GSA bestows Robert W. Kleemeier Award to University of Texas Health Science Center's Smith
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...legislation authorizes a $50 million federal grant program for states and counties to establish more mental h...Project, the innovative mental health courts pilot program that became law in 2000. The new law, recognizing the needs of offenders with mental health disorde...NIH funds seven science education partnership awards
...Finally, Boston University will expand its CityLab program to include a conceptually linked series of hands-o...ission of SEPA has become more important since the program began in 1991, as minority representation in science education has declined. The U.S. Department of ...Churches nationwide issue plea for increased rates of African American organ donation
..." Linkages to Life is an ongoing, church-based program designed to demystify organ, tissue and bone marrow donation, emphasizing the critical need in the African American community. This year's initiative is the largest ever, with participating churches urging congregations to strongly consider organ don...$2.8 million public-private partnership to examine how surroundings can encourage active lifestyles
...ral practices that advance physical activity. The program establishes innovative approaches to increase phys...e physical infrastructure" said Kate Kraft, senior program officer at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "This pioneering program is more than just adding tra...UCSF receives $21 million NIH contract for sexually transmitted infection research
...provide an opportunity to establish a STI training program that will be overseen by UCSF Global Health Scienc...partners will be able to participate in a yearlong program at UCSF that includes certification and mentoring. "While an important goal of this research to have...Embark on a 'journey to better vision' at UH
... an internationally recognized clinical low vision program designed to reduce the disabling impact of vision loss. Providing vision rehabilitation, CSE clinics include the UH location as its main clinical teaching facility, along with a satellite clinic at Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Cen...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
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... holds promise as part of a limb-sparing treatment program for patients with soft-tissue sarcomas, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. After five years, 83 percent of patients in a trial incorporating brachytherapy into the treatment plan had surv...Team-centered program effective in reducing disordered eating among athletes
CHICAGO A peer-led, sport team-centered program reduces eating disordered behavior and body-shapin...eting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives) program is a school-based, team-centered program that focuses on promoting healthy nutrition and effective e...NIAID launches program to improve medical tools against emerging infectious diseases
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...on with the Massachusetts statewide apprenticeship program for the building trades unions, and nationally wit...the effectiveness of a tailored telephone delivery program on tobacco use and weight management for motor freight workers, and will provide one of the first ev...Breast cancer risk, prognosis and weight gain reduced with physical activity
...into the Yale Exercise and Survivorship Study. The program is designed to examine the effect of exercise on factors related to breast cancer prognosis, such as hormone levels and body fat. Any woman living in Connecticut, diagnosed with breast cancer within the past five years and who is interested in partic...FOSRENOL (R) maintains bone health status of end-stage renal disease patients
...Shire has conducted an extensive clinical research program for FOSRENOL involving approximately 2,000 patient...t exposure and time of observation in the clinical program are too short to conclude that FOSRENOL does not affect the risk of fracture or mortality beyond 3 y...Adults with dyslexia can improve with phonics-based instruction
...s are currently working to see if a less intensive program will have the same benefits. She recommen... to get reading instruction select a phonics-based program that focuses on the structure of language and how language works. It should also involve multiple se......a specific phonological-based reading intervention program responsible for reading skill improvement. Publish...completed an eight-week, phonological intervention program between the two scans, with the rest of the dyslexics serving as a comparison group. During the co...Exercise for special populations, sensory research, factors impacting rehabilitation top issues
... Forty-four participants in an outpatient exercise program for older veterans were evaluated for lower-body s... evaluates the effectiveness of a 6-month exercise program on functional performance, mental health, and depression in seniors who live in a nursing home. Afte...