Simple system predicts mortality of older Americans with 81 percent accuracy
...ongitudinal study of health, retirement, and aging sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. Participants in the HRS were chosen as a representative sample of all adults in the contiguous United States older than 50 years. The researchers classified participants according to three broad classes of variabl...How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing
...sue of the Journal of Neuroscience. Their work was sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Administration. Dolcos is a postdoctoral fellow and McCarthy is director of the Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center ( http://www.biac.duke.edu /), where the studies took place. In their ex...Spouse's hospitalization increases partner's risk of death, new study shows
...s dementia, stroke and hip fracture. The study was sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The report, by Nicholas A. Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Medical School, and Paul D. Allison, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, is the fi...Strokes in children need to be recognized quickly
...rence today at the International Stroke Conference sponsored by the American Stroke Association. Her study team found that delays were common in diagnosing stroke in children, and proposed that improved knowledge and management of stroke symptoms could lead to improved outcomes. Dr. Ichord and colleagues from ...Understanding and nourishing the roots of food quality
... will be featured in a session at the AAAS meeting sponsored by the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition. This session is entitled "Understanding and Nourishing the Roots of Food Quality," and will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 20th. Trends in food quality will be summarized, highlighting ...Ebola DNA vaccine produces immune responses in all fully vaccinated volunteers in Phase 1 trial
..., the first human trial for any Ebola vaccine, was sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and conducted at the NIH Clinical Center. The data were presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2006 Biodefense Research Meeti...Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
... annual Depression on College Campuses conference, sponsored by the U-M Depression Center, will feature speakers from campuses affected by Hurricane Katrina, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, dormitory fires, the deadly collapse of a homecoming weekend bonfire, and a rash of suicides. ...Obesity and risk for death due to motor vehicle crashes
...shworthiness Data System, a data collection system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation....Future of cancer research in Europe under threat
...pproved applications for both academic and company sponsored cancer trials in Helsinki has steadily decreased from 120 in 2002 to 70 in 2005 (42% decrease), but the workload of the ethics committee has increased. These numbers seem to confirm the initial worries about the future of investigator initiated clini...Envisat altimeter watches Pacific for cold tongue of La Niña
...e in Venice Lido from 13 to 18 March 2006. Jointly sponsored by ESA and the French space agency CNES, the event will include discussion of current and future scientific and operational applications of radar altimetry, and how altimetry data can be used in synergy with other satellite and in-situ results as wel...SCAI scientific sessions attract world-renowned invasive/interventional cardiologists
...n laboratory nurses and technicians (Sat., May 13, sponsored by the Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals [SICP]); and The opportunity for attendees to sharpen their technical and procedural skills with procedure simulations. What flight simulators have long been to pilots, procedure simulators ar...Depressed older adults more likely to become cognitively impaired
... older living in four American communities that is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The researchers measured the subjects' depressive symptoms using a standard depression scale. Six years later, the subjects were assessed for MCI by a team of dementia experts. Ten percent of subjects...American Association for Dental Research presents awards, recognitions
...alth Science Center, San Antonio, USA). The award, sponsored by the Procter & Gamble Co., is in memory of William B. Clark, the late Professor of Oral Biology and Director of the Periodontal Research Center at the University of Florida. National Student Research Group Mentor Award This award is presented t...Study puts drug-eluting stents to test in heart attack patients
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Drug-eluting stents--which slowly release medication into the artery wall--prevent a build-up of scar tissue inside the stent, a c...Study examines stenting options in diabetics
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Head-to-head studies have shown that drug-eluting stents infused with medicine to keep the artery from re-narrowing perform better...MIST study explores link between migraines and hole in heart
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. The Migraine Intervention with STARFlex Technology (MIST) trial will answer that question. It is the first study to evaluate the ...Drug-eluting and absorbable stents push interventional frontiers
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Routine Upfront Initiation versus Selective Use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Pati...Complex artery disease best treated with simple approach
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. When both a main artery in the heart and a smaller branch connected to it are narrowed by coronary artery disease, repairing the d...New generation of cardiac interventions, therapies optimize heart disease care
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Prospective Randomized Trial of Direct Endomyocardial Implantation of Bone Marrow Cells for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Coronary ...Enoxaparin beats unfractionated heparin as adjunct therapy for heart attacks
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. The ExTRACT-TIMI 25 trial compared a strategy using enoxaparin, a type of low-molecular-weight heparin, to a strategy using unfrac...