Reducing allergens in the home helps inner-city children with asthma
...t 20 million Americans. Inner-city children suffer disproportionately from the disease, primarily because of exposure to high levels of multiple indoor allergens and tobacco smoke. "These study results are exciting because they show that changes made in the home environment can produce a reduction in symptoms com...Institute for OneWorld Health nominated for the 2004 World Technology Awards
... affordable medicines for infectious diseases that disproportionately affect people in the developing world. OneWorld Health applies its entrepreneurial business model with a staff of experienced pharmaceutical scientists who identifies promising leads and drives development from pre-clinical studies to clinical trials...Why some animals have smaller eyes: Lifestyle matters
...at explains why babies are so adorably cute: Their disproportionately big eyes gaze out from those little round faces. By three months, our eyes are as big as they'll ever be -- at least from outward appearances: The corneas have reached their full width, although inside the eyes, the neurobiologist notes, the front-to...$5 million grant funds partnership, studies of minority-based issues in reproductive health
...prove the reproductive care of minorities that are disproportionately affected by certain reproductive disorders." Three of the clinical studies that are part of this grant are currently recruiting participants. One study aims to determine whether female hormone levels are higher in African-American compared to Caucasi...OneWorld Health CEO outlines mutually beneficial collaborations between industry, nonprofits at BIO
... affordable medicines for infectious diseases that disproportionately affect people in the developing world. OneWorld Health accomplishes this through an entrepreneurial business model in which its staff of experienced pharmaceutical scientists identifies promising drug leads and drives their development from pre-clini...Addressing the Healthcare Needs of Our Aging Population with Technology
... outpaces overall inflation. Utilization will also disproportionately increase as seniors take advantage of an expanding array of new technologies for managing chronic illness and promoting active lifestyles. CONTACT: To attend the symposium, contact Pender M. McCarter, IEEE-USA director of communications and public...Institute for OneWorld Health CEO to speak at BIO on leveraging opportunities for global health
... affordable medicines for infectious diseases that disproportionately affect people in the developing world. More information is available at www.oneworldhealth.org WHEN Breakout Session: June 7, 2004, 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM International Biotechnology Marketplace: June 6, 2004, 12:00 - 5:30 PM Booth: June 7-9 ...S.C. hospitals and universities form statewide health research collaborative
.... Pinckney cited the fact that South Carolina is disproportionately affected by stroke, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes when compared to other states. Yet the state has limited resources to fight these problems. "Pooling the financial and intellectual resources of our respective institutions presented us with a o...Colorectal cancer rates in African Americans equal with insurance parity
...esults. The colon cancer death rate in blacks is disproportionately higher than in whites. These disparities prevail even when factors like age, gender, stage of cancer, and geography are taken into consideration. "In many, if not all cancers, there are racial disparities in survival," said Walter Smalley, M.D., as...HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
...sic biological mechanisms underlying diseases that disproportionately affect the world's poorest people. Approximately half of the grant recipients were from developing countries. Annual meetings of the international research scholars have led to productive collaborations between researchers in less and more developed ...Research to create lung-cancer blood tests receives $3.4M in Pennsylvania tobacco settlement funds
...rch. "Our urban and rural populations suffer disproportionately from both poor pregnancy outcomes and the frequency and severity of lung disease," Secretary Johnson said. "This research makes sense because it will test prevention and treatment approaches for eliminating disparities and improving outcomes in these...Gene variants may increase susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
...f diabetes. In the United States, type 2 diabetes disproportionately affects African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and American Indians. Affecting about 17 million people nationwide, this form of diabetes accounts for 90 to 95 percent of all diabetes cases in the U.S. Its prevalence has been steadily rising ...2004 AAAS annual meeting spotlights world health, oceans and family science
...sease. Other diseases such as malaria are taking a disproportionately heavy toll on the developing world. In response, the Gates Foundation in 2003 launched a $200 million medical research initiative. Klausner is expected to unveil the Foundation's next major steps at the AAAS Annual Meeting. The AAAS Meeting, "Science...Fourteen Grand Challenges in Global Health announced
...h efforts are directed toward health problems that disproportionately affect the two billion poorest people on earth. To date, there has been no systematic effort to identify the most critical scientific challenges in global health and direct funds to solve them. By directing substantial and carefully targeted resourc...Antarctic penguins thrive in ocean 'oases'
... relatively small in area, coastal polynyas play a disproportionately important role in many physical and biological processes in Polar Regions. In eastern Antarctica, more than 90 percent of all Adelie Penguin colonies live next to coastal polynyas. Polynya productivity explains, to a great extent, the increase and de...New study shows why hypertension affects black males disproportionately
...es in cardiovascular disease. It is a disease that disproportionately affects African-American males. Not only does HT occur more frequently among this group, it also presents itself earlier in their life, and causes increased complications of cardiovascular diseases compared with white Americans. Because changes in t...Obesity, kidney genetics, erectile dysfunction among highlighted research at APS Meeting
...ney diseases. African-Americans are known to have disproportionately higher rates of elevated blood pressure compared to the rest of the U.S. population. These higher blood pressure rates also cause a number of kidney related health problems. Genetics may be the reason African-Americans aged 25-44 are 20 times more li...Researchers involved in renal and cardiovascular function gather for fall conference
...ney diseases. African-Americans are known to have disproportionately higher rates of elevated blood pressure compared to the rest of the U.S. population. These higher blood pressure rates also cause a number of kidney related health problems. Genetics may be the reason African-Americans aged 25-44 are 20 times more li...More than 700 threatened species remain completely unprotected, new study shows
...a to the world's existing protected area system, a disproportionately large number of species could be brought into protection. For example, adding just 2.6 percent of the world's land area would bring approximately two-thirds of unprotected species into the protected area system. However, scientists urge caution in in...Some 400 'fragile regions' of genome more vulnerable to evolutionary breaks
...ks are not random," concluded Pevzner. "They occur disproportionately in these fragile regions, just as earthquakes happen more often near major fault lines." Pevzner and Tesler do not discount random breakage theory. In fact, pointed out Pevzner, that theory "was prophetically accurate in predicting roughly 200 major ...