Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
Having to work harder and act like 'robots', with little scope fo...nd people being 'over-educated' and unable to find work to match their qualifications, are largely dismissed as factors, in the study led by Professor Franc...Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
...esearch that equates service workers' labor to the work of stage actors, Larson and co-author Xin Yao, a d...eve empathy through acting," said Yao, who did the work for her doctoral dissertation. "Thus, by learning about and consciously engaging oneself in deep ac...New laparoscopic hysterectomy offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery
...n, which doesn't take into account the 144 million work hours lost to the average six-week recovery time. Billie Williams of Grapevine had been considering having one for years, but major surgery and a long convalescence didn't fit with her plans. She eventually opted, however, for a new procedure offer...Society of Hospital Medicine to launch new medical journal
...rnal." "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the Society on the launch of the new journal and the ongoing publication of their Hospitalist member newsletter," said Shawn Morton, vice president and publishing director, Medicine, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Currently the SHM produces only the m...African-Americans receive less aggressive heart attack treatment
... African-Americans," said Bertoni. "There is still work to be done to understand why this disparity exists. "Severity of illnesses, patient and physician preferences may play some role, but there are no conclusive reasons for the disparity." Bertoni states that patients' knowledge of treatment options may...Chemicals in apples could reduce the risk of breast cancer, Cornell study in rats suggests
...ce that extremely important health aspects of food work through the combination of substances that make up...oses of selected food compounds. Dr. Liu's current work on apples and breast tumors in rats is a perfect example of this principle."...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...Illinois. Gin and his collaborators describe their work in a paper that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and posted on its Web site. An extremely powerful adjuvant, QS-21A enhances the potency of antigens introduced in the body to elicit an immune response...Dual testing better for monitoring new cases of HIV
...sults showing that tighter, dual testing standards work better for accurately distinguishing between new and old cases of HIV. Current testing standards are based on a single test called the serological testing algorithm for recent HIV seroconversion, or STARHS for short. STARHS relies on differentiatin...Concerns over the future of children's health care in British general practice
...ervical screening can get 22 points, mental health work 41 points, diabetes 99, and heart disease 121. This structure may encourage general practitioners to focus on and develop special interests in adult health and chronic disease, he says. General practice is at a crossroads. To maintain their place as...NASA awards $9.8 million NSCOR grant to UT Southwestern to study effects of space radiation exposure
...or treating patients," Dr. Chen said. "Part of our work is to find better ways to eliminate cancer cells in patients. Another is to increase our knowledge and understanding of radiation's effects and how to protect the cells in the body from harmful radiation, whether caused by space travel, nuclear waste...Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
...e of this issue," the authors write, calling their work indicative of "the need to understand more fully the rationale behind the continued use of these medications." An association between potentially inappropriate medications and negative outcomes would support the position that errors like these are co...Pioneering nanosystems degree wins approval
... and technology -- about 20,000 researchers are at work in nanotechnology today, and 2 million workers will be needed within 15 years to support nanotechnology industries worldwide. "There's definitely a national need that we are responding to," said Dr. Stan Napper, dean of Tech's College of Engineering ...Plant derivative attacks the roots of leukemia
.... The National Cancer Institute has accepted this work into its rapid access program, which aims to move experimental drugs from the laboratory to human clinical trials as quickly as possible. "This research is a very important step in setting the stage for future development of a new therapy for leukemi...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
... leaders in health care and includes the dedicated work of many physicians, scientists, nurses, dentists, and other health professionals at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, the School of Dental & Oral Surgery, the School of Nursing, the Mailman School of Public Health, the biomedical departments of t...CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide
... allows the cancer cell to continue growing. "The work my laboratory has done using our cell lines of col...oral student in Houghton's lab who did much of the work reported in Oncogene. "We hope to find effective drugs that block CK2 in samples of tumors removed f...Protein that promotes survival of stem cells might be key to poor leukemia prognosis
...erapy and radiation for cancer. Opferman completed work on this project while a member of Stanley Korsmeyer's laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston). Mcl-1 belongs to the Bcl-2 family of proteins. Some of these family members promote apoptosis, while others prevent it. "Other researchers...Schepens scientists regenerate optic nerve for the first time
...and women who could benefit directly from the good work of the people at Schepens. Their vital research w...bination BCL-2 and scar prevention technique could work to regenerate other Central Nervous System tissue, increasing the possibility that spinal cord patie...Marijuana ingredient may stall decline from Alzheimer's
...d inflammation. "These findings that cannabinoids work both to prevent inflammation and to protect the brain may set the stage for their use as a therapeutic approach for [Alzheimer's disease]," de Ceballos says. The scientists will now focus their efforts on targeting one of the two main cannabinoid rec...High-intensity ultrasound creates hollow nanospheres and nanocrystals
...ctoral research associate Arul Dhas describe their work in a paper that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and posted on its Web site. Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation. Hollow nanospheres crafted from molybdenum disulfide could serve a...NYU Child Study Center receives grant from the American Red Cross September 11 recovery program
...olescents and their families. "In our research and work during the past 3 years it has become clear that the children in these families are often functioning much better than their caregivers," said Marylene Cloitre, Ph.D., Cathy and Stephen Graham Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Director...