September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ve its challenges. The authors use a case study to discuss several challenges associated with psychosocial intervention research in community-based primary care. The authors posit several criteria, which may help shape future research design: assessing what the population is willing and able to accept, consi...University of Edinburgh hosts European conference on childhood disability
...and best practice for children with disability and discuss how best to overcome the barriers they face in are...cting them against emotional abuse. Delegates will discuss how we as professionals can make best use of our own learning in order to offer disabled children th...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
... will be highlight the new and revised indicators, discuss some of the important trends that have emerged, re...very year in the press room at GSA's conference to discuss emerging concerns and developments on the age beat. This is an informal gathering and all journalist...Workshop on Responsible Stem Cell Research
...tee, scientists, ethicists, and policy-makers will discuss the appropriate use and handling of stem cells derived from frozen embryos originally intended for in vitro fertilization procedures, as well as those derived from a process scientists call somatic cell nuclear transfer that is often referred to as t...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...-larger particles from the silicon wafer. He will discuss efforts to develop a nanoscale optical damage prob...owles Acoustics ( pete.loeppert@knowles.com ) will discuss technical innovations that led to a low-cost, stable MEMS microphone for commercial applications (2a...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
...grow quickly when helping large-sized breeders. We discuss whether this effect is due to helper growth 'restraint' or whether breeders actively interfere with the growth rate of their helpers.Contact: Dr Dik Heg, Behavioural Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Bern, Wohlenstrasse 50a, HINTERKAPPELEN...Health, food, new technologies featured during ACS meeting Oct. 17-20 in Peoria, Ill.
...representatives from government and industry, will discuss the development of potentially healthier alternatives to the oils as well as nutritional and regulatory aspects. ( AGFD/AOCS 316-321 , Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1:30-5:00 p.m., Illinois Central College, Classroom 306) Emerging Technologies for the 21 st...Highlights of American Anthropological Assoc. meeting
...d a series of authors will visit the Press Room to discuss their new books. They write about great apes and c...st: Scholars working on both sides of the Atlantic discuss new approaches to replace notions of tribe, state, gender.( Noon3.45) Modern Magic in Melanes...Oct. 22-24 Chinese-American frontiers of science meeting
...tes and China with the opportunity to interact and discuss their research. Topics of discussion this year include emerging disease, DNA computing, gravity waves and the genetics of addiction. DETAILS: Oct. 22-24 at the Academies' Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Drive, Irvine, Calif. Additiona...Nov. 18-21 nanotechnology conference in Irvine, Calif.
...leading researchers will gather in focus groups to discuss and try to solve some major challenges facing nanotechnology today, including the building of a nano-system that can multiply and isolate RNA or DNA; the building of a synthetic self-replicator; and the development of a system to detect disease in vi...Other highlights in the October 20 JNCI
...ncy's experience with 22 accelerated approvals and discuss study designs and populations evaluated in the approval process. They also emphasize the need for the FDA and drug companies to integrate the accelerated approval process into a comprehensive drug development plan. There is also a related JNCI News a...Scientists fear threat of second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...s in science, public policy and public health will discuss the "hidden" nature of TSEs, specifically "mad cow" disease and vCJD, its human form; signals that vCJD is not a disease in decline but in a period of incubation with the possibility of a global second wave. The human-to-human threat may increase wit...Support for fragile X syndrome needed
...rents are getting together in Montreal, Canada, to discuss ways to bolster support for children with fragile X syndrome (FXS). McGill University's Neuroscience Laboratory for Research and Education in Developmental Disorders is holding the "First Annual Fragile X Syndrome Parent/Teacher Day" on Saturday, Oct...OneWorld Health presents preliminary clinical trial results at ASTMH
...ie Herskowitz, M.D., Chief Operating Officer, will discuss "Pediatric Analysis of Paromomycin for Visceral Le... Thursday, Nov. 11 Victoria Hale, Ph.D., will discuss "The New Role for Nonprofits in Facilitating Drug Development for Tropical Diseases" as part of "New...Stem Cells: Saving Lives or Crossing Lines?
...0-21 to determine ways to promote awareness of and discuss the concerns about human embryonic stem cell resea..., business, government, journalism and academia to discuss whether the United States can and should be a leader in human embryonic stem cell research and to re...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...ia blood transfusions. The panelists convened to discuss the adequacy of safeguards and precautionary measures to prevent human-to-human transmission of this fatal, neurodegenerative prion disease at a symposium held last night at the annual AABB blood banking conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The symposi...International Rice Functional Genomics meeting in Tucson Nov. 15-17
...gether rice researchers from all over the world to discuss how to tackle the next step: figuring out what all those rice genes do. Right now researchers know the function of only about 500 rice genes-- just 1 percent of the rice genome. Learning how the genes act inside the plant is crucial for developing be...Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) presents infectious disease conference
...diseases (BSE/mad cow disease). Participants will discuss supporting regional collaborations that leverage the national efforts of state public health programs and the CDC. The Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT) is a partnership among regional universities, state public health depar...Pediatric cardiology researchers describe findings in neurologic outcomes, heart devices
...rdiac Research Program at Children's Hospital, can discuss this research. Monday, Nov. 8, 2004 ...onal Electrophysiology at the Cardiac Center, will discuss the study findings and the prevention of sudden cardiac death in children and adolescents. ...HIV, diagnostic health care tools top of list for UH researchers
...proximately 100 of the nation's top researchers to discuss the emerging science of nanotechnology Nov. 19-21 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine, Calif. Kurt Krause, associate professor of biology and biochemistry at UH, and Rigoberto Advincula, associate professor of chemistry at UH, are two o...