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Eurekalert Medical and Health News: 02-08-2005
Participants will sample wines that illustrate the effects of regional climate on wine quality, as well as wines containing a compound that may protect against cancer and heart disease.
Throughout the year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) selects faculty members in minority-serving institutions who have shown excellence and dedication in the field of cancer research. They come from institutions which are historically Black, predominantly Hispanic, and Tribal Colleges and Universities.
Each year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) presents awards to minority scholars who have made an impact in cancer research, and show potential to continue to do so in the future.
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has granted a scholarship to two outstanding women in cancer research through the AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR) Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Award in Cancer Research program.
When elderly people need assistance with the activities of daily life, one might assume that the best people to care for them would be the ones who know them best--their spouses. But, as a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh report in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, being married to one's caregiver could be a prescription for abuse.
A steroid hormone released during the metabolism of progesterone, the female sex hormone, reduces the brain's response to stress, according to research in rats. The scientists found evidence that the progesterone metabolite allopregnanolone reduces the brain's response to corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a peptide hormone that plays an important role in the stress response in animals. The finding could provide a new drug target for treating anxiety and depression in women.
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed the first mathematical model of a canine cardiac cell that incorporates a vital calcium regulatory pathway , with implications for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.
Analysis by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers of 278 parental views on sexually transmitted diseases vaccination for children found that severity of possible infection and effectiveness of a vaccine weighed heavily in the decision-making process for parents.
Physicians found that signs, symptoms and identifiable risk factors are absent in more than half of the mothers of infants with congenital toxoplasmosis in a national study of children with this disease. More than half of the pregnant women who were at risk for acute infection with Toxoplasma gondii could not be identified by history or routine examination.
In an effort to harness the crime solving potential of DNA technology, the Interactive Media Laboratory (IML) at Dartmouth Medical School will train professionals to manage DNA evidence under the terms of a $1.6 million grant, awarded by the National Institute of Justice and the Office on Violence Against Women. IML will develop virtual computer-based training programs to educate personnel in the criminal justice system on the collection, preservation, and use of DNA biological evidence.
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has published a new patient information brochure Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers: Facts to Help People Understand Their Treatment Options to help educate patients and their families about the treatments available for gynecologic cancers.
Nano-sized particles embedded with bright, light-emitting molecules have enabled Penn researchers to visualize a tumor more than one centimeter below the skin surface using only infrared light. The polymersomes - artificial cell-like vesicles - target specific markers on the surface of tumors. When exposed to near-infrared light, the molecules embedded within the polymersome respond with a detectable infrared signal. The emissive polymersomes represent the first optical imaging platform based on "soft matter."
And in news that's just in time for Valentine's Day, the Carsons have -- for what they believe is the first time -- extended to couples a form of meditation that has stood the test of time by lasting more than 2,500 years. A study they conducted together at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, along with feedback from participants, shows they appear to be on to something good.
An international team of physicists that includes a Texas A&M University professor has announced discovery of a new spintronic effect in semiconductor chips, the intrinsic spin Hall effect, which puts a new twist on future technology and the possibility for novel circuits with low energy consumption.
North American adults have problems perceiving and reproducing irregular rhythms. That's what past studies have shown, and some new research has addressed the question of whether our seeming inability to dance to a different tune should be chalked up to nature or culture. New findings point to a harmonious blend of both.
Children who suffer from acute asthma attacks share a genetic profile that appears to be unique to these children, according to a new study by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The discovery opens the door to the possibility of designing treatments specifically tailored to children who suffer from the severest forms of asthma.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to DOXIL. (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection) for the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer whose disease has progressed or recurred after platinum-based chemotherapy.
Researchers report this week that older adults who have higher proportions of four periodontal-disease-causing bacteria inhabiting their mouths also tend to have thicker carotid arteries, a strong predictor of stroke and heart attack.
The International HapMap Consortium, boosted by an additional $3.3 million in public-private support, today announced plans to create an even more powerful map of human genetic variation than originally envisioned. The map will accelerate the discovery of genes related to common diseases, such as asthma, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
Scientists in the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University have developed a new diagnostic tool that can quickly and objectively identify disordered auditory processing of sound, a problem associated with learning impairments in many children. With early detection, these children have a high likelihood of benefiting from remediation strategies involving auditory training.
An Indiana University physician and nurse at Riley Hospital for Children have written a book containing both medical and practical everyday advice for families who have children who are HIV positive. Free copies of the book have been sent to pediatric HIV programs around the country.
A UC Irvine Stroke Center study reveals how plaque in the main neck artery plays a critical role in creating blood clots that greatly increase the risk of stroke.
Measuring the quantity of a certain type of immune cell DNA in the blood could help physicians predict whether a bone marrow stem cell transplant will successfully restore a population of infection-fighting cells called T lymphocytes in a child.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified the mechanisms behind the serious, congenital heart condition that can sometimes develop in children of women with a rheumatic disease.
"Databasing the Brain" is the first book to comprehensively cover neuroinformatics, from relevant computational science and modeling issues to its diverse applications. It discusses the state-of-the-art informatic tools and models and how they are being applied to clinical and basic research. In addition to presenting new ways to acquire, store, visualize, analyze, integrate, synthesize, and share data, this book demonstrates how data obtained using different species, levels of biological organization, and methods can be integrated.
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