The brain risks of binge drinking
...is not even a chronic alcohol abuser. There is no firm proof of this at present, and we would need brain imaging to determine whether acute short-term binge drinking in people could be permanently deleterious to olfactory or other neurons."...Cellular link between sleep apnea and atherosclerosis found
...s through specially designed nasal masks. "If the firm binding of white blood cells to endothelial cells in the test tube is what happens in the blood of sleep apnea patients every night, then this may be significant evidence that sleep apnea is associated with an active process of atherosclerosis that...NICHD scientists develop vaccine against deadly hospital-acquired infection
...th and Human Development (NICHD) and the biologics firm Nabi have developed the first vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of infection and death among hospital patients. The study appears in the February 14 New England Journal of Medicine. "Staphylococcus aureus bacteria can be life-thr...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
...Associates Inc., an international public relations firm based in High Point, and Eldridge C. Hanes, vice chairman of the Encore Group, a giftware company with administrative offices in Winston-Salem. Brown and Hanes co-chair the center's national advisory board. The center's national advisory board is ma...Consortium aims to improve protection of human research subjects
...quired for federally funded research, there are no firm data on how many IRBs exist and no published data on how much it costs to operate IRBs," Sugarman explained. "Such a database is unprecedented and should provide valuable empirical information that can be utilized in future policy development." ...Thanksgiving meals: Cooking with chemistry
...in food science and principal of the Chicago-based firm Science by Design. A turkey browns faster when its surface is exposed to dry air. To reduce the amount of browning, limit the amount of sugar and protein or cover food with foil, which slows down the rate of browning by keeping the air moist. This i...Study on teen licensing: N.C. crashes involving 16-year-olds drop dramatically
...nes and Eric A. Rodgman. Because GDL is based on a firm understanding of human behavior developed through decades of social and behavioral science research, it was highly likely to have the effect it was designed to produce, Foss said. These study findings strongly affirm that GDL is tremendously successf...Low-wage workers won't spring for health benefits
...kers income is more of a factor than the price the firm might pay for premiums. The less the workers earn, the less likely their employer is to offer insurance, according to the study. The RAND study indicates that a company with the bulk of its workers earning more than $10 an hour is twice as likely to ...New discovery may revolutionize treatment for pain related to surgery, illness and injury
... and significant shareholder of the pharmaceutical firm SynGenix Ltd. of Cambridge, United Kingdom, which in part funded this research, and holds the rights to the axonal transport system described. ......day shift as a permanent employee, are paid by the firm for which the work is done, and do not work from home or as independent contractors. "Though the California job market is changing and increasing numbers of Californians are working in non-traditional jobs, traditional jobs are still associated wit...Minister Of Health launches Canadian Institutes of Health Research
...tish Columbia. Eric M. Maldoff, partner in the law firm of Heenan Blaikie in Montreal. Dr. Yves Morin, of Quebec, Chair of the Science Advisory Board to Health Canada's Health Protection Branch. Dr. Louise Nadeau, professor of psychology at the Universit de Montral. Dr. David Naylor, Dean of University o...Taking public health to the streets works
...However, because of the small numbers involved, no firm conclusions can be drawn from these data." The study results do suggest that door-to-door visits by lay educators may be an effective way to spread important health information. Such approaches are becoming increasingly popular in New Zealand, acc......se to the HOT Study blood pressure targets provide firm evidence for generally adopting an intensive approach to the treatment of hypertension in all patients. The findings provide robust evidence that the World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) targets of an optimal or ...'Handwriting challenged' doctors to take penmanship class at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
...eady, more than 50 have signed up. "We contacted a firm that specializes in teaching people good penmanship," he said. "Then, we asked nurses and administrative staff to help us target those physicians who would most benefit from this class. The three-hour course will be a self-instructional one that em...Employers are primary source of health plan information
...directly related to the employee's tenure with the firm and to the employer's use of internal communication tools." During the member firms' open-enrollment periods, BHCAG offers information to help employees compare the care systems and their participating providers. All employers distribute a sta...Duke geneticists unraveling the tangled web of autism
...the biggest difficulties has been coming up with a firm way of diagnosing autism," said Dr. Michael Cuccaro, associate professor of neuropsychiatry at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and a collaborator on the project. "There has never been any definitive diagnosis beyond behavioral classificat......ll work in cooperation with a major pharmaceutical firm to do so. Another group of researchers led by Ian Orme, professor of microbiology, has received a seven-year, $3.4 million contract to test the efficacy of proposed anti-tuberculosis drugs. Funding comes from the National Institutes of Health. Br...Normal cellular enzyme becomes marker for Alzheimer's disease
... the brain cell death associatedwith AD. However, firm proof of this idea awaits a much more detailed study ofGVD bodies and their role in AD and other similar neurodegenerative diseases. Although Dr. Kuret's work began as a basic study probing how a fundamentalenzyme helps the cellular skeleton assemble......illion over sixyears from the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis Pharma AG to discover newtreatments for schizophrenia. This collaboration brings together one of thecountry's leading academic research centers in schizophrenia and one of theworld's largest pharmaceutical companies. The partnership will in...Health plays a crucial role in California labor market, according to UCSF researchers
...shift as a permanent employee 3) being paid by the firm at which the work is done; 4) and not working from home or as an independent contractor. Researchers found 22 percent of workers have traditional employment and job tenure of at least three years, and only eight percent have such jobs of at least th...