Smart plastics change shape with light
...otential in the medical field: a smart suture that ties itself into the perfect knot. That work was described in the journal Science ; mnemoScience GmbH of Aachen, Germany was developed to commercialize the discovery. "Now instead of heat , we can induce the shape-memory effect in polymers with light," s...Pitt receives $9 million to develop research tools that may aid drug discovery
... diseases. Pitt's center takes advantage of close ties between the School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology and the School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Chemistry, along with new facilities devoted to drug discovery in the newly constructed Biomedical Science Tower-3. It also represents a un...Japanese doctors likelier than US counterparts to involve patients' families in decisions
... at UCLA at the time the study was written. Family ties are stronger in Japan than in the U.S., where a tradition of individualism is more culturally ingrained. However, the degree of uncertainty in the responses of Japanese (medical?) residents may reflect changing cultural norms in Japan. "Traditio...Special scalpel reduces blood loss, facial nerve trauma in salivary surgery
...surgical scissors to remove the gland and surgical ties or electrocautery to stop bleeding. A small pilot study published in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in 2004 described how the harmonic scalpel could reduce operative time and blood loss in patients who had benign disease and needed only a port...Discovery of T-cell 'traffic control' boosts new drug promise
... trials of the new drugs and neither has financial ties to the companies that manufacture them. Controlling this process with drugs offers "enormous potential" against devastating immune reactions, Goetzl says. "Transplanting organs or even cells, such as insulin-producing Beta cells, into a patient trigg...Employed caregivers at risk from current Canadian policies
...d private sector policies that maintain employees' ties to the paid labour market while still allowing them to provide care to family and friends with chronic health problems will be helpful to both employees and employers. Such policies will reduce the economic consequences of employees and for employers...Tsunami raises questions about disaster mental health, Science reports
...y are bolstered by the strong family and community ties common in Asian cultures; some may have been inure...t be behind that resilience? Family and community ties are hugely important in many Asian cultures, and they tend to put less emphasis on individual self-r...Hospitals that follow guidelines save lives
...group of control hospitals. He says this new study ties those improvements in care to higher rates of survival. "I hope that every acute care hospital in the country will use a system to guarantee the key priorities of care for every patient with an acute coronary syndrome, such as early reperfusion and c...Institute of Medicine news: Report on mental illnesses and drug addictions
...relevant areas of their own organizations and form ties with other providers, the report says. Government agencies, purchasers, health plans, and accrediting groups also should create incentives and policies to increase collaboration among all health care providers, the report says. The U.S. Department...Tryptophan no turkey in boosting immune system, Stanford study shows
...udden we have this really interesting science that ties tranilast up with tryptophan, underscoring the rem...one of the Stanford researchers have any financial ties to the company. Michael Selley, MD, Angiogen Pharmaceuticals' CEO and founder, is listed as one of t...Johns Hopkins celebrates its first century of neuroscience
...n prevention. These scientists are probing genetic ties to diseases like bipolar disorder and Parkinson's, or looking for targets that might help prevent secondary damage that occurs after stroke, or trying to unravel the complex factors that lead to cells' death in diseases like muscular dystrophies and ...Insulin levels drop with progression of Alzheimer's disease, linked to tangles in brain
...eristic of advanced Alzheimer's disease. This work ties several concepts together, and demonstrates that Alzheimer's disease is quite possibly a Type 3 diabetes," de la Monte says. Earlier this year, de la Monte and co-authors provided the first evidence that insulin and its related proteins are produced ...Rein for pain lays mainly in the brain, Stanford researchers find
...y and his Stanford collaborators have no financial ties to the company. Other Stanford researchers involved in the study include Fumiko Maeda, MD, PhD, research associate; Gary Glover, PhD, professor of radiology, and John Pauly, PhD, associate professor of electrical engineering. Former Stanford collabor...Failure to resolve budget reconciliation leaves patients and doctors uncertain
...reconciliation packages." The SGR formula unfairly ties the fees paid for physician services to the performance of the overall economy. Because costs of taking care of an aging population, many of whom have multiple chronic diseases, continue to increase at a faster rate than overall growth in the econom...Online ear and hearing diagnosis to break sound barrier
...fessor Atlas said."The new decision support system ties in with our telemedicine program which is close to reaching commercialisation. (Ear telemedicine is a relatively new technology that enables patients with ear disease and hearing impairments to access ear specialists). "We are not suggesting that doc...Innovative approach affords Binghamton University researchers clearer view of autism
...he child is actually doing," said Romanczyk. "This ties into the subtleties of social interaction that we take for granted. You look at someone and you can tell by their body posture, their gestures, tone of voice, eye gaze and so on, what's being communicated. With children with autism, it's more difficu...UPMC joins Italian government to create $398 million biomedical research center in Sicily
...University of Pittsburgh and UPMC also have strong ties to venture capital firms in the U.S. and Europe, which could help to fuel the development of new biotechnology companies and a venture capital industry in Sicily. Construction of the BRBC, to be located between the towns of Carini and Cinisi, will b...Physician approaches to patient spirituality vary according to doctors' religious characteristics
...itual characteristics, the study found. "The close ties between belief and behavior," Curlin said, "suggests that physicians are unlikely to reach agreement any time soon about what is suitable." The researchers surveyed 2,000 practicing U.S. physicians from all specialties about their own attitudes and h...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for May 2, 2006
...in the nonsurgical group. Australian authors, with ties to the company that makes the adjustable gastric bands, note that the surgeons in the study had performed several hundred of the procedures and were experienced in providing follow-up and adjustment. Accompanying editorialists say that the surgery w...JRRD tipsheet: Focus on stroke, Parkinson's treatment, wheelchair durability
...st year poststroke, the average number of cohesive ties in narrative discourse remained constant, while the percentage of correct use of cohesive ties increased significantly during. These findings suggest that subtle disruptions in expressive languag...