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Machine preservation may promote more organ sharing
Preserving the kidneys of deceased older donors on a pump - as opposed to the conventional method of storing and transporting organs in a cooler - may lower hospital costs, improve initial organ function, and promote greater use and more sharing of organs, according to new research by Wake Forest... view more (2007-05-03)

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps children with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces the severity of obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents, according to a new review.   view more (2006-10-18)

Monthly interpersonal psychotherapy prevents relapse of depression in many women
Most women with recurrent depression may be able to prevent subsequent depressive episodes with monthly maintenance interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT).   view more (2007-05-01)

Mixing it, Southern Ocean style
Sea water being churned in the ocean off Antarctica may be having a greater effect on global patterns of ocean movement than previously thought, according to new research reported in this week's edition of the international journal Science (9 January 2004).   view more (2004-01-05)

Carefully monitored treatment can help two-thirds of those who suffer from depression
More than two-thirds of people who suffer from major depression can become symptom-free if they are willing to work with their doctors and try various treatments to determine which work best for them, which may involve taking different antidepressants or adding cognitive therapy to the mix.   view more (2006-11-01)

CSHL scientists identify and repress breast cancer stem cells in mouse tissue
By manipulating highly specific gene-regulating molecules called microRNAs, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in singling out and repressing stem-like cells in mouse breast tissue - cells that are widely thought to give rise to cancer.   view more (2007-12-18)

Cognitive behavioral therapy appears more effective than sleep medication for treating insomnia
Patients with insomnia who implemented cognitive behavioral therapy interventions such as relaxation techniques had greater improvement in their sleep than patients who received the sleep medication zopiclone.   view more (2006-06-28)

Medication plus behavior changes helps obese adolescents lose weight
The weight loss medication sibutramine, when combined with behavior therapy, allowed hundreds of very obese adolescents to lose an average of 14 pounds over a year.   view more (2006-07-18)

Hoverflies stripe off in summer heat
Ecologists are unraveling the reasons behind seasonal differences in insects’ colour patterns, a question that has puzzled them since the 1970s. Speaking at the British Ecological Society’s Winter Meeting, to be held at the University of Warwick on 18–20 December 2001, Anne Halpin... view more (2001-12-10)

Blood pressure drug may have added benefit
University of Kentucky researchers have discovered a possible added benefit of a novel new drug that lowers blood pressure.   view more (2008-02-15)

Possible cosmic defect may be a window into the early universe
An unusual cold spot in the oldest radiation in the universe, the cosmic microwave background, may be caused by a cosmic defect created just after the Big Bang, a Spanish and U.K. research team has found.   view more (2007-10-26)

Old glass - a new material
Insulation materials used for sound insulation, as thermal cladding and in fire prevention play an important role in modern building. Ever since asbestos and a number of other building materials were identified as hazardous, demand has continually grown for non-fibrous building materials that do... view more (1999-09-03)

CSHL shows correcting rna splicing may help treat spinal muscular atrophy
RNA splicing antisense technology studied at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) effectively corrected an mRNA splicing defect found in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients, and is now ready to be tested in mouse models.   view more (2007-03-13)

Studies confirm effectiveness of fentanyl lozenges for 'breakthrough' cancer pain
The narcotic painkiller fentanyl relieves breakthrough pain quickly and more effectively than other narcotics and traditional drug therapy in patients with cancer, according to a systematic review of current evidence.   view more (2006-01-25)

Steroid medications don't work in treating lower respiratory infections in children
The use of steroid medication to treat bronchiolitis - a common viral lower respiratory infection in infants - does not prevent hospitalization or improve their respiratory symptoms.   view more (2007-07-26)

Hebrew University Researchers Win Kaye Prize For Gastro-retentive Sustained Release Drug Delivery System
Despite advances made in "sustained delivery" drug delivery technologies in recent years, a problem still persists in trying to obtain controlled release of a wide variety of medications that have only a "narrow absorption window" in the upper part of the intestines. That is,... view more (2004-06-07)

Penicillin, amoxicillin: Step aside for strep throat treatment
Doctors today presented more evidence that it's time for long-time antibiotic stalwarts like penicillin and amoxicillin to step aside when it comes to the treatment of strep throat.   view more (2005-12-19)

Coral reef reveals history of fickle weather in the central Pacific
For more than five decades, archaeologists, geographers, and other researchers studying the Pacific Islands have used a model of late Holocene climate change based largely on other regions of the world.   view more (2006-05-17)

New patient satisfaction study with budesonide/formoterol combination therapy
A new open-label study evaluated patient satisfaction with budesonide/formoterol combination therapy and fluticasone/salmeterol combination therapy.   view more (2008-05-21)

High-dose anticlotting drug cuts heart attack, death risk in half
Pretreatment with double-dose anticlotting medication just before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cuts the combined risk of heart attack and cardiac death by half.   view more (2007-05-14)

Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice
The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter.    view more (2008-08-15)

Immune system kick-started in moist nasal lining in sinusitis, asthma and colds
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have outlined a new path for potential therapies to combat inflammation associated with sinusitis and asthma based on a new understanding of the body's earliest immune response in the nose and sinus cavities.   view more (2008-04-30)

Study Demonstrates Long-Term Durability of Plicator Procedure
Patients treated for gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) using the endoscopic Plicator procedure show long-term benefits in reducing reflux disease symptoms with no need for long-term prescription antacids, according to a study led by doctors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC).   view more (2007-01-12)

Clues to ensuring anti-HIV drugs are taken in Africa
HIV-infected patients in the African country of Tanzania were more likely to stop taking their medications and to fail treatment if they had to pay for the drugs themselves.   view more (2007-10-23)

Researchers discover a protein responsible for shaping the nervous system
A team of researchers led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Toronto (U of T) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a protein that is responsible for shaping the nervous system.   view more (2005-12-08)
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