Patient Safety :: Patient safety training taking flight at UCSD medical center
The surgical team cares for patients in the 2nd floor operating rooms. The flight crew cares for passengers high above the ground.
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Brain :: Wired for Sound – How the Brain Senses Visual Illusions
In a study that could help reveal how illusions are produced in the brain?s visual cortex, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have found new evidence of rapid integration of auditory and visual sensations in the brain.
Diabetes :: Stem cell transplant resets immune system in type 1 diabetes patients
A Northwestern University researcher has used adult stem cell injections to reset the immune systems of patients with early-onset Type 1 diabetes. After the therapy, patients no longer needed to take insulin for up to 35 months.
Chemotherapy :: Gene screening points way to more effective chemotherapy
Using a technology that can quickly screen all 20,000-plus human genes for biological activity, scientists have isolated 87 genes that seem to affect how sensitive human cancer cells are to certain chemotherapy drugs.
Obesity :: Managing and preventing obesity in Canadian adults and children
With 59% of Canadian adults being overweight and 23% being obese, plus the disturbing increase in childhood obesity, it is clear that obesity is a major individual and public health issue in Canada.
Bipolar Disorder :: Lithium builds gray matter in bipolar brains
Neuroscientists at UCLA have shown that lithium, long the standard treatment for bipolar disorder, increases the amount of gray matter in the brains of patients with the illness.
Dieting :: Dieting does not work
Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people, revealed by US researchers.
Pregnancy :: Expectant mothers who smoke likely to have girls
Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine suggest that expectant mothers who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to have girls than boys.
Down Syndrome :: Fragile X, Down syndromes linked to faulty brain communication
The two most prevalent forms of genetic mental retardation, Fragile X and Down syndromes, may share a common cause, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Infant :: Different approach needed to protect brains of premature infants
A study of how the brain of a premature infant responds to injury has found vulnerabilities similar to those in the mature brain but also identified at least one significant difference, according to neuroscientists and neonatologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.