Garlic as a Cancer Fighter? Maybe Not
Evidence that strong-smelling herb prevents cancer is said to be weak,, FRIDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Since ancient times, eating garlic has been credited with many medical benefits, including fighting viruses, bacteria and cancer as well as lowering cholesterol. But a new revi...'Children's Report of Sleep Patterns' a reliable, maybe a valid measure of children's sleep habits
WESTCHESTER, Ill. The Childrens Report of Sleep Patterns (CRSP), a new self-report measure of childrens sleep patterns, sleep hygiene, and sleep disturbances for school-aged children, may be a reliable and valid self-report measure of sleep patterns, sleep hygiene, and sleep disturbances in child...Yes, no, maybe so: New model helps identify what works in mental health treatment
In a race to achieve accountability and credibility, the mental health profession has looked to develop evidence-based treatments (EBTs) psychotherapeutic procedures that have been shown in empirical research to work for the majority of patients. The problem with EBTs, however, is that resea...Are Social Networking Sites Endangering Young Teens? Study Finds Maybe Not
SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Youth may be more likely victimized while using instant messenger and visiting chat rooms than while using social networking sites, new research this week reports. The study, conducted by child health researchers Michele Ybarra of Internet...Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe
New study does little to settle debate over their usefulness MONDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Experts are still debating the usefulness of wearing surgical face masks to ward off the flu, and the results of a new study aren't likely to clear up the confusion. Researchers in Hong K...Travolta Maybe Reluctant to Publicaly Discuss About Sons Autism
John Travolta is interested in having a third child, but the actor is recoiling from making his 15-year-old sons autistic condition public . Travolta has not come out in the open to declare that his son, Jett, is autistic. However, a magazine editor, who interviewed the actor, is of ...Lymphoma Patients Maybe Helped by Adding Radioimmunotherapy to Chemo
CHICAGO, According to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago and published as Abstract 8005 in the ASCO proceedings, patients treated for follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing type of non-H...Sunscreen Maybe Helpful in Preventing Skin Cancer
The sea, a beach, and loads of sun - for many people these are the main ingredients of a perfect holiday. A corollary is that the darker the summer suntan, the better. But with 22,000 new cases of malignant skin cancer a year, experts warn against excessive sunbathing. They urge people to ...Tuning to Raga Maybe Beneficial for the Heart
Tune in to the raga. In a world filled with stress, listening to this form of music could actually cause a decline in the heart rate.// "Slower music (is found by researchers to have) caused declines in heart rate, with raga music influencing the largest decline," said the popular cyber-based ...Robot Wheelchair Maybe Helpful for Wheelchair-dependent Patients
Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are developing a robotic system that may offer wheelchair-dependent people independent // , powered mobility and the ability, depending on patient status, to move to and from beds, chairs and toilets without assistance. The...Des Moines Register Reports SpectraScience LUMA Enhances Cervical Cancer Exams
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...Osteoporotic Patients Study 477 ( http://www3.aaos.org/education/anmeet/anmt2009/podium/podium.cfm?Pevent=477 ) Fractures, especially in adults, maybe a tip off or early warning sign, that osteoporosis could be an issue. Many of these are painful fractures of the hip, spine, wrist, arm and leg, whic...K-State Researcher Finds Correlation Between Childhood Obesity and Asthma
...r and ethnicity. "It's important for parents to know what's going on with their children at a young age so that they can help do something to maybe stop a downward cycle," Rosenkranz said. "It's especially important for those kids who already are overweight and are very physically inactive." ...Joint Commission Urges Patients to 'Speak Up' About Pain
...ucation campaign coincides with Pain Awareness Month OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pain is just a part of life, right? maybe not. Pain is actually one of the main reasons that Americans seek medical treatment, and untreated pain can have serious effects -- slowed recovery ti...St. Jude Study Shows How T Cell's Machinery Dials Down Autoimmunity
...or signal amplification. The second possibility is that different ITAMs do slightly different things -- they do have slightly different structures, so maybe they bind to some signaling molecules better than others; and their positions in the T cell receptor are different. So, while our primary observation ...Important Progress Toward Control of Hepatitis B and C
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...acement therapy development", said David McWilliams, chief executive officer. "The potential use of adult MDSCs for the development of functional MDIs maybe a viable alternative to the development of islet cells derived from embryonic stem cells." About Opexa Therapeutics Opexa Therapeutics develops an...Dirty air brings rain -- then again, maybe not
An international team of scientists, headed by Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has come up with a surprising finding to the disputed issue of whether air pollution increases or decreases rainfall. The conclusion: both can be true, de...In nature -- and maybe the corner office -- scientists find that generalists can thrive
COLUMBUS, Ohio The assignment of duties in a single cell, ocean life or even a small business does not have to be defined by a division of labor where every individual has a specific role, according to biologists at Ohio State University. The scientists have designed a mathematical model to de...Does vitamin C help prevent or treat the common cold? Maybe not, after all.
Linus Pauling's book Vitamin C and The Common Cold, published in 1970, was a bestseller and led many people to believe in the value of the vitamin for cold prevention and treatment. But an article in this month's PLoS Medicine reviewing all of the best clinical research on this topic, suggests that...Cancer's distinctive pattern of gene expression could aid early screening and prevention
...Ga. Distinctive patterns of genes turned off or left on in healthy versus cancerous cells could enable early screening for many common cancers and maybe help avoid them, Medical College of Georgia scientists say. Researchers are comparing chemical alterations, called DNA methylation, in the body's b...Researchers achieve major breakthrough with water desalination system
... into the field with its own newly built pilot system was in the '60s," Cohen said. "This new system is one-twentieth the size of what was built then, maybe even smaller, and can produce up to 30 percent more potable water. So to actually go back to the San Joaquin Valley with new advanced technology and b...Probiotics help gastric-bypass patients lose weight more quickly, Stanford study shows
...of bacteria in our intestines and that they're extremely helpful in aiding digestion. And I thought, 'Well, if we give these patients probiotics, then maybe we can improve these symptoms.' "Part of the obesity puzzle may be due to the kind of bacteria you have in your intestine," he said. ...Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring
...w what a safe level of BPA is, so pregnant women should avoid BPA exposure," Taylor said. "There is nothing to lose by avoiding items made with BPAand maybe a lot to gain." ...Yeast missing sex genes undergo unexpected sexual reproduction
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...wth. Understanding what make plants get bigger could be a critical component when producing grain and bio-mass for biofuels. "With that knowledge, maybe we have one more tool to manipulate corn and rice if we want more grain, or if we want more mass for bio-energy crops," he said. ...Searching for pollution in the Caribbean
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If you ever find yourself amid a group of Midwest technology consultants and you want to get them talking, ask them: Have you ever had someone ask you to work for free? Its an amazing thing. You can ply your trade inside top companies for 15 or 20 years and have an outstanding resume and all y...Practice makes perfect -- motor memory possible for neuroprosthetic control
...e two decoders shows a level of neural plasticity never before associated with the control of a prosthetic device. "This is a study that says that maybe one day, we can really think of the ultimate neuroprosthetic device that humans can use to perform many different tasks in a more natural way," said C...Unexpectedly long-range effects in advanced magnetic devices
...moved from the antiferromagnetic material. "This pinning effect extends for maybe tens of nanometers down into the ferromagnet right underneath," explains Shull, "so you might expect that there could be some residual effect maybe tens of nanometers away from it to the sides. But you wouldn't expect it to...International Products Corp.'s Lab Offers Filter Membrane Compatibility and Studies
...ficiencies are realized when the right cleaner is matched to a specific UF or RO system. Many commodity chemicals will improve the flux to about 85%, maybe even as high as 90% recovery; however, a matched specialty cleaner that pushes the performance higher by even a few tenths of a percent translates int...New Website Connects Physicians to Solve Challenging Cases and Share Experiences
...ician practices, there will be tough cases, but the odds are other doctors, maybe in the same town or maybe on another continent, have already faced the same challenges and learned fr...New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on 2 NASA missions
... high-end specialized space processors to be developed at a budget level considered 'shoe-string' by industry standards. I hope other NASA centers and maybe other government agencies can benefit from this capability and the developed technology." Generally speaking, two of the chips - the Discrete Wavel...New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on two NASA missions
... high-end specialized space processors to be developed at a budget level considered 'shoe-string' by industry standards. I hope other NASA centers and maybe other government agencies can benefit from this capability and the developed technology." Generally speaking, two of the chips - the Discrete Wavel...Former Telomolecular CEO Clarifies SEC Settlement
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...s, it will be fantastically important for technology," argues Gilbert, a UW-Madison professor of physics. "This is nature's bottom-up nanofabrication. maybe one day we will be able to use it to build microelectronic or micromechanical devices." Gilbert, who worked with colleagues from Israel's Weizmann ...Dr. P Set - Human Fetal Normal Tissue: Umbilical Cord from BioChain
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