'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
...ng. "We thought that maybe we could come up with a way to systematically connect the gene activity seen with microarrays to imaging patterns, to translate meaning into three different types of languages, from genes to images and then to outcome of the disease process." Their method was similar to what ...Researchers investigate impact of lifestyle on GI health
...s. "A well-planned vegetarian diet is a healthy way to meet your nutritional needs," said Yogesh M. Shastri, M.D., of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany and previously a co-author of this study at TMH, Mumbai, India. "The exact mechanism by which life long vegetarianism ma...UPMC begins study of heart support device as a bridge to transplantation
...s a centrifugal design allowing it to operate in a way that responds to exercise more like the natural heart. According to the American Heart Association, more than 5 million Americans are diagnosed with heart disease and 550,000 patients are newly diagnosed each year. Despite the significant resources...HIV's effect on white blood cells questioned by new research
...e blood cells can be identified, it could pave the way for potential new approaches to treatment....Transplanting human gut bugs into mice helps understanding of metabolic system
...sanne, Switzerland, found that microbes affect the way fats are absorbed and metabolised, by affecting bi...cids are also hormonal regulators which change the way fat is processed in the liver, so changes made by gut microbes to bile acid metabolism can affect th...Vacuum cleaning ineffective in allergy avoidance
...culate air filter) filtration which is finding its way into some very affordable models." Dust mite allergen exposure can be reduced by: Washing bedding items weekly in hot water (55 degrees C or more, special anti-mite additives provide little additional benefit over hot water with normal detergent...Study: Chain-owned nursing homes hurt by too much standardization
...res throughout the chain. "Standardization is a way to think about changing service delivery across many areas, including administrative and clinical processes and even within facility layout," said Banaszak-Holl. Chains that over-emphasize administrative processes don't take advantage of how much the...Veterans exposed to Agent Orange have higher rates of prostate cancer recurrence
... be stored in body fat and is believed to make its way into the cell nucleus and work as a tumor promoter. In the past, relatively higher mortality rates have been found in chemical plant workers and farmers with prostate cancer who were exposed to dioxin, the researchers write in their abstract. Dioxi...Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
... enter the other nerve segment and then work their way through to their end targets (skin, muscle, etc). ...enerating nerve fibers. They have also developed a way to make these aligned nanofibers bioactive by attaching various biochemicals directly onto the surfa...Drug eluting nanostructured coatings enable targeted drug therapy for orthopedic patients
...ral side effects associated with taking drugs this way which can be very painful for the patient. However, by placing the drugs on to the surface of these implants, we can deliver them right where they are needed and can avoid larger doses and side effects. The nanostructured coating on the implant surf...SCAI highlights study using wireless technology to speed care of heart attack patients
...h as angioplasty and stenting. "We have found a way to receive electrocardiograms from home, from another hospital, from our carsanywhere we are," said Vivek N. Dhruva, D.O., academic chief fellow in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jerse...Bali bomb lessons helped shape Australia's mental health response to terrorism and trauma
... staff worked together in a much more co-ordinated way to help the victims of the second bombing" he says. "They also recognised that the mental health nurses could provide them with the support they needed to handle the trauma." ...How insulin-producing cells develop -- new finding could help fight against diabetes
...n 'extrinsic' factor like glucose can regulate the way in which insulin secreting cells develop we may eventually be able to reverse defects in the growth of these cells in patients with diabetes. Research like ours is opening up whole new sets of targets for drug treatments." The researchers reached ...Commonly used drug offers promise for premature babies
... reliever used to treat arthritis, may offer a new way to reduce the risk of the most common cause of bra...nant women in the near future. Overall, the best way to prevent the problem, doctors say, is to do everything possible to allow a pregnant woman to carry...JCI table of contents -- May 17, 2007
...Institut des Vaisseaux et du Sang, Paris, report a way in which the potential of EPCs to form new blood vessels can be enhanced. During vessel development, 2 proteins EphB4 and ephrin-B2 are expressed in the endothelium that lines blood vessels. Tobelem et al. showed that EphB4 activation with an eph...Mayor of New York proposes preventing 100 million deaths from tobacco
... 18.4%. It says: "Taxation is the most effective way to reduce tobacco use, and it accounted for more than half the decline attributed to New York's comprehensive programme." The effects of smuggling, anti-tobacco advertising, marketing tactics by tobacco companies, direct and indirect advertising ba...Innovative education scheme sees fewer rugby players suffering spinal injuries
...on the reduction in spinal injuries. There is no way for example to take into account evidence from international matches which indicates a long-term decrease in the number of scrums per match. He concludes that while it is unclear whether the programme has had an effect on injuries suffered during ...Scientists develop method to track immune system enzyme in live animals
... or deregulated is that there has not been an easy way to visualize the enzymes action in a living animal until now. To address this issue, Dr. Casellas and his colleagues created transgenic mice that had a green fluorescent protein derived from jellyfish fused to the AID enzyme. In these transgenic a...Ruling out pulmonary embolism with a simple bedside protocol
...ule-out Criteria, or the PERC rule, functions as a way to rule out clots in the lung. The blood test, called D-Dimer, has a very low specificity for PE, leading to many false positives. The CT scan costs $2500, has the potential for kidney damage in 1 in 12 patients, and has a heavy radiation dose that i...Some children are born with 'temporary deafness' and do not require cochlear implant
... deafness" among young children, looking to find a way to identify those who will recover and those who will not....