Three cancer researchers win awards from ASTRO
...cognizes the top 1 percent of posters accepted for viewing at ASTRO's Annual Meeting. The poster presentations will be highlighted during the Presidential Poster Session and Reception as well as recognized in the meeting materials. Individuals are awarded a certificate of award and a ribbon. Dr. Harsolia is...More than just pretty faces for this brain region, says Stanford researcher
...0 times smaller than a traditional fMRI scan. Like viewing a grain of sugar rather than the whole cube, this allowed the team to "zoom in" on a hybrid of neural patches, each of which responds to a different category of objects. "We were able to see things we haven't before," said Grill-Spector. "What's re...New device may improve vision and mobility for people with tunnel vision
...mation through the transparent display, while also viewing a superimposed minified outline version of a wider visual field. The tiny computer-video system provides updated outline information 30 times per second. When a patient becomes aware of a possible obstacle or important object in the superimposed ou...Seeing two figures in coordinated action helps brain pick out movements of one
...ipants had to determine whether the dots they were viewing represented one or two figures. "We found that p...e is desynchronized, we can tolerate 10 dots. When viewing synchronized action, we can tolerate a minimum of 20 and up to 100 dots. Having the action coordinat...Smokers may be at greater risk of HIV infection
... recent international AIDS conferences, as well as viewing relevant websites and contacting experts in the field. Six studies assessed the association between cigarette smoking and becoming HIV positive. Five of them concluded that smokers ran a greater risk of this varying from around 60% to a more than tr...TV viewing and physical inactivity independently associated with metabolic risk in children
...d that there was a positive association between TV viewing and adiposity (fatness), but not with the overall ..., independently of obesity and other factors. TV viewing has previously been linked to metabolic-risk factors in youth. However, it had been unclear whether ...Study finds gender differences related to eating and body image
...snt sound that significant. However, if people are viewing "ideal-body media" regularly, their body-weight and health could be significantly affected, she said. For example, "If a woman is a regular user of ideal-body media such as fitness and fashion magazines, not to mention television programming featu...Embargoed Jan./Feb. Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...cal advertisements that ran during peak television viewing times, researchers found that 82 percent made some factual claim and 86 percent made rational arguments for product use, but few (26 percent) described condition causes, risk factors, or prevalence (25 percent). Ninety-five percent used emotional ap...MRI contrast agent can detect heart attack in the making
...ng. The effects of the contrast agent provided a viewing window of up to 48 hours. In addition, the strength of the signal correlated with the presence of the macrophage cells in which cholesterol accumulated. The more cholesterol-filled cells in an area, the brighter the signal. Development of the techn...Mayo Clinic solves painful puzzle of UT ligament split tear in wrist
... performed the ulnar fovea test on a patient while viewing the joint arthroscopically. "I saw that the source of the pain was exactly where I was pressing," he says. "When I cleared some of the blood vessel debris from the area, it became apparent that what had initially looked like a normal ligament was in ...Drama can help educate and motivate, research shows
...opinion to somewhat agree and strongly agree after viewing it. After seeing the play, participants were le...th others in the community or donated money, after viewing the play 43 percent reported intentions to volunteer, 55 percent intended to talk about substance is...Culture sculpts neural response to visual stimuli, new research indicates
...ed the eye movements of East Asians and Westerners viewing identical images, found that Westerners were more attentive to central, or dominant, objects, while East Asians paid more attention to the background, or scene. The use of fMRI technology allowed the researchers to determine which brain regions wer...Weill Cornell researchers use 'Virtual Iraq' simulation to study post-traumatic stress disorder
...al (heart rate, stress hormones) and anxiety while viewing the simulation -- as well as suppressing memories after viewing the simulation -- affect the ability to remember the scenario and suppress intrusive scenario memori...SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
...instructions to download the electrocardiogram for viewing on a smart phone. The file also includes the phone number of the paramedic who initiated transmission of the electrocardiogram, so the cardiologist can immediately be in contact with the ambulance crew. Patients who are clearly having a heart attack ...International cooperation boosts EarthCARE
...e measured using a broadband radiometer with three viewing directions (nadir, forward and backward), in order to link the observed three-dimensional cloud and aerosol structures to the actual radiances and radiative fluxes. EarthCARE will not only evolve our understanding of the climate system and improve ...Lilly studies try to shed light on impact of race
...domized Phase III trial in the treatment of NSCLC, viewing data outcomes and toxicity data of 128 African-Americans compared with 906 Caucasians. The trial was designed to compare the efficacy of GEMZAR plus carboplatin with GEMZAR plus paclitaxel and a reference regimen of carboplatin plus paclitaxel. Data ...Young children's taste preferences may be influenced by fast-food branding
...exposure to McDonalds food and toys and television viewing habits. A total of 63 children completed the study and performed a total of 304 individual tasting comparisons. On average, children preferred the tastes of foods and drinks in the McDonalds packaging over the same foods in unmarked packaging (48...Sports concussion research using fMRI provides insight for safe return-to-play decisions
...nning techniques such as MRI and CT are helpful in viewing changes to the brain anatomy in more severe cases, but cannot identify subtle brain-related changes that are believed to occur on a metabolic rather than an anatomic level. fMRI can determine, through measurement of cerebral blood flow and metabolic ...Theory of facial aging gets a facelift from UT Southwestern researchers
...kin and wrinkles. This is a revolutionary way of viewing facial anatomy. It not only tells us how we age, it shows us why we age the way we do, and why every part of the face, from the eyelids to the cheeks, ages differently, said Dr. Rod Rohrich, chairman of plastic surgery and senior author of the study....Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
...s and videos the bigger the effect. The amount of viewing does matter. Co-authors of the study are Dr. Dimi... larger project looking at the trajectory of media viewing in the first two years of life and examining the content of what is being watched and its effects on...