HFES Annual Meeting papers feature work on critical health and safety issues
...iver detection interface with user-centered design principles central to the development. The researchers consulted design and usability experts and a representative group of drivers about their perceptions, preferences, issues, and attitudes, and the consequences of adapating to and using a drowsy driver dete...Foundation trusts threaten core NHS principles
... by the UK government endanger one of the founding principles of the NHS - to provide equal care for equal need,...usts or the independent regulator to safeguard the principles of universality and equity. Moreover, it will be the independent regulator, and not local people, wh...HHS awards $14 million to support Bioethics Research Center
...icipate in research projects and that core ethical principles are exercised by all sectors of the health care pr...ted scholars and scientists fully committed to the principles and practices of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, policy analysis, and public disco...Blocking immune response to spinal cord injury can improve chances for recovery
...is a top-ranked public university dedicated to the principles of research, scholarship and community. Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of California campuses, with more than 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students and about 1,300 faculty members. The third-largest employer in dyna...New guidelines set standard on test to diagnose acid reflux, heartburn and other diseases
... few practitioners are sufficiently trained in the principles and practice of manometry, and because performance...l was to give clinicians some background about the principles of esophageal manometry, and to give them a detailed standard approach to performing and reporting t...Cobblestone mat walking shows health benefits for elderly
...d in traditional Chinese holistic medicine and the principles of reflexology, in that the uneven surfaces of the cobblestones stimulate and regulate "acupoints" located on the soles of the feet. These cobblestone paths are common in China. Although there is considerable anecdotal evidence indicating the health ...Detection at a distance for more sensitive MRI
...ful and sensitive detection and coding methods and principles can be envisaged." The basic steps: NMR and MRI work because many atomic nuclei have 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 ...UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
...ine for the discovery of prions and the underlying principles of their mode of action. Different strains of the mammalian prion play important roles in determining the degree to which a prion is pathogenic. In mammals, different strains of the same prion protein cause mad cow disease, scrapie and the related C...SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
... adoption of e-prescribing by establishing guiding principles and a standard for e-prescribing. An ideal e-prescribing model will be developed and promoted to health care professionals. A public education campaign will educate consumers about e-prescribing. SOS Rx Coalition As of today, the members of SOS ...Blood pressure control poor in elderly, says Northwestern researcher
...n, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, treatment principles should be the same for all age groups. Lower initial doses of medications may be needed to avoid side effects in older patients, but standard doses and multiple drugs may be required to reach appropriate blood pressure targets. "That means physician...U of MN establishes nation's first endowed chair in sexual health
...ng public health informed by science and guided by principles of equity and social justice." One of the chair's donors, Michael Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.H.P.Ed., professor of public health at the University of Texas, believes the endowed chair will inspire other universities to follow suit. "The field of sexuali...New study shows phonics is critical for skilled reading
...room, says Seidenberg, but the model uses the same principles and factors that guide reading ability. For example, the researchers first exposed the model to sounds until it developed a spoken language vocabulary, just as toddlers do as they listen to the speech around them before reading instruction even begi...AIUM regional course, Doppler Imaging 2004: From Basic Applications to New Frontiers
...ticipants will be able to apply Doppler ultrasound principles in evaluation of peripheral vessels, abdominal organs, and pelvic pathology. Register online at www.aium.org for this course, which is intended to update physicians and sonographers in Doppler ultrasound techniques, improving their scanning...Childbirth and disasters discussed in July/Aug issue of Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
...e editorial also reprints a statement of editorial principles by the World Association of Medical Editors. [Bac...emain, which prompted the presentation of the WAME principles in March 2004. (Learn more online at http://wame.org/wamestmt.htm .)] (Citation: McCool, W. "Publ...ASU researchers demonstrate new nanotech effect - moving water molecules by light
...l ways to nanostructure the surface once the basic principles of surface amplification of switching are understood." The ASU team now is working to design a device that can move drugs dissolved in water, or droplets of water and samples that need to be tested for environmental or biochemical analyses. Another...Call for national collaboration on medical education research
...stant dean for medical education research, say the principles of epidemiology to study risk factors for disease can also be applied to study educational outcomes. They review models that medical education researchers can borrow from their colleagues who conduct patient care research to illustrate the use of ed...Major radiology journal offers unrestricted access to recently archived articles
...uality of medical publications and publishing. The principles allow for immediate free access of important artic...her's business and publishing requirements." These principles are endorsed by about 50 not-for-profit medical and scientific societies and publishers. They are in...Radiological risks are not explained well
...tices disregard patients' rights and violate basic principles of modern medical practice, argues an expert in this week's BMJ. Assessing radiological risk is certainly complicated, but some key information should be shared between patients and doctors, writes the author. He suggests that risk might easily be co...'Science of better' convenes operations researchers in Denver
... in 80 countries. P&G is recognized for the way OR principles permeate efforts to understand how products compete and can best be supplied in local markets around the world. Glenn Wegryn of P&G is available for interview. Monday, October 25, 11:40 AM 12:45 PM, Plaza Building-Ballroom ARisks to Our Homeland Sec...Scientists reveal significant behavioral impacts of early life stress, study therapies
..." "These findings underscore three core scientific principles that guide effective early childhood policy and practice," said Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., dean of The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and chair of the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child. "Early rel...