OSU cancer researchers win $9.5 to study immunity
...d investigator of the project is Dr. John Byrd, an expert in blood malignancies and the D. Warren Brown Professor in Leukemia Research at Ohio State. Project 2. The clinical trial "engine" will be supported by three laboratory projects. The first, under the direction of Drs. Clark Anderson and Susheela...Research on cells' 'power centers' sheds light on AIDS treatments
... was designed for is not unusual," said Weiner, an expert on protein processing in the mitochondria. The team speculated that current AIDS treatments using drugs that inhibit HIV proteins also could inhibit a key mitochondrial protein.This speculation fits the observation by doctors that side effects resemb...Lauder supports James nutrition and breast cancer study
COLUMBUS, Ohio An expert in cancer control and detection at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) is receiving a second award from The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to continue her study into the relationship between diet and breast cancer...CDC: Arthritis and Chronic Joint Symptoms
...39-3286 WHO: Dr. Charles Helmick, CDC arthritis expert WHAT: To discuss an article in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, "Prevalence of Arthritis and Chronic Joint Pain Among Adults-Unites States, 2001". WHEN: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:00 12:30 PM ET Brief remarks followed by...CDC designates new Kentucky biodefense center
...er are Ron Atlas, a biologist considered a leading expert on anthrax, and Richard Clover, dean of the university's School of Public Health and Health Information Sciences. Atlas, Clover and three other faculty members affiliated with the center, Paul McKinney, William Smock and James Snyder, all have advise...... happening already," says Thomas Scammell, a sleep expert at the Beth Israel Deaconess sleep disorders clinic in Boston. The clinical trial on shift workers is the latest of a string of studies showing how Provigil could benefit different groups of people. One study of military helicopter pilots showed tha...World Health Report: addressing main risk factors
...have required orchestrating the activities of many expert groups and marshalling and standardising enormous quantities of data. This exercise is more comprehensive, more informative, and more theoretically coherent than its predecessor (based on estimates for 1990), but should still be regarded as a report ...NIAID releases 20th anniversary edition of Jordan Report on vaccine research
... against whooping cough. The report also includes expert perspectives on a variety of vaccine research-related topics such as vaccine regulations, safety evaluations, economic considerations and vaccine risk communication. Other key topics in the report include the following: Vaccines against drug-resista...Exercise shown to have positive effect on cholesterol
... the National Academy of Science are based more on expert opinion and consensus than data gained from controlled clinical studies, Kraus said. The study, which is still studying patients, was funded by a $4.3 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. One-third of the patients in the s...USF headache specialist writes Q&A book in Spanish
...eurology, is a national and international headache expert who has dedicated 10 years to the study, investigation and treatment of headaches. She is the director of the headache program at Tampa General Hospital, including a new clinic specifically dedicated to women with hormonal headaches. She oversees se...The pharmaceutical industry as political player
...ensive conflicts of interest while providing their expert advice. A regulatory system capable of delivery of publicly defensible assessments, which are uncompromisingly in the interests of public health, is needed."...Bridge Medical experts speak at Atlanta pharmacy conference
...eirresults with their peers. Medication safety expert Susanne Larrabee, RPh, will share herexperiences i...ology is... found everywhere," ASHP patient safety expert Kasey Thompson,PharmD, told the FDA in July, "... except where it can do thegreatest good -- saving ...Moderate physical activity is critical for reducing the risk of chronic disease in older women
...utchinson's Prevention Center and an international expert on the impact of physical activity on cancer prevention. "This study gives us direct evidence that exercise can affect biology related to cancer and other chronic diseases in older women." Reducing intra-abdominal, or visceral, fat is important becau...Soaking in the genius of Mother Nature
...Binghamton University researcher, Susan Bane is an expert on tubulin, and Handy is working with her to explore the interaction of lamellarins and tubulin. Synthetic organic chemists might begin their work by dumping scoops of materials into large flasks, Handy said. But when all is said and done-sometimes a...NIH to host symposium: Medicine in the media
...,followed by large-group discussion with apanel of expert journalists and scientists. Newsroom Issues: A frank and opendiscussion: what gets in your way ofpresenting the best story, and what can youdo about it? Invited Speakers: Barnett Kramer, MD, MPH National Institutes of Health Robert Park, Ph...NPSF Patient Safety Congress looks at safety from nine points of view
...ry's first Baldrige award.) -- Patient safety expert David C. Classen, MD, MS -- vice president of First Consulting Group -- will explore "The Art and Science of CPOE" ... a safety solution advanced by Leapfrog. NPSF Convenors: "Who's Who" of Healthcare "To disseminate the message of patient...Fulbright scholar to study nano-sized polymer magnetic complexes
...he University of Western Australia. St. Pierre, an expert in the area of magnetic nanoparticle characterization, has been studying the structure and magnetism of nanoscale iron oxides since the mid-1980s. Zalich and his group have been sending the particles they create, including those coated with biocompa...Aging drivers--when it is time to take away the keys
...from the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, is an expert in the science of medical conditions and driving cessation. She has recently participated in a symposium in Cambridge, Mass. on the consequences of giving up your license and works to educate physicians, family members and licensing boards on identif...Study: Hurricane Floyd boosted long-term use of N.C. emergency rooms, outpatient services
...both public health graduate students, and computer expert Joshua Olinick. Earlier research showed that the storm dropped almost 20 inches of rain in some areas, killed at least 51 people, closed 250 roads, damaged 67,000 homes and destroyed about 8,000 of them, the authors wrote. It cost an estimated $6 bil...Scientists develop technique that uses ultrafast lasers to obtain hi-quality images of brain tissue
... expertise. Jeffrey Squier, a physicist and laser expert in the chemistry department at UCSD and now at the Colorado School of Mines, played an essential role from the beginning. Other researchers involved in the study include Varda Lev-Ram of UCSD's department of pharmacology; Chris Schaffer of UCSD's de...