Different antipsychotic medications may have different effects on brain volume
... in a five-year longitudinal study conducted at 14 academic medical centers. A matched sample of 58 healthy volunteers underwent MRI and were compared on brain volume measures. "The principle new finding of this study is the significant difference in the course and magnitude of these changes between patients...Endangered species: Who will teach anatomy in 2010?
...e pipeline to reverse this shortage as long as the academic community provides incentives to encourage new faculty members to teach gross anatomy when they make the transition from postdoctoral fellows to junior faculty members....Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...ew of sports injuries treated over six years at an academic medical center in Georgia. A review of 2,546 patients under age 19 seen by pediatric neurosurgeons at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta between 1996 and 2002 revealed 64 sports-related injuries, 15 of which were golf-related, says Dr. Scott Y...Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
... as well as special assistant to the president for academic affairs at UK. He was associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at UK from 1988 to 1996. He was assistant dean of the UK College of Pharmacy from 1981 to 19...Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...th physical activity, healthy snacks, homework and academic enrichment skills can help turn the tide of the 'obesogenic' environment of inactivity and unhealthy eating in which many children live. It appears the public also is taking an interest. "We hear a lot about putting physical education back in school....Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...Nanotechnology Initiative is a national network of academic researchers involved in areas such as nanophase catalysts, nanofiltration, nanowires, nanotubes, and quantum dots. And Mexico has world-class researchers in carbon nanotubes. Other developing countries pursuing nanotechnology include Thailand, Philip...NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
...cilities, community health centers, hospitals, and academic centers). 1. What exactly is a patient navigator? "Patient navigation" in cancer care refers to the assistance offered to healthcare consumers (patients, survivors, families, and caregivers) to help them access and then chart a course through the ...Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
... were backed by another report from an independent academic institution using rigorous analysis methods. She detailed 10 steps [5] to be considered to reinforce and improve surveillance. "It's essential that we acknowledge the problem of counterfeit and substandard drugs and recognise it without embarrassment...Child health teacher numbers at worrying levels
...he number of lecturers and a 7.2% fall in clinical academic staff overall working in this area, according to a...re were now 312.8 established full-time equivalent academic clinical staff at professor, reader, senior lecturer, or lecturer level in the 24 centres 24.35 les...Pregnant women with epilepsy face dilemma
...g society publisher, partnering with more than 600 academic and professional societies. Blackwell publishes over 750 journals and 600 text and reference books annually, across a wide range of academic, medical, and professional subjects....ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
...Rutgers College of Nursing offers a broad range of academic programs on all three Rutgers campuses. The college offers a master's program with unique practitioner specialties and the only doctoral (Ph.D) nursing degree in New Jersey....Emory holds national conference on HIV vaccine and drug research
...l Cancer Institute, and national and international academic institutions, as well as leading HIV scientists at Emory University. The conference will be held May 19 and 20 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta. Session topics will include the science behind vaccine development, HIV drug development ...NIH awards funding to biotech firm for heart disease
...lp the transfer of innovative technologies from an academic setting to the commercial sector and rapidly translate research discoveries made in the laboratory into therapy for patients. Blocked or damaged blood vessels are a major cause of illness and death around the world. Atherosclerosis, for example, can...ASGE Foundation to hold first Crystal Awards Dinner
...search in GI endoscopy, both within and outside of academic centers. Young Investigator Awards David Robbins, MD, New York, NY David Semela, MD, Rochester, MN Abstracts addressing basic science or clinical research in gastroenterology or hepatology are submitted by young investigators and evaluated by exper...Costs of medical institutional review boards' greater than previously estimated
... Berman Bioethics Institute, examined data from 63 academic medical centers in the United States to assess the costs for running their IRBs. They found that the annual operating costs ranged from $171,014 to $4,705,333, with a median cost of $741,920. "Previous reports tended to understate the true costs of I...Role of soy foods in addressing obesity to be topic of Illinois forum
...n is $195, with a reduced fee of $75 available for academic and government representatives. Student registration is $25. A detailed program and online registration form for the event are available online ( www.obesityandsoy.uiuc.edu ). Registration can also be made by fax at 217-244-1707 or by mail to Megan P...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
...t M. D. Anderson, advancing a framework for future academic and clinical collaborations that will involve research, physician education and training, and personnel exchanges. In their future research, they plan to utilize brain-imaging technology in an effort to pinpoint precisely where changes take place in ...Comprehensive treatment improves cognitive impairment in heart failure patients
...iated with heart failure does not represent a mere academic questionAmong older patients with heart failure, cognitive dysfunction has been associated with a fivefold increase in the risk of mortality, and a sixfold increase in the probability of dependence for the activities of daily living." Treating cognit...Rutgers present Sussman Award to Rutgers faculty member Mary Ann Scoloveno
...Rutgers College of Nursing offers a broad range of academic programs on all three Rutgers campuses. The college offers a master's program with unique practitioner specialties and the only doctoral (Ph.D) nursing degree in New Jersey.......ia at San Diego. Engle has published more than 100 academic papers and three books. His interest in financial ... from 1990 to 1994. He now lectures widely to both academic and practitioner audiences. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econome...