Study: Exercise helps speed wound healing in older adults
...ical activity habits during the study period. Each subject received a small puncture wound on the back of the...ssociated with lower levels cortisol. Lastly, each subject completed a questionnaire called the Perceived Stress Scale. This scale let the researchers determin...Alcohol advertising may contribute to increased drinking among young people
... no federal restrictions on its advertising but is subject to voluntary codes dictating that 70 percent of the audience for their advertisements be adults older than age 21. The authors report that these ads still appear frequently in media aimed at young people. Leslie B. Snyder, Ph.D., of the University o...Art therapy can reduce pain and anxiety in cancer patients
...dividualized and patients were offered a choice of subject matter and media. When participants could not use...would do the art making under the direction of the subject or they could look at and discuss photographic images that were assembled into a book. Sessions ran...Novel strategies needed to boost cancer clinical trial participation among blacks and Asians
..." Lara, one of the nation's leading experts on the subject of barriers to cancer clinical trial participation, undertook the study to develop baseline data against which to measure the impact of future interventions. The study is among the first large-scale investigations of its kind to prospectively assess ...Polio vaccination strategies assessed as eradication nears
...he spread of the disease. But all research on the subject had been performed using only one dose of a vaccine that was less potent that the currently used version. Konstantin Chumakov, PhD, and colleagues at the Food and Drug Administration and various other institutions throughout the United States revisit...What can change in the brain? Electrical synapses, research shows
...ave demonstrated that electrical synapses are also subject to long-term changes in the brains of mammals. Their work appears in the journal Science. "The fact that you can change the function of electrical synapses, and change them for longer than a few seconds, means that they may play a role in certain kin...Cataract surgery rates and costs related to physician reimbursement methods
... complications, and the exact timing of surgery is subject to both the surgeon's judgment and influence," the authors write. "The finding that cataract surgery was more responsive to reimbursement methodology than other procedures supports the hypothesis that elective procedures are more responsive to physi...Award winning eye-heart discovery
...or Wong has authored more than 80 articles on this subject in the past three years, published in prestigious journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, the Journal of American Medical Association and the British Medical Journal. Associate Wong has received a $2 million Science, Techn...Bayer launches Phase III clinical study of Trasylol in elective spinal fusion surgery
.... Patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery are subject to a blood transfusion rate that may be six times greater than that of patients undergoing spinal surgery without fusion (2). Spine fusion surgery is also associated with more complications (such as infection, chronic pain and neural injuries) as it ...Nursing home quality stagnates, says HealthGrades
...percent of complaints investigated related to this subject matter. Resident neglect, the third most frequently cited complaint, rose slightly from 2003 to 2004, from 13 percent to 15 percent. Although food services was the most frequently cited by surveyors in annual inspections, it was the source of only ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Dec. 6, 2005
...ntive approaches," they say. [This article is the subject of a video news release. Call for coordinates.] Botulinum Toxin Relieved Pain of Tennis Elbow in Small Study Sixty people who had tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) for at least three months received a single injection of botulinum toxin or inact...As Montreal Conference considers deforestation issues, ESA presents space solution
...e, Italy, Spain, South Africa and Switzerland. The subject was 'Supporting Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Reporting from Space'. Delegates in attendance heard that four years before the Kyoto Protocol was ratified, ESA began a project called Kyoto Inventory to develop satellite-based land cover mapp...Research provides more evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome is a legitimate medical condition
...ugh this is a small study and more research on the subject is necessary, these results indicate it might be possible to develop a simple laboratory test to diagnose these disorders in the future," Baraniuk said. Other co-authors on the paper include Begona Casada, PhD, and Hilda Maibach, MS, of Georgetown U...MR-guided laser effective in treating liver tumors
...t is much easier to repeat laser treatment than to subject the patient to another open surgery. Dr. Mack believes that laser combined with MR guidance will have wide-ranging impact on the treatment of tumors throughout the body, and may one day replace traditional surgery as the gold standard of treatment. "...Researchers use brain scans to predict behavior
...predict with about 70 percent accuracy whether the subject will give a correct or an incorrect response," say...h of a second and therefore were easy to miss if a subject was not paying attention to the right area. After the hint and prior to the appearance of the movin...Award for work on hypertension
...d, when produced in excess in the heart when it is subject to overload. An example of this added force is the situation of increased blood pressure typical in patients with high blood pressure. The study showed two things: The abnormal increase of the concentration of cardiotrophin-1 in the blood is associa...ESA participating in UN's Montreal summit working for a better atmosphere
... be webcast from the UNFCCC COP 11 website, on the subject of 'How the climate benefits from space' (available via the right navigation bar link). The dedicated ESA side event takes place on the evening of the following day in the Churchill River Room of the Congres, with national end users of both projects...Higher dose formulation of FOSRENOL approved to reduce serum phosphorus in esrd patients
...nvolve a number of risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time. In the event such risks or uncertainties materialize, Shire plc's results could be materially affected. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks associated with the inherent uncertainty of pharmaceut...AIUM discourages the sale and use of ultrasound equipment for personal use in the home
...ed use of a medical device. In addition, those who subject individuals to ultrasound exposure using a diagnostic ultrasound device (a prescription device) without a physician's order may be in violation of State or local laws or regulations regarding use of a prescription medical device" (available at: http...Stanford study of sea squirt provides clue to human immune system
...er in pathology and first author of a paper on the subject in the Nov. 24 issue of Nature. "We were looking for the genes which control how an individual can distinguish self from non-self," he said. Fusing together benefits the filter-feeding squirts because they live in high-density areas such as marinas, ...