The trust game: Measuring social interaction
...ated with the intention to increase their trust or investment on the next move. By later rounds, the timing of that response changed so that his or her intention to trust occurred before the completion of the previous round. The technique holds promise for understanding diseases such as autism in which the ab...Opponents of needle-exchange programs should think about their message to drug users
...ases of hepatitis C. In U.S. dollars, Australia's investment of more than $71.8 million for the NEP resulted in a savings of between $1.3 billion and $4.1 billion. Martin noted that the contrast between Australia and the United States is "particularly striking," as evidenced by a presentation that physician Al...Tracking trends in cochlear implant complications using a federal database
...that to insure the best outcome from the necessary investment of time and money, patients and clinicians need independent, third-party data sources that can go beyond the manufacture-supplied literature on device complications. Rabindra R. Tambyraja, M.D., Ed.M., of Case Western Reserve University School of Med...NHS stop-smoking services are insufficient to deliver national smoking targets
...gland. In California, says the author, heavy early investment in smoking cessation services produced disappointing population results. Nicotine replacement therapy and buproprion are among the most cost-effective treatments for individuals, but "comprehensive restriction of smoking in all workplaces works bett...US life expectancy about to decline, researchers say
...pecially in children. They also point out that new investment into the Social Security system, while at the same time under-funding obesity prevention and treatment, is not sound economic or public health policy. "Some may view this as pessimistic," Olshansky said. "But in fact, it is a realistic assessment of ...Failing to aid Africa will lead to more terrorism
...nt. At present, he notes, agricultural science and investment generally benefit affluent farmers and consumers. Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate and chair of the Science Council for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, a consortium of 15 international research agr...HIV infection still on the rise
... "Prioritisation of sexual health with substantial investment is essential to avoid continuing deterioration in services, rising HIV transmission, and costly consequences for tax payers," they conclude....Routine HIV screening should be expanded, study finds
...provide important health benefits for a reasonable investment in health care resources." Expanding the scope of routine HIV screening is important, the researchers said, because patients can be infected, as well as infectious, for many years before they start showing symptoms of the disease. "Recent data from t...Early HIV screening prolongs life and is affordable, Stanford study shows
...provide important health benefits for a reasonable investment in health-care resources." In the second New England Journal of Medicine study, researchers at Yale and Harvard developed a computer model of HIV screening and treatment to compare routine voluntary screening with current practice. They found that in...Physicians call for increased funding for federal infectious disease programs
... Congress to acknowledge the need for a sufficient investment to protect Americans against infectious diseases," said IDSA President Walter E. Stamm, MD. Dr. Stamm noted that policymakers have already recognized that preventing, controlling, and treating infectious diseases is an integral component of homeland ...HIV vaccine trial breaks ground for future research
...ll be found only through robust public and private investment as well as a well-informed public and scientific community....UC Irvine's undergraduate research programs receive $900,000 funding boost
...ws & World Report. "These grants are a significant investment into our summer programs and reinforce UCI's place as a premier university to conduct undergraduate research," said Meredith Lee, dean of undergraduate education. "Further, the grants provide an extraordinary opportunity for undergraduates to put tog...Alliance for Taxpayer Access asks NIH 'Who really owns publicly-funded medical research?'
...s awaiting the medical innovation that this public investment fuels, that there is any reason to further delay statement of a clear and open NIH policy." ...Four teams awarded inaugural translational cancer research grants
...are very pleased to support AACR in this important investment to further research for the prevention and treatment of cancer."...Stem cell research: The new medicine of the future
...re still years away by any estimate. But the early investment is already paying off, as witnessed in the arrival of American researchers leaving the United States to continue their work in the United Kingdom. Much of the difference centers on ethics. Views are polarized in the United States in a way that they h......nd promotion of gender equality--is also clear. An investment of as little as $3.5 per child on helminth control translates to an extra year of schooling gained. School enrolment by girls increases with deworming programmes, and their dropout and retention rates improve. Of the estimated 562 million school-age ...Emergency departments failing to meet essential standards for children
...t to be met, say the researchers. More structured investment is vital if we are to provide our children with proper emergency care, they conclude....4 million more health workers required to improve global health
...nternational action to address the chronic lack of investment in human resources which is limiting the chance of...e summary of a fuller report about human resources investment and global health being published by Harvard University Press. The key premise of the article and fu...Federal funds given for regenerative medicine center
...e Wright Center was established in 2003 through an investment by the State of Ohio as part of Gov. Bob Taft's Third Frontier Project. The Center institutions are nationally recognized in cell therapy for cancer and are rapidly translating new laboratory research into new therapies for heart disease, bone and j...Rutgers-developed biomaterial drives a technology transfer story toward success
...EVA Medical. This alliance included a significant investment in REVA Medical. "We regard REVA's relationship with Boston Scientific as a pivotal chapter in our technology transfer initiative," said Kohn, Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers and director of the center. "...