Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
...t on the performance of a client organization. The top finalist receives a $10,000 first prize. Last year, Motorola and Emptoris were recognized for achieving increased productivity and reduced costs at the electronics manufacturer. Previous winners include Continental Airlines, Canadian Pacific Railroad...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...almost a certainty that Haney's byline would be on top of it. The award ceremony for all three recipients will take place at 9:30 a.m., Monday, April 18th in Hall A of the Anaheim Convention Center....Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
...ty for pharmacists and places recipients among the top leaders of the profession. The award was presented during the Phi Lambda Sigma (PLS) Awards Luncheon on April 4, during the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Also known as the National Pharmacy Leadership Socie...Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
... by using a device similar to an asthma inhaler to top up the levels of interferons in the lungs....Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
..." Smoking likely knocks fitness and fatness as the top predictor but sheer numbers favor the latter. "About 25 percent of people smoke," Dr. Gutin says. "With fitness, approximately 75 percent of the public is in the bad category. If you could get everybody who is in the bad category into the good catego...Depression overtakes back pain for incapacity benefit claims
...and the reduction of long term sick leave is now a top government priority. Until recently, the most common causes of long term sickness absence were musculoskeletal disorders, in particular low back pain, but over the last decade, the contribution of psychiatric disorders has increased markedly. Since 1...ACHRI study finds CellCept improves survival in pediatric heart transplant patients
...ACH has consistently been recognized as one of the top programs in the nation. In 1999, the program was named one of the 10 best in the nation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the vital areas of one-year survival rate and speed of transplant receipt. In 2001, ACH became the only chi...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...ergy and the environment in the next 10 years. The top 10 nanotechnology applications are: 1. Energy stor...greatly enhance medical imaging. Rounding out the top 10: 5. Drug delivery systems: including nano-capsules, dendrimers (tiny bush-like spheres made of b...Little answers to world's biggest problems
...ity - by 2015. The study authors describe how the top ten nanotechnology applications can help contribut... the use by less industrialized countries of these top nanotechnologies to address development challenges sustainably," said Dr Abdallah Daar, another of t...Tops in technology: UH math professor honored for aneurysm work
...ematics professor, has been named one of Houston's top women in technology by the Houston chapter of the Association for Women in Computing (AWC). One of 23 honorees, Canic will receive her AWC-Houston Leadership in Technology Award during the annual gala June 11 at the Inter-Continental Houston Hotel....Anxious and pessimistic personalities linked to Parkinson's disease later in life
...imism. They found that those who had scored in the top 25 percent in the anxiety and pessimism scales were more likely to have developed Parkinson's disease than those in the bottom 75 percent. Parkinson's disease is a disorder that affects nerve cells (neurons) in the part of the brain controlling musc...University of Nevada, Reno professor showcases 'mini' ion accelerator
...ed since 2001 to $8.5 million. Papers published in top refereed publications such as Nature, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review and Physics of Plasmas, as well as refereed conference proceedings, has grown nearly six-fold in four years to 46 papers in 2004. Cowan joined the Nevada's physics departm...Researchers identify marker of heart disease in low-birthweight babies
...lly are an important part of the protective cap on top of cholesterol plaque in the blood vessels in the heart, Kwiterovich said. If the cap is weakened, the plaque can rupture, causing a heart attack. "Our hypothesis is that infants with elevated apo C-1 levels at birth will have higher apo C-1 levels ...Lessons to be learnt from life at the very limit
... speaker Dr Mike Grocott says: "If you reached the top of Everest without acclimatizing you would be unconscious within two minutes, and death would follow rapidly. The normal pressure of oxygen in the blood is 12 to 14 kiloPascals. For someone who is sick with pneumonia, oxygen levels can drop to 7 or ...New study shows simple actions wipe out huge higher heart risks for Asian diabetics
...aucasians. The researchers also point out that, on top of these increased diabetes risk faced by the Asian population, cultural and communication differences make health care delivery much more challenging for this community group. The researchers studied what the effect would be of a special effort to t...K-State professor takes chemistry to another world
...NHATTAN, KAN. -- Astronaut health is one of NASA's top priorities. Once beyond Earth's atmosphere, astronauts are exposed to ionizing radiation and microgravity. Effects from these, along with the potential buildup of toxins in the enclosed environment of a spaceship, put astronaut health at risk. Kansa...Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
...y, Simpson, a 1996 UH pharmacy alum, placed in the top three as a student competitor in this same contest. Hausmann's triumph earned her $1,000, a plaque and the opportunity to return on an all-expense-paid trip to judge next year's National Patient Counseling Competition. Edwards, who won the same pa...The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
...tidepressants, as they consistently rank among the top advertised drugs. The study showed that doctors prescribed antidepressants far more often when patients asked for them. Furthermore, the study revealed that consumer advertising may have competing effects on health-care quality, by promoting the over...Direct-to-consumer advertising may influence physicians' prescribing decisions
...depressant medications consistently rank among the top DTC advertising categories." Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H., from the University of California, Davis, and colleagues conducted a randomized trial using trained actors as standardized patients to determine the effects of patients' DTC-related req......gators and evaluated by experts in the field. The top abstracts are presented at the Young Investigators' Conference, awarded a grant and the investigators are invited to attend Digestive Disease Week. The program is supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca....