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Motor skills: power for life

'Motor Magic', a program that works with pre-school children who are experiencing developmental difficulties, their parents and kindergarten staff, produces marked benefits in terms of motor skills and sensory processing, leading to improved self-confidence and concentration, and better engagement in learning activities.

21 Jun 2005

Make friends, live longer

New research by the Centre for Ageing Studies at Flinders University suggests that a network of good friends is more helpful than close family ties in prolonging life among older people.

21 Jun 2005

Study finds incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is slightly higher than that found in recent studies

The Northern Ireland First-Episode Psychosis Study has shown that the incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is slightly higher than that found in recent studies in Ireland and Nottingham.

21 Jun 2005

Better prognosis for depressed patients if spouses agree reasons for their illness

A new study has found for the first time that depressed patients whose spouses agree with them about the reasons for their illness have a better outcome than those whose spouses do not.

21 Jun 2005

'Bed blocking' in one adolescent unit costs NHS over a million

An 18-month study of 'bed blocking' in an adolescent unit in Birmingham has found that the cost to the NHS was over £1 million.

21 Jun 2005

Computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET)

German scientists developed a computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) scans with Alzheimer's patients, opening the door for earlier treatment of this progressive brain disorder. Details of their findings were provided at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting in Toronto.

20 Jun 2005

PET might be a promising tool for early prediction of response to chemotherapy for ovarian can

Noninvasive positron emission tomography (PET) imaging may allow earlier prediction of a patient's response to chemotherapy for ovarian cancer, according to research reported at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting June 18–22 in Toronto.

20 Jun 2005

Researchers demonstrate direct transfer of terminally differentiated cell nuclei

With the advent of nuclear-transfer cloning, it is now possible to produce mice from the nuclei of differentiated cells, such as peripheral blood lymphocytes and olfactory sensory neurons.

20 Jun 2005

New study investigates how healthy individuals and schizophrenia patients interpret their visual worlds

Healthy individuals possess an intact ability to distinguish between events that occur as a result of their own actions and events that occur as the result of someone else's.

20 Jun 2005

When children are not able to disclose sexual abuse, the effects are potentially devastating

Children who don't tell anyone about being sexually abused often come from families that have rigid gender roles and other similar characteristics, says a University of Toronto researcher.

20 Jun 2005

Women are 2.5 times more likely than men to fear a visit to the dentist

The research, conducted by U of T master's degree candidate Brian Chanpong and dentistry professors Daniel Haas and David Locker, is the first-ever nationwide Canadian study of fear and anxiety about visiting the dentist.

20 Jun 2005

Researchers advance understanding of how the brain sorts physical sensations

On the basis of observations of how we interpret the sensation of a simple finger-tap, researchers have advanced our understanding of how the brain sorts important, externally-derived sensations, such as those created by an insect crawling on the skin, from unimportant, internally-derived sensations, such as the brush of one's own hand.

20 Jun 2005

Zebrafish provides cancer researchers powerful new insights into the development of malignant melanoma

The embryo of a tiny, silvery tropical fish found in many home aquariums is providing cancer researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine with powerful new insights into the development of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

20 Jun 2005

Enzyme family plays role in Alzheimer's

The route to a treatment for Alzheimer's disease may have become more straightforward with the discovery that a key enzyme known to have a major role in this disease is in fact part of a family of enzymes. Only some family members play a role in the progression of this brain-wasting illness, new research at the University of Toronto has found.

20 Jun 2005

Fragile-X-syndrome research

The fragile-X-syndrome is the most common hereditary form of mental retardation and occurs much more often in boys than in girls.

20 Jun 2005

Acting violently could be protective against the effects of community violence

Researchers have known for some time that violent adolescents tend to become more depressed over time than other adolescents. And young people living in violent neighborhoods also are more subject to depression. But violent adolescent boys who also live in unsafe neighborhoods where they witness violent acts do not appear to get as depressed.

20 Jun 2005

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective, longlasting treatment for small kidney tumors in selected patients

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have shown that radiofrequency ablation (RFA) - a minimally invasive way of destroying tissue - is an effective, longlasting treatment for small kidney tumors in selected patients.

20 Jun 2005

Early embryos with abnormal chromosomes are capable of returning to normal when grown in culture in the laboratory

While such embryos are not capable of developing into normal foetuses if implanted in a woman's womb, the discovery has important implications for stem cell production, especially in countries where the creation of embryos for stem cell research is discouraged or even banned.

20 Jun 2005

Elevated C-reactive protein can foil diet's ability to lower cholesterol

If you have high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker in blood for inflammation that is strongly associated with heart disease, trying to lower your LDL-cholesterol through modest diet changes alone may not work.

20 Jun 2005

Thalidomide may be a potent anti-cancer treatment

When people hear "thalidomide," many think "birth defects," however, evidence has come to light that this once-banned drug can be used as a potent anti-cancer treatment.

20 Jun 2005

Research News and Research

Motor skills: power for life

Make friends, live longer

Study finds incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is slightly higher than that found in recent studies

Better prognosis for depressed patients if spouses agree reasons for their illness

'Bed blocking' in one adolescent unit costs NHS over a million

Computer program that enhances the diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET)

PET might be a promising tool for early prediction of response to chemotherapy for ovarian can

Researchers demonstrate direct transfer of terminally differentiated cell nuclei

New study investigates how healthy individuals and schizophrenia patients interpret their visual worlds

When children are not able to disclose sexual abuse, the effects are potentially devastating

Women are 2.5 times more likely than men to fear a visit to the dentist

Researchers advance understanding of how the brain sorts physical sensations

Zebrafish provides cancer researchers powerful new insights into the development of malignant melanoma

Enzyme family plays role in Alzheimer's

Fragile-X-syndrome research

Acting violently could be protective against the effects of community violence

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective, longlasting treatment for small kidney tumors in selected patients

Early embryos with abnormal chromosomes are capable of returning to normal when grown in culture in the laboratory

Elevated C-reactive protein can foil diet's ability to lower cholesterol

Thalidomide may be a potent anti-cancer treatment

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