UC Irvine's undergraduate research programs receive $900,000 funding boost
... and present their research among peers through an annual journal and symposium. Through the Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, UCI will host juniors and seniors -- four from UCI and 12 from colleges across the country -- pursuing research interests in biomedical, physical and ...American Academy of Neurology program receives Grassroots Award
...and national levels. Earlier this month, the third annual Forum prepared 31 neurologists from 20 states and two countries to serve as Advocacy Leaders. Courses covered media training, facilitating organizational change, and legislative advocacy training. "The commitment of our Forum graduates to speak with ...... and mortality from cervical cancer has become an annual screening rite among American women. Recently, ho...e screening. But are woman willing to forego their annual test? In a study published in the current issue of The American Journal of Medicine researchers at t...Medical meeting to feature research findings and disease prevention and health promotion sessions
...st in preventive medicine. The forum serves as the annual meeting for the Washington, D.C.-based American Co...be convened jointly with Medical Quality 2005, the annual conference of the American College of Medical Quality. Medical Quality 2005 will address emerging i...Auditory screening for newborns can be successful, UT Southwestern researchers report
...ented in a public hospital with a larger number of annual births than many U.S. states and territories, including Rhode Island, New Hampshire, the Virgin Islands, and Guam," said Dr. Angela Shoup, assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery, who leads UT Southwestern's communicative and ves...Study reports women don't experience undue pain, anxiety during mammography screening
...eening guidelines for mammography, which recommend annual screenings for women over the age of 50. Previous studies had found that the majority of women who fail to return for repeat screenings following their initial mammogram cite pain during the procedure as the reason. Knowing that relaxation techniques...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
... scroll, will be presented to Foege during the NAS annual meeting in May. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that provides science advice under a congressional charter....National Academies news: Academy honors 17 for major contributions to science
...ony inWashington, D.C., during the Academy's 142nd annual meeting. Awards andrecipients are: ARCTOWSKI MEDAL - a medal and a prize of $20,000, awarded every threeyears for outstanding contributions to the study of solar physics andsolar-terrestrial relationships - goes to EDWARD J. SMITH, seniorresearch...Rice scientist recognized as pioneer in tissue engineering
...ze. Mikos will receive the award at the society's annual meeting next month in Washington, D.C. "This prestigious award reflects the hard work of past and present undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral research associates in my group over the years," said Mikos. Over the past 13 years, Mikos' laborator...Study naming hospitals in top 5% for clinical quality released by HealthGrades
...ccording to the study, officially titled the third annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study. "These in-hospital survival differences are significant -- they cannot and should not be ignored," said Samantha Collier, MD, HealthGrades' Vice President of Medical Affairs. "Our research...Annual mammogram, doctor visits are enough for breast cancer follow-up
... group of women who got regular physical exams and annual mammograms and a group who underwent a more extensive battery of laboratory tests that included liver scans, molecular tumor markers, chest x-rays and blood and liver function tests. Another study included in the review found that follow-up care by h...Study shows drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex were widely over-used long before recent problems
...hese drugs were bringing in billions of dollars of annual revenue. These drugs were also heavily promoted to physicians and to the general public. In 2000 alone, Vioxx was the most aggressively promoted drug on the market, including $161 million of direct-to-consumer advertising. The researchers wondered ...Moderate alcohol intake may reduce risk of dementia in older women
...ed 65 to 79 years for an average of 4.2 years with annual Modified Mini-Mental State Examinations (MMSE), which is a measure of cognitive function, and other tests to detect mild cognitive impairment and probable dementia. Dementia occurs when memory, judgment and thinking ability decline substantially to t...American Academy of Neurology names two Advocates of the Year
...es of the Year. They were honored during the third annual Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum held January 6 9, 2005, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Callaghan was recognized for her efforts to advocate for tort reform in the state of Washington, where she is a staff neurologist at Providence St. Pet...Study confirms ICDs more effective in preventing sudden cardiac death than medical therapies
...erred hospital" in National Research Corporation's annual survey. About the Northwestern Cardiovascular Institute The NCVI is a world-class heart program offering comprehensive services and state-of-the-art surgical treatments in all areas of cardiovascular care. Patients treated at Northwestern Memorial...Other highlights in the January 19 JNCI
... 7 to 12 years. They will be encouraged to receive annual prostate cancer screenings but will be allowed to follow community screening standards and personal preferences. In a commentary, Scott M. Lippman, M.D., of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues discuss the d...Georgia Medicaid program saves $20 million by controlling use of anti-ulcer drugs
...t in costs among all prescription-drug classes. An annual budget review revealed that enrollees were using PPIs for a variety of conditions that did not appear to warrant PPI use, leading to higher than normal drug costs. For these patients, a possible alternate treatment existed in lower-cost generic hista...Is it all in the mind or is it a medical condition?
... 15, 2005. The debate is being held as part of an annual conference given by the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA). According to the World Health Organization, half of men aged 40-70 have sexual dysfunction. Premature ejaculation (PE) is one of the most common forms of dysfunction experien...Long-term high consumption of red and processed meat linked with increased risk for colon cancer
...s in which colorectal cancer is common. Per capita annual consumption of beef has increased in the United States since 1993, reversing a previous decrease since 1976. Ann Chao, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society, Atlanta, and colleagues examined the relationship between recent and long-term meat consump...