$60 Million Brain Institute Opens At University Of Florida
... UFHealth Science Center behind Shands at UF. Turn north off Archer Road ontoNewell Drive. How: Senior scientists will be on hand for interviews and to explain their useof highly advanced research technologies in studies of brain and spine diseasesand injuries. Tour sites include the neurosurgery trai...UNC-CH School of Social Work receives grant to prevent violence
...ommunity affected by suburban development from the north that is encroaching on area farm land. Researchers will work with third-grade teachers, school counselors and social workers to promote social development by teaching children to resolve conflicts peacefully and make enduring friendships in multicult...Microbes and the dust they ride in on pose potential health risks
...ctober the winds shift and typically bring dust to north and Central America and the Caribbean. During the peak of the dust season in July 2000, Garrison collected samples of airborne pollutants and dust daily on the island of St. John in the Virgin Islands and sent them to the USGS laboratory in St. Peter...Buck researcher awarded Brookdale Fellowship
...of only three in the world. It is located 20 miles north of San Francisco. For more information, please visit the Buck web site at http://www.buckinstitute.org ....Study confirms air pollution linked to slowed lung function growth in children
...ests air in 12 communities, from Atascadero in the north to Alpine in the south. Locations in the Inland Empire were chosen because they were known to have relatively high levels of pollutants, while northern communities were chosen because they have lower pollution levels. Over the last two decades, air q...Concern over rising rates of syphilis in England
... 156 in women. Rates were highest in London and in north west England. These increases are largely due to several localised outbreaks, and indicate that unsafe sexual behaviour continues among both the heterosexual and homosexual populations in England, say the authors. Few general practitioners will have ...Larger blood reserves needed for ageing population
...ood cells from all NHS hospital blood banks in the north of England. More than half (52%) of all units were given to medical patients, 41% to surgical patients, and 6% to obstetric and gynaecology patients. Demand for blood transfusion increases with age. The average age of a patient receiving an individu...Computerised guidelines are no 'magic bullet'
...s for asthma and angina in 60 general practices in north east England. The computerised guidelines had no significant effect on consultation rates, any aspect of the process of care, or prescription of any category of drugs in patients with asthma or angina. This was probably due to low levels of use of th...Many oncologists unaware of cancer clot risk
...reliable representation of current practice in the north of England, say the authors. National guidelines on prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism during cancer treatment are needed, they conclude....Midwife shortages contributing to 'near misses' on labour wards
...n the labour wards of seven maternity units in the north west of England. The lead researcher observed the organisation of care on each labour ward, analysed records, and interviewed all midwives on duty. All maternity units experienced midwifery staffing shortages and most units relied on bank midwives to...The Passionate Mind: Oct. 9-11 Utah Symposium in Science & Literature
...c Computation Center (INSCC) the building directly north of thePark Building off of Presidents Circle. From...ymposium attendees willbe available in the "A" lot north of South Campus Drive and west of thelibrary Thursday evening, Friday and Friday evening. Those atte...First reported cases of North Asian tick typhus among North Americans
...umbers of travellers to Mongolia, China, and other north Asian republics every year. Travellers and their physicians should suspect this arthropod-borne illness in patients who return from endemic regions with a characteristic syndrome, even in the absence of a recognised tick bite."...SARS death rate doubles in polluted cities
...n regions of the country, with higher rates in the north of China. A team of researchers from the UCLA School of Public Health, the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Fudan University School of Public Health investigated whether these differences could be explained by differe...High pollution may increase SARS death rate
...between regions of China, with higher rates in the north of the country. A team of researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles, the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Fudan University School of Public Health investigated whether these differences could be exp...Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
...w Guinea occupies half of the island of New Guinea north of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean. Lush in rainforests, the country totals only 1 percent of the world's land, but harbors an estimated 5 percent of plant and animal species. "It's an amazing place," Ireland said. But logging and mining are...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
...magnetic moments, acting like toy bar magnets with north and south poles. In a magnetic field these spinning nuclei orient themselves along the field lines, with spins up or down. Slightly more energy is required to maintain the spin-down state. In the encoding phase, a radiofrequency (RF) pulse matched t...Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
...y. "Then a very high concentration is found above north eastern China. Also across South East Asia and much of Africa can be seen nitrogen dioxide produced by biomass burning. Ship tracks are visible in some locations: look at the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean between the southern tip of India and Indonesi...Study finds no reduction in breast cancer risk with consumption of vegetables and fruits
...includes participants living in countries from the north to the south of Europe, spanning a wide range of vegetable and fruit consumption. For this study, the researchers examined data from 285,526 women from this group between the ages of 25 and 70 years. Participants completed a dietary questionnaire in ......erts wonder if our planet is preparing to swap its north and south magnetic poles around, as it has often done before during the Earth's long history. These and other mysteries about our magnetic planet will get the closer attention they deserve, in ESA's forthcoming Swarm project. Three satellites will...