ACS Industry Pavilion Features Chemistry's Cutting Edge
...re of the chemical industry will be addressed by a panel ofsenior managers from top U.S. chemical companies and investment firms who willdiscuss trends and how they will affect chemical industry careers. The IndustryPavilion also will feature literature, networking and computer resources. Brochure...International Panel Evaluates Testing For Drug Resistance In HIV
...the best usage of such tests, says aninternational panel of AIDS experts. In a report appearing in the Jun...e Journal of the American Medical Association, the panel convened by theInternational AIDS Society-USA outlines several implications of andrecommendations re...New Guidelines Stress Early Potent Drug Cocktails, Individualized Therapy
...g Saturday, June 27, in Geneva. Two years ago, the panel of independent physicians and scientists published...sshould be continued to fight HIV effectively, the panel recommends in itsreport, published in the July 1 issue of the Journal of the American MedicalAssocia...Three INEEL Inventions Win International Recognition
...-voltage power system,such as a controller, switch panel or insulator. Although the developers have concentrated initially on voltage measurement atpower substations, they believe the technology has unique advantages that willbe critical in the emerging deregulated electric power industry. For example,bus...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...roposals were received and reviewed by an advisory panel of 235 experts representing the full spectrum of scientific disciplines within the purview of the KDI initiative. "We were impressed with the number of excellent proposals," said Michael McCloskey, NSF's KDI coordinator. "I wish we had been able to...Electronic Nose Inspects Cheese, Hints At Human Sense Of Smell
...opinions of a human sensory panel to the scent analysis of a commercially-available electronic nose. The panel rated five different types ofSwiss cheeses according to scent and flavor. ...Microwaves May Provide Early Detection Of Breast Cancer
...ocessor. The microwave sensor will be a small flat panel containingan array of miniature antennas placed on the surface of the breast. "We canfocus the microwave signal within the breast, and the entire breast can beelectronically scanned under software control to create a three-dimensionalmicrowave image,...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...vocacy. Nurses werenominated by their peers, and a panel of outside judges -- all nurses --selected the winners and finalists. The full list will be printed in the April 5issue....Active Aging Makes A Difference: World Health Day 1999 Set April 7
...O Headquarters, 525 23rd St., NW. A distinguished panel ofexperts on aging will then discuss the U.S. initiative, "Healthy Aging, HealthLiving -- Start Now," organized by PAHO and the American Association for WorldHealth. Panelists include Julia Alvarez, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to theUnited N...Teen Line Panel Of Six High School Students To Address The Issue Of Teens And Tolerance
...Medical Center's "Teen Line" program willpresent a panel of six high school students who will address the i...8, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in BeverlyHills. The panel discussion is part of Teen Line's annual "Food for Thought"luncheon, which this year focuses on enco......in pregnancy were discussed heretoday by an expert panel at the American Lung Association/American ThoracicSociety International Conference. Breastfeeding and Asthma Children who are exclusively breastfed for at least the first fourmonths of life have a substantial reduction in the risk of devel......eart disease were discussed here todayby an expert panel at the American Lung Association/American Thoracic SocietyInternational Conference. Gender Differences and Smoking Men are more likely than women to grab a cigarette if they're angry,anxious, sad or tired, a new study presented at the confe...Heart Experts Call For Action Against Missed Opportunities To Prevent Heart Disease In Women
... treated aggressively toprevent heart disease, the panel reported. For example, the U.S. Centers forDiseas...ing to alow-fat diet, do not prove effective. The panel now recommends that a statindrug be considered instead of HRT as the first line of drug therapy. ......on on Monday, May 3, serving as a memberof a group panel regarding "Neonatal Transfusion Issues: Platelets,Erythrocytes, T-Cell Activation." The panel discussed the significant issue ofreducing the number of transfusions in neonates. Dr. Sola also par...Older Women's Health Focus Of Bay Area Summit
...y, May 7; 9 am-3:30 pm COST: FREE During panel discussions and research presentations, summit participants willcover subjects such as health care financing and economics, health and wellness,and care giving and receiving. Specific topics include older women and heartdisease; social security and ...New Procedure Makes A Successful Transplant Possible
...hool of Medicine. High PRA, which stands for "high panel reactive antibody," affects at least 20percent of people on the U.S. kidney transplant waiting list. It cansignificantly increase their waiting time to receive a suitable donated kidney. For example, a person with a PRA of 50 means that half of the p......to these workers' schedules." The NCSDR convened a panel of sleep and traffic safety experts in 1997 toidentify what the scientific literature showed about the groups most at risk ofdrowsy driving and how sleepiness affects their driving performance. Thepanel's report, "Drowsy Driving and Automobile Crash......esponse rate was assessed by an independent review panel in accordance with the National Cancer Institute's guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of CLL. Of 93 evaluable patients, 31 demonstrated an objective response to treatment,for an overall response rate of 33%. Two of these responses were comp...7,000 Pharmaceutical scientists to share latest drug developments and discoveries
...eparating MarketHype from Medical Helpfulness." A panel discussion with audience participationwill focus on the role that pharmaceutical sciences should play in providingassurance of the quality and consistency of nutraceutical products. More than 350 companies will exhibit at this year's Exposition, Nove...New protocol to develop compound to treat disorders of the central nervous system is more efficient
... of these efforts by ouremployees." An independent panel of experts chose the winners as demonstrating practical aswell as innovative ways to significantly reduce pollution at its sources. Thepanel is selected by the American Chemical Society, the world's largestscientific society, as part of its particip...