Charity News from Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003Brain Area Identified That Weighs RewardsDuke University Medical Center | By studying how monkeys choose to look at lighted targets for juice rewards, neurobiologists have identified a still-mysterious region of the cerebral cortex as an area that judges the value of rewards, and adjusts that value as circumstances change. Nicotine Patch May Alleviate "Senior Moments" Duke University Medical Center | The nicotine patches that help smokers quit might also boost the recall of seniors with the mildest form of memory loss, according to results of a preliminary clinical trial on 11 people conducted at Duke University Medical Center. New Study to Improve Understanding of Osteoarthritis Duke University Medical Center | Using a three-pronged approach, basic scientists and clinicians at Duke University Medical Center hope not only to better understand the underlying mechanisms of osteoarthritis, but to develop strategies to help sufferers cope with this disorder. New Computerized Tool Predicts Chance of Breast Cancer’s Spread Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have developed a new computerized tool called a nomogram that will help patients and their physicians calculate the likelihood of breast cancer spreading beyond the sentinel lymph nodes. Freezing technique kills majority of small malignant breast cancers University of Michigan Health System | A technique already in use to freeze and kill benign breast masses also appears to kill small malignant breast tumors, new research from a clinical trial at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centers shows. "AmeriCares for Liberia" Launches Long-Term Medical Relief Program For War-Trodden Persons Of West African Nation AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares, one of the nation's largest international humanitarian relief organizations, will launch AmeriCares for Liberia December 5 by sending an emergency airlift to the suffering people of Liberia.
|
|
