USC Historian Sifts World's Oldest Printed Medical Books For Clues To Riddle Of Gender
...search] was set." As a feminist scholar, Furth was challenged by the project of exploring ideasabout the body and bodily gender in such an unfamiliar culture as China's. "Iwanted to see how far I could push the arguments that the human body is knownand experienced through the lens of culture, as historically co...American Heart Association honors two volunteers with top award
... his early years with the Texas Affiliate, Hoffman challenged theassociation's chapter structure, which was eventually eliminated nationwide. Hewas a leader in the 1970s for relocating the American Heart Association'sNational Center from New York City to Dallas. In 1995 he increased thevisibility of the associa...UNC AIDS vaccine researchers awarded $12 million federal grant
...s using the SIV-VRP vaccine. The animals were then challenged with anintravenous injection of the real virus. "And we've shown that, in fact, these modified vaccine vectors do induce bothsignificant cellular and humoral [antibody] immunity in the vaccinated macaquesand that some protection is demonstrated upon ...How long-term alcohol consumption can damage the immune system
...al and physiological functions that are constantly challenged by a variety of stressors. These can range from illness and injury to depression and fear, and even include exposure to extreme temperatures or too much exercise. Once a stress is recognized, the body will mobilize a 'counter-offensive' composed of......ated prescriptions, Michigan medical students were challenged to be active participants in their medical education." He continues, "They were required to understand the biological basis of disease and to reason through puzzling clinical presentations. Scientific thought was now the monarch of modern medical pr...New evidence suggests reconsidering causes and treatments for schizophrenia
...ngs of these patients. In the first trial, they challenged the muscarinic system with a medication called biperiden, which is primarily used to treat symptoms of Parkinson's Disease and has proven anti-muscarinic properties. They also chose to compare biperiden to an active placebo, in this case glycopyrrola...Biomedical informatics research group develops teaching/diagnostic software
...heir time learning facts, second year students are challenged to begin developing "higher order thinking skills" by applying their knowledge in "case-based" problems. "This can be a very painful process," explains Bender, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology. "This so......fection model, animals immunized with StaphVAX and challenged with representative VISA strains were protected against infection, said Dr. Horwith. S. aureus type 5 and type 8 account for 85-90% of all clinically significant S. aureus infections. StaphVAX is a bivalent vaccine that elicits antibodies against t...NHLBI launches sleep & children education program with Garfield the Cat as "Spokescat"
...racted scores of entries from throughout the U.S., challenged children in grades one through five to write the ending for a comic strip which showed Garfield lamenting that he had stayed up too late last night and was so tired today that he did something wrong or silly. The winning entries were: "Kissed Nerma...Fourth annual HIV vaccine awareness day honors volunteers, promotes research
...y when on that day in 1997, President Bill Clinton challenged the nation to develop an AIDS vaccine within 10 years. That challenge also led to the establishment of the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) on the NIH campus. Led by Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., the VRCs first HIV vaccine clinica......y when on that day in 1997, President Bill Clinton challenged the nation to develop an AIDS vaccine within 10 years. HIV Vaccine Awareness Day activities will be held throughout the United States. This year's events emphasize education and outreach by the research sites, which include media events, receptio...Gasoline additive interferes with alcohol breath analyzers
...erfere with breath-alcohol analyzer when they were challenged in a court case in 1995. Dr. Buckley and his colleagues compared the Breathalyzer with the Alcotest detector. Both breath-alcohol analyzers are commonly used by police officers in United States. The Breathalyzer was developed in the 1950s and uses a ......shed in the journal Nature. Some researchers have challenged the findings, prompting discussions of how new biological techniques affect not just medicine and health but our understanding of history. A research committee commissioned by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation issued a report in 2000 indicating a high...Stroke teams double access to fast care without higher costs
... hospital staff privileges, says Meyer. The study challenged a concern that dedicated stroke teams could raise the costs of care for treating stroke patients. The study revealed no significant change in direct hospital costs with the use of dedicated stroke teams. The costs were $4,232 per patient during the...'Bird brains' take heart-our feathered friends are no slouch at cognition
...n which birds clearly outdo other, gravitationally challenged animals, is navigation. Able to migrate across continents year after year, and to remember numerous landmarks, birds must have some special component in their brain that endows them with such superior navigating skills-or so believe Kamil and Verner ...Dartmouth team finds uneven relationship between newborn intensive care and death rates
...ecialty services are always better for patients is challenged by Dartmouth Medical School researchers who studied regional differences in newborn intensive care. Their study, published May 16 in The New England Journal of Medicine, documents a wide regional disparity in the availability of newborn specialists ...NIAID teams with Wyeth on HIV/AIDS vaccine
...ys inoculated with the VSV vector vaccine and then challenged by exposure to a form of HIV yielded promising results. Although the vaccinated monkeys did not escape infection, they all developed strong immune responses that protected them against disease. The vaccine itself did not cause any illness, and it c...Least-fit elderly reap greatest benefits from Tai Chi
...nded not only on finding a class that sufficiently challenged one's existing physical condition, the investigators found, but also on adhering to the required routine, as evidenced by more frequent class attendance. While these findings portray twice-weekly tai chi classes as a particularly attractive option fo......cient mice died within 14 minutes after a stressor challenged their cardiac response -- yet all the mice that possessed Kir6.2 survived the stress tests. As reported in the Oct. 1 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research provides provocative leads to understanding and treating st...Dartmouth researcher Michael B. Sporn, M.D. honored for pioneering work in cancer prevention
...ts to prevent or delay the development of cancer - challenged existing dogmas of cancer medicine at the time by suggesting an approach other than the use of cytotoxic drugs to treat end-stage disease. Sporn continues to advocate the importance of cancer prevention. "There is still tremendous resistance to the ...