Scientific society recognizes womens contributions to the Manhattan Project
... Fla., April 8 The American Chemical Society will celebrate the contributions of women scientists to the Manhattan Project with a symposium at the 223rd national meeting, April 7-11, in Orlando. The April 8 symposium is sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee of the ACS as part of the committees 75th annive...Dr. Paul Janssen honoured for over 40 years pioneering new therapies for severe mental illnesses
...nn, President of the CINP explained "We honour and celebrate Dr Paul Janssen's historic contribution to the development of therapies for patients with mental illnesses. He, and others like him, allowed patients around the world to recover hope and attain a quality of live that they would otherwise be denied." ...The gender effect: fatherhood spurs men to work longer hours -- especially if it's a boy!
Families gathering for Father's Day will celebrate dads' contributions to their children's lives, but new research shows a surprising effect that kids can have on their fathers, too. Two University of Washington economists have discovered that American men work longer hours after having children an...U-M health leaders offer an innovative framework for keeping academic medicine viable
...e of health care and Michigan's economy. "As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of medicine at Michigan, we are confident that the U-M is in a strong position to prepare the next generation of health care professionals, advance medical technology, attract and serve patients, and improve the health of our co...Conference Celebrates Lithium's 50 Years As A Miracle Drug
...999,medical researchers from around the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary ofthe use of lithium in medicine at Lithium-Lexington '99: A Celebration of 50Years of Lithium in Clinical Medicine. The conference is being hosted by theInternational Society for Lithium Research and the University of Kentucky......the exact meaning of it." A Century of Trust To celebrate the 100-year milestone, the Centennial Edition is packaged with acomplimentary facsimile of the 192-page First Edition. Comparing Merck's 1899Manual, as it was called, with the new Centennial Edition offers a glimpse ofhow much has changed, and yet ...Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
...isexual men sincethe early nineteen-eighties, will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary on March31, 1999. Because AIDS in the early eighties was found largely in homosexualmen, the MACS was set up to gather epidemiological evidence and to try andunderstand the full spectrum of the AIDS related diseases. Mor...Media Alert: Percy Julian Honored
...t Anaheim Meeting To celebrate the 100th anniversary of black chemist Percy Julian's birthand accomplishments, the American Chemical society is sponsoring a specialsymposium highlighting his contributions and pioneering research in the chemicalsynthesis of pharmaceuticals. Julian'......icine: Toward a New Science of Healing," that will celebrate theestablishment of the new Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (OCIM) at UCSF. Media Are Invited To Attend The Afternoon Symposium: Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 Time: 1:00 pm-5:30 pm Place: Cole Hall on the UCSF Campus, 513 Parnassus Ave. ...