Cleveland physician to receive Benjamin Spock Award
... at PCRM's 20th Anniversary Celebration, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin and attended by a host of other celebrities, including Daryl Hannah, Alicia Silverstone, and singer Emmylou Harris. While serving as chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's Breast Cancer Task Force, Dr. Esselstyn became concerned about how ph...Seattle inventor to receive Henry Heimlich Award
... at PCRM's 20th Anniversary Celebration, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin and attended by a host of other celebrities, including Alicia Silverstone, Darryl Hannah, and singer Emmylou Harris. Toly is the principal designer and inventor of the TraumaMan® Surgical Training System, a patented technology that r...Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
... Justice William Rehnquist, journalist Tom Brokaw, actor and director Sidney Poitier, and Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Cornell. Dr. Nestler is internationally known for his groundbreaking research on drug addiction and psychiatric disorders, focusing on providing new insight into the genetic, molecular and bioc...Adolescents who watch smoking in movies are more likely to try smoking
... In January 2001, this research team reported that actor endorsement of cigarette brands in movies was increasing. In March 2001, they released findings that adolescents whose favorite movie stars smoke on-screen are more likely to be smokers themselves. In December 2001, they published a paper stating tha...Emory study lights up the political brain
...d politically neutral male control figures such as actor Tom Hanks. For each set of stimuli, partisans first read a statement from the target (Bush or Kerry). The first statement was followed by a second statement that documented a clear contradiction between the target's words and deeds, generally sugges...Newly discovered killer cell fights cancer
...e blended cell turned out to be a newly identified actor on the immune system stage that retains all the molecular characteristics of both NK and dendritic cells. Probing further, Housseau scoured the surface of IKDCs to create a sketch of its molecular profile. He found that it produces both types of i...Rutgers College of Nursing Professor premieres video to reduce HIV risk
...hared in the focus groups, is communicated as each actor revisits high risk scenes and this time acts to reduce HIV risk. "We will have a discussion afterwards and we will have the participants fill out a form for their suggested changes to the video vignettes," said Jones. "Together with filmmaker, Alan ...A stitch in time saves lives: High survival seen for patients with condition that killed John Ritter
Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Nearly three years ago, actor John Ritter collapsed on the set of his sitcom, the victim of a rare but often deadly condition called aortic dissection -- a tear in the largest blood vessel in the body. His death brought international attention to the catastrophic condition, which...Actor Richard Gere presents altarpiece highlighting South African response to AIDS
...Institute, Art | Global Health Center at UCLA, and actor Richard Gere present altarpiece highlighting Rural...onal AIDS Conference. WHO: Richard Gere, actor Dr. Carol Hofmeyr, director of the Keiskamma Trust and the region's only HIV/AIDS care provider E...Even Superman couldn't win battle with pressure ulcers
...he American Medical Association (JAMA). The late actor Christopher Reeve, best known as "Superman", spoke openly about his struggle with pressure ulcers after being paralyzed in a horseback riding accident. He died at the age of 52 from complications reportedly associated with an infected pressure ulcer....Global Fund must fund salaries of health workers to deliver HIV, TB and malaria treatments
...e Global Fund has an advantage that makes it a key actor in the field of supporting health workforces," they say. "Most other donors are forced to aim for sustainability in the conventional sense, implying that beneficiary countries should gradually replace international funding with domestic resources, wh...Cancer on the agenda of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency
... policies to be effectively implemented. As a main actor in the field, with a wide expertise, ESMO, together with the Portuguese Presidency, will stress the following instruments: Comprehensive cancer control plans consisting of a variety of activities and strategic approaches, which are built on large co...