The Gerontological Society of America announces Hartford Fellowship recipients
...e of the SUNY Albany School of Social Welfare will each receive a $50,000 dissertation grant plus $20,000 in matching support from their home institutions that will enable them to more fully concentrate on their dissertation research projects over the next two years. This fellowship program is a component...NYU College of Dentistry study equates poor oral health with preterm birth risk
...has been estimated that hospital-related costs for each preterm delivery were about $75,000 in 2002 representing a total cost of approximately $36 billion, according to the March of Dimes and other organizations that track pregnancies. PLBW is the second leading cause of infant death in general, and the...Oral bacteria may predict pregnancy outcomes
...'s interesting is that the research shows that for each ten-fold increase in A. naeslundii gsp 2 levels, there was a 60 gram (0.13 pound) decline in birthweight and a 0.17 week decrease in gestational age. On the other hand, for one unit increase of L. casei levels there was a 42 gram increase (0.9 poun...Mental health service costs offset by savings in other public sectors
...rvices that represent the largest expenditures, in each sector there is resource use that was not included in our analyses. For example, our analyses of costs for the juvenile justice system included detention but not court costs or probation and aftercare services. Similarly, we have not captured gene...Can you read my mind? W.M. Keck Foundation funds innovative brain research at Carnegie Mellon
...st said. An fMRI study measures brain activity in each part of the brain over a specific duration of time. The process generates a massive amount of data--a single scan measures the activity level in about 20,000 voxels (3-D pixels) once every second. Each voxel is about the size of a peppercorn. So Just...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...55,000. With 40,000 people being infected with HIV each year, lifetime treatment for those infected in just the past five years is projected to cost $31 billion. "The CDC estimates that only 1,300 cases would need to be averted annually to make a full-scale program of syringe exchange and disposal for IDU...Specific test key to determine whether or not allergy symptoms are really allergy-related
...become swollen and inflamed. But the treatment for each disorder is different "The specific IgE blood test provides valuable information to help determine if a patient is truly allergic to pollen, and it also helps allergists hone in on specific allergens during skin testing," Szeinbach said.People who se...Sudan surveys show high rates of death and malnutrition among displaced population
...status for the relief efforts in those area. At each site, general household status, number of deaths a... administered to a subset of households (n= 210 in each site). "Two hundred seventeen deaths were reported over the previous 121 days in Kass; and in Kalma...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...ing for the next study and development. Following each new study, we need to re-evaluate our thinking and...acilitate national adaptations and translations of each Guideline issued....Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
...de, more than 500,000 women die of cervical cancer each year. There are 10,520 new cervical cancers diagnosed in the U.S. each year and approximately 3,900 deaths from the disease....Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...s to guarantee it will buy a set amount of vaccine each season, and buy back a percentage of unsold vaccine at the end of the season. Also, the United States does not have the manufacturing capacity to produce enough vaccine and antivirals to meet its needs in a pandemic. Tax credits should be offered t...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
... in breathing with the familiar wheeze. Although each person reacts differently to the factors that may trigger asthma, it can be a life-threatening disease if it is not properly managed. According to the American Lung Association, more than 4,200 Americans died from asthma in 2001.2 About AstraZeneca...Scientist works on innovative treatments for brain tumors
... The majority of the 17,500 brain tumors diagnosed each year in the United States are glioblastomas. Patients have a median survival time of nine to 12 months and a five-year survival rate of 1 to 5 five percent. Debinski found that glioblastoma cells have a particular type of receptor for interleukin 13...Pushy parents can be bad for their children's health
...ly three of these children eventually improved. In each of these three cases, the families had eventually realised the impact of psychological factors. The authors suggest that their findings illustrate the dangers of 'healthcare consumerism' in families who lack insight into the derivation of their child...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...mbers of alcohol-related fatal crashes annually in each state has proven invaluable to researchers seeking to study the effects of state-level legislative interventions to reduce alcohol-related traffic deaths," they note. "Unfortunately, without comprehensive testing for alcohol and determination of col...The European Society of Cardiology launches Women at Heart
...to pass on these crucial messages. By encouraging each of our National Cardiac Societies to take up the m...opean level and encourage national action, so that each European country can make women's heart health a priority, both in their public policy and clinical ...PillCam enables study of esophagus by swallowing a pill
...size of a large vitamin pill with video cameras on each end, equipped with a battery and internal light source. After the patient lies down, the PillCam ESO is swallowed and glides through the esophagus, taking about 2,600 color pictures (14 per second). The patient gradually sits up to aid its progressi......es showing drinking two to three ounces of alcohol each day has a beneficial effect, but any more than that and the alcohol begins to have a negative health effect. Studies comparing spirits, beer and wine show some benefit from spirits and beer, but an overwhelming benefit from drinking red wine. His l...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
... population, employment, or other demand drives in each sector. These forecasting methods also could be used to project water use based on locally available data sources." Planners also need to be prepared for periods of drought, when water supply diminishes and water demand increases, Winstanley added. ...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
...d marketing. Poster sessions will begin at 8 a.m. each day that represent student work in the area. Montoya, the conference moderator and coordinator, will introduce Jay Gogue, chancellor of the UH System and president of UH, who will officially open the conference at 9 a.m., April 21. To kick off day...