New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
...olunteers started with the noisy displays and then switched to clear. Over five days, the volunteers made nearly 4,000 practice judgments in each condition, with accuracy measured every 180 trials. The researchers found that those who first trained on the clear displays approximately doubled their efficiency...Smart plastics change shape with light
...bind one to another. The result? When the light is switched off and the external stress released, the crosslinks remain, maintaining an elongated structure. Exposure to light of another wavelength cleaves the new bonds, allowing the material to spring back to its original shape. The team notes that in additio...Excess oxygen worsens lung inflammation in mice
...response to infection or injury must eventually be switched off so that excessive tissue damage can be avoided. Dr. Sitkovsky and his colleagues have shown that inflammation leads to a drop in oxygen levels in the inflamed tissues. This, in turn, triggers the release of adenosine from surrounding cells. When ...Medication or psychotherapy effective in treating depressed patients when the other is not
...e to either the nefazodone or CBASP, patients were switched to the other treatment. Of the 156 nonresponders... nefazodone to CBASP, and 42 percent for those who switched from CBASP to nefazodone. Remission rates were not significantly different in the two groups. "Among...Molecular change occurring during brain tumor progression also evident in breast cancer
...iforme progressed. Specifically, laminin-9 (4]2^1) switched to laminin-8 (4]1^1). Not only did the change occu...chers documented for the first time that laminin-9 switched to laminin-8, and laminin-11 (5]2^1) switched to laminin-10 (5]1^1) as non-invasive ductal carcinoma...A diet high in milk may cut heart disease and stroke risk
...ng men in 2000, showed that almost all of them had switched to skimmed or semi skimmed milk within the preceding eight years. Men who consumed the most milk every day (a pint or more) had a higher energy intake, suggesting that they were more active. Cholesterol levels and blood pressure readings were similar...Researchers develop new concept for single molecule transistor
...r. The current flowing through the molecule can be switched on and off by changing the charge state of the adjacent atom. The results are promising and are considered to be a scientific breakthrough. We have shown the potential for devices of unheard-of smallness and unheard-of efficiency. says Dr. Wolkow. A ...New memory aid helps dementia sufferers remember as time goes by
... instructions that require no IT competence. When switched on, it displays a choice of three random categories (entertainment, local life etc). Selecting a category, the user is given a choice of 'music', 'photo' or 'video'. These in turn call up images, video or sound clips (e.g. of well-known movie stars s...Sunshine mapping from space means brighter solar energy future
...et Development Programme (EOMD). Solar energy has switched from a green aspiration to a solid business. The solar market in photovoltaics the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity has an annual turnover of 600 million euros in Germany and 1000 million euros in the rest of Europe. The latter figure i...Bad cholesterol: Genes make the difference
... percent of its calories from fat); then the pairs switched diets for another six weeks. After each six-week period the twins' blood cholesterol levels were tested. The researchers were interested in learning if blood cholesterol changes due to the different diets would be the same or different in each pair ...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
... year due to cardiovascular risks, the researchers switched to using two nonselective NSAIDs, ibuprofen and naproxen, so that the controversy over selective NSAIDs wouldn't cast a shadow over their work. The group saw a 25 percent reduction in prostate cell growth using only calcitriol, and approximately the ...NIMH study to guide treatment choices for schizophrenia
...ive medications. Almost three quarters of patients switched from their first medication to a different medication. The patients started on olanzapine were less likely to be hospitalized for a psychotic relapse and tended to stay on the medication longer than patients taking other medications. However, patien...Novartis MS drug shows promising results
...e subsequent six-month extension. In patients who switched from placebo to either the 1.25 mg or 5 mg dosing ...sequent six-month extension. In those patients who switched from placebo to either 1.25 mg or 5 mg of FTY720 after six months, the annualized relapse rate was r...Curcumin halts spread of breast cancer in mice
...vation by blocking the protein known as "IKK" that switched on the NF-kB, demonstrating how curcumin and Taxol work against one another. Taxol produced the inflammatory response, triggering metastasis, and curcumin suppressed it, causing cell death. Extracted from the roots of the curcuma longa plant, curcumi...Leading immunosuppressant CellCept significantly extends the lifespan of transplanted kidneys
...kidney over time and as a result some doctors have switched to a sirolimus/tacrolimus combination, that was perceived to be less toxic," said Prof Herwig-Ulf Meier Kriesche, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA. "Now we have the data to show that this combination is just as damaging. These data, along ...New analysis supports starting with VFEND for life-threatening fungal infections
... outcomes: Patients in the VFEND group, who were switched to OLAT, were more likely to survive than those in the amphotericin B group who took OLAT (48 percent versus 38 percent, respectively). (Overall survival in the GCAS was 71 percent in the Vfend group versus 58 percent in the amphotericin B group.) ...What is the best treatment strategy for early rheumatoid arthritis?
...b. For all groups, drug dosages were increased or switched to other (combinations of) drugs according to the treatment protocol to achieve a state of low disease activity. At the end of the year, every group demonstrated measurable improvements, with 32 percent of all the patients achieving clinical remissio......oloured spots showing which genes are expressed or switched on in the sample. "What we're trying to find out is, what's different in the superior frontal cortex [front of brain] when you compare alcoholics with controls, that's not different in a spared area of the brain," Dr Dodd said. "In that way we can ...ADDERALL XR significantly improves driving performance, attention in young adults with ADHD
...e study. At the end of this period, investigators switched the group taking ADDERALL XR to receive three weeks of placebo treatment, while the group taking a placebo crossed over to receive three weeks of ADDERALL XR. All participants were diagnosed with ADHD using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of M......oduce Abeta in their brains. The production can be switched off by giving the mice the antibiotic tetracycline... loaded with amyloid plaques. When the researchers switched the system off after some initial plaques had formed, they found two things: the existing plaques di...