Good medicine, good economics: African-Americans need equal treatment for pain, SLU study finds
...f case settlement. "Some level of the system will bear the cost," Chibnall says. "If treatment and compensation for work-related back pain injuries were more equitable, particularly along racial and socioeconomic lines, claimants would be more satisfied with their experience and better off in the long ru...Infectious agent linked to mad cow disease found in organs other than the brain
... research had shown that the brain and spinal cord bear the highest infection risk for BSE, followed by organs such as the spleen, lymph nodes and tonsils. All other organs were thought to be devoid of prions. Ruddle and co-authors analyzed three organ systems that are typically free of prions: liver, pan...Mother's depression associated with increased risk of child's antisocial behavior
...ity traits related to depression, 2) are likely to bear children with antisocial men, 3) and the children of depressed mothers may inherit a genetic predisposition for antisocial disorders. Julia Kim-Cohen, Ph.D., from King's College London, and colleagues investigated the association between maternal de...Penn joins major NCI research initiative to advance breast cancer therapies
... bringing imaging, genetics, and cancer biology to bear on these end-stages of breast cancer." Advanced stages of tumor progression, characterized by resistance to therapeutic agents, metastasis, and tumor recurrence, are responsible for the majority of cancer deaths. However, while tumor progression cons...Hypothyroidism associated with reduced breast cancer risk
...ults of a planned M. D. Anderson prospective study bear out this conclusion, then it may be possible to design a treatment that specifically and narrowly targets thyroid hormone receptors, which might provide enough influence on the target cells to help prevent breast cancer - perhaps even serving as a co...Alcohol's damaging effects on adolescent brain function
...g 'transdisciplinary and translational science' to bear on it," said Monti. "I don't think the problem can only be solved by people in neuropsychology, or clinical psychology, or neurobiology, or genetics. I think it's going to require a transdisciplinary approach; hopefully we've taken it a step in tha...Pioneering nanosystems degree wins approval
...help fund nanotechnology programs, and NNI numbers bear him out. Federal funding for nanotechnology research and development has increased from $116 million in 1997 to $961 million in 2004, according to the NNI, which also estimates that worldwide, government funding topped $2 billion in 2002. "Governme...... combination of scientific techniques he brings to bear on these problems. These include IR spectroscopic mapping, environmental SEM, and x-ray micro-tomography. He also maintains a high profile of national, European, and international engagement with professional aspects of dental materials science. Ini...... select the sex of their next child if they had to bear the cost. Sex selection is not without controversy. Some believe it may lead to imbalances in society's sex ratio and contribute to gender stereotyping and discrimination. The practice has been banned in the United Kingdom. "One of the fears is that...