Incarcerated women more likely to use birth control when given in jail
...f free birth control offered at a community health center after their release. When researchers looked at women with similar background, education and sexual history, they found that women in the second group were 20 times more likely to use contraceptives offered in prison. There are a number of barriers ...New engineering center to transform sensor technology
...d May 1 with $2.97 million for the first year. The center dubbed MIRTHE, for Mid-Infrared Technologies for ...d 30 undergraduates from the six universities. The center also is collaborating with dozens of industrial partners to turn the technology into commercial prod...Scientist works to improve treatment for brain tumors
... tumors. In addition to its focus on research, the center provides a comprehensive program for patient care, and is the first center in the state to offer Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery, a knifeless approach to brain surgery a...The brain's motivation station
... the researchers sought to measure how this reward center promoted memory formation. They first showed subjects a "value" symbol that signified whether the image of a scene that followed would yield $5 or ten cents if they remembered it the next day. Then they showed the subjects the scene, and the next day...A new math model finds that the cochlea's spiral shape enhances low frequencies
...are most sensitive. The effect is strongest in the center of the spiral, where the lowest frequencies are detected. The researchers calculate the sensitivity increase can be as much as 20 decibels. That corresponds to the difference between the ambience of a quiet restaurant and the noise of a busy street. ...The Allergan Foundation donates $2 million to advance eye research and treatment
...l further strengthen our position as an innovative center of excellence in ophthalmology that will improve lives in Orange County, the region and beyond." Some of the nation's top researchers in the areas of retinal disease, glaucoma, corneal disease and refractive surgery currently work at UC Irvine, and A...M. D. Anderson: Setting the benchmark in brain tumor treatment
...in and spine tumor treatment. Neurosurgeons at the center perform more than 1,400 operations annually - one of the largest volume of tumor surgeries in the country. They believe that removing as much of a brain tumor as possible, while sparing precious tissue, will offer patients the greatest chance of a lo...Study finds most Americans have good vision, but 14 million are visually impaired
...hensive health examination in a mobile examination center (MEC). More than 14,000 reported to a MEC, and more than 13,000 completed visual acuity tests. Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., director of vision research at NIH, said, "This study found that most people who have a visual impairment could achieve good ......cluded a vision evaluation in a mobile examination center for 13,265 participants in 1999-2002. Visual impairment was defined as presenting distance visual acuity (sharpness of vision) of 20/50 or worse in the better-seeing eye. Visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error was defined as visual imp...MSKCC received record gift of $100 million from Mortimer B. Zuckerman for cancer research facility
... for completion in 2009. It will add a conference center with a 350-seat auditorium and a number of "dry" laboratories, including space for computational biology. In addition, The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center will provide a permanent home for the Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Graduate School of Biomedic...$5.8 million funds 2 new studies on best treatments for ADHD
...ren and Families at 829-2244, ext. 5, or visit the center in 106 Diefendorf Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus. Additional information about ADHD for parents and teachers can be found at http://www.wings.buffalo.edu/adhd ....Center for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine receives $8 million from Third Frontier Program
...age salary of $64,925, have been created since the center was established. The original Wright Center award...moving cutting-edge research into the clinic. The center has had remarkable success in developing interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations. ...UCSF study to examine whether probiotics can prevent asthma in children
...isits at UCSF Children's Hospital or an outpatient center starting at one month old. Researchers will analyze the data from the visits to see if the active supplements prevented or delayed the appearance of the early signs of asthma. Cabana said a similar study conducted in Finland found that administratio...Lilly Foundation gift to Indiana University Cancer Center
...r is the only National Cancer Institute-designated center in the state where research and patient care come together. The NCI distinction is awarded to an elite group of research centers whose focus is the rapid translation of research discoveries into treatments for people with cancer. IU Cancer Center phy...Nobel Laureates featured in symposium in honor of new research center at NYU School of Medicine
...on ceremony is taking place on May 25th at the new center located at 30th Street and the FDR Drive. With more than 230,000 square feet of laboratory space, the Smilow Research Center is designed to enhance the interdisciplinary pursuit of translational medicine, which seeks to shorten the journey from labor...New study shows erosive esophagitis healing linked to acid control
...istent heartburn (burning pain and pressure in the center of the chest) on two or more days a week. It occurs when the valve between the esophagus and stomach stops closing properly, allowing acid to leak back into the esophagus. About one in three people with frequent, persistent heartburn also experienc...MR spectroscopy significantly reduces need for breast biopsy
...most patients from having to return to the imaging center for a second examination. "By working to improve this technology, we hope to improve the acceptability and cost-effectiveness of this imaging technique," Dr. Bartella concluded. "The door to breast MR spectroscopy in the clinical setting is now begin...Free radical cell death switch identified
...proteins turn on genes in the nucleus, the command center of the cell. Once stimulated by oxidative stress, MST acts in its capacity as an enzyme to modify and thereby activate the FOXO proteins, instructing the FOXO proteins to move from the periphery of the cell into the nucleus of neurons. Once in the n...Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh receives congressional recognition as pediatric transplant leader
... congressional recognition as the world's premiere center for pediatric transplantation for the past 25 years, longer than any other center in the world. Introduced by Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA), the acknowledgment was officially made a...Telephone counseling improves lung transplant quality of life
...plantation live far from their assigned transplant center and do not relocate until they move toward the top of the waiting list. Other patients are physically unable to make frequent trips outside the home for counseling. Nationwide, lung patients remain on the transplant waiting list for up to two years, ...