Home visits from community health workers spur blood pressure reduction
...ips with the community. The Johns Hopkins team is continuing to work with Sandtown-Winchester residents on blood pressure control, and based on the partnership, has started health programs to address substance abuse, obesity and arthritis. The team also worked closely with a free health clinic for residents t...Open Access Initiative from Oxford Journals
...must ensure that its quality is maintained through continuing to cover the costs that the refereeing process and online publishing incur. Our proposal is to cover these costs through a combination of author charges and subscription revenues, with author charges gradually increasing over time until the model is...Can female adult obesity be stopped at birth?
... until 120 days of age in the female progeny, with continuing euglycemia. The leptin levels in the NPY-treated group were not statistically different from the vehicle group. However, given the decline in female adult body weight of the NPY treatment group, plasma leptin concentrations at this age in females, if...UT Southwestern researchers discover method of postponing labor in mice
...a number of factors that prevent progesterone from continuing to act to maintain uterine quiescence," Dr. Mendelson said. In this study, the researchers analyzed a group of proteins -- called co-activators -- that allows progesterone receptors to function. They examined tissues taken from the uteruses of women ...Helping coral reefs survive climate change
... coral reef that are most likely to persist during continuing climate change. Establishing reserves that protect networks of these patches will help ensure that the corals that survive a major bleaching event will be able to replenish those that do not. The Nature Conservancy is currently applying this work to ...Stem-like cells from peripheral blood restore function in rats with severe stroke
.... Willing said. Dr. Willing and her colleagues are continuing to try to determine how the peripheral blood cells work, as well as the optimal time, method and number of cells to deliver following a stroke....Europes healthcare systems supports trend for quality and quantity in ART
...ygren will conclude: "Overall, this report shows a continuing trend in Europe of quantity and quality in Europe. ART is increasingly available to couples and the efficacy of the technique is improving."...Strategy to treat AIDS patients in Africa with less drug, reduced toxicity set for clinical test
...onsideration is to address this issue of providing continuing access after a study to the live-saving drugs offered in the course of the study. Although there are different ways to address this concern, all agree that the additional costs of ongoing care for study participants must be factored into the planning...NIMH awards $22.6 million for Center for Collaborative Research on Mental Disorders
...cientific needs of the NIMH and its researchers by continuing the work of the NCGS and also will enhance research collaborations and develop novel methods for data analysis that will enhance replication of genetic findings," said Steven Moldin, Ph.D., NIMH project director for the Center. "The Center's activit...Mediterranean fishery recovers, thanks to manmade pollutants
...torical one. Recent satellite images document the continuing fertility of the Nile valley and delta where continuous irrigation and intensive applications of fertilizer have replaced the traditional flood-based agriculture. Fish landings now greatly exceed those prior to the closure of the high dam, and the la...Spanish fertility experts bring hope of avoiding serious complication of assisted reproduction
...s and withholding hCG if levels are too high while continuing to give a gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue, hCG can be resumed once levels drop to a safe point. This novel approach known as 'coasting' enables the treatment cycle to continue, but with less risk. Coasting works because the multipl...NASA biotechnology activities enhancing quality of life
...rom the ground control experiment. Researchers are continuing their analysis to determine if these changes in composition result in positive changes to seed quality. "We want to examine the seeds produced by plants grown on the Space Station to see if they have any unique, desirable traits," said Dr. Tom Corbin...'Reverse CPR' performed on back could better restore blood flow
...e, but it does raise interesting possibilities for continuing research," says Myron L. Weisfeldt, M.D., a cardiologist, co-author of the study and chairman of the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins, who participated in the research while chairman of medicine at Columbia. "It's widely recognized that while...Molecular fingerprint predicts HIV-associated dementia
...begin including men in the studies. In addition to continuing the current work, the researchers plan to purify and sequence the proteins that are altered in HAD and to see how the protein patterns change over time as patients improve or decline. They also hope to examine whether genetic factors influence HIV d...New owl species discovered in Brazil
... its habitat severely fragmented and in a state of continuing decline due to unchecked human activities in the region. The area in which the pygmy-owl lives harbors half of the 850 bird species that exist in the Atlantic Forest, with 17 globally threatened species and one extinct in the wild, the Mitu mitu. The...Long-term study of humans and deforestation in Amazon Basin gets new support
...s colleagues at Indiana University Bloomington, is continuing with the support of a new $1.63 million, four-year grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Among its goals, the comprehensive study of 952 households will determine how farming strategies change with each generation a...Columbia offers new ecology program in Dominican Republic
...ign. Graduates not only have a solid grounding for continuing in the fields of conservation, ecology, and environmental biology, but will have also been given the tools to be good environmental citizens. "This is exactly the type of program we hoped the Punta Cana Biodiversity Laboratory would be used for: intr...University of Pittsburgh scientists awarded for outstanding cancer research contribution
...ew and exciting areas in cancer research. They are continuing to use innovative molecular biology techniques to understand the basis for KSHV's ability to cause cancer and to unearth new pathogens and undiscovered viruses." Samuel A. Wells, Jr., M.D., president of the GMCRF, called Drs. Chang and Moore exemplar...UNC researcher awarded top prize for oceanography, fresh water studies
...ions to knowledge and whose future work promises a continuing legacy of scientific excellence, according to Hutchinson's wishes. Past winners have been recognized for studies of acid rain, bacteria in natural waters, nitrogen and carbon cycles and plankton dynamics, precipitation chemistry, limnology and wetla......onds in China's Anhui Province, with their numbers continuing to decline as much as six percent annually. The three released animals came from an alligator breeding center. Scientists equipped each individual with a radio transmitter to track its movements. The team, which included members of WCS, Anhui Fore...