The common handheld laser pointer may help ParkinsonÃs patients alleviate a sudden and temporary condition causing muscles to become stiff and unmovable, according to a study released during the American Academy of Neurology 51st Annual Meeting, April 17-24, in Toronto.
People with periodontal disease are more likely to have thickened carotid arteries, which can lead to stroke and heart disease, according to a study released at the American Academy of NeurologyÃs 51st Annual Meeting April 17-24 in Toronto.
Botulinum toxin, a common treatment for the irregular muscular contraction of ParkinsonÃs disease and other movement disorders, may also relieve tension-type headache, according to a study released at the American Academy of Neurology 51st Annual Meeting, April 17-24, in Toronto.
Once again researchers have discovered that men and women may not in fact be equal - at least with respect to the pattern of precancerous lesions in the lungs of current and former smokers.
A new study at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland tells how epilepsy patients and their physicians can assess chances of having an auto accident due to seizures.
Archaeopteris, an extinct tree that made up most of the forests across the earth in the Late Devonian period, had the same structure as modern trees, report three Virginia Tech scientists in the April 22, 1999, issue of Nature.
High school football players hitting the field in the future will hopefully take some extra precautions to protect their brains. Over 250,000 football players, approximately 15 percent, suffer a concussion each season.
Every day, 94 people in the United States die as a result of gun shot wounds, including 12 people under the age of 20. Gun safety lock distribution programs have become a crisis response reaction to the growing number of firearm-related injuries, such as traumatic brain injuries.
Results of a research study conducted on refractory angina pain control through use of spinal cord stimulation will be presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons on Tuesday, April 27, 1999.
When religion is an important part of a mother's life, she's likely to feel she has a better relationship with her adult children, and her children are likely to report having a better relationship with her.
Genzyme General said that pre-clinical data presented today demonstrate the early promise of a therapy for cardiovascular disease that would employ a patient's own transplanted heart cells to improve cardiac function.
Continuing research at Colorado State University is helping horses and humans with osteoarthritis, said Dr. Wayne McIlwraith, who is using arthroscopic surgery and experimenting with gene therapy and other processes to regrow knee cartilage in both species.
A potentially catastrophic complication of transplantation that affects 10 to 15 percent of children who receive livers or other donated organs can now be detected and treated early. The method of periodic testing was devised by Cedars-Sinai researchers.
Men and womenÃs brains are distinctly different. While men have more neurons in the cerebral cortex, the brainÃs outer layer, women have more neuropil, which contains the processes allowing cell communication. Research showing these gender-specific differences was presented during the American Academy of Neurology 51st Annual Meeting April 17 ñ 24, 1999, in Toronto.
People with dark skin pigment may have a lower risk for ParkinsonÃs disease, according to a study released during the American Academy of Neurology 51st Annual Meeting, April 17-24 in Toronto.
Vitamin E supplements may help prevent stroke, according to a study released during the American Academy of Neurology 51st Annual Meeting April 17-24 in Toronto.
In a new study, Stanford researchers say they have discovered the factors directly causing failure to cure prostate cancer. Among nine variables, only two tumor characteristics are really critical - the size of the tumor and the presence of grade 4 cancer, they report in the April 21 JAMA.
In 1963 anthropologist Paul Hockings took his first census of a tribe-like community in the mountains of southern India. Now his 32-year study is being praised for getting to the heart of development issues in South Asia.
A University of Arkansas professor has found a trove off the coast of Cape Hatteras that could allow millions of people to continue enjoying a rapidly diminishing treasure -- sandy beaches.
In the automotive industry alone, estimates a just-released study commissioned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "interoperability problems" when sharing product and engineering data impose annual costs totaling about $1 billion.
Carbon dioxide emissions over the next century could increase wintertime precipitation in the U.S. Southwest and Great Plains by 40% as global average temperature rises 3 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a new climate model developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Transferring desirable genes into crops is a high-tech game of chance, with success rates running about one in 1,000. But the odds get a whole lot better when you remove gravity from the mix.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research's Mt. Washington Winter Icing and Storms Project is testing methods for remote sensing and improved prediction of in-flight icing conditions that can down small aircraft.
Society has enjoyed important benefits from mathematical models developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology that simulate the performance of electronic components called insulated-gate bipolar transistors. The payoff to U.S. industry has been estimated at $23 benefits generated for every $1 spent.
A study at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston suggests that soya consumption may reduce breast cancer risk by lowering a woman's female hormone levels.
Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh scientists found spontaneous reorganization of cognitive function immediately following brain damage caused by stroke, they reported in the journal Stroke.
Children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have smaller overall brain volumes than normal children with significantly less gray matter in their frontal brain region, particularly in the right frontal region, according to a study presented during the American Academy of NeurologyÃs 51st Annual Meeting April 17 - 24, 1999, in Toronto.
Children with cerebral palsy may regain the use of their legs with injections of botulinum toxin, according to a study released at the American Academy of NeurologyÃs 51st Annual Meeting April 17-24, 1999, in Toronto.
Female soccer players were able to perform longer at a higher intensity on a diet composed of 35 percent fat than on diets of 27 percent fat or 24 percent fat, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found.
Thermography, which measures the temperature of the blood vessels, may hold potential as a new tool to identify individuals at risk for an impending heart attack, according to a report in April 20 Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers have shown, for the first time, that sudden cardiac death in men runs in families, according to a study in the April 20 Circulation.
AlzheimerÃs disease patients have substantially higher Medicaid costs than their peers, and such expenses account for over 10 percent of all state Medicaid spending on the elderly, according to a study of the Pennsylvania Medicaid program. The research was presented during the American Academy of NeurologyÃs 51st Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, April 17 ñ 24, 1999.
A new study of Japanese and American business students found striking differences in how students from the two countries approached a decision-making task, according to the Ohio State researchers.
How do political experts react when their predictions -- about election results or the fate of countries or other important issues -- turn out to be completely wrong? A new study at Ohio State found that most experts shrug off their errors, claiming that they were "almost" right and that their understanding of the situation was basically sound.
Administered in dentistry some 300 million times annually in the United States, local anesthesia appears safer today than in the past, concluded dental researchers in a study that appears in the April 1999 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
Chief executives' confidence in the nation's economy increased for the second consecutive quarter, The Conference Board reports.
General dentists last year identified and reported more signs of child abuse, according to a 1997 American Dental Association (ADA) Survey, than when surveyed by the ADA in 1994.
Dental care utilization rates are higher among women, more whites see their dentists than blacks, and usage rates increase with income and educational level, according to an article appearing in the April 1999 issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
The first believed multiple planet system orbiting around a sun-like star has been found by independent teams of astronomers, including National Science Foundation-supported researchers from San Francisco State University and from the Anglo-Australian Observatory.
Three planets have been found orbiting the star Upsilon Andromedae in the first discovery of multiple planets outside our solar system. NCAR scientist Timothy Brown was part of the team of eight scientists who observed the additional planets.
The system-wide effort to improve student performance in Chicago public high schools is yielding promising results, yet skepticism among teachers may impede long-term success, according to a new study published by researchers affiliated with the Department of Education and the University of Chicago.
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a key link in a chain of events that protect the heart from cell death, which leads to heart failure.
University of Washintion bioengineers, reporting in the April 15 issue of Nature, describe a process for coating medical implants with tiny imprints that bind specific proteins. This coating may trigger natural healing rather than the body's typical, and often disruptive, reaction to medical implants.
1.Disrupted and abnormal sleep for patients is endemic to intensive care units. 2.Three large homeless shelters in Los Angeles are major sites for tuberculosis transmission. 3. Long-term exposure to air pollution for Swiss, even at low levels, is associated with a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms.
Scientists have found that the hormone melatonin is a critical regulator of brain plasticity in birds, controlling mating-related song bursts and fine-tuning the profound effects of testosterone. Now the question is: Does it have a similar effect on humans?
Boston University scientists reported the discovery of a new gene involved in inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis and Crohn's disease, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists are closing in on discovering the way that the body regulates critical proteins involved in the front line defense against disease as well as in normal body processes, they report in the April 16 issue of Science.
Astronomers from around the world are training their telescopes on two interesting, if not strange, astronomical objects. The objects of their desire -- a white dwarf star thought to be solid and a tightly bound interacting binary star system that has the "sexiest light curve in astronomy."
Patients undergoing high-risk surgery may be up to three times more likely to survive if their hospital's intensive care unit is staffed by "intensivists," or physicians specially trained in critical care, according to a Johns Hopkins study of 46 Maryland hospitals.
1- U.S. interagency UV monitoring program established and operating; 2- NSF grant statistics paint stable picture; 3- increasing carbon dioxide threatens tropical coral reefs.
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