Radiation Oncologists Use 'Cone Beam' CT To Improve Treatment Accuracy (September 6, 2006) -- Cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment for weeks at a time physically change, often shifting radiation target sites. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Kimmel Cancer Center at ... > full story

Combined Therapies May Boost Immune Response And Long-term Protection Against Brain Tumors (September 6, 2006) -- One therapy for treating brain tumors alerts the immune system to the presence of foreign material. A second therapy enhances the first and prolongs the immune system's response. Now, in an animal ... > full story

Mature Muscle Fibers Can Revert To Become Cancerous, Researchers Find (September 6, 2006) -- Mature muscle fibers, rather than their less-developed neighbors, are the tissues that turn malignant in a soft-tissue cancer that strikes children and teens, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical ... > full story

How Proteins Fold Into Their Critical Shapes (September 6, 2006) -- Experimental evidence provided by a Cornell researcher and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., support a long-held theory of how and where proteins fold to create their ... > full story

X Rays Reveal Cell's Fight Against Cancer As Struggle Between Pro- And Anti-tumor Proteins (September 6, 2006) -- Molecular biologists document the first step in one type of tumor: a virus homes in on a cell's most important defender, inhibiting its anti-cancer ... > full story

Designer Babies: What Would You Do For A 'Healthy' Baby? (September 6, 2006) -- The well-educated are significantly more open to the idea of "designing" babies than the poorly educated, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of East ... > full story

Drug Combo May Reduce Protease Inhibitor-related Hardening Of The Arteries (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers may have found a way to decrease the risk of hardening of the arteries that accompanies the long-term use of protease inhibitors, a class of drugs that has emerged as the most effective ... > full story

Clue Found To Epstein-Barr Virus' Ability To Form And Sustain Tumors (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have found a viral target that opens the door for the development of drugs to destroy tumors caused by Epstein-Barr ... > full story

Researchers Develop Mouse Model For Poorly Understood Human Myopathy (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers from the University of Minnesota have identified the importance of a gene critical to normal muscle function, resulting in a new mouse model for a poorly understood muscle disease in ... > full story

Scientists Crack Genetic Secrets Of Human Egg (September 6, 2006) -- Scientists at Michigan State University report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have identified genes unique to the human egg. The identification opens the ... > full story

Proteins Necessary For Brain Development Found To Be Critical For Long-term Memory (September 6, 2006) -- A type of protein crucial for the growth of brain cells during development appears to be equally important for the formation of long-term memories, according to researchers at UC Irvine. The findings ... > full story

Communication -- Communication is the process of exchanging information, usually via a common protocol. "Communication studies" is the academic discipline focused on communication forms, processes and meanings, ... > full article

Health science -- Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application ... > full article

Brain -- In animals, the brain, or encephalon, acts as the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals, the brain is located in the head close to the primary sensory apparatus and the mouth. ... > full article

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (sometimes also referred to as ADD) is a psychiatric diagnosis that identifies characteristics such as hyperactivity, forgetfulness, mood shifts, poor ... > full article

Encephalopathy -- Encephalopathy is a nonspecific term describing a syndrome affecting the brain. Generally, it refers to involvement of large parts of the brain (or the whole organ), instead of identifiable changes ... > full article

Limbic system -- The limbic system is the collective name for structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory. It affects motivation and is more active in ... > full article

Human brain -- The human brain is the center of the central nervous system in humans as well as the primary control center for the peripheral nervous system. The brain controls "lower" or involuntary activities ... > full article

Amygdala -- The amygdala (Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is an almond-shape set of neurons located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe. Shown to play a key role in the processsing of emotions, the amygdala ... > full article

Hypothalamus -- In mammals, the hypothalamus is a region of the brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon and functioning to regulate certain metabolic ... > full article

Central nervous system -- The central nervous system (CNS) represents the largest part of the nervous system. Together with the peripheral nervous system, it has a fundamental role in the control of ... > full article

Mind Hacks : Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain (Hacks)
The brain is a fearsomely complex information-processing environment--one that often eludes our ability to understand it. At any given time, the brain is collecting, filtering, and analyzing ... > read more

Dr. Andrew Weil's Mindbody Toolkit: Experience Self Healing With Clinically Proven Techniques
Discover Your Own Self-Healing Powers with Mind-Body Tools from Dr. Andrew Weil. Andrew Weil, M.D. The evidence is overwhelming: you can tap the power of your mind to directly influence your health, ... > read more

A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age
Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That's what our parents encouraged us to become when we grew up. But Mom and Dad were wrong. The future belongs to a very different kind of ... > read more

Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People With Cancer
Medicine Hands debunks a pervasive health myth that massage is anathema for those suffering with cancer. The idea that cancer can metastasize as a result of massage is not rooted in any science. This ... > read more

Brain Lock : Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and ... > read more

APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource, Fourth Edition (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Designed to provide health care providers with a core knowledge of pediatric emergency medicine. Offers professionals the information necessary to assess and manage critically ill or injured ... > read more

Brain Tumors: Leaving the Garden of Eden--A Survival Guide to Diagnosis, Learning the Basics, Getting Organized, and Finding Your Medical Team
A guidebook for the 150,000+ people/ year and families affected by brain tumors. This book will help you learn the basics about diagnosis, getting organized and finding your medical team. Included ... > read more

The Book on Mind Management
This popular book identifies thought, and the power of the mind, as the root cause of every behavior and the source of every achievement. It reveals, and teaches how to achieve, the results that are ... > read more

Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide 6th edition
The essential emergency medicine reference! Covers the gamut of emergency medicine practice in brief, clinically focused chapters. New to this edition are chapters on bioterroism and weapons of ... > read more

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 4th Edition (Principles & Practice of Sleep Medicine)
This authoritative guide to sleep medicine is also available as an e-dition, book (ISBN: 1416003207) plus updated online reference! The new edition of this definitive resource has been completely ... > read more