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Brain Surgery Without the Surgery?

...ompson, an associate professor of neurosurgery who directs the U-M Neurovascular Program. “An example is the use of stents, which bolster the coils that we place inside the aneurysm to seal it off. They reduce the risk of a stroke related to the coils.” Another new technology just became available for pati...

Supreme Court's Order is a Vindication of Our Stand: AIIMS Medicos

...alaries to the striking medicos "only if the court directs them to do so". (Source: IANS)...

AIIMS Doctors yet to Get Pay; Pro-Quota Activists Attack UPA Govt

...an take necessary action only after the government directs it. "We respect the court order and will follow the health ministry directives (in this regard)," an AIIMS spokesman said. Meanwhile, pro-quota activists lashed out at the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for its "dual policy" on quota. "...

Serotonin the Answer for Anti-Obesity Treatment

...lmquist, who recently left Harvard Medical School, directs the newly formed Center for Hypothalamic Research at UT Southwestern. The center, along with the Taskforce for Obesity Research, a National Institutes of Health Interdisciplinary Research Center, is part of the institution's effort to investigate the...

Heart disease and strokes connected to a motor protein mechanism

...Service's zip code system used to process mail and directs it to its final destination. "A city as a large as New York City has several different zip codes and a central post office must be present to scan and read these zip codes so the letters can reach their intended destinations," Kalodimos explains. "...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Is Familial

...may play a role in the onset of the disorder. He directs the U-M Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division's Pediatric Anxiety and Tic Disorders Program, which treats young patients whose OCD may be related to an infection. That disorder, called PANDAS for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Assoc...

Computerized Patient Used to Teach Science to Medical Students

....” Fitch, whose Ph.D. is in neuroscience and who directs the emergency department’s simulation program, was asked by James Johnson, Ph.D., who directs the neuroscience courses taught to first- and second-year students, to develop a simulation to help ...

American War Veterans Not Receiving Enough Care For PTSD

...id the community-based VA mental health clinic she directs in West Haven, Conn, has no waiting period, “We get people in right away.” Larry Scott, editor of http://vawatchdog.org , said mental health clinics in Portland, Ore, are just not up to the mark with fewer staff members to treat a growing number of v...

Adult stem cells are sensitive to responses from the environment

...riggers an internal chemical signal that, in turn, directs the cell to differentiate. "The cytoskeleton uses motors that, like our muscles, are based on the mechanical tension created by molecules of actin and myosin," Engler said. "When we deprive these stem cells of myosin, the cells do not respond to t...

Salmeterol - to be used in combination & only when required

...han beneficial, effect," said Weinberger, who also directs the UI Division of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Diseases. Advair, made by GlaxoSmithKine, contains salmeterol in addition to an inhaled corticosteroid and is extensively marketed, Weinberger said. It is one of the most commonly prescribed mainte...

Plateau Reached in the Battle against Breast Cancer

...t a fair number of women." Nancy E. Davidson, who directs the breast cancer center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said, "It's good news -- very happy news. We've been concerned because breast cancer has been rising for some time. The notion that it's plateauing is very good news." The report has...

Fight Back Against Inherited Sudden-Death Heart Condition

...fe and peace of mind, says Sharlene Day, M.D., who directs the U-M’s HCM Clinic, one of only seven specialized programs for HCM patients in the nation. It brings together heart and genetic specialists who treat both adults and children. But getting diagnosed is still a challenge, says Day, an assistant pro...

Metastasis Of Ocular Melanoma To Liver Can Now Be Calculated

...evelop metastasis in the liver," says Harbour, who directs the ocular oncology service at the School of Medicine. "Ocular melanoma has a strong propensity to spread to the liver, and when it does, it usually leads to death within a very short time." Doctors have known for many years that patient age, tumou...

"Dynamic Energy Landscape" of enzyme in Catalysis

... the "dynamic energy landscape" of the enzyme that directs it to a specific pathway that reduces the number and dimension of the energetic barriers to these catalytic changes. The study of the structure of the excited-state of protein may prove useful for drug design. "There is a growing awareness that the...

Efforts to Check Uncontrolled use of Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance

... N. Doebbeling, M.D., M.Sc., who led the study. He directs the IU Center for Health Services and Outcomes Res...f Institute and the IU School of Medicine. He also directs the VA Center for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice. The study looked at measures to prevent de...

Protein as Potential Tactic to Prevent Tumors

... “quality control check” during cell division also directs cell death for those cells damaged during// duplication. This knowledge represents a potential “bulls eye” for targeting anti-tumor drugs. The findings appear in the current issue of Science. The researchers examined a protein called cyclin-depende...

Team Tracks Genetic Origins of Eye Cancer

...rovements in treatment strategies," said Nath, who directs WVU’s interdisciplinary graduate programs in genetics and developmental biology. Nath's research has focused on cytogenetics, the study of chromosomes, throughout his 40-year career. "While gene therapy has enjoyed limited success to date, knowing ...

Lesser Calories for Longer Life

...a gerontologist at the University of Wisconsin who directs research on the monkeys. Many scientists regard the study of life extension as a national priority. Government census data has shown that the number of Americans 65 and older will double in the next 25 years to about 72 million by which time seniors...

Proteins in lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis

...e to chromosome 20. A genetic locus in this region directs the production of a family of at least 10 proteins. Some of the proteins are short, referred to as "SPLUNCs," while others are long, referred to as "LPLUNCs." Researchers have found that these proteins locate in specific places in the bodies of hea...

India warned of Impending AIDS Disaster

...ations official. According to Ashok Alexander who directs the $258-million Indian HIV-prevention project, "The signs are still ominous." He said that the rising prevalence of HIV in more than 100 districts in which the foundation operates showed that a decade of government efforts had still not slowed the ...

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