Putting physiology into the Nobel Prize: 2004 marks 100th anniversary of Pavlov's award
...e Nobel Prize again in 1925 and 1927." When he was informed of winning the Nobel Prize in 1904, he reportedly told his wife: "There is nothing exceptional in my work; it is all based on facts from which logical conclusions were drawn. That's all." (B.P. Babkin, Pavlov, A Biography, 1949)...Does a time delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and start of radiation treatment matter?
...ns over delaying treatment in order to make a well informed treatment decisions," Andrews concluded....Medical geneticists elected to Institute of Medicine
...OM, which is a national resource for independently informed analysis and recommendations on issues related to human health. With their election, members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of time as volunteers for IOM committees, which conduct a broad range of studies on health policy issues. ...GENEPI: a tool to refine and fine-tune radiotherapy treatment for cancer
...er) in several European countries. After obtaining informed consent, anonymous, coded clinical details will be stored centrally, and this will include information on the effectiveness and side effects of radiotherapy. This will form a detailed outcome-database from a large number of patients who received radi...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...be practicably conducted without an exception from informed consent requirements....US DHS sponsored evaluation confirms superior performance of Response Biomedical's RAMP anthrax test
...mance standards to enable first responders to make informed purchasing decisions," states Bill Radvak, President and CEO, Response Biomedical Corp. "The broad publication of these results which unequivocally demonstrate RAMP's market-leading performance will ensure that emergency responders and corporate Amer...Book explores impact of viruses on evolution
...e. Viruses and the Evolution of Life offers the informed reader a new perspective on evolution and the expert reader discussions of specific scientific literature. "From prebiotic chemical replicators to unicellular life to human populations, viruses affect life's outcome and give an ever-changing shape...Parents' attitudes to sperm donation still some concerns about being open
... stigma of infertility and their children would be informed early in their lives about their origins. Among heterosexual couples, those opting for anonymous donors had a different profile from those wanting an identifiable donor. They were more likely to have a low socioeconomic status, difficulties coping wi...Wider use of simpler cervical cancer screening could benefit women in developing countries
...er "many women never return to be diagnosed and be informed of their treatment, or they don't adhere to their treatment. With a Pap smear, you have to return to know the results." It's much quicker and simpler with the vinegar or VIA test. According to the article, VIA-positive women knew their abnormal resul...National survey shows Americans are in the dark regarding genetically modified foods
..., most lack the tools and background needed for an informed assessment. Genetic modification (GM) involves the...o GM food is indicative of a public that is poorly informed about the technology and therefore unable to separate fact from fiction." Most Americans say they ha...CMS plan recognizes PET technology for benefit of cancer patients
...he evidence needed by doctors and patients to make informed decisions about treatment. "Ultimately, our working relationship with CMS is about improving the quality of and access to cancer care for patients everywhere," said Andrew von Eschenach, M.D., NCI director. CMS will hold an open door forum Feb. 14 o...Flocking together: Study shows how animal groups find their way
... group increased from 10 to 200, the percentage of informed individuals needed to accurately guide the group r...to less than 5 percent. As a result, the number of informed individuals required to lead a small group was about the same as the number needed to lead a large o...Physicians recommend screening for toxoplasmosis for all pregnant women, newborns
...tion of test results in reference laboratories and informed counseling are essential parts of the process. An infection caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis can be harmful and potentially lethal to the children of women who acquire the infection during pregnancy. In the February issue of th...Report addresses safety problem in preharvest stage of food production
...d safety is essential. "The public should be more informed about preharvest food safety while understanding that zero risk is unattainable, according to the report."......our discomfort to engage in more product dialogue, informed by the best possible scientific information." Becker's sentiments were echoed by Rochelle Diamond of the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, co-organizer of the AAAS session, with Mark Tumeo of Cleveland S...University research ethics committees: A look from behind closed doors
...rch design, risk-benefit ratio and the adequacy of informed consent. However, federal guidelines do not provide specific criteria for all these areas, so each committee must decide how to interpret the baseline regulations and is encouraged to use the flexibility of the regulations when deemed appropriate. An...Winners of Tyler Environmental prize announced
...y scientists and laypeople today. Many reasonably informed people have heard that tropical glaciers are shrinking and that the famous ice cap on Kenya's Mt. Kilimanjaro may vanish altogether in the near future. Few know the name of the man most responsible for those findings. The discovery several decades ag...Gene variations explain drug dose required to control seizures
...n among patients in drug response, allowing better informed treatment decisions," he continued. Control of epilepsy with phenytoin can be a difficult and lengthy process because of the wide range of doses required by different patients and the drug's narrow therapeutic index, explained study co-author Nichola...'Free-for-all' illegal logging of mahogany in Peruvian parks, says Duke-based monitoring group
...r, according to the report. ParksWatch's team was informed those boards had been stacked into rafts and floated out on another river, the Sepahua. Fagan's and Shoobridge's report also cited their own evidence that a government wood monitoring checkpoint on the Sepahua was not being properly staffed. "It woul......flying public needs to be armed with the facts and informed about the risks of cabin air transmission of viruses, bacteria and fungi that can cause illness," says Joe Lundquist, an airplane air filtration technology expert at Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL). A new study published in Lancet concluded that the ris...