Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
... most dentists are not closely linked to hospitals with their related network of support systems that help facilitate clinical research in medicine. "That is where the genius of a practice-based network comes in: the NYU project, known as the PEARL (Practitioners Engaged in Applied Research and Lear...Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
... people who have suffered brain damage or in those with a rare congenital condition, and research by Carne...oral associate Galia Avidan have found that people with congenital prosopagnosia--in which their ability to recognize faces is impaired from birth--are not ...Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment
...ew study suggests. The study included 198 patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. About half of the pa.... MDCT is now more widely used to examine patients with suspected pulmonary embolism. It allows radiologists to see more of the arteries throughout the lung...Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
...he findings in a total of 900 bones in 15 patients with breast cancer who underwent both SPECT and PET. Th...ast cancer metastasis. Up to 90% of patients dying with distant breast cancer have bone metastases. Bone is also the most frequent recurrence site after tre...BI-RADS lexicon for ultrasound useful for differentiating benign from malignant solid masses
...ear circumscribed at ultrasound are generally seen with benign masses. While this is true in general, our study showed that 10% of masses with circumscribed margins at sonography were malignant. Therefore, circumscribed margins alone would not...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...zyme regulation. This background provided Cantley with insight into the biochemical, structural and dynam...ulty of Tufts University School of Medicine where, with colleagues, he examined the biochemical mechanisms of cellular response to oncogenes and growth fact...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
... traditionally underrepresented in cancer research with financial support to participate in the premier in... receive $1,800 for use toward expenses associated with attending the AACR Annual Meeting or Special Conferences. A committee of the AACR Minorities in Canc...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...children and the need for pediatricians to partner with community-based organizations, state and local gov...e a meaningful impact on health, we have to engage with the community to confront these problems." The supplement details several models for community-based...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...ve more lasting effects because it equips patients with the tools they need to learn how to manage their p... was twice as large as the other two, were treated with paroxetine (Paxil). Lithium or desipramine was also given, as necessary. After 16 weeks of treat...Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
...emselves, feeling guilty, or having a relationship with a partner become worse. The study findings also sh...parents, health care providers and others who work with youth," Halpern-Felsher said. "When we counsel adolescents about the risks and benefits associated w...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
... on the internet about the health risks associated with the consumption of smokeless tobacco usually overs...mented. Different tobacco products are associated with different levels of health risks, and smokeless tobacco (the most popular form of which in Europe an...Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
...to cause abnormalities in brain regions associated with selective attention and regions associated with memory, according to background information in the article. Recent animal and human studies suggest ...Different antipsychotic medications may have different effects on brain volume
...first psychotic episode, patients who were treated with an atypical antipsychotic medication had less change in brain volume compared with patients treated with a conventional antipsychotic medication, according to an article in the April ...In treatment of depression, cognitive therapy and medication both effective
...acebo-controlled trials, especially in individuals with more severe depression. Cognitive therapy has also...ompared the efficacy of antidepressant medications with cognitive therapy in 240 moderately to severely depressed patients. Study participants were randomly...Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
...ims during 2002, the researchers report. For those with claims, 6.2 percent used an alternative profession... less likely for malesand more likely for children with cancer, children with low back pain, and children with adult family members who use CAM," the author...Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
...gnitive deficits that lead to decreased competence with peers; and that television violence may produce ag...mount of television watching at four years of age, with later bullying, reported at ages six through 11. Statistical methods were used to determine whether ...Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
...o stimulate the growth of blood vessels associated with tumors, also contributes in unexpected ways to the...as more rapidly and more extensively than did mice with normal VEGF-A expression. Both strains of mice had increased levels of angiogenesis associated with...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...ot of the problem and we must equip our physicians with the knowledge and skills to work in a community en...reer in medicine, advanced competencies in working with communities and the acquisition of life-long leadership skills relevant to careers in both subspecia...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...ents who are not able to achieve weight-loss goals with diet and exercise alone. The guidelines, "Pharmaco...2005, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. People with a body mass index (BMI) over 30 might consider drug therapy after an appropriate trial of diet and e......ents who are not able to achieve weight-loss goals with diet and exercise alone (Clinical Guidelines, p. 525). ACP guidelines apply to patients with body mass indices (BMIs) over 30. Patients with BMIs over 30 might consider drug therapy. Surgery i...