Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nursing Administrator Receives Nursing Excellence Award
...s authorednumerous articles, books, book chapters, videos and audio tapes. Serving as a volunteer on dozens of local, regional and national health boardsand committees requires a great deal of traveling and consumes considerableenergy, but improving the well-being of all members of society is a passion forD...Teen Line Panel Of Six High School Students To Address The Issue Of Teens And Tolerance
... to offering the helpline, Teen Line has developed videos on eatingdisorders, teen pregnancy, and homosexuality. It produces a "Youth Yellow Pages"of help resources for teens, which is distributed through schools and healthfairs, and Los Angeles Police Department offices. Teen Line also offerspresentations,...Research finds U.S. adolescents inactive; blacks, Hispanics, Asians at biggest risk
...and spendfar too much time watching television and videos and playing computer games, amajor new University ...ivity andbehaviors such as watching television and videos and playing computer games thatwere combined into what they termed "inactivity," Larsen said. The tw...Study: crime, lack of PE, recreation programs lead U.S. adolescents to couch-potato lifestyles
...vity and behaviors such as watching television and videos and electronic game playing that were combined into what they termed "inactivity," Gordon-Larsen said. The two categories often are related but are not necessarily opposites. Other findings were that: only 21.3 percent of adolescents studied p...Psychologists identify best aggression-prevention programs in schools
...ive tools like peer-peer partnerships, educational videos and role-play also increases the success of programs. -- Incorporate strong research component Promising programs should have the ability to measure outcomes using a rigorous research design, use standardized treatment procedures and gather feedback...UNC, Wake Forest scholars work to reduce crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina
...nts, a photographic storybook, or photonovela, and videos to try to reduce such crimes. The N.C. Governors Crime Commission, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and Justice Academy supported the effort, along with the N.C. Alliance of Latin Law Enforcement and chiefs of police and sheriffs across...Children as young as 5 have gender bias when it comes to picking a musical instrument
...domly put into three groups and shown three-minute videos of the high school instrumentalists playing the sa...he changes we showed are short-term. Three-minute videos or drawings are not going to create permanent change. We also wouldn't advocate using counter-stereo...UT Southwestern researcher studies causes, treatment of bipolar disease coupled with drug abuse
...and cortisol salivary levels when subjects watched videos of differing emotional impact....New information scheme reassures patients
...ound. Each PIS comprises a library with booklets, videos and essential information about different types of cancer and cancer drugs. A trained oncology nurse welcomes the patient and mediates between the medical oncologist and the patient, helping patients to obtain specific information and to discuss any...Expecting a laugh boosts stress-busting hormones
...In addition, Berk has shown that watching humorous videos decreased some stress hormones and increased the activity of specific white blood cells called natural killer cells that specialize in killing virally infected cells and tumor cells. "The anticipation of a funny event changes mood states, which appea...Message to pediatricians: advise parents to limit movie access to reduce chances of teen smoking
...reducing subscriptions to movie channels, limiting videos to one per week, and restricting access to R-rated movies. They conclude that, "Such parenting measures could reduce rates of adolescent smoking without directly addressing the behavior."...Natural scenes calm drivers more than city views, study finds
...ld of a car as it drove along a roadway. The three videos were taken within eight miles of each other on nor...r levels of frustration than those who watched the videos of the more urban driving experiences. "Respondents viewing the scenic parkway condition worked almo...Internet program and videos net nutritional benefits for kids
... FRANCISCO, March 4 An internet program and short videos shown at school helped Milwaukee seventh graders l...demiology and Prevention. "Use of the internet and videos made learning fun for these students," said Marilyn Frenn, Ph.D., R.N., lead author of the report an...Negative side effects downplayed in prostate cancer treatment guides, U-M study finds
...final list included 44 print materials, Web sites, videos and CD-ROMs. Each item was scored based on whether it contained information on specific topics, from a basic overview of prostate cancer to the side effects of each treatment option. While most materials covered basic information on pro...Ongoing study evaluates pediatricians' effectivenes at violence prevention
...o control their children's exposure to television, videos and computers, more than 60 percent have allowed their children to view these media as long as they want, and 30 percent have a television in their child's bedroom, according to research from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. At the P...Graphic images of violence alter children's attitudes toward aggression
...exposing at-risk children and teenagers to grizzly videos and photos of these patients' wounds can significa...unds. The HIPCOC team compared the photos to rap videos that glamorize violence. For example, one music video shown portrayed a singer getting shot, and in...College of Nursing professor develops videos for computers to reduce HIV sexual risk behavior
...dents. "We are going to develop a battery of short videos on HIV prevention," said Jones. "In the current phase, we will develop the videos for women and play them on hand held computers. Then as part of a pilot study, we will ask women in ...Esophageal capsule technology proves as effective as endoscopy
... GI endosocpy. The investigators interpreting the videos from the esophageal capsules were blinded to the results of the traditional endscopy, and vice versa. Of the 82 patients, 55 had positive findings on upper GI endoscopy. The esophageal capsule identified esophageal abnormalities in 51 of the 55 p...Encryption, data hiding and watermarking: Subject of new book by NJIT expert
...any whose films were illegally copied onto pirated videos and sold on the street. Using techniques presented in the book, Akansu shows how the pirated video was traced back to its source. "These emerging data hiding applications include not only watermarking but also fingerprinting, broadcast monitoring...