In women, caffeine may protect memory
...before we can start promoting caffeine intake as a way to reduce cognitive decline. But the results are interesting caffeine use is already widespread and it has fewer side effects than other treatments for cognitive decline, and it requires a relatively small amount for a beneficial effect. The study...Old McDonald's has a hold on kids' taste buds, Stanford/Packard study finds
...emendous trust that the private sector will find a way to offer better products and still make a profit," said Robinson, "but we've seen a lot of promises go by the wayside over the years. No one is going to propose we totally stop industries from promoting their products. But there is a very good argume...Backache sufferers who fear pain change movements
...le who fear aggravating a backache will change the way they move to prevent more pain, a new study finds. But doing so may set the stage for further injury, researchers warn. In a study published in the journal Spine, Ohio University researchers Jim Thomas and Christopher France examined 36 adults who...ACC/AHA release revised UA/NSTEMI guidelines
...agnostic angiography and revascularization as the way to treat UA/NSTEMI patients. The revised guidelines differentiate more extensively between high- and low-risk UA/NSTEMI groups, and recommend an early invasive strategy for unstable and high risk patients, with an initial conservative (non-invasive) ...Trial stops after stroke and mortality significantly reduced by blood
...fromblood pressure lowering medication in the same way as younger people.Our results are great news for people in this age group because theysuggest that where they have high blood pressure, such treatment can cuttheir chances of dying as well as stroke." The Steering Committee of HYVET accepted on 12t...Researchers link metal ions to neurodegenerative disease
...tal ions bind to amyloid fibrils in the brain in a way that appears toxic to neurons. Amyloid fibrils are...specific ways, the researchers found that only one way appears toxic. The findings will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, E...Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases
...eases. But it is possible that this is a non-toxic way to regulate them. We need further study on humans to determine the full effects. ...World's largest respiratory health study launches next phase
...nvironments. Studying siblings is a very important way to identify how diseases group within families. It...ythat has been running for almost 40 years all the way back to 1968. We look forward to theoutcomes of the follow-up studies including that of the siblings...It's time to look at health risks in a new light, authors say
...s, the researchers believe they have found a fresh way to help the average reader assess common health ri...u can look at the data in medical studies the same way you look at environmental data. We did, and we found that the there was a lot of uncertainly in thes...U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
...tion that more and higher quality schooling is the way out of poverty, Reynolds said. Children who were enrolled in the CPC program were generally more socially engaged and educationally adept, Reynolds said. These benefits derived from the early impacts of the program on school readiness, achievement,...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...s going to have different points of view about the way the NHS should be run. But the places which succeed are those where they have transcended this and where they see these different points of view as a strength. Becky points to power struggles within the NHS as a source of difficulties: Over the pas...RAND, Health Dialog form alliance to create tools to evaluate health-care quality and efficiency
...stry pioneers in health care analytics to pave the way for a new provider performance measurement system that will provide best-in-class capabilities for measuring quality and efficiency in the U.S. healthcare market. Under the agreement, Health Dialog will license a vast repository of quality measures...New oxidation methods streamline synthesis of important compounds
...ns and higher yields, this toolbox will change the way chemists make molecules. Currently, chemists must make molecules by beginning with something that is already oxidized. But, having to start with that functionality means it must be carried and protected throughout the entire synthetic sequence. A...Mapping mountains from space with GOCE
...pedition called the Geodetic Journey is making its way through China and Tibet to highlight the importance of geodesy and how an accurate model of the geoid from ESA's GOCE mission will lead to a unified system for measuring heights. Geodesy is concerned with measuring and mapping the shape of the Eart...Study says normal but out-of-control enzyme may be culprit that signals some cells to become cancer
..., a cancer-causing agent or a hormone may find its way from the bloodstream to the outer membrane of a cell. After its arrival, it sets off a chain of reactions, or signals, inside the cell. Some of these signals take the form of certain enzymes activating others. Eventually, the news reaches the genetic...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
...Dekker has developed a system to study the complex way in which chromosomes are regulated. By comparing cancer and normal cells, the research has the potential to uncover defects in chromosome regulation that cause malignancy, which may lead to advances in combating cancerous cells in the body. Walla...Takeda responds to the FDA advisory committee recommendation
...oVascular Events) study, since the only scientific way to determine a medications safety is a prospective, long-term trial. About the PROactive Study PROactive was a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled outcomes trial. The PROactive study included 5,238 patients with type 2 diabetes and a ...Nottingham center to help UK to meet its carbon targets
... Chemical and Environmental Engineering, said: The way we will approach this problem is unique. The CICCS will bring together engineers, mathematicians, bioscientists, geographers, geologists and end-users in a hot-house environment that encourages creative problem-solving. The Centre will promote int...From UF and IBM, a blueprint for 'smart' health care
...sage or e-mail, the technology also could pave the way for people to share real-time information on their health or well-being with absent loved ones. And it could prove useful for doctors who need to keep tabs on many patients at one time by helping the doctors to prioritize whom to treat first. We ca...Medical students respond positively to simulated patient experience
... good or outstanding, and 99 percent felt the same way about the presentation. Fitch, whose Ph.D. is in neuroscience and who directs the Emergency Departments simulation program, was asked by James Johnson, Ph.D., who directs the neuroscience courses taught to first- and second-year students, to develo...