Studies Find Public Policies For Children And Teenagers Not Very Effective
...self-esteem, improve decision-making skills,resist peer pressure, increase respect for authority and delay...n helping teenagers developsocial skills to resist peer pressure to have sex and buildingrelationships with parents and other family members to improvecommu...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
... and resultsmade public, they should be subject to peer review to be sure the most accurateinformation is reported to the public. In their analysis, Jollis and Romano argue that using information fromhospital bills and insurance claims is not an accurate way to gather informationabout patient out...New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
...hildren with risk factors, capitalizes on positive peer pressure, and includes children who are currently at low risk. The CHIC study consisted of an eight-week randomized controlled trial of a subset of 422 children with CVD risk factors that were drawn from a larger study group of 2,207 children. These...Study Captures Images Of Memories Being Formed Within The Human Brain
...This study marks the first time we've been able to peer insidesomeone's brain and predict on average whether or not you will later forgetsomething you are now experiencing," said Randy L. Buckner, senior author of thearticle and assistant professor of psychology in Arts and Sciences at WashingtonUniversit......ectly via the World Wide Web; will be available to peer reviewers on theWorld Wide Web; and, once accepted and copyedited, will be available to readerson the World Wide Web. The journal invites manuscripts from all areas of thepharmaceutical sciences: Analytical Chemistry Bioengineering Bioinformatics...Chronically Ill Teens Turn To Internet For Peer Support, Researchers Report
...ildren's Center has met the challenge of providing peer support toseriously ill teenagers with an Internet...t an Internet-based program can increase important peer supportfor children with chronic diseases. The site also helped the teenagers bond withone another i...Early warning signs of violence often overlooked, study finds
...o attempt suicide who havetheir own struggles with peer harassment to go under-attended to for months oryears." In the study, more than 90 percent of participants incorrectlyidentified the following scenario as a bullying situation: Jackie came home with a ripped shirt, a bruised cheek, an...Dartmouth researchers urge caution in communicating results to public
...thors chose to write thearticle, persisted despite peer and editorial review, and were magnified in themass media," Schwartz, Woloshin and Welch write. " It is important to exposediscriminatory practice in medicine. It is equally important not to exaggeratethe prevalence of such practice," they add. Th...NSF award to five Georgia universities for new Science and Technology Center
...e agency and the scientific community, through the peer review process,supports this enterprise." The STC will work with Atlanta Public Schools, providing professionaldevelopment opportunities for teachers of kindergarten through twelfth grade.This includes research visits and internships in laboratories,......hool thatexamined the accuracy of teacher ratings, peer ratings and self-ratings ofbullies and victims of ...alongitudinal study of bullying, victimization and peer affiliation, researcherMaria Bartini, M.S., of the University of Georgia and psychologist Anthony D.......ng into a periodwhere they will be facing a lot of peer pressure to be just like everyone else,even though they really are not. It's a time when they will need the strongsupport of parents and teachers, as well as access to high-achieving friends,who can help them maintain a motivation to succeed in schoo......ses,using MRI to watch carpet dry from the inside, peer into peanutshells, and study how fabrics wick moisture away from the body. The work could lead to faster and more efficient dryingprocesses, carpet less prone to mildew, and fabrics that are morecomfortable to wear. "The advantages for us are the sa...UI researchers discover that aggressive cancer cells may make their own blood vessels
...hertumors. The researchers are awaiting scientific peer review before they releaseany additional information. Because this study deals with new and novel concepts in cancer biology, theAmerican Journal of Pathology article is accompanied by a commentary by MinaBissell, a noted breast cancer researcher and...Study finds parental influence still important during adolescence
...scence affected parental, peer and school influence." J...rformance. Jang examined peer influence by measuring theproportion of the adolescents' "close friends" wh...Wistar scientist receives Arthritis Foundation award
...iladelphia area. Projectsare graded by a national peer review committee. Dr. McCracken was a long-timemember of the Arthritis Foundation board and past president of Medical Affairsof the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter. He practiced internal medicine andrheumatology for more than four decades. The Arthri...Emotional support during conflict situations elevates blood pressure in African-American boys
...ho played the roles of parent, teacher, sibling or peer antagonized the 24 girls and 24 boys in the study....g to a teacher about a bad grade, or confronting a peer who spread bad rumors about the participant1s family. If an adolescent did not respond within 10 ...BioMed Central -- freedom of information for the science community
... submission * use web technologies to speed up the peer review process so that itwill take days rather than months * make all articles published through BMC available immediately and infull, through the PubMed Central research archive * allow groups of researchers to publish their own niche journalsonline...Brain scans of Gulf War veterans show brain damage
... Radiology indicates they have now passed rigorous peer review. "This brain disorder is quite similar to a variety of other diseases in which patients may be severely disabled, the conventional MRI scan is normal and the MR spectroscopy scan uniquely detects brain damage," Fleckenstein said. The tests...Supplements that target fat loss … metals that protect themselves …
...Monday, Aug. 21, 11:20 a.m.) Web could shake up peer review - Expert panelists will discuss the implica...ry research papers via the World Wide Web prior to peer review and publication in a scholarly journal or magazine. (Exhibit Hall, Sunday, Aug. 20, 4:00 p.m....