Caregivers of ICU patients are collateral damage of critical illness, say Pitt researchers
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 1 -- Intensive care unit patients are not the only ones likely to be severely depressed in the aftermath of hospitalization.
Feb 1, 2010
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 1 -- Intensive care unit patients are not the only ones likely to be severely depressed in the aftermath of hospitalization.
Feb 1, 2010
University of Cincinnati researchers say the nation's cybersecurity is being threatened because an important element in establishing it is not being emphasized enough -- citizen awareness and participation.
Feb 1, 2010
If a team of American scientists are right, bone marrow transplants may become safer and more available to people in need of donations.
Feb 1, 2010
Cells missegregate a chromosome approximately once every hundred divisions. But don't be too alarmed: new research in the Journal of Cell Biology shows that the tumor suppressor p53 limits the growth of cells with incorrect numbers of chromosomes and prevents their progression toward cancer. The study appears online February 1 (www.jcb.org).
Feb 1, 2010
WESTCHESTER, Ill. -- A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found gray matter concentration deficits in multiple brain areas of people with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Jan 31, 2010
When medication fails to control seizures in children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a rare genetic disorder that affects multiple organ systems and frequently causes epilepsy, surgery to remove part of the brain is often necessary.
Jan 29, 2010
The Cell Biology in Environmental Toxicology research team at the Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has decoded the transcriptome for the grey mullet. The director of the research project was Mr Ibon Cancio.
Jan 29, 2010
Since the 1970s, researchers have known that lupus patients are at risk for hardening of the arteries (“atherosclerosis”).
Jan 29, 2010
Blacksburg, Va. -- -- New advances for the detection of cancer led by Rafael V. Davalos of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Science (SBES) are featured as the cover story in the January 19, 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, "Lab on a Chip," the premier journal for researchers in microfluidics.
Jan 28, 2010
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2010 -- Government financial support that has bolstered this country's commercial news business since its colonial days is in sharp decline and is likely to fall further, according to a report released today by the University of Southern California's Center on Communication Leadership & Policy.
Jan 28, 2010
Cambridge, Mass., January 28, 2010 -- The nation is hoping for a bright future. Many believe the key to strengthening the U.S. economy and competing globally lies in fostering an innovative culture and educating America's youth in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Jan 28, 2010
A new study led by Mount Sinai researchers in collaboration with scientists from Cornell University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has found higher prenatal exposure to phthalates -- manmade chemicals that interfere with hormonal messaging -- to be connected with disruptive and problem behaviors in children between the ages of 4 and 9 years.
Jan 27, 2010
PITTSBURGH -- In response to the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute (LTI) have publicly…
Jan 27, 2010
FURTHER STUDIES ON THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE MIND OF AN OBSERVER (CoM). Ayad Gharbawi January 27, 2010 – Damascus, Syria We continue our studies on our seeking to understand what ‘Reality’ and specifically here, ‘Reality of the Mind’. We have thus far seen that the Constituents of the Mind (CoM) contain the following: Mt1) [x_mp^(?+/-)({ Ev+Em+Sn+Sc+Od+t+m+o+ume+c)}]tf.
Jan 27, 2010