IADR & GSK announce 2005 Innovation in Oral Care Awards
...h talented teams of researchers. All three winning entries addressed very significant but different quality-of-life issues and GlaxoSmithKline hopes that these innovative concepts will one day be widely available to those suffering from oral diseases which today are not easily prevented or treated," said Dr....2004 Science-in-Society Award winners announced
...ategories because the judges felt that none of the entries sufficiently fulfilled the core requirement of the...t Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT. Broadcast entries were screened by Joe Palca (chair), National Public Radio; Don Torrance, S.I. Newhouse School of Pu...Iris Murdoch's last novel reveals first signs of Alzheimer's disease
..., for example by comparing correspondence or diary entries collected over someone's life. "Alzheimer's is known to disrupt the brain's semantic system, but this can happen subtly before anyone has the remotest suspicion of intellectual decline. Intriguingly, Murdoch experienced an intense and unfamilia...Michelle Trudeau wins 2004 Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Reporting
...alifornia, where she is raising twins. This year's entries were judged by Paul Raeburn, a New York City-based journalist and writer; Cristine Russell, a former Washington Post science writer, now freelancing from Connecticut; and Robert Lee Hotz, a science writer for the Los Angeles Times. Raeburn and Russel...NSF, AAAS announce winners of 2004 Visualization contest
...iation for the Advancement of Science. Winning entries in this year's competition span research fields fr...electronic edition "Science Online." More than 90 entries qualified for judging. An independent panel of distinguished science communicators and graphics expe...Computer system makes 'chain' of health care stronger, safer
... Navigator units contributed several thousand more entries to patients' PSLs than those on the comparison floors, most likely because the system makes it easy to do so. This resulted in more complete medical records. The Discharge Navigator system also sends the patient home with everything he or she needs: ...HeartScore(R): New tool for cardiovascular disease risk prediction and management
...fference in risk predictions with different target entries for blood pressure or cholesterol levels, or compare the risk prediction for a patient if he or she stops or continue smoking. The visual emphasis and usage of bar- and pie-charts is very effective and can also be shown to the patient directly to he...ACP publishes 'Medical Meanings,' second edition
...utriceuticals" and "hospitalist" are among 300 new entries in "Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins," second edition, published by the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of doctors of internal medicine. "Medical Meanings," by William S. Haubrich, MD, explores the history ...2003 winners of Collegiate Inventors Competition announced in NYC
...he National Inventors Hall of Fame. In total, 155 entries were received for this year's competition from uni...ound the world. A first round of judges evaluated entries in order to select the fifteen finalists. Patricia Hallberg, President and Chief Operating Officer...Teens more anxious than assumed
...s continue to study the students' electronic diary entries as they come in. Since the study began in 1998, the researchers are in a good position to determine mood changes in adolescents that may have occurred after Sept. 11. They are now conducting new research on the effects of the Sept. 11 events on adole...NHLBI launches sleep & children education program with Garfield the Cat as "Spokescat"
... The two-month contest, which attracted scores of entries from throughout the U.S., challenged children in g...that he did something wrong or silly. The winning entries were: "Kissed Nermal instead of my mirror," from Seamon; "Wore my gloves for shoes and shoes for gl......omen and 35 men ages 18 to 42, who made threediary entries an hour, for up to 48 hours, recording their mood and smokingbehavior. The urge to smoke was more strongly associated with anger, anxiety andalertness in men than in women; feelings of sadness or fatigue were linked withthe urge to smoke in men only....... National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory entries are "Electro-Optic High Voltage Sensor," by Thomas Crawford, James Davidson andGary Seifert. This INEEL-developed sensor technology provides smaller, safer,cheaper ways to provide electricity. "Rapid Solidification Process (RSP) Tooling," by Kevin...