Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy
...ewari explains. "Together, these structures form a kind of sphincter that must remain strong and supported to maintain urinary continence." Numerous attempts have been made to modify prostatectomy and preserve continence, but none have proven ideal. Trying to find a better way, Drs. Tewari and Vaughan r...NIH Awards Emory $3.6 Million for Schizophrenia Gene Research
... "By helping us identify CNVs, we believe this new kind of chip technology may lead us to the specific genes that influence schizophrenia and other major psychiatric diseases," Dr. Warren says. The schizophrenia project is the first involvement in a disorder other than fragile X syndrome in over a decad...Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy
...ewari explains. "Together, these structures form a kind of sphincter that must remain strong and supported to maintain urinary continence." Numerous attempts have been made to modify prostatectomy and preserve continence, but none have proven ideal. Trying to find a better way, Drs. Tewari and Vaughan r...Furious Reaction to insensitive Caption of the Picture of Abandoned Baby Girl
...f saying, the headline was not intended to be some kind of moral judgment against that mother. When you ... argue most people say, not to drift off into some kind of academic expostulation about what the causes for the baby being dumped outside a hospital, but to...Hundreds of Children Exposed to Pesticide in US
...ublic safety," said spokeswoman Donna Uchida. "Any kind of use of a pesticide has a labeling requirement that is imposed to protect human health and the environment."...Now Fingerprints can Be Used to Detect Drugs and Diseases Instead of Blood Samples
...rints could soon be used to find out not only the kind of drugs that people, especially criminals, could be on, but also identify diseases. Lead researcher, David A. Russell, and his team expect that this could soon help people gain information about the lifestyle of the person whose fingerprints have ...Yoga Enthusiasts Oppose Patenting Yoga Overseas
...ge like yoga violates the art. "Patenting of any kind is highly unjustified and when it comes to patenting yoga, it is even more criminal. The entire issue of patenting is very corporate," Navtej Johar of Abhyas, a yoga centre in the capital, told IANS Wednesday. "Patenting an invention is understood ...Saving Powers Of The Ocean On The Wane
...s is serious. All climate models predict that this kind of 'feedback' will continue and intensify during this century." Oceans are believed to absorb about one-quarter to one- half of human-related carbon emissions linked to global warming. They are massive sinks that absorb such greenhouse gases. ...Natural-Birth Centers In U.S Pulling Down The Shutters
...'It changes the experience. It doesn't promote the kind of happy, healthy, relaxed, normal experience I think birth should be.' In 2002, midwives attended about 12,500 births in Maryland, Virginia and the District, according to the American College of Nurse-Midwives. Those accounted for almost 8 percent...NIH Study Normal Brain Development in Children Across US
...t brain scans by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), a kind of MRI. While conventional MRI allows clinicians and researchers to visualize different parts of the brain, DTI allows them to see the networks of fibers that connect these parts. To peer into the normal developing brain, the investigators sought c...Southern Oceans Ability to Absorb CO2 Has Reached a Saturation Point: Study
...s is serious. All climate models predict that this kind of 'feedback' will continue and intensify during this century. The Earth's carbon sinks of which the Southern Ocean accounts for 15 percent absorb about half of all human carbon emissions. With the Southern Ocean reaching its saturation point, more...Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine
...ream-of-the-crop students. They have delivered the kind of results that even seasoned professionals might not have delivered.' Truong said his company is in talks to fund further research in Maos lab to refine the strips so that they can dispense the Aridis rotavirus vaccine. Animal testing could begin ...Simple Lifestyle Diet Changes can Diffuse 'Cancer Timebomb'
...r,' the Daily Mail quoted him, as saying. 'This kind of increase cannot be explained by anything genetic. It's almost certainly a function of behaviour. It's something we can do something about,' he added. 'There has been plenty of attention recently on the problems of obesity, but a lot of people s...Retinol Lotions Enhances Skin, Reduces Overall Aging
...c, double-blind study showing that it improves any kind of aging photoaging as well as natural aging, said co-author John J. Voorhees, M.D., the Duncan and Ella Poth Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at the U-M Medical School. You can rub it anywhere, and it will help t...Researchers Use Gene Therapy to Restore Eyesight in Blind Mice
...dy this cone-targeted gene therapy is first on its kind and has great implications for a number of degenerative diseases. "This is the first to my knowledge of a cone-targeted gene therapy that restores function in an animal model where cones are the primary defect," Weleber said. "This validates the ...Work Less to Sustain Planet Earth, Say Activists
... mandates 32 vacation days per yearIt's just those kind of values Schmidt has tried to encourage in his Wo...ork such as art, music, creativity, community, the kind necessary to create a healthy society and planet, is being negated in favor of that."...Study Refutes Theory on HIV's Effect on White Blood Cells
...If the specific process by which HIV depletes this kind of white blood cells can be identified, it could pave the way for potential new approaches to treatment," said Professor Stark. The study has been published in PLoS Medicine....Not Only Mobile Phones, Even Passengers can Increase the Risk of Road Accidents
...in which the risk can be reduced. Research of this kind can provide an excellent basis for examining road safety policy, with the opportunity to reduce both mobile phone-related and passenger-related crashes and injuries, Dr McEvoy says....Climate Change Reorganized Tibetan Culture 700 Years Ago: Study
...kely to increase in the future as problems of this kind worsen," he noted.......d it was a "shame" that someone that he knew as so kind would meet such a tragic end. "The guy was so calm. That's what I don't understand about it." Experts noted, "The school shooters tend to be white kids in small towns in rural areas who identify with other white kids in small towns in rural areas a...