March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ealth status was derived from the family, with the shared characteristics of income and health insurance acc...t most of the family-level effects derive not from shared genetics but from shared features of the family environment, such as health beliefs and behaviors, p...Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
... leg braces until they learned to walk again, have shared longer stories, including how they now cope with the effects of post-polio syndrome. Friends, neighbors and colleagues of Salk and his research team also have come forward, each providing a glimpse of what it was like to participate in medical histor...Kandel pays tribute to Hubel's and Wiesel's 25-year partnership and work in neurobiology & vision
... from its beginnings in 1958 to its apex when both shared the Nobel Prize in 1981. They will also discuss t...ysiological basis of memory storage in neurons. He shared the prize with fellow recipients Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard....Genetics important in age-related macular degeneration
...d to determine the relative roles of genes, common shared environment and specific (unique to the individual) environment. Of the 840 twins, 331 had no signs of macular degeneration, 241 had early signs, 162 had intermediate AMD and 106 had advanced AMD, the researchers found. There were no differences in t...School-based smoking prevention programs ineffective
...based programs studied by Dr. Wiehe and colleagues shared certain characteristics. Most targeted middle-school students, although some focused on high school students and one addressed both age groups. Most of the programs followed the social influences model of behavior change. None of the smoking reduct...LRRK2 gene mutation causes Parkinson's disease in several families
... this mutation. Interestingly, all G2019S patients shared a genetic pattern indicating a common, although ancient, ancestor. Parkinsonism is a syndrome characterized by resting tremor, rigidity, slow movement and postural instability. The most common form of Parkinson's disease, which manifests late in life...Migraine linked to risky heart health
...hout migraine. The findings suggest there may be a shared predisposition toward both migraine and heart disease, said Lenore Launer, PhD, of the National Institute on Aging and the senior author on the study. Men with migraine were almost twice as likely to have a father with a history of early heart attack......s that parallel evolution is the primary source of shared sound patterns. As language is naturally transmitted from one generation to the next, human perception and articulation makes certain kinds of sound change (like the shift of final b d g to p t k) more frequent than others. At the same time, people a...Americans support most uses of reproductive genetic testing, report on US attitudes reveals
...s. High levels of support for this application are shared across most demographic groups - men, women and di...reating children like products." This concern was shared by fully 70 percent of survey respondents. According to the report, Americans "fear a world in whi...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
...r Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, which she shared with Paul Berg and Norton Zinder, and the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, bestowed in January 1988 by the late President Ronald Reagan. The recipient of numerous honorary degrees, Singer is married to Daniel Morris Singer, with whom she has fo...Johns Hopkins scientists receive presidential medals
...opiate receptors in the brain -- work for which he shared the prestigious Albert Lasker Award in 1978 -- to proof that gases can serve as neural messengers. Many advances in molecular neuroscience have stemmed from Snyder's identification of receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs, which led to clarificat...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member is funded to develop an interactive computer system
...e based on the state of the science and the wisdom shared by young women and men in focus groups held throughout Newark and Jersey City. CIMIC will program and develop the prototype," said Jones. "We will evaluate the computerized decision support system on hand-held, laptop, and desktop computers to determ...Why North America is not a rhythm nation
...nging and structure-preserving meters. The infants shared the Bulgarian and Macedonian immigrants' ability to distinguish the changes in both the simple and complex meters. The experiments seemed to verify that humans are influenced by the rhythms in the music they are most accustomed to hearing, and that t...Children's Hospital Oakland opens new $5.6 million infectious disease lab
...atories and office spaces, as well as specialized, shared facilities such as a DNA clean room and a biological safety level-3 facility (BL-3), which is one of the highest safety and security standards for this type of medical research. "The CIVD's BL-3 status means that when we constructed this laboratory ...Rheumatoid arthritis patients have double the risk of heart failure
...heumatoid arthritis or cardiac heart failure, or a shared origination of these diseases." The study's researchers also noted little difference between rates of heart failure in men and women with rheumatoid arthritis. "This is quite different from what you'd find in the general population, where rates of ...Olson family donates $1 million to Arizona Cancer Center
... is an important first step in helping realize our shared vision." A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Olson is in his 32nd season as a college head coach and his 22nd at Arizona. Olson has a career record of 726-252 (.742) and has led his teams to one national championship (1997), fi...Researchers map the sexual network of an entire high school
...community, with few places where students directly shared the same partners with each other. But they were indirectly linked, partner to partner to partner. One component of the network linked 288 students more than half of those who were romantically active at the school in one long chain. (See figure fo...Yale cardiovascular researcher named Bayer Fellow 2004-05
... the form of lectures and conferences on topics of shared interest. The first Bayer Fellowship was awarded to Sonia Caprio, M.D., associate professor of pediatric endocrinology. Caprio studies the underlying metabolic changes associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents....Cogtest and NetMet join forces
... said: "I am very excited by the potential of the shared knowledge and expertise in these two companies. Together NetMet and Cogtest will provide pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with a turn-key solution for evaluating these new and exciting drugs for disorders affecting cognitive function, and ...Birth simulator helps physicians I.D. least forceful way to manage problem deliveries
...o create a safer environment for delivery - a goal shared by every obstetrician." For the study, Gurewitsch performed 30 mock deliveries using a complex birthing device designed by Hopkins faculty, staff and students to simulate shoulder dystocia. It consists of several parts: a maternal model with a three...