Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...iliar problem for researchers in Africa: trying to borrow principles of ethical review from developed countries. Instead, trainees contribute to the research ethics capacity of their home country by setting the agenda themselves. The process transforms students into effective researchers and advocates for t...What techniques can a general manager borrow from an investment portfolio manager to select a winning roster? How can a coach use math modeling to tell a batter whether to swing or take on a 3-0 count? These are among the questions that will bring a new strategic dimension to baseball as operat...USC and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles both receive grants for stem cell facilities
...ished when voters passed Proposition 71 in 2004 to borrow and spend $3 billion over 10 years to support stem cell research. Including these two awards, USC and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have received more than $17.9 million in stem cell grants from CIRM. Earlier this year, USC and Childrens Hospital...Researchers call for investigation into links between khat use and psychiatric disorders
...e poverty line, yet sizeable numbers of khat users borrow money to obtain the drug, exacerbating poverty levels and eroding the quality of life of khat users and their communities. It is in this context, that researchers are planning to undertake a new study to examine khat as a cause of poverty and a failu...Widowhood's economic consequences harshest on minority women
...inancially if they have few assets to liquidate or borrow against. ...USC professor at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles receives $2.5M for stem cell research
...California voters passed Proposition 71 in 2004 to borrow and spend $3 billion over 10 years to support stem cell research....UI teams up with Cubs star, Celtics owner to fight eye disease
...Sciences in the UI Carver College of Medicine. "To borrow a phrase from the world of baseball, we want to knock this one out of the park."...Use marketing to improve health, say experts
Health services should borrow marketing ideas from big companies like Nike and Coca-Cola to improve people's health, say experts in this week's BMJ. The concept, known as social marketing, applies commercial marketing strategies to social good and has already been shown to be eff...The long research road to a new vaccine
...ntage of the fact that viruses have the ability to borrow genetic material from each other to "reassort" themselves into new strains. By co-infecting cells in culture with the WC3 strain of rotavirus and five different human rotavirus strains known as G1, G2, G3, G4, and P1, the scientists were able to cre...Medical debt draining Kansans' resources, threatening health care access
...n so many people use up their hard-earned savings, borrow from friends, take out loans, and jeopardize their credit in order to pay off medical bills." The findings contradict the notion that many patients have the resources but simply refuse to pay for care. The Access Project and its research partners ...Indians suffer poor health services while private sector expands for foreigners
...re. Two fifths of hospital inpatients have had to borrow money or sell assets to finance treatment. And a quarter of farmers are driven below the poverty line to fund their medical care. Drug companies and other big businesses have now begun to dominate the private health sector, with five-star hospitals ...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...ency, cost savings and patient care when hospitals borrow principles from production lines on the factory floor, according to researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo. At UB's Center of Excellence for Global Enterprise Management, Li Lin, Ph.D., profe...