New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
Irvine, CA., March 31, 2005 A new study suggests there may be a better way to sharpen the eyes of r...independence of these two learning mechanisms, and suggests new methods of training for people who must pinpoint targets in busy images," Dosher said. The rese...Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
...ital prosopagnosia seems to run in families, which suggests a genetic basis, although that is not true in every case and Behrmann cautioned against calling the condition a genetic disorder. Unfortunately, a cure for the disorder is unlikely to be found anytime soon. "The work on CP is in its infancy and we st...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
...ive Cho normalization across periods of abstinence suggests that when drug exposure is terminated, adaptive changes occur, which may contribute to some degree of normalization of neuronal structure and function," they write. "The understanding of how the human brain can recover or partially recover as a funct...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...arning curve' in bariatric surgical techniques and suggests that doctors and patients considering obesity surgery seek highly experienced surgeons and surgical centers whenever feasible. "There are differences among the surgeries, so patients need to understand the risks of complications from surgery as well ...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
..., for at least one week before surgery. This study suggests that it may not be necessary to discontinue ibuprofen until 24 hours before surgery. However, the authors say that more studies involving patients with many common underlying medical conditions are needed. 3. ACP Publishes Fifth Edition of Ethics M...Genetic link to cervical cancer
...K cell activation may increase local inflammation, suggests Carrington, which has been associated with the progression of other types of cancer including gastric and prostate cancer. Exactly how inflammation might promote cervical cancer remains unknown....Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
...ough further studies are needed, the current study suggests that eating onions might help prevent bone loss and osteoporosis, a disease which predominately affects older women. The disease results in an estimated $17 billion in medical costs in the United States. Their study, scheduled to appear in the May 4 ...Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
...st people who are infected don't know it. Evidence suggests that HSV-2 infection can increase the risk of HIV transmission, which is further reason for trying to curb HSV-2's spread. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Research Institute studied 330 women with HSV-2 infection to deter...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...rge new University of Michigan Health System study suggests that the real culprit may be the underlying insomnia, rather than the medications used to treat it. Residents with untreated, or partially treated, sleeplessness have a much higher risk of falls than those who take sleep medications and get relief fr...A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
... phase of clinically apparent rheumatoid arthritis suggests that this phase may represent a therapeutic window", said Dr Karim Raza....Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...rtant as the baby boom generation ages. "Our study suggests that it is better to save for a rainy day, than to spend your savings on a house where it doesn't rain," he says. Ubel and Smith also note that their study does not demonstrate directly that having more money and more assets shields a person from a p...Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
Preliminary research suggests infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae may increase the risk of heart attack in young men, according to an article in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. C. pneumoniae is a relative of the more familiar bacterium th...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...s in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. This suggests to us that the loss of these important proteins happens very early in the disease process." One possible reason for the reduction of synaptic proteins is mitochondrial dysfunction, a well-documented occurrence in Alzheimer's. The researchers believe ...Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
...order than general populations in those countries, suggests a study published in this week's issue of THE LANC... has a generalised anxiety disorder. The data also suggests that approximately 50,000 of the 500,000 current refugees living in the USA have post-traumatic stre...Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
...take of alcohol, mostly as wine. Current evidence suggests that such a diet may be beneficial to health. The study involved over 74,000 healthy men and women, aged 60 or more, living in nine European countries. Information on diet, lifestyle, medical history, smoking, physical activity levels, and other rele...Competition in health care may not result in better quality
...roving quality and safety. But a study of 341 HMOs suggests that more competition may not automatically solve price and quality-of-care problems as hoped for by legislators, regulators and employers. "Our findings show that less, not more, competition was associated with better health plan performance in seve...Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Research in mice suggests that the liver may produce most of the body's "good" cholesterol, an unexpected finding that might one day help scientists develop new treatments to raise levels of this heart-protecting molecule in humans. In the May issue of the Journal of Clinica...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
...e of normal body weight," the authors write. "This suggests that practitioners should not discount the risk of metabolic syndrome in their older patients entirely on the basis of body weight or BMI. Indeed, generalized body composition, in terms of both BMI and the proportion of body fat, does not clearly dis...Restless legs syndrome has complex genetic involvement
...tibility is located on chromosome 12q and and also suggests that at least one other gene may be involved in restless leg syndrome, according to an article in the April issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Restless legs syndrome is one of the leading causes of insomnia, affecting ...Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
... "Indeed, our comparison of GPi vs STN stimulation suggests that selection of a stimulation site should be influenced by symptom profile. Although GPi stimulation may be better for the patient with dose-limiting dyskinesia, STN stimulation may be better for the younger patient with prominent bradykinesia."...