Why women get more migraines than men
... and dilation of blood vessels, Charles said. Now, thanks to various neuroimaging techniques, it has been shown that migraines may begin as a problem of brain excitability. Patients with migraines show cortical spreading depression, which is characterized by dramatic waves of activity that spread across the...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...vices and products at home and in medical offices, thanks to new technology announced today by the University of Florida and IBM. The technology creates the first-ever roadmap for widespread commercial development of smart devices that, for example, take a persons blood pressure, temperature or respiratio...ESA's Earth Explorer gravity satellite on show
...ter - measures the terrestrial gravitational field thanks to a set of six ultra-sensitive capacitive sensors. In order to attain the required sensitivity, the gradiometer is combined with a precise GPS-based Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking Instrument to provide accurate three-dimensional positioning of the ...Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS
...standard approach angle is 3 they are easy to fly thanks to the three-dimensional guidance provided by EGNOS. Vertical guidance for the pilot is a major advantage EGNOS offers over standard GPS. The increased approach angles also reduce noise nuisance on the ground as the helicopter can remain at high a...European Space Agency's Envisat captures breath of volcano
.... ESA now has a 16-year archive of homogenous data thanks to the continuity of satellites ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat. Envisat and ERS-2, with a difference in overpass time of 30 minutes, are continually adding to the archive....New research spares children the pain of the needle
...ia could be spared the pain of the doctors needle, thanks to new research funded by the British Lung Foundat... and for the health professionals caring for them, thanks to this research. We are very proud to have made this breakthrough possible. The research project ...ESA satellite guides polar explorers across disintegrating sea ice
...follow the changes in ice conditions and ice drift thanks to the daily coverage provided by the Envisat ASAR sensor, which provided a continuous source of information on the evolving ice conditions. Combined with an automatic data processing system and daily mosaics from the MERIS optical instrument, it hel...UK scientists set their sights on cure for AMD
...MD have had no prospect of any viable therapy. Our thanks and congratulations to the instigators of the London Project to Cure AMD....New study could bring relief to sweltering city slickers
...the city may become more bearable in future years, thanks to a new study probing the heat contributed by buildings, roads and traffic. Researchers at The University of Manchester will use a small plane and a car fitted with advanced equipment to map out the surface temperature of central areas of Manchest...Doctors, engineers develop new wireless system to detect esophageal reflux
...ything in their throat when the device is inserted thanks to a special plastic material used. The RFID system is the next step in a growing effort to develop less invasive wireless technologies for gastrointestinal diseases. Those include the PillCam, a small pill-sized wireless camera that takes photos a...New perspective on brain function now possible
...or Christer Halldin of Karolinska Institutet. "And thanks to the new tracer, we will be able to explore an entirely new neurotransmission system through high-resolution imaging."...A pioneering system allows autistic children to communicate with their environment
... syndrome, or cerebral palsy) may soon be improved thanks to a research group of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada [ http://www.ugr.es ]). SC@UT, which stands for Augmentative and Adaptive Communication System, has been created by the following researchers: 13 lecturers from the UGR Computer...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
... support to the victims of the 2005 Bali bombings, thanks to improved procedures and services introduced after the first explosions in 2002, according to the May issue of the UK-based Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Staff at the Royal Darwin Hospital who treated many of the casualties -...World-leading innovation in child-allergy detection
...f child allergies. "With support from EUREKA and thanks to a particularly dynamic research team, DBV has developed a range of completely original tests," he says, "creating strong commercial alliances on the basis of an extremely original and innovative concept. In cooperation with our Polish partner P.P....Thymus transplants gives hope to babies with fatal immune disease
...ghter Dave'yana, who will turn three in September, thanks in large part to a thymus transplant she received at Duke University Medical Center in April 2005 to reconstitute her absent immune system. Dave'yana was the 31st baby to receive such a transplant at Duke to correct immune system deficiencies caused ...Spanish project 'AmIVital' creates intelligent communication devices for elderly and disabled people
...a breakthrough in the field of remote assistance", thanks to the creation of intelligent devices, biosensors, portable systems (integrated into the human body or into clothes), ubiquitous wireless networks, multimodal interfaces (PCs, PDAs, telephones, etc.). A wide range of devices especially designed and ...Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'
...nd treating this rare, life-threatening condition, thanks to data being reported at the 30th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), May 912, 2007, in Orlando, FL. Researchers from Brown University in Providence, RI, have developed the largest reg...Research reveals way to speed up treatment of deadly malignant hyperthermia
...trolene sodium (DS) can occur significantly faster thanks to a new method of warming the diluent that is used to prepare the DS for use. Malignant hyperthermia is a silent, inherited metabolic disorder of the muscle that is triggered by specific inhaled anesthetics or succinylcholine and can result in a ...Assessment model based on medical history gauges lung cancer risk
...eloping lung cancer, the deadliest of all cancers, thanks to an assessment model generated by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The prediction tool detailed in the May 2 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is the first designed to assign a score assessi...Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
...ed about keeping your job. Knight stresses that, thanks to todays effective treatments, men with prostate cancer can live a long time. If these problems go unaddressed, these men will have a much worse time over the course of their lives. The researchers caution that because their study is based on resu...