead to more ef... of the disease process." Researchers say these specialized techniquesknown as contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance venographyproduce better defined pictures of...