University of Pittsburgh receives grant for research on cancer and aging
...oped an extensive community- and clinic-based care network throughout the western Pennsylvania region. In 2001 the division was designated a national Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine by the John A. Hartford Foundation, placing it within a select group of centers around the United States. The Instit...U of MN receives $1 million technology grant to expand assisted living services for the elderly
...tes the widespread availability and use of digital network technologies in the public and non-profit sectors....or model projects demonstrating innovative uses of network technologies. The organization then shares the lessons learned from theses projects to ensure the be...Study finds classroom study groups more effective when organized by social networks
...the first studies to demonstrate the use of social network data to design a health promotion intervention, and it points to the possibility of using the network model in a variety of settings. "Most school-based tobacco prevention programs are based on a soci...England may be thriving on World Cup pressure, but how are their joints bearing up?
...thritis / Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), an umbrella network providing support for people with arthritis across Europe, Angela Donaldson comments: "Millions of people have visited their GP in the past year because of osteoarthritis and year by year this is on the increase. Repetitive activity can damage joints...MSU site of national breast cancer center
...titutes of Health. The four national centers will network and interact as a single program. Its first goal: to increase understanding of the development of normal mammary tissue during puberty and to help determine what environmental factors could increase cancer risk in adulthood. Environmental exposures w...UCSF & SF Bay Area receive federal funds to expand breast cancer / environmental research
...University in East Lansing. The four centers will network and interact as a single program, with some specialization at each center. "The NIH support will enable us to direct and expand our efforts toward building a strong, scientific and community-based response to the perplexing problem of breast cancer ...World experts present respiratory and critical care research at CHEST 2003, intl scientific assembly
...t ongoing and new asthma coalition projects and to network with other coalition members regarding programming, activity coordination, and funding initiatives. In addition, a postgraduate course will feature new developments in asthma research. Cardiology Distinguished Scientist Lecturer Eugene Braunwal...Imagining movement of affected limbs aids stroke rehabilitation
...nts that physical movements follow, and the neural network involved in motor imagery and motor execution overlap in areas of the brain concerned with movement," said Stevens. The program consisted of three one-hour sessions for four consecutive weeks. The first task was computer-facilitated motor imagery tr...Research breakthrough in understanding treatment resistant depression
...sion. However little is known about how the neural network within the brain reacts to emotional stimuli. Previous research investigating people with depression focused on the reaction to stimuli that induce a negative emotion or on the brain in a resting state. But now, for the first time, Professor Sharma's...Stanford research builds link between sleep, cancer progression
...o go through group therapy or have a strong social network fare better than those with weaker social support....hm, a good candidate for linking a person's social network to their cancer prognosis. Spiegel suggested two possible ways in which the circadian rhythm may inf...NIAID reports 'tremendous progress' in biodefense research
...t priority areas. "NIAID has greatly expanded its network of industry and academic partners in biodefense, a...ging Infectious Diseases Research. This nationwide network of multidisciplinary academic centers will conduct wide-ranging research on infectious diseases and ...Salk news: A new view on brain function
...d been previously thought, but a dynamic, changing network that adapts continuously to meet the demands of communication and computational needs. In the Sept. 26 issue of Science , Salk Institute professor Terrence Sejnowski and University of Cambridge professor Simon Laughlin argue that the human brain has...UCSD-TCAG collaboration to focus on transformation of genome-based knowledge into health benefits
...lood Institute as part of the NIH Pharmacogenomics network coordinated by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Noting that UCSD is excited to be working with TCAG, O'Connor said "in this genome era, it is vitally important to have the power of a genome center that brings state-of-the-art tec...NIH awards $51 million to fight autoimmune diseases
...llaboration and draws on the expertise of a larger network of scientists and physicians. The ACEs and principal investigators are Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, NY)--Betty Diamond, M.D. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston, MA--Samia Khoury, M.D. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh--Massimo Tru...Actonel helped preserve bone quality at five years, new data show
...cium-based mineral crystals that are embedded in a network of protein fibers, called collagen. In osteoporotic bone, the calcium-based mineral crystals enlarge and the integrity of the collagen deteriorates compared to what is found in normal bone. Actonel, as shown in study biopsies, maintained the size of...$85 million awarded for research on human immunity and biodefense
...gh the new program will form a biodefense research network with a focus on the human immune system. It is much more difficult to perform studies of immunity in humans than in animal models. Human volunteers cannot be deliberately exposed to agents of bioterror to determine the effectiveness of a trial vaccin...Major new center at UIC to study racial/ethnic disparities in health
... UIC will study how a woman's neighborhood, social network (family, friends and other community contacts) and psychological profile (including issues of faith and fear) come into play when breast cancer is suspected. "All these individual, demographic and sociocultural factors determine what kind of health c...Starve a tumor, or feed a tumor?
...eming suburban area, are vastly different from the network in the rest of the body. In healthy tissue, the layout is well planned and ordered, and the walls of small arteries contain elastic and muscular layers to fine-tune their diameter and closely control blood flow. But in tumors, blood vessels are poo...Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
... Trials, is a multi-center, collaborative research network whose mission is to carry out HIV prevention efficacy trials. HIVNET was established in 1993 by NIAID's Division of AIDS and has now been incorporated into the HIV Prevention Trials Network....University of Illinois at Chicago receives $15.7 million grant to stop anthrax
...cts that build on a well-established collaborative network of UIC researchers in the colleges of pharmacy and medicine. The program integrates multiple strategies toward the development of new antimicrobials, new potentiators of existing antimicrobials and direct inhibitors of the anthrax toxin as strategies...