Scientists Report Cancer Fighting Drug As Possible Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis
...981. The university recentlycreated six centers to foster collaborations among scientists to pursueinvestigations of Alzheimer's disease, of biochemistry and structural biology,of human genetics, of immunology and immune diseases, of sensory neurosciencesand of the links between physics and biology....AAPS Sponsors Second Frontier Symposium
...alth (NIDDK, NIH). The goals of this event are to foster interaction among scientists withinterests in structure, physiology, genetics/genomics, and pharmaceuticalaspects of membrane transporters, and determine the role of transporters in drugdiscovery, development and therapy. For more information on this...Komen Foundation Announces Application Deadline For 1999 National Grants
...reast Cancer Research: This program isintended to foster investigations into the cause, treatment, prevention and cureof breast cancers. Particular emphasis will be given to projects that areinnovative, non-duplicative of other efforts and have the potential to lay thegroundwork for continuing study. The p...Baby Talk: Parents Do Make A Difference, By Promoting Childhood Chatter, From Birth To Age 3
...glingo adults murmur around infants--seems to help foster language learning, saysHirsh-Pasek, a member of the National Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment Study of Early Child Care. From babbling to bartering, a new book, How Babies Talk: The Magic andMystery of Language in the First Three Year...Oregon's Terminally Ill Patients More Likely to Have End-Of-Life Choices Respected, Study Finds
...nsive resources for in-home hospice care and adult foster care --resources that can be mobilized faster than in most other areas of the country.The researchers also credit a broad knowledge of and respect for advancedirectives among patients and families, nursing home personnel, emergencymedical technicians...Mental Health Services Should Aim To Improve Safety To Prevent Suicide And Homicide
...be discontinued because they are retrospective and foster a simplistic notion of the preventability of homicides and suicides. Contact: Professor Louis Appleby, Director, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Uni......s. Educators and accreditors must work together to foster an organizationalculture centered on educational assessment and improvement. Accreditation must reward innovative methods to enhance efficiency, minimizewaste and duplication, and streamline assessment processes. All accrediting agencies should adopt...NSF award to five Georgia universities for new Science and Technology Center
...The Georgia Research Alliance, with its mandate to foster collaboration betweenresearch universities and the state, has committed matching funds to the STC.Support from the city of Atlanta has also been strong. Letters of support forthe grant were signed by all members of the Georgia congressional delegatio...American Chemical Society hosts Pacifichem 2000
...s largest scientificsociety, Pacifichem is held to foster industrial development, improve local andglobal environments, and enhance the material well-being of the people of thesecountries. Joining ACS in sponsorship are the Chemical Society of Japan, theCanadian Society for Chemistry, the New Zealand Instit......thoutacknowledging victim experiences may actually foster increased frustration andsubsequent displays of aggressive behavior by bully-victims. Interventions mustacknowledge that bullies may also be victimized," said the authors. Presentation: "Teacher-, Peer-, and Self-Nominations of Bullies and Victims...Scottish study shows lack of mental health service for children entering care
... children in residential establishments than among foster children. Dimigen et al conclude that their findings show a worrying gap in mental health provision and that the complex needs of these children can only be addressed effectively through multidisciplinary discussion and strategic planning....Federal institutes and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation create Tobacco Use Research Centers
...e used for the first year of a five-yearproject to foster unique collaborations among scientists across manydisciplines, and to focus on areas where there are gaps in knowledge, such asadolescent smoking. Together, NCI and NIDA will spend about $70 million for theeffort over five years. With each ...Hartford Institute/AACN award honors nursing schools for innovative gerontology education
...ing care toelders. We are delighted to be able to foster and showcase nursing schools inthe forefront of meeting their responsibilities to adequately prepare studentsthrough outstanding geriatric curricula. We are also delighted to partner withAACN in this effort." "These awards honor models of ex......oblems of our day. This latest collaboration will foster research breakthroughs that will broaden medical knowledge and improve mental and physical health outlooks for people everywhere." "There is a growing realization that many of the ideas about mind-body relationships are similar across diseases and th......nd roughly equal survival rates. In an effort to foster better quality care across racial lines, the NSABP and other clinical trial groups have begun to encourage participation by blacks in randomized clinical trials. "Encouragement by black scientists and community leaders would have immeasurable resul...AAPS announces AAPS PharmSciTech, the association's second online journal
... of pharmaceutical dosage forms and hopefully will foster and enhance collaborative efforts," Dr. DeLuca said....AAPS applauds FDA efforts to expand monitoring of dietary supplements
...rmed the AAPS Dietary Supplement Advisory Board to foster the interchange of scientific knowledge relevant to the benefits, risks, standardization and quality of nutraceuticals. Chaired by Immediate Past-President Larry L. Augsburger, Ph.D., the board has broad representation with participating groups that ...Cancer summit launches global commitment to improve cancer care, research and treatment
...t cancer in the new millennium. Its purpose is to foster improved cancer treatment and research worldwide as well as empower patients by educating them about their disease. "The World Summit Against Cancer is a forceful way of drawing attention to cancer as a global public health problem that will -...The effect of education on depression increases with age
...iech. "To the extent that physical health problems foster depression, they may widen the depression gap with advancing age," he added. The study results appear in the June 2000 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The researchers also looked at the survey participants' widowed status, employ...Kidney transplant proposal reduces wait from 24 to 14 months, improves equity for blacks & women
...d (4) a distributive efficiency algorithm meant to foster greater equity in the way that kidneys are assigned to African-Americans, women, and other candidates. For each policy and scenario considered, a ten-year simulation was generated for the local Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) being studied. UNO...