Nation's leading researchers, scientists reveal findings at occupational therapy conference
...population, occupational therapy practitioners can address the functional needs of individuals with visual im... even by fear of falling. Occupational therapy can address the fears, the environment, and the abilities of an individual to perform activities safely. Public ...Treating children with chronic hepatitis C
...tudies have examined its value of for children. To address this lack of information, researchers, led by Stefan Wirth of HELIOS Children's Hospital Wuppertal, Germany sought to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the therapy in infected children based on HCV genotype, liver enzyme tests, and route of d...Mailman School shares new virus identification technologies
...uipment in labs varies greatly. In an effort to address this, scientists from the Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health will share their newly developed technology platforms, which significantly redu...Connecting to cure spinal cord injury
...at one day a cure for SCI will be within reach. To address controversial and misunderstood issues related to SCI cure research, the University of Michigan Health System's Model SCI Care System (part of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), in partnership with the Ann Arbor Center for Indep...Physician assisted suicide and why patients are motivated to seek death
...indings can help health care providers remember to address the far reaching effects of the illness, including the quality of the dying experience with their patients." Physician-assisted suicide, where doctors prescribe medications to patients for them to self-administer to cause death and end suffering, is...Early failure to pay attention to faces, speech may influence later development in autism
...University of Washington, will deliver the keynote address today at the 4th International Meeting for Autism Research being held at the Marriott Boston Copley Place. The meeting will attract leading scientists from around the world, who will discuss research on genetic factors, brain research, new treatment...Two studies document rise of superbugs in the environment
...le and cause health problems that are difficult to address with the standard antibiotic regimens. One of the culprits is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, an organism that was associated mainly with hospital-acquired infections, but is becoming increasingly common in the general community...Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
...mary Care and Outcomes Research. The study doesn't address whether the wage disparity is fair, she noted; it simply demonstrates that there are strong economic incentives for employers to adjust for the varying costs of providing medical benefits to different types of workers. "Our findings reinforce that th...Marijuana withdrawal reported by teens seeking treatment
...uitting process." Budney's future research aims to address this and other questions related to the clinical importance of marijuana withdrawal and more generally to develop and test more effective methods for helping those who seek to stop using marijuana....Digestive Disease Week 2005 spotlights breakthrough research in digestive health
...udies. Research presented at DDW 2005 promises to address hot topics in GI health, including: Better diagnostics, stronger therapies and more effective procedures for colorectal cancer Positive and negative impact of lifestyle choices on digestive health The effect of diet, weight and obesity surgery ...Saving virtual lives with nanobots goal of UH-led project
.... According to Microsoft, entries are expected to address the competition theme to "imagine a world where technology dissolves the boundaries between us." Out of about 2,000 participants in the world qualifying round March 15, Dowdall and Hall tied with eight others for first place, with Team ContAInment...Sex, gender and heart diseaseMUHC researcher leads Canada-wide team
...ween men and women. Specifically, the project will address both the biological and genetic factors (sex) and social and behavioural factors (gender) involved in cardiovascular disease. "More Canadians die from cardiovascular disease than from any other cause, yet we know little about the differences in signs......such as blood pressure, heart disease etc, butfew address the effects on mental health. Our studies look directly at thelong term effects of stress, or stress hormones, on brain function." Lupien and colleagues measured the stress hormone, cortisol, in olderadults over a period of three to six ye...Timing of introduction of gluten into infant's diet associated with appearance of celiac disease
...-term follow-up of this cohort may be necessary to address this question. Given the small number of CDA-positive children and wide CIs [confidence intervals], we recommend that these results be confirmed in other prospective cohorts of children at risk for celiac disease before any interventions are implemen...Lighting of the future among topics at BGSU Emerging Technology Forum
...e award-winning operator of UVTech Associates will address "Applications of Ultraviolet Laser Ablation of Polymers and Tissue in Microelectronics and LASIK Surgery." The now-common eye procedure is only one example of how photopolymers impact consumers' lives. They are also used, for instance, in the manufac...GM rice will not end hunger in China
...ally engineered rice. But bumper harvests will not address the underlying causes of hunger--poverty and inequitable access to land and trade. By the mid-1990's, China had sufficient food production for its population, but 142 million people remain undernourished because of huge disparities in regional food s...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...embryonic stem cell lines, making it imperative to address the ethical issues surrounding how eggs for this type of research are collected. Magnus and Cho note that this isn't the first time people have thought about the women who go through considerable personal risk to donate their eggs. The California Ins...New partnership launched to accelerate and evaluate national malaria control program in Africa
... new partnership will also have the flexibility to address logistical or financial bottlenecks that might oth...he disease. Help target resources to identify and address critical staffing shortages or employee training needs. Provide expertise in malaria control to ens...UCLA study tackles aging issues of adults with developmental disabilities
...ses sat down with each person and explained how to address these problems, such as adjusting one's diet for weight loss, starting an exercise program or eating more fiber. This is what nurses do easily and very well." The nurses proposed 1,000 recommendations for 70 people and reduced the average number of ...Medication errors continue even in highly computerized hospital
...tion systems offer decision support functions that address the most troublesome aspects of the medication administration process."...