Saint Louis University researcher: 'Pet therapy' works
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...ublished in Optics Letters, research detailing the integral measurement method needed to provide a reading for average macular pigment concentration will be published in the June issue of JOSA A....Calcification of breast blood vessels may predict stroke risk
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...vement. Including young peoples perspectives is an integral part of fulfilling the Centers mission to promote adolescent health, says co-author Lisa K. Hohenemser, MPH, a senior research program coordinator at the Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch...Antiretroviral therapy around childbirth reduces risk of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission
... HIV prevention and AIDS treatment can and must be integral parts of the global response to the AIDS catastrophe. What better place to start than with mothers and children?...SNM Technologists Section announces 2002 Fellows
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...hus, physical activity counseling should become an integral component of routine practice in the primary care setting. It is difficult to imagine a more effective approach to improving our nations health." Other authors are Manu Chakravarthy, M.D., Ph.D., of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Universi...Hartford Institute/AACN award honors nursing schools for innovative gerontology education
... A required course, Gerontological Nursing, is an integral part of students theoretical and clinical learning during the fourth semester. Faculty on each campus participate in clinical experiences, and students have the opportunity to care for older adults in rehabilitation units, assisted living units, and......nce, Canada's flagship and technology program. An integral part of the Network is its commitment to funding applied collaborative research projects....Expert calls for common sense, science in national response to medicinal herbs
...phytomedicines, allowing the products to become an integral part of mainstream medicine." Author of more than 30 books, Tyler is distinguished professor emeritus of pharmacognosy at Purdue University and dean of pharmacy emeritus. He spoke Thursday (March 2) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill......ion," her systemcan even represent dance movements integral to many sub-Saharan African drum anddance traditions (2pMU2). Ted McDaniel of Ohio State ( McDaniel.2@osu.edu ) willdescribe how sub-Saharan Africa musical traditions, such as collectiveimprovisation, have found their way into jazz music (2pMU3)....UMass researchers teaching computers to interpret MRIs
...imensional objects, Horowitz noted. Mathematics is integral to computerimaging for several reasons, according to Horowitz. First, in order to give acomputer instructions, those instructions must be expressed in mathematicalterms. Also, MRI formation relies on quantum physics, according to which protonsin the ...Researchers discover the driving force behind cancer cells in Hodgkin's disease
... HealthNetwork. The AMGEN Research Institute is an integral part of AMGEN, the world's largestbiotechnology company and an innovative and pioneering world-wide organizationdedicated to the research and development, manufacture and marketing ofcost-effective human therapeutics using recombinant DNA technology....NASA Uses EAI Software In Groundbreaking Medical Application
...nounced that its World2World software will play an integral role in anewtelemedicine application developed by NASA researchers. EAI's softwarewillenable medical experts-located in different geographic locations-tosimultaneously view and analyze models of patient anatomy in real time.Ademonstration of this un...Teen Line Panel Of Six High School Students To Address The Issue Of Teens And Tolerance
...les, Teen Line is ateen-to-teen hotline that is an integral part of the Juvenile Procedures Schoolat the Police Academy in Los Angeles, and has become a model training program ofteen suicide prevention/intervention with the Los Angeles Police Department. According to Elaine Leader, Ph.D., Teen Line's Executiv...New Way To Make Astronauts Sleep
...onitoringequipment convinces them that sleep is an integral part of their mission, andthat this allows them to relax enough to rest normally....Study Of Women And Hearing Reveals Need For Routine Hearing Tests
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...They said they are hopeful that PENS can become an integral part ofevery comprehensive pain-care program. Indeed, there has been an increase in theapplication of complimentary medical approaches such as this to managing painsyndromes, as well as other medical conditions, said Gatchel. In fact, JAMAdedicated i...