Conference considers compensating organ donors
...tional conference was designed to consider." Other speakers will consider the ethical, legal and policy issues of paying organ donors and issues of organ allocation. "Though there already is a market for bodily parts, gametes, tissues, corneas, etc., it's not clear how ready people are to agree with the selli...Registration open for ACS ProSpectives conference on combinatorial chemistry
... or fewer to facilitate easy interaction among the speakers and those attending. From 20-25 leading experts in each field participate in a given conference. The conferences are in addition to the Society's two national meetings and its eight to ten regional meetings held every year. The remaining conference ...Physics and medicine in San Diego
...rism and the Medical Physicist" will feature three speakers representing academia, the clinical community, and government. The first speaker, John Poston of Texas A&M, College Station, TX, chaired the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements committee that wrote a report called "Management o...Penn State to host national symposium on fertility decline in developed countries
...ying Fertility in Developed Countries." Symposium speakers and discussants will consider what led to these co...ety. After the last three presentations, the lead speakers from earlier sessions will participate in a panel discussion about this important issue. Discussants......f description of the upcoming lectures. All of the speakers are available for interviews. September 16, 2003 Alzheimer's Disease: Advances and Hope Trey Sunderland, M.D., Chief, Geriatric Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health Despite many recent advances in the understanding of Alzheimer's ...Pain is America's number-one public health problem
...e TV ad will be shown for the first time. All speakers will be available for interviews after the event, and media kit and beta copies of the PSA will be distributed....The Passionate Mind: Oct. 9-11 Utah Symposium in Science & Literature
... at 9:30 a.m. MDT SaturdayOct. 11. The keynote speakers also will assemble at Gould Auditorium whenthey appear on a live broadcast of National Public Radio's "ScienceFriday" at 1 p.m. MDT Friday Oct. 10. "Science Friday" host Ira Flatowwill moderate from New York City. Those attending the broadcast mustar...Experts present new research on the hot topics of aging at GSA's Annual Meeting
...m the past year's experience with MHT studies. The speakers are renowned investigators in their fields and are nationally recognized for their expertise. November 24 at 8:00 p.m. Meeting of the Media Minds: The meeting also offers a chance for gerontology journalists to meet and talk shop. The Journalis......te or contact Vicki Robb at 703-329-3356. Keynote speakers include Martin Luther King III, civil rights activist and head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Martin Seligman, past president of the American Psychological Association; and Les Parrott, relationship expert and author of Love the Lif......ite or contact Vicki Robb at 703-329-3356. Keynote speakers include Martin Luther King III, civil rights activist and head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Martin Seligman, past president of the American Psychological Association; and Les Parrott, relationship expert and author of Love the Lif...Both languages active in bilingual speakers
Even proficient bilingual speakers always have both languages on the tips of their to...etherlands, devised a method for testing bilingual speakers that demonstrated that both languages are active at once. Because the researchers could not suppres...UCLA study examines health of California seniors
...alth insurance, only 37 percent of limited-English speakers report having such insurance, the largest differen...is screening are found among older limited-English speakers (50 percent), Latinos (49 percent), Asian Americans and Medi-Cal recipients (48 percent). Of the 1.3...Helping teachers use keys to vocabulary building
...les, and Bromley suggests pairing them with native speakers to correspond via "buddy journals" in which they write to each other. Often, both students improve skills. A student in the Johnson City School District, diagnosed as learning disabled, was paired with a Kurdish student, for example. After the two bo...ACPM to host web-based conference on emergency contraception and adolescents
...rs with prescriptive authority. Additionally, the speakers will address the potential impact of changes in ECP availability for adolescents' access to reproductive health care. The conference is particularly timely because scientific advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recently recommended that the...Third International Conference on Cancer and the Adolescent
...be a news briefing on the opening morning with key speakers and patients. For more information on the Trust, visit its web site at: http://www.teencancer.org/ A media conference registration form and conference programme is available from: TCT press officer Lucy Shure: Tel: +44(0) 207 387 1000 Email: luc...American Stroke Association's 29th International Stroke Conference
... brief presentations to the media by three to five speakers on their research that is being presented at the Stroke Conference. The news conference moderators are American Stroke Association volunteers who are experts on the subject, and who can offer reporters balance and perspective on the topics discussed...Emergency contraception issues featured during web-based conference
...rs with prescriptive authority. Additionally, the speakers addressed the potential impact of changes in ECP availability for adolescents' access to reproductive health care. The conference was particularly timely because scientific advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recently recommended that the F...Preventive Medicine 2004 Annual Meeting
...feature stories. Interview opportunities with key speakers can be scheduled at the registration desk throughout the meeting. There will also be opportunities for off-site journalists to cover this important meeting through telephone interviews, faxing of information from the meeting site, and express shippin...Promising new treatment options for people with co-existing alcohol-use and psychiatric disorders
...h as inpatient and emergency room care." Symposium speakers at the June 2003 Research Society on Alcoholism meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida presented findings from recent trials and clinical studies: A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) called paroxetine shows promise in the treatment of socia......Penn State-led study has shown. Asian non-English speakers reported the worst experiences but the study found... did show that African Americans, Hispanic Spanish speakers and American Indians were more likely than White English speakers to be clustered in the worst plans...