Archive for April, 2006

Calcium May Prevent Fractures In Elderly Women

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Calcium supplements may be an ineffective way of preventing bone fractures among the population of elderly women because of poor long-term compliance with the treatment, but appear to be effective for women who take the supplements regularly, as per a research studyin the April 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals……..

Calcium Benefits for Better Health

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

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Calcium is the mineral most likely to be deficient in the average diet. Calcium deficiency is a condition that is now likewise and fresh common. Only 21 percent of us are getting the recommended amount of calcium, according to federal government statistics. The result of insufficient amounts of calcium in our bodies […]

Neuroimaging Tools Available On Web

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

A roving band of five unnamed researcher participants-who traveled across the country to nine different sites to have their brains examined via MRI-has contributed to a first-of-its-kind neuroimaging dataset that will help researchers to standardize and calibrate imaging data for multisite studies for years to come. The dataset, known as the Function BIRN Phase I Traveling Subjects Dataset, is the latest of more than two dozen open-source data and software tools made available to researchers worldwide by the Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)……..

Use Of Information Technology In Hospitals

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Eventhough information technology is now common in a number of hospitals and biomedical laboratories, in the 1950s only a small number of scientists imagined its enormous potential. In 1967, supported by NCRR, doctor Homer Warner led a seminal effort that created one of the first bioinformatics systems. This work has influenced patient care, increased safety, and produced cost-effective service in hospitals around the nation. Today, NCRR continues its support of clinical bioinformatics as an integral component of the new Clinical and Translational Science Awards……..

Daring To Take Risks and Reap the Rewards

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Medical advances often originate with a flash of creativity and a tolerance for risk. Recognizing that the safe bet is not always the best path when pursuing scientific knowledge, NCRR funds Exploratory/Developmental Research Projects, known as R21 grants, to give researchers the freedom to pursue innovative, high-risk scientific ideas, methods, or technologies that may ultimately lead to significant health-related payoffs. For instance, neuroscientist Paul Thompson depended on R21 funding to develop sophisticated computational tools for imaging and analyzing how diseases or adverse events affect the brain. A different R21 grant allowed geneticist Carl Pinkert to create a unique animal model for studying mitochondria disease, which has broad implications for human health……..

Diagnostic Tests for Highly Infectious Agents

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Researchers at the Oregon NPRC developed a novel series of tests that show evidence of being more sensitive and accurate in diagnosing human monkeypox infections than current tests approved by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The studies may lead to improved diagnoses, therapies, and preventive measures for monkeypox and other sometimes-deadly agents that might proliferate in a natural outbreak or a bioterror attack……..

Gastric Bypass Surgery - How It Works

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

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Gastric Bypass Surgery - The ABCs of the Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery makes your stomach smaller. This causes you to feel full with less food so you consume fewer calories. The procedure also bypasses part of your small intestine, so fewer calories are actually absorbed into your system. Fewer calories […]

Sign of high blood pressure - Bristol’s Earnings Rise  New York Times - Apr 27 8:57

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Bristol’s Earnings Rise  New York Times - Apr 27 8:57 PM By Reuters.Save to My Web For more information: blood controlling high pressure

Impact Of Injury On Cartilage Cells

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Documented in extensive studies, backed by the anecdotal evidence of professional athletes, impact injury to joints causes degeneration of cartilage. In most cases, the eventual result is the pain, stiffness, and compromised mobility of osteoarthritis (OA). Yet, questions remain surrounding the role of the inflammatory system in the cartilage destruction following mechanical trauma……..

Stem Cell Technology For Spinal Cord Repair

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Scientists believe they have identified a new way, using an advance in stem-cell technology, to promote recovery after spinal cord injury of rats, as per a research studypublished in today’s Journal of Biology. Researchers from the New York State Center of Research Excellence in Spinal Cord Injury showed that rats receiving a transplant of a certain type of immature support cell from the central nervous system (generated from stem cells) had more than 60 percent of their sensory nerve fibers regenerate. Just as importantly, the study showed that more than two-thirds of the nerve fibers grew all the way through the injury sites eight days later, a result that is much more promising than prior research. The rats that received the cell transplants also walked normally in two weeks……..