Outstanding scholars set to improve geriatric social work in U.S.
...ollaborates with social work education programs to prepare needed, aging-saavy social workers and improve the care and well-being of older adults and their families. The other programs are focused on providing dissertation support, mentorship and leadership development for promising graduate students; devel...Baxter introduces Baxject needleless transfer device at International Haemophilia Congress
...evice (BAXJECT), a safer, faster and easier way to prepare haemophilia medication without the use of sharp ne.... The BAXJECT device reduces the time it takes to prepare Factor VIII clotting therapy for infusion, allowing patients to more freely go about their lives. "T...Fit seniors better able to react when quick thinking needed, study says
... physically active older adults indicate that they prepare more efficiently for a response than sedentary older adults. Overall, Hillman said, the study shows that "increased amounts of physical activity affect cognitive functioning related to more effortful processing results in older adults." Or, in more ...Writing nanopatterns with DNA inks
...ng state-of-the-art dip-pen nanolithography we can prepare 100,000 DNA spots in the area occupied by a single spot in a conventional gene chip." This technology, which can produce spots of DNA down to 50 nanometers in diameter, may make it possible to one day have a gene chip with an array of 100,000 differ...Alcoholics have 'blunted' responses to psychological stressors such as public speaking
...rmally," said Lovallo. "Yet when we asked them to prepare and memorize a short speech and then deliver the speech to a video camera, the patients reacted with little or no change in heart rate, and of course, they failed to have a cortisol response. The patients reacted as if the social challenge of public...Questions arise as more older Americans outlive driving privilege
...a society, fail to take steps to help older people prepare for and cope with this transition, then the goal of improving the quality of life in old age will be greatly compromised, both now and in the foreseeable future."...Palliative practice blurs ethical lines, physician says
...atient is registering any discomfort, she says. To prepare family members for what they are about to witness, Hawryluck believes physicians should explain what to expect in terms of a dying patient's breathing and bodily reactions....Preparations for terrorist attacks and natural disasters linked, says University of Colorado prof
...hould consider all risks they potentially face and prepare a disaster plan that could be used to address any ...re are events that are large enough that you can't prepare for them," he said. "California has known for decades that when the next great earthquake hits sout...NIH awards grants for two new autism research centers
...ies and research institutes to help research teams prepare applications for future centers. The competition for the additional STAART Center sites is underway. The Children's Health Act calls for a total of at least five centers, so at least three more will be selected in FY 2003. The research centers, alon...Don't overlook terrorism's long-term effects on elders
A year after September 11, it is time to prepare for and prevent future terrorism, according to Judith A. Salerno, M.D., and Catherine Nagy. Their editorial, "Terrorism and Aging," appears in the September 2002 Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. In it they warn clinicians, caregivers, and ...Brain anticipates events to learn routines
...hen things are going to happen and how well we can prepare ourselves."...U-M Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative gets $1 million from CDC
... that will help public health staff members better prepare for bioterrorism threats and events and give them resources they can tap in times of crisis. Rosemarie Rowney, formerly of the Oakland County Health Department and now a U-M School of Nursing lecturer, directs the training efforts....CDC designates new Kentucky biodefense center
... in its resources and capabilities to research and prepare for a terror-related biological disaster." Faculty at the center have a wide range of expertise, from identifying and developing vaccines to training emergency workers how to respond properly to an attack, Hauer added. Computerized mannequins that si...NIDA initiative designed to make substance abuse treatment more 'community friendly'
...therapies into community treatment settings, or to prepare for such adaptation by identifying key components or mechanisms of effective therapies so that these can be preserved when therapies are incorporated into community settings. Additionally, innovative methods of delivering treatment will be developed ...Prenatal stem cell transplants may open door to organ transplants, treating genetic diseases
...r failure, the prenatal stem cell transplant could prepare the immune system for a future transplant," says Dr. Flake. "A tolerized immune system would better accept an organ transplant from an unmatched donor." Although prenatal screening is not yet widespread for many genetic diseases, he adds, currently e...Scientific task force to examine usefulness of testosterone replacement therapy in older men
...cerning testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and prepare an evidence-based report outlining the benefits and adverse effects of this intervention, the potential public health impact of TRT in the United States, and the ethical issues involved in the conduct of a clinical trial of TRT. The committee will co...Dogs on fatty diet may give clues to human disease development
...re of this type of fat. "Increasingly restaurants prepare convenience foods by frying, and more meals are eaten out at fast-food establishments," said Watkins, a nutritional biochemist. "Consequently, the level of oxidized fat in Americans' diets has escalated alarmingly in recent years." The process that f...Virtual mass spectrometry laboratory transforms learning experience
...ion about the case then goes to the virtual lab to prepare the sample. In the protein case, for instance, the...ets the data. Problems arise if a student fails to prepare a sample correctly, set the instrument controls properly, or massages the dataset appropriately. For...Nine chosen to receive funding for geriatric social work research
...ollaborates with social work education programs to prepare needed, aging-savvy social workers and improve the care and well being of older adults and their families. The other programs are focused on providing dissertation support, mentorship and leadership development for promising graduate students; devel......ollaborates with social work education programs to prepare needed, aging-savvy social workers and improve the care and well-being of older adults and their families....