Pendulum love, science class gender gaps, musical mind mirrors, and unparticle physics
...complexity and challenges of reducing gender-based disparities in science education for different populations and circumstances. - JR Music: Mirror of the Mind Simone Bianco and Paolo Grigolini Physical Review E (forthcoming), on arxiv.org at http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0610037 The long supposed co...Penn leads $4 million grant to study gene-environment interactions in lung cancer
...uestionnaire-based surveys to identify health-care disparities between the various populations to be enrolled. In addition, they will examine how information about genetic risk is understood and acted upon by the various participating groups. Once lung cancer is diagnosed, the five-year survival rate is less ...Health disparities -- Genetics, society and race play an important role in access to healthcare
...d whites, they found that surprisingly, the racial disparities persisted. "Even for patients who went to high volume hospitals and were seen by high volume physicians, there was still a racial disparity," Gooden said. "We expected that if everyone was treated by similarly experienced doctors or hospitals, they...AACR to present distinguished public service awards at 2007 Annual Meeting
...national leadership in the effort to reduce health disparities in the fight against cancer. Dr. Freeman is the founder, president, and medical director of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Serving with distinction for more than a dec...India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
...mpanies operate in close proximity to the shocking disparities in health that plague our globe today. Although these firms are uniquely suited to address these needs, they require financial and political support before they will commit to doing so. Indias health system is being hit with a double burden of comm...Pitt study notes decline in male births in the US and Japan
... Research on Minority Health, department of health disparities research, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Given the higher mortality rates for African-American males in the United States, these results reemphasize the need to determine all factors, including environmental contaminants, which are ...Leading researchers honored for progress in cancer prevention, detection and treatment
...c, social, and racial injustices related to health disparities through his scholarship. The award, sponsored by the AACR-Minorities in Cancer Research Council, is named in honor of Jane Cooke Wright, M.D., an African-American woman pioneer in clinical cancer chemotherapy and an exceptional scientist. Dr. Free...National Academies host spring season of Distinctive Voices programs in Irvine, Calif.
...to improve. Learn why this happens, and how health disparities can be reduced. Nancy E. Adler is professor of psychology in the departments of psychiatry and pediatrics; vice chair of the department of psychiatry; and the director of the Center for Health and Community at the University of California, San Franc...Experimental Biology 2007: Today's Research, Tomorrow's Health, April 28-May 2
...the genetic and therapeutic implications of health disparities in HIV and AIDS. Exhibits of the latest research-related technologies, products and services will be open Sunday and Monday, April 29 and 30, from 9 AM to 4 PM and Tuesday, May 1, from 9 AM to 3:30 PM. Once again, the FASEB Career Resources wi...Study verifies more hazardous waste facilities located in minority areas
...the new method, researchers have found that racial disparities in the location of hazardous waste facilities are ...than previous studies have shown. Furthermore, the disparities persist even when controlling for economic and sociopolitical variables, suggesting that racial targ...Risk of preterm birth appears to vary by season
...who conceived in winter or spring. Tracking such disparities is a valuable way to target specific variables for further study, such as environmental allergens, dietary changes, sunlight exposure, viral infections and exercise habits, noted Hyagriv Simhan, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and...Recurrence of a flu pandemic similar to infamous 1918 flu could kill 62 million
...ber shrinks to about three or four percent." The disparities between the developed and developing worlds during this period are striking. For example, in Denmark 0.2 percent of the population succumbed to the flu. In the United States, that figure is 0.3 percent (based on data from 24 states). In the Philippin...Research linking Ashkenazi Jews and breast cancer genes beset by problems
...enges this population-based approach, warning that disparities in access to care and other unintended consequence...ing and treatment." The report cites examples of disparities that have occurred. For instance, Ashkenazi Jewish women have access to an inexpensive test that det...New study warns against linking ethnic identity to breast cancer genes
...blic Health challenges this approach, warning that disparities in access to care and other unintended consequence...ng and treatment." The report cites examples of disparities that have occurred. For instance, Ashkenazi Jewish women have access to an inexpensive test that de...Pulmonary hypertension discriminates by race, gender
...e of Chest Physicians (ACCP), revealed that racial disparities exist in pulmonary hypertension mortality and morbidity, with African-American women exhibiting the highest mortality rate when compared with all other groups. "Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, by definition, means that there is no clear ...American research finds twins more likely to have premature menopause
...this finding insofar as identical twins had lesser disparities in menopausal age than non-identical twins. In several diseases such as familial breast cancer or Alzheimer's disease, forms linked with mutations in single genes occur earlier in life than do sporadic cases. So, perhaps, it would not be surprising i...Conference supports minority students to pursue biomedical careers
... issues and challenges involved in reducing health disparities among minorities in the United States....Researchers discover genetics markers to help predict risk for preterm birth
...s and how genetic factors can contribute to racial disparities in the incidence of preterm birth," said Dr. Strauss. "With better understanding of this genetic variation, we hope to be able to identify pregnancies at greater risk of preterm birth and intervene to prevent it." "Supporting research is critical ...Prenatal health strongly influences future economic success
...ife health have higher returns for reducing racial disparities in socioeconomic outcomes than more traditional in...." Specifically, the findings indicate that racial disparities in adult health and economic status could be reduced by targeting early-life health of black infants......ing this conference must be used to address health disparities among racial/ethnic populations and the poor." Dr. Bertram Lubin, co-director of the Center and president of Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), shares this enthusiasm. "Evidence based translational research is the next neede...