Those differences aren't just a matter of language; rather, they reflect differences in the way our minds encode and remember spatial relationships.

The Quest Diagnostics Health Trends(TM) Report " H1N1 Testing in America: End of the Second Wave?" also indicates that the virus is still the dominant influenza virus in the U.S. and that close to four in ten school-age children tested

Biofilms communities of bacteria in self-produced slime may be found almost anywhere that solids and liquids meet, whether in nature, in hospitals or in industrial settings. Biofilms are implicated in more than 80 percent of chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases

InHealth's mission to further understand the socioeconomic impact of medical devices and diagnostics addresses the mounting demand for objective data to inform the current debate about how to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system.

According to Peter Wenger, MD, a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, there are no safety concerns related to this recall. Based upon the information received from the CDC, Dr. Wenger said he expects the vaccine to

The study is a partnership between UAB, the CDC and 10 other U.S. research sites. It shows that one in 110 American 8-year-olds is classified as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 57 percent increase in ASD cases compared

And while skiing and snowboarding head injuries tend to me more severe, ice hockey contributes to more head injuries per year than skiing. Concussions related to ice hockey are commonly caused by collisions and hitting one's head against the boards

Some dentists believe sweet, sticky foods such as raisins cause cavities because they are difficult to clear off the tooth surfaces, said Christine Wu, professor and director of cariology research at UIC and lead investigator of the study.

Researchers found that physicians' bedside exams did a better job than CT scans in predicting which patients would need to return to the operating room to treat complications such as bleeding.

The fall/winter issue, which celebrates 120 years of Hopkins nursing education and 25 years as a university-based School of Nursing, also takes a humorous view of future nurses and a nostalgic look at the past.

The supplement the second issue of guidelines authored by members of the American Society of Transplantation's Infectious Diseases Community of Practice provides advice on the infection-related challenges facing clinicians caring for people who have received solid organ transplants. These include

CDX-011 is the first candidate from the Company's antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) platform, which utilizes fully human monoclonal antibodies to deliver the potent cellular toxin, MMAE, directly to tumor cells by targeting GPNMB. GPNMB is a glycoprotein frequently expressed in a

HIVMA is the largest professional society of physicians, scientists and health-care professionals dedicated to the field of HIV and AIDS. The organization actively promotes quality in HIV care and advocates for policies that ensure a science-based, comprehensive and humane response

Funded by the Wellcome Trust, Deafness Research UK and the Royal Society, Dr Walter Marcotti, of Sheffield University's Department of Biomedical Science, has discovered how a particular calcium sensor present in highly specialised sensory cells allows us to hear with

Myelofibrosis is a serious disorder that disrupts the body's normal production of blood cells. The result is extensive scarring in the bone marrow, leading to severe anemia , weakness, fatigue and often, an enlarged spleen and liver.

Survey results indicate that close to one-third of physicians were unaware of the choking game or the warning signs, which can include bruising around the neck, headaches , bloodshot eyes, ties, belts or cords found in unusual places or tied

TAK1 appears to be a master regulator of liver function," said David A. Brenner, MD, professor of medicine and Dean of the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He and Ekihiro Seki, MD, PhD, assistant research scientist in the Department

Senior author Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Ph.D., is a principal investigator in the Women's Health Initiative and is division head of epidemiology and professor of epidemiology & population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. In addition to Einstein,

The concept of preclinical Alzheimer's disease holds that the Alzheimer's pathologic process operates for many years before producing a clinically detectable impairment," the authors write as background information in the article. "A key corollary of this concept is that preclinical

In a paper titled 'Facing Up To Reality: Health Crisis Deepens as Violence Escalates in Southern Sudan,' MSF calls on government authorities, international donors and relief organizations to recognize the full extent of the crisis and ensure peoples' immediate humanitarian