Foot pressure device may stamp out muscle loss
... Houston, Texas' premier metropolitan research and teaching institution, is home to more than 40 research centers and institutes and sponsors more than 300 partnerships with corporate, civic and governmental entities. UH, the most diverse research university in the country, stands at the forefront of educatio...Study finds no evidence that teaching breast self-examination saves lives
...the National Cancer Institute. However, intensive teaching of BSE was found to increase the rate of benign br...ce currently does not recommend for or against the teaching of BSE. To address this issue directly, David B. Thomas, M.D., Dr.P.H., of the Fred Hutchinson Canc...Radical solutions needed to tackle NHS nursing shortage
...don. The crisis is most acute in inner cities and teaching trusts, particularly in London, where some turnover rates range from 11% to 38%. High turnover results in higher costs and lower morale and may affect patient care. Although the government is tackling the crisis, problems persist, they say. Overall p...Drug shows promise in treating severe, often-lethal complication of stem cell transplants
...r Institute ( www.dana-farber.org ) is a principal teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School and is among the leading cancer research and care centers in the United States. It is a founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), designated a comprehensive cancer center by the Nationa...Medical students don't receive enough training in helping patients quit smoking
...em is that no national curriculum models exist for teaching medical students this vital clinical skill. Aft...r and colleagues found that a number of "enhanced" teaching approaches to training medical students in smoking cessation counseling work better than traditional...OSU faculty design drug education web program for NCAA
...o complete and is an extension of the research and teaching done over the last 16 years by Ray Tricker, an associate professor in OSU's College of Health and Human Sciences, who directed the project. "We never really say, 'don't do drugs' in our classes, or on the website because people don't want to be prea...UCSD professor explains how elephants are able to snorkel
...eral well-being. West has a strong commitment to teaching and his book "Respiratory Physiology - The Essentials" has been translated into 13 languages and is used all over the world. He also has a keen interest in the history of physiology and his book "High Life: A History of High-Altitude Medicine and Phy...Physicians' sun protection lapses match those of patients
...linic patients and 84 physicians at a Rhode Island teaching hospital during April 2000. Overall, the researchers found, responses were in keeping with national averages: 34.6 percent of participants reported always or nearly always using sunscreen and 23.1 percent reported always or nearly always wearing a wi...The link between medicine, science and art
...tish physician who combines clinical practice with teaching arts in relation to medicine seeks to strengthen the bond between science, medicine, and the arts. He will address these issues at an upcoming scientific meeting. The goals of his discussion are to outline the historical development of the scientifi...Academic Medicine highlights strong DMS education in patient care
...rojects that address how to meet the challenges of teaching aspiring doctors in the outpatient setting. They a...iable and unpredictable. Inserting medical student teaching into that environment is different than having a captive audience at the patient's bedside and medic...Powerful burn-prevention video wins national award
... a way for fire fighters to take an active role of teaching the Straight Talk curriculum. Fire fighters throughout the state have given support and volunteered their time since its inception. Participants can be referred to the program by the juvenile court system, a local fire department, school officials, o...The future of research into Parkinsons disease and tissue banking
...ased university whose reputation for excellence in teaching and research attracts students (10,000) and staff ...ased university whose reputation for excellence in teaching and research attracts students (10,000) and staff (5,000) of the highest international quality. Inn...Practice makes perfect, if you sleep on it
...released in the July 3 edition of Neuron, involved teaching people to type a sequence of keys on a computer keyboard as quickly and accurately as possible. They were trained for 12 minutes and were able to become relatively good at the task. The group trained in the morning and then re-tested 12 hours late...Air pollutants in low-income housing, child-care centers
...study at Cornell is examining the effectiveness of teaching low-income household members practical management strategies to minimize their risks of exposure to indoor air pollutants....Learn and Serve announcement and call for proposals
...n for National Service, is an innovative method of teaching and learning that integrates community service activities into academic curricula. The 2002 grantees submitted innovative approaches to service learning in their applications, and will be implementing these ideas in the Fall 2002 term. Ten grants o...'Digital microscopes' for dentistry course
...rey said. "In short, computer-based education for teaching pathology is helping our students feel even more confident and better prepared for what they will experience outside the walls of the School of Dentistry after they graduate."...Study: evidence-based programs likely to be more successful in preventing substance use by children
...uch programs tend to have been recently trained in teaching them and work at schools where staffers have a pos...wledge and refusal skills and employed interactive teaching strategies such as role-playing. Such programs also taught them about social skills, including decis...U.S. for-profit hospitals show higher mortality rates than non-profits, analysis shows
...5. The data were adjusted for confounders such as teaching status of the hospital, the patients' severity-of-illness and hospitals' case mix. Results showed that for-profit hospitals were associated with significantly higher mortality. "Although the relative increase in risk amounts to 2 percent in our anal...Study: ER docs can give stroke clot-busters safely, but patients need to get to ER faster
...ency physicians at community, university and urban teaching hospitals, and a community non-teaching hospital. All the hospitals used acute stroke treatment guidelines, and patients were treated by board-certified or board-eligible emergency physicians. The rate of serious bleeding complications (intracranial ...American kids poor food choices: Fewer than 15 percent eat recommended fruits and vegetables
...ives, including their peers, are a great model for teaching healthy eating habits. They can learn ideally from example or from encouragement. Its as simple as suggesting kids try something new for a snack, like vegetables with dip, instead of reaching for what they always grab --such as chips and pretzels, ...