Mayo Medical School students selected for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Scholars Program
...de Alleman will do research in NIH laboratories as visiting scholars. The students live in a close-knit community of medical students with similar interests in research and investigation. The goal of this unique, intense and focused opportunity for research is to introduce medical scientists to the positive b...Surprising findings on Medicaid kids and the ER
...ir injury or illness, the appropriateness of their visiting the ER, and characteristics of their primary care, such as whether they had a regular doctor and whether they were referred to the ER by a doctor's office. The research was funded by the Michigan Department of Community Health, which runs the state M......fect women's memory. Professor Victor Henderson, a visiting academic from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA, is coordinating the research. "Memory is important in its own right, but memory loss is also sometimes an early marker for Alzheimer's disease," he says. "We want to see if there are...Research at Great Lakes meeting shows more vitamin C in organic oranges than conventional oranges
...nter at the University of Minnesota. Theo Clark, a visiting chemistry professor at Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo), reported the finding based on work done by him and a group of undergraduate students. He said he decided to conduct the analysis because of a lack of analytical information about the nu...Sugar on the brain: Study shows sugar dependence in rats
...ph McCarthy, Caroline Patten and Andrew Chadeayne, visiting researcher Pedro Rada and graduate student Nicole Avena. "I think the results are interesting and exciting and provide a new way of looking at overeating," said Harry Kissileff, a psychologist and specialist in human food intake at Columbia Universit...Think youre healthy? Open wide and look inside
...brochures are available by calling 800-FLOSS-EM or visiting the AAP's Web site at http://www.perio.org . The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) was established in 1914 to focus on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the gums and supporting structures of the teeth and in the pl...Complex physical learning may compensate for prenatal alcohol exposure, study shows
...al Brain Research, was led by Anna Y. Klintsova, a visiting professor of psychology and associate director of the fetal alcohol research laboratory at the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology at Illinois. In the study, experimental groups of newborn rats that were suckling the normal diet of m...Good grief: Religious people may have better health while mourning
...n as a coping strategy do not need to also cope by visiting their doctor, and thus may have fewer doctor visits." The authors also suggest that a greater reliance on religious coping could amount to large economic savings to the health care system. They estimate that with 800,000 individuals newly widowed eac...University of Pittsburgh researchers develop a urinary catheter to monitor oxygen delivery to organs
...sive than current techniques. Julio Clavijo, M.D., visiting research associate professor in the division of surgery and critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, presented these findings today at the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma's 2002 Annual Meeting at the H...Emory researchers find more expensive heart treatment not so costly in long run
... cardiac-related outpatient visits and procedures, visiting nurse visits, nursing home and rehabilitation stays, and cardiac-related medications), as well as costs associated with lost productivity (missed time from work and decreased work effectiveness) due to heart problems, of 1,722 patients enrolled at U....Glucocorticoid use increases risk of spinal fractures
...se see full prescribing information for Actonel by visiting www.actonel.com. Copies of this release are available on the Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Web site at http://www.pgpharma.com , the Aventis Pharmaceuticals U.S. Web site at http://www.aventispharmaus.com , or by calling 800/207-8049....New $9.5 million grant to support Male Contraception Research Center
...e Center sponsors a seminar series at UW featuring visiting speakers. Bremner is also co-founder and director of the existing UW Population Center for Research in Reproduction, supported by another NIH center grant. The Population Center is a national leader in research on the basic biology of male reprod...India launches commission to improve its economy through improved health care
...essor Jeffrey Sachs, and Dean Allan Rosenfield are visiting India to support the launch and to hold meetings with the President and Prime Minister of India. They are accompanied by Earth Institute project leaders Dr. Nirupam Bajpai and Dr. Josh Ruxin. "The Earth Institute demonstrates Columbia's fervent co...Morphine-like painkiller appears to be less addictive
...rcotics," says Polt, who is currently serving as a visiting scientist at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. Morphine, one of the most potent pain relievers available, is beneficial to both cancer and trauma patients. However, its potential side effects have limited its use. For years, researche...Glucowatch Biographer reported to improve diabetes control in children
...calling the toll-free number, 1-866-GLWATCH, or by visiting http://www.glucowatch.com ....Blood test could detect heart attack early
.... Of the estimated three to five million Americans visiting emergency rooms each year with chest pain, only about one in five of these actually have a heart attack, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The test also shows promise for identifying heart attacks that can occur without the classic sympt...Could a mandated food additive aimed at better fetal development be a risk for seniors?
...ymptoms of fatigue many elderly people will forego visiting their physician, who would diagnose B-12 deficiency, if present. The longer their B-12 deficiency goes undetected, the longer their brains and nervous systems will undergo progressive deterioration due to the B-12 deficiency, culminating in a great...Symptoms of depression signal shorter lives for people with cancer
...cer is a relatively new area of study, says Brown, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology. "We're trying to understand the role of the mind in the disease process. The fact that depressive symptoms were shown to affect the course of cancer in this study ha...Single session can improve women's feelings about their bodies, study finds
...," she said. Matusek was advised by Sally Wendt, a visiting assistant professor of psychology and education. The sessions were led by health educators Karen Jacobus of Mount Holyoke and Denise McGoldrick of Amherst College. "The workshop protocols were modified versions of those used by Eric Stice and his col...UI researchers use SIREN driving simulator to study driving risk factors
...d illicit drugs on driving behavior. Together with visiting Dutch scientists, Rizzo and colleagues recently found evidence that abstinent younger users of common recreational drugs of abuse, "Ecstasy" (MDMA) and marijuana, showed impulsive behavior during decision-making while driving in SIREN compared to non...