Services for children: Training needed to tackle complexity of new labour's joined-up approach
...rkers. On the other hand, individuals spoke of the creative energy released by operating as a team, when professionals felt their newly developed professional knowledge both enhanced their career opportunities and improved users' experiences of services. Others spoke of feelings of loss as their roles change...New surgical procedure could save millions
.... We are excited to be working with Dr. Koufman, a creative thought leader who is developing the future standard of care in ENT." Nick Tsaclas of ENT division manager Pentax Medical said, "This technology is going to revolutionize the field." Koufman added, "The combination of the CO2 laser optical fiber an...American Academy of Neurology program receives Grassroots Award
...ation Awards annually reward the implementation of creative concepts by programs representing association, corporate, and technology categories. The Academy was selected for the association category by a committee of top grassroots professionals. The Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum was established in 2003...Iris Murdoch's last novel reveals first signs of Alzheimer's disease
... The Sea which was written during the prime of her creative life and her final novel, Jackson's Dilemma, written just before Murdoch was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, were all converted to digital format and analysed using specialised software. The complete texts were also transformed into word lists sh...Employment reduces chronic drug use, UH professors find
...ng and affords policy makers the opportunity to be creative in maximizing the use of limited resources." Montoya's next steps are to design drug prevention efforts for drug using welfare recipients that rely upon this "work therapy" model as its key component to prevent continued drug use. Future ...Brains of people with autism recall letters of the alphabet in brain areas dealing with shapes
... therapies might stress problem solving skills and creative thinking, and attempt to foster flexibility in thinking. Dr. Just noted that more evidence to support the theory might come from the group's on-going studies of other cognitive abilities. The researchers are attempting to determin...Regular family meals promote healthy eating habits
... She added that families can get creative with how they schedule meals. If parents work outside the home, they can sometimes schedule family breakfast more easily than dinner. "It doesn't have to be a home-cooked meal--the idea is to bring people together," she said.Neumark-Sztainer studied...Emory cardiologists present research at AHA scientific sessions in New Orleans, Nov. 7 - 10
...is. "Dr. Griendling is an excellent example of the creative and dedicated Emory scientists who are working to unravel the causes of cardiovascular disease on a cellular level." Since 1975 Emory Crawford Long Carlyle Fraser Heart Center has been recognized internationally for its work in the diagnosis treatmen...$2.8 million public-private partnership to examine how surroundings can encourage active lifestyles
...a growing public health problem. "We need to be as creative and inventive as we can to encourage Americans to make physical activity a part of their daily lives," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said. "This new partnership is one more example of how we are working to promote physical ac...Major overhaul needed in end-of life care for patients with dementia
...e Journal of General Internal Medicine calling for creative and wide-reaching solutions to the problem of sub-optimal end-of-life care for patients with dementia. An estimated 500,000 people die every year in the United States suffering from Alzheimer's or related diseases and many of them receive inadequate...Major overhaul needed in end-of life care for patients with dementia
...niversity of Chicago geriatricians are calling for creative and wide-reaching solutions to the problem of sub-optimal end-of-life care for patients with dementia. An estimated 500,000 people die every year in the United States suffering from Alzheimer's or related diseases and many of them receive inadequate...Prof: Local health campaigns not reaching adults with bad habits
...ment and health professionals with information and creative ideas regarding the incorporation of health issues...ials with the goal of heightening awareness in the creative community about its role in shaping attitudes and behaviors....Lord Sainsbury praises the work of the UK's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres
...depends largely on the knowledge, risk-taking, and creative energy of business, the Government remains committed to encouraging scientists and engineers to turn their research into new products and services and to engage more fully with business." In 2001 the first series of Innovative Manufacturing Research ...Oral History Research Office and NYU Child Study Center receive grant for oral history project
...hotography, bookmaking, theater, storytelling, and creative writing to help them create their own artifacts of the experience. The NYU Child Study Center is providing all participating students, as well as students from a control group, the opportunity to participate in a study testing the efficacy of oral hi...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...y expand the capacity of the division to embark on creative avenues of research that might not garner traditional federal support...University of Colorado tissue engineer to receive NSF's coveted Waterman Award
...wide leader in the study of biomaterials, Anseth's creative work at the intersection of chemistry, biology and...igator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. A creative scientist, she combined her knowledge of biology, chemistry and engineering into an interdisciplinar...Aha! Cognitive neuroscientists reveal creative brain processes
...r Graham Bell inventing the telephone. While these creative or "Aha!" moments often are associated with scient...ess in solving insight problems is associated with creative thinking. "If there is one human trait that would seem impervious to scientific study, it is intuiti...Mouse model mimics real-world plague infection
... notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "This creative approach, however, brings researchers much closer to answers to real-life questions." In their study, the RML scientists first infected fleas by letting them feed on blood containing a virulent strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of...Now accepting nominations for the $2,500 M. Powell Lawton Award
...butions, leadership in defining and implementing a creative program may also be recognized. The award also honors an individual for exemplifying one or more of the outstanding professional and personal qualities of the late M. Powell Lawton. Nominees can be a person from any discipline who has made such a...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2004 class of inventors
...ved the way we live. Their vision, hard work, and creative drive have led to powerful new tools that shape the future while celebrating invention. The 2004 class will be inducted this year on May 1st at the annual induction ceremony held in Akron, Ohio. "We're pleased to honor such an outstanding group of...