Children's genetic factors determine HIV progression according to UCSD study
...senior author, Stephen Spector, M.D., chair of the executive committee of the national Pediatric AIDS Clinic Trial Group, chief of the UCSD Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and director of UCSD's Mother, Child & Adolescent HIV Program. "Instead of taking the approach that one size fits all, we poten...Hansen to present the Gerontological Society of America's 2003 Maxwell A. Pollack Award lecture
Jennie Chin Hansen, executive director of San Francisco's On Lok organization, w...iors throughout San Francisco. Hansen has been the executive director since 1993. She was recognized for the award based on her efforts to make the replication o...News tips for Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2003
...rs were given eight tests of memory, attention and executive functioning, six months after cardiac arrest. Researchers show that 58 percent scored "unimpaired" on all tests and 11 percent to 28 percent were cognitively impaired, depending on the test. Another 19 percent had limited daily activities. "Patien...Panel: Clinical use of embryonic stem cells jeopardized by Bush's policy on federal funding
...th Faden, Ph.D., M.P.H., a leader of the panel and executive director of the Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute at Johns Hopkins. "So, all clinical trials -- and by extension the experiments leading to them -- should be conducted with newer cell lines not eligible for federal funding. The likelihood of getti...Scientists map maturation of the human brain
...arietal lobes), spreading to the areas involved in executive functioning, attention or motor coordination (frontal lobes). Further, the areas that integrate these functions matured the last in this age range (temporal lobe). Moreover, the parts of the brain that are evolutionarily older appear to mature early ...Daily living problems facing Parkinson's disease patients
...arify the relationship of adaptive functioning and executive control deficits in a sample of elderly residents ...elp these individuals. For example, in the area of executive control deficits, we know they have the ability to store information but are not always able to retr...Repeated alcohol detoxifications can impair cognitive function
...o complete four types of tasks designed to measure executive function, which is responsible for supervising the production and execution of responses based on demands from the environment. The four tasks included a maze, which measured the ability to follow goals; a color-naming task; a vigilance task, which ...AAPA survey shows physician assistants increasingly employed in medical practices
...-based and outpatient care," explains Steve Crane, executive vice president and CEO of AAPA. "The AAPA census is a significant piece of annual research that reveals key trends and demonstrates that physician assistants are leading change agents. They provide direct patient benefits in many settings. These data...UCSF & SF Bay Area receive federal funds to expand breast cancer / environmental research
...ion of research at Kaiser; and Janice Barlow, RN, executive director of Marin Breast Cancer Watch. Headquartered at UCSF, the new Center will be organized as a "center without walls" with research and community activities performed at several sites. It is one of four centers across the country funded through ...Researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center wins lifetime achievement award
...leukemia," said Dwayne Howell, president and chief executive officer of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. "His work has given hope to thousands of patients, and we are proud to recognize his great accomplishments in the fight against these life-threatening diseases." The de Villiers International Achievement Aw...Damage to the frontal lobes can affect a person's ability to 'stay on the job'
...ter supposedly demanding more involvement from the executive functions located in the frontal regions of the brain. Each task required the subject to press a button with their dominant hand when they saw a particular target image that they were told to watch for. There were four primary image shapes -- circle,...International physician survey reveals misperceptions about the toll of stroke on women
...atal in women than in men," said Janet Vote, chief executive officer of the World Heart Federation. The GRASP (Global Reality of Attitudes on Stroke Prevention and Hypertension) survey found that six in ten physicians believe that men are more likely than women to die from stroke. In fact, a higher proportio...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
...nd detection easier. UNM's Keep, who is also chief executive officer of the Albuquerque-based Swedish-American company Maas BiolAB, has contributed the neuroprotective agent Cyclosporin A, for which his company holds a patent. According to Keep, Cyclosporin A does "waterproof" the mitochondria, but not well en...New Dallas biotech firm the result of unique public-private partnership
...d-class therapeutics in Texas," Warren Huff, chief executive officer, said. "In Reata, we have combined clinical candidates, drug discovery platforms and the support of renowned scientists from leading Texas research institutions. Few Texas-based biotechnology companies have been formed to exploit this deep ba...Northwestern Memorial remains Chicago's 'most preferred' hospital
...patients," said Dean Harrison, president and chief executive officer of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. "We are grateful to the Chicago community for recognizing Northwestern Memorial as their 'most preferred hospital,' as this award signifies that we have successfully maintained our commitment to our core va...Alcohol may compound its damaging effects through frontocerebellar circuitry
...al and neuropsychological dysfunction. Deficits in executive functioning have been linked to lesions of the pre...and neuropsychological abnormalities. Deficits in executive functioning - such as problem solving, putting things in order, working memory, and doing multiple t...British scientists receive Lasker Prize for discovering new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis
...side in one seamless process." Fergus Logan, chief executive of arc says: "This award is open to all medical specialties and all nationalities, so for UK rheumatologists to win it is a significant achievement and shows that Britain punches above its weight in arthritis research - largely due to the generosity ...Lotion made from tea could help fight skin cancer
...gang Dong, M.D., a professor at the university and executive director of the school's Hormel Institute. "Topical application of certain tea polyphenols appears to block a key process that leads to skin cancer." Dong and his research team are currently working to optimize the effectiveness of tea components ag...Chemical & Engineering News 80th anniversary issue highlights periodic table
...Among the essayists are Nobel Prize winners, chief executive officers of major chemical and pharmaceutically oriented companies, literary lights such as Oliver Sacks ( "Uncle Tungsten" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" ) and Alan Lightman ( "Einstein's Dreams" and "Reunion" ). Among the authors...Progress shown in death rates from four leading cancers decline in overall mortality has slowed
...ght direction," said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS). "Fu...ent of the U.S. population. Holly L. Howe, Ph.D., executive director of National American Association of Central Cancer (NAACCR), noted, "The larger number of s...