The Gerontological Society of America announces Hartford Fellowship recipients
...nationwide Geriatric Social Work Initiative, which seeks to expand the training of social workers in order to improve the health and well being of older persons and their families. It was created to help social work doctoral students overcome their greatest obstacles, such as limited teacher training and c...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
... NSF's Research on Learning and Education program, seeks to understand how deaf students divide their attention between instructor, interpreter and a graphic display. Another study, conducted with a team including graduate student Justin Laird and faculty members Mitch Rosen and Ethan Montag, is funded by...University seeks recruits for arthritis study
...ased at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Edinburgh, seeks 25 people over the age of 55, fluent in English, to take part in the study. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires about their mood and carry out a short ability test. Information given to researchers will be kept confidential and only...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...ork and differs from other CBT programs in that it seeks to enhance social and work function. Stroke patients over 75 receive health benefits from rehabilitation therapy, pg 47 This study assesses the length and efficacy of rehabilitation for stroke patients over 75 years old. Investigators compared pre...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
...re is increased by an external substance, the body seeks to protect the cardiovascular system by decreasing heart rate and dilating the blood vessels. It does this by "shutting down" the sympathetic nervous system, so that heart rate is slower, and the widening of blood vessels starts to bring blood pressu...Women less likely to get quality heart attack care
...r drugs for patients leaving the hospital. It also seeks to increase the number of patients who get counseling about diet and smoking before they leave the hospital. Sandeep Jani, MPH, the researcher who will present the results, notes that on the whole, men treated after the quality effort were more likel...US cancer researchers launch first American-Israeli cancer conference
...g, scheduled for March 16 through 18 in Jerusalem, seeks to foster collaboration among physicians and scientists in the two countries. Close to 200 cancer experts from institutions throughout Israel and the United States are expected to attend, making it Israel's largest scientific conference in at least f...Study finds new designer drug is potent treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...esearch effort, dubbed the "Kinase Project," which seeks to identify abnormal tyrosine kinases -- enzymes that spark or halt growth -- in cancer cells and test agents known to act against them. The Cancer Cell study's lead author is Ellen Weisberg, PhD, of Dana-Farber. Co-authors include researchers at Da...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
...ident of The Johns Hopkins University. "Though one seeks to solve the mysteries of the mind and brain and the other explores the universe, they are really very much alike: They are intensely curious. They are immensely creative. They are relentless in their pursuit of knowledge and truth. We are proud to b...Study finds new designer drug is potent treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...esearch effort, dubbed the "Kinase Project," which seeks to identify abnormal tyrosine kinases -- enzymes that spark or halt growth -- in cancer cells and test agents known to act against them. ...New treatment rivals chemotherapy for lymphoma, U-M study finds
...odine I 131 tositumomab, combines an antibody that seeks out cancer cells, and a radioactive form of the element iodine. When injected, it travels like a guided missile through the bloodstream to bind to a protein found on the surface of the cancerous cells. The radiation zaps these malignant cells with mi...Promise of 'bladder pacemaker' for people with spinal cord injury
... low-frequency electrical signal. The project also seeks to enable patients to generate a high-frequency signal on demand so they can empty their bladders at will. "More control over bladder function could significantly improve quality of life, such as by allowing people the simple freedom of going to th...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...s the technique of binaural sound synthesis, which seeks to recreate the illusion of sound all around the listener simply using two channels of sound, one channel delivered to each ear. Hearing a traditional stereo signal through headphones normally gives the impression that the sounds are located 'inside...Genetically targeted therapies create opportunities to do business in new ways
... Pharmacogenomics, Ethics, and Public Policy. PEPP seeks to clarify the ethical, economic, legal, and regulatory impacts of pharmacogenomics on clinical practice, research ethics, economic and industry structure, and legal and regulatory issues. Dr. Evans directs PEPP. Dr. Flockhart is a physician and phar...Sleep loss boosts appetite, may encourage weight gain
...ince the brain is fueled by glucose, we suspect it seeks simple carbohydrates when distressed by lack of sleep." At the same time, the added difficulty of making decisions while sleepy may weaken the motivation to select more nutritious foods, making it harder to push away the doughnuts in favor of a low-...Scholarship to attract 'top students' for optometry
...ning vision needs and care. The organization also seeks to encourage and foster the study of human vision and related fields by providing resources for student scholarships and loans, research and state-of-the-art equipment. FERV functions as the non-profit support foundation of UHCO, helping generate an...University seeks recruits for Parkinson's Disease study
...ased at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Edinburgh, seeks 20 people over the age of 45, fluent in English, to take part in the study. Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire and carry out a short ability test. Information given to researchers will be kept confidential and only used for resear...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
...g. MIST will also compare TUNA to TUMT and seeks to identify men best suited for each of the three therapies. Changes in sexual function, ejaculation, bladder changes, PSA, prostate size and shape, and ratio of various prostate tissues; and pain before, during and after surgery, among other parame...American ethnic groups less likely to have cholesterol controlled
...rt, Lung, and Blood Institute. This ongoing study seeks to discover if any differences exist between ethnic groups in the development of heart disease. The study measured prevalence and control of high cholesterol among the four ethnic groups, and found striking differences in treatments. Among persons ...Study will assess effect of tomato oil on precancerous prostate changes
...te cancer. A new study at Northwestern University seeks to determine whether natural tomato oil with a high concentration of lycopene may reverse or delay progression of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN), a condition in which abnormal cells form within the prostate and which is the st...