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New Northwestern Memorial Study Demonstrates Significant Burden Staph
Staphylococcus aureus infections (S. aureus) create an enormous burden to hospitals by significantly increasing costs, length of patient stays and mortality rates, a Northwestern Memorial Hospital researcher found in the most comprehensive study to date, published today's Archives of Internal Medicine. The study, led by Gary Noskin, MD, an infectious diseases specialist and medical director of healthcare epidemiology and quality at Northwestern Memorial, examined two years of data from hundreds of hospitals. Brain Pacemaker: UCLA Develops Unique Nerve-stimulation Epilepsy Treat
A unique nerve-stimulation treatment for epilepsy developed at UCLA offers a potential new alternative for tens of thousands of individuals unable to control their seizures with medication and ineligible for surgery. A study published in the July edition of the peer-reviewed journal Epilepsia reports that four of seven subjects who used an external stimulator for at least three months in a pilot human clinical trial enjoyed a 50 percent or better reduction in seizure frequency. Molecular Profiling Can Accurately Predict Survival In Colon Cancer Pa
A new method accurately predicts which patients with colon cancer are most likely to have their disease recur after surgery and who would, therefore, be likely to benefit from additional chemotherapy. NASA Successfully Launches Environmental Satellite
NASA successfully launched a new environmental satellite today for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world. New Clue To Racial Disparity In Breast Cancer Survival Rates
Why are African American women 1.5 to 2.2 times more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, despite their lower incidence of the disease? The reason may not be solely reduced access to medical care, researchers suggest in the International Journal of Surgery. They propose that the excess mortality occurs partly because black women are more likely to develop breast cancer before menopause, when surgery may be more apt to stimulate cancer growth. New Techniques Study The Brain's Chemistry, Neuron By Neuron
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed tools for studying the chemistry of the brain, neuron by neuron. The analytical techniques can probe the spatial and temporal distribution of biologically important molecules, such as vitamin E, and explore the chemical messengers behind thought, memory and emotion. Fatty Nano Spheres Loaded With SiRNA Shrink Ovarian Cancer Tumors In P
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers package short interfering RNA in a liposome to penetrate cells, shutting down a protein that helps ovarian cancer survive and spread. Results in a mouse model are reported in Aug. 15 edition of Clinical Cancer Research. Freaks and Geeks: High School Hell (1999-2000)
Freshman Sam Weir is a geek. His sister, Lindsay, is a freak. They try to make their way through high school circa 1980, a melee of big rock, Monty Python skits, and enough Star Wars to choke a Wookiee. From the patron saint of misfits, Judd Apatow. Saving Time, Saving Energy: Daylight Saving Time, Its History and Why
Explains why we adjust our clocks one hour forward in the spring and back in the fall ("spring forward, fall back"). Also find the history of Daylight Saving Time and a schedule for its occurrences from 1990 to 2010. Includes trivia about time and links to related sites. From the California Energy Commission. Microfluidic Chambers Advance The Science Of Growing Neurons
Researchers have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves. The new approach extends the lifespan of the neurons at very low densities, an essential step toward developing a method for studying the growth and behavior of individual brain cells.
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