Expecting a laugh boosts stress-busting hormones
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...rongly associated with disability in attention and executive function (the capacity for formulating goals and carrying out plans effectively). Martin Klein comments: "Our results suggest that the tumour is the main cause of cognitive deficits, although low-grade glioma patients treated with early radiotherapy ...Agreements for industry-sponsored clinical trials often fail to protect researchers independence
... 2 percent required the presence of an independent executive committee as a condition of participation in a trial, and only 1 percent required a data and safety monitoring board. The authors note that while current compliance is low, the ICMJE recommendations provide a framework to improve academic freedom and...Beijing conference to address lung cancer crisis in China
...he conference include Shu-Jun Cheng, MD, the chief executive scientist of the Chinese National Key Basic Research Program of Cancer, a program analogous to the National Cancer Institute in the US. The UCSF Thoracic Oncology program provides care for patients with both straightforward and highly complex thorac...Delay in diagnosis for AS patients can lead to permanent spinal damage
...yet often unrecognized disease," said Jane Bruckel executive director and founder of the Spondylitis Association of America (SAA). "According to our survey, the majority of people didn't know what they had until they reached a specialist. Our survey also shows AS is dramatically affecting people's lives and cl...Memory training may help some Alzheimer's patients in the early stages of the disease
...ry, naming, visuospatial perception, attention and executive function. All of the participants were impaired on at least one of the memory tests, and some also were impaired on naming and perceptual tasks. Researchers also evaluated their mood, behavior, awareness of their memory problems, and the strain on ...OHSU chemoprotectant technology licensed for biotechnology development
..., Mark C. Rogers, M.D., M.B.A., chairman and chief executive officer of Innovative Drug Delivery Systems, Inc.,...hn Brooks, CFA, will continue in his role as chief executive officer of Adherex. The technology licensed to Oxiquant revolves around the research of Neuwelt, th...Fran Visco receives Frances Williams Preston Award from Vanderbilt University
...tive Frances Williams Preston, president and chief executive officer of BMI, the world's largest performing rig...age son. Preston, who has been honored as an executive who has helped shape the music industry by combining her business savvy with her love of music, has ...Women report chronic pelvic pain not taken seriously, survey shows
...oman's life," said Mary Lou Ballweg, president and executive director of the Endometriosis Association, who announced the data. "On a regular basis, we see women completely alter their lives because of the debilitating effects of pelvic pain. The frustrating part is that it often takes years for women to rec...Media Advisory-- Results of California autism epidemiology study to be unveiled
...ress conference on Oct. 17. WHO: Robert Hendren, executive director, M.I.N.D. Institute Robert S. Byrd, UC Davis pediatric epidemiologist and the study's principal investigator...UW awarded $1 million grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research
...duals in the Pacific Northwest," said Jody Patton, executive director of the six Paul Allen Foundations. "The University of Washington and Dr. Berger have demonstrated encouraging progress in their previous research, which will not only have a significant impact on the daily lives of many people in our communi...Home injury found to be a major cause of deaths, largest study of its kind finds
...nd correct them," said David Oliver, president and executive director of the Home Safety Council. "Many Americans don't make things safer because for the most part they don't even know the problem exists." Survey data indicated that 56 percent of U.S. adults could think of nothing they should or would do in th...Review of preliminary observations concludes the Mayo Clinic Natl Conf on Medicine and the Media
...nificant debate. Pat Mitchell, president and chief executive officer of Public Broadcasting Service, one of three conference co-chairs, led advisory panel members and attendees in review of the conference's preliminary observations at the conclusion of the conference. Preliminary key observations included: Me...... said Harmon Eyre, M.D., chief medical officer and executive vice president for research and cancer control of the American Cancer Society. "With a recognized commitment to saving lives from cancer, and a trusted local presence near each of the NLST sites, the Society is uniquely positioned to communicate the...UCLA seeks thousands of current and former smokers for landmark lung cancer screening trial
...merican Cancer Society's chief medical officer and executive vice president for research and cancer control, underscored the importance of the study. "Reducing lung cancer deaths is a high priority for us," Eyre said. "We are committed to helping the National Cancer Institute reach full enrollment in this stud...NIEHS announces $20 million, three-center effort to pin-point environmental triggers of Parkinson's
...d gratitude by this endeavor." Deborah W. Brooks, executive director of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, said, "The NIEHS and Director Olden have designed a creative approach to targeting this exciting area of Parkinson's research. Structuring collaboration among these three strong mul...Verbal memory test best indicator of who will have Alzheimer's disease, new study says
... best predictor of Alzheimer's type dementia, with executive function type measures also being predictive but less so than both the long and short delay memory tests. Changes in the hippocampus were the best volumetric or neuroimaging measure but in general volumetric measures were less sensitive to preclinica...Ginkgo fails important memory test, according to study in JAMA
... Alzheimer's Disease at NYU School of Medicine and executive director of the Silberstein Institute for Aging and Dementia. "This important, very well conducted clinical trial clearly calls into question previously unsubstantiated claims that ginkgo biloba improves mental function in older people."...Sick or sleepy -- No option in outer space
...he University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and executive director of the Prosper Meniere Society. Seventy-five healthy study participants are undergoing different tests to overstimulate the inner ear, creating symptoms of vertigo, similar to what may be felt in space. Vertigo sufferers often feel their su...U-M Depression Center receives $750K gift from Eli Lilly Foundation
...tions across the country," says John Greden, M.D., executive director of the U-M Depression Center and Rachel Upjohn Professor and chair of psychiatry at the U-M Medical School. "We're tremendously grateful to the foundation for sharing and supporting our vision of improving depression care for everyone." "Th...