Better Tools Needed For Assessing Infant Pain
21:37 24-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Currently used pain assessment tools may be underestimating the pain response in infants according to a study published in the open access journal PLoS Medicine this week. Dr. Slater and colleagues (University College London, UK) studied the association between cortical pain responses in young infants and currently used pain assessment tools which are based on behavioral and physiological measures, such as change in facial expression.
How Ritalin Works In Brain To Boost Cognition, Focus Attention
21:37 24-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have been prescribed for decades to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and their popularity as "cognition enhancers" has recently surged among the healthy, as well.
New Cardiovascular Score Developed To Improve Heart Attack And Stroke Detection
21:37 24-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A new and more accurate method of assessing people at risk from cardiovascular disease is set to improve national diagnosis rates and identify those at risk among black and minority ethnic groups.
Researchers To Simulate And Analyze Brain, Immune System Activity And Apply Math To Medical Problems
21:37 24-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
In an effort to promote the application of mathematics to medical treatment, researchers in the University of Pittsburgh's department of mathematics will undertake a $2.5 million project to create models of how the brain and immune system function and change over time in response to certain illnesses, infections, and treatment. The models are intended to help doctors better understand and predict the possible short- and long-term responses of their patient's body to treatment.
Neural Implant That Learns With The Brain May Help Paralyzed Patients
21:37 24-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now researchers have taken the concept a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain signals into movement but also to evolve with the brain as it learns.
Binge Drinking Due To 'Copying' Behavior
18:37 24-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
The rise in binge drinking in the young is a "fashion phenomenon" where drinkers are copying their associates' behavior, new research carried out in the UK has shown. Researchers say the findings have major implications for Government policy makers charged with tackling the problem, which has longer-term and costly health implications.
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