AASM to school-bound: Sleep is the right ingredient for academic success
...directors, notes that, just as one wouldnt start a trip with a half-full tank of gas, children and teens need to obtain a proper amount of sleep during the night to complete the school day successfully. Many children, and especially teens, alter their sleep-wake schedules and maintain a later bedtime, s...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...head and neck. Whereas CT scans usually require a trip to a different facility or department, MiniCAT's one-square-meter footprint enables it to be installed at the point-of-care, which includes installation within a specific department at a hospital, a surgical or imaging center, or a doctor's office. ...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
... currently in use require a woman to make a second trip to the clinic to receive her test results. In practice, this means that many mothers in poor countries, especially in rural areas, dont find out they are infected in time to receive treatment to save their babies. In a study published in the open-...Healthy schools project gets an 'A'
...he overall winning team receives an "active" field trip of their choice. Previous years winners have chosen a softball game with healthy snacks, a swimming party and a rock climbing demonstration. Reinforcing change In addition to teaching students healthy habits, Project Healthy Schools aims to mak...Travel ban could reduce spread of SARS or other infectious diseases
...ncluded, regardless of the destination, aim of the trip and the mode of transport. The authors then tested scenarios where the infection outbreak started in Stockholm and where travel between towns and cities was subsequently restricted. The results of the simulations show that restricting travel so tha...... put only two items on your plate during any given trip to the table. Return as many times as you like, but only take two items each time. Meticulous studies outline why we are consistently influenced, but they also provide the silver lining. If we know that we tend to pour 28% more into short wide glasse......ion in advance of prolonged sun exposure such as a trip to the beach. Researchers are touting this approach as a novel way to protect individuals from cancer-causing sun damage. "What is exciting to us as scientists and physicians is the possibility of reducing skin cancer by making skin more impervious ...New device may improve vision and mobility for people with tunnel vision
...ion can often cause the individual to bump into or trip over obstacles. "Navigating city streets or buildings can be quite challenging," says Dr. Gang Luo, the study's first author, adding that for a person with tunnel vision, finding a misplaced item is like searching for a key in a dark room using a ti...New UF tool measures heart implant patients' anxiety
...iving long distances. Before setting out on a road trip to California to visit family, Burns researched and made a list of every medical center along the route that could treat ICD patients. Now a new tool from the University of Florida can help health-care providers identify which patients may need ps...New long-distance wireless networking developed at UC Berkeley brings eye care to India
...Ph.D. students in computer science, made a one-day trip to Aravind. "I did an initial survey and realized that the telemedicine project that they wanted to do was a really good fit. They had this need, and we had a solution," Surana said. Surana returned to Aravind with other TIER members four months la...Quick trip to cath lab best for women with acute coronary syndromes
...te coronary syndrome benefit as much as men from a trip to the cardiac cath lab shortly after being hospitalized, according to a study reported at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago, May 1013. (Time of presentation: Thursday, May ...Should heart attack care be more like trauma care? Study suggests regional system could be feasible
...rcent of Americans live within an hour's ambulance trip of an angioplasty-performing hospital. The Univers...American adults lived within a 60 minute ambulance trip of an angioplasty hospital, there was tremendous variation across the nation. In the mid-Atlantic st......mple, first encountered it in the early 1990s on a trip to the former Soviet Union. Ziskin was intrigued but extremely skeptical about the alleged power of millimeter wave therapy because only positive results had been reported. "Although there were many studies of millimeter wave therapy in the Russian...UK Select Committee on Science and Technology does not appropriately scrutinize British science
...Lancet. In a Nov 30 inquiry into the MRC's recent trip to southeast Asia, the CST panel members showed themselves to be ill-informed about use of research in public policy, and to have scant knowledge of the activities of the funding bodies they supposedly monitor. They assailed MRC head Colin Blakemore ...Major advances in techniques, devices, medications spur update of PCI guidelines
...suffering the crushing pain of a heart attack, the trip of a lifetime may be to a hospital prepared to quickly open the blocked artery by inflating a small balloon and inserting a tiny metal structure called a stent to act as permanent scaffolding. The goal: to restore blood flow to the heart muscle withi...Keeping kids safe & healthy on Halloween
...r-treaters by removing anything that a child could trip over and by replacing any burned-out outdoor light bulbs....Second implant of US Pilot Trial achieved
... He said he was just two days away from making the trip when he became sick. The VentrAssist has now been implanted in more than 30 patients globally. Other leading hospitals to take part in the VentrAssist US study include the Cleveland Clinic, Columbia University, the University of Minnesota and the Un...... of Nutrition . What is so good about soy? A quick trip through the health-food section of any grocery will reveal several labels touting soy content, but most Americans do not know much about soy beyond a vague idea that it is a healthy food. In his JACN article, Anderson reports on his investigation int...Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
...d the opportunity to return on an all-expense-paid trip to judge next year's National Patient Counseling Competition. Edwards, who won the same package last year, served as a judge for the first round but not the final. Alex Varkey, a fellow UH pharmacy student and APhA ASP national president, shared in...Jefferson Lab scientists build small-animal imager for German Cancer Research Center
...r components and the electronics rack. During this trip we'll hand-carry the delicate electronics. Once there, our job will be to assemble the imaging device, get it up and running, and conduct a system calibration," Smith explained. "We'll also use this opportunity to teach the researchers how to use the...