Fitness counteracts cognitive decline from hormone-replacement therapy
... the Wisconsin Card Sort Test, in which constantly changing rules challenge memory, inhibition and task-switching abilities known as executive functions. The women were divided into groups based on use or non-use and duration of hormone therapy and existing fitness levels. "We found that higher fitness levels...UQ scientist honoured for developing the world's first cancer vaccine
...ot just leading the world with his research, he is changing it and hopes others will be inspired to do the same. University of Queensland scientist Professor Ian Frazer today received the prestigious award for developing a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer the world's first ever cancer vaccine. He was a jo...Penn State selected for DHS National Visualization Team
...exts must find, assimilate and analyze continually changing information about place-based, evolving, real world situations," says Dr. Alan MacEachren, the E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller professor of geography at Penn State. "Our university's RVAC brings together an exceptional, interdisciplinary research grou...Study shows increasing nursing staff improves safety and quality in hospitals
... to pay for itself," the authors say. The cost of changing the RN/LPN mix without changing licensed hours is low relative to other options and the authors estimate such a move would save $242...Caring for cancer carers: Are women's needs different from men's?
...e of support and care, it can be a stressful, life changing experience. A unique new study will explore the individual experiences of these unsung heroes and identify the support services they need. The three year project is funded through a prestigious Australian Research Council Linkage grant, and will be ...Losing weight by controlling flavor variety
...ely and responsibly; to play a significant role in changing the way America thinks about the very concept of dieting, and to change the food supply. "There are lots of ways to change the food supply," he said. "You can legislate, litigate or you can change what people demand. If people start buying more and m...Risky sex in Miami, racial influence on children's care in latest Journal of Urban Health
...diatrician of the same race/ethnicity, and more on changing the social, cultural, and linguistic factors that keep children from having a regular provider," said lead author Gregory D. Stevens, PhD, MHS, of the Division of Community Health at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. "Wit...Combating depression in women with nursing interventions
... a 6-week group intervention that assisted them in changing their thinking style. To do this, they learned thought stopping techniques and the use of affirmations. Women who received the cognitive-behavioral intervention reported fewer depressive symptoms and chronic stressors, and less negative thinking. ...Progress slow in improving hospitals' patient safety systems
... complexities involved in implementing systems and changing cultures; however, complexity can also be an excuse," the authors write. "Based on our findings, we recommend that individual hospitals, including their boards of directors, medical staffs, administration, and staff, review the list of patient safety...Rein for pain lays mainly in the brain, Stanford researchers find
...vity. "As an example, we asked them to think about changing the meaning of the pain," Mackey said. "Instead of thinking of it as a terrible experience, to think of it as something relatively pleasant. Then the patients were turned loose. Over time, subjects showed an increased ability to change their brain an...UCLA scientists discover immune response to HIV differs, even in identical twins
...e, killing the invader. HIV escapes this action by changing shape so that it does not fit into those receptors...ies to escape that immune response by mutating and changing shape. The twins' targeting of the HIV was remarkably similar 17 years after infection yet their ove...Animal research suggests perimenopause is a critical time for women's health
... perimenopause, all women are affected by variably changing and ultimately declining estrogen levels. Perimenopause is a time of increased vulnerability to chronic disease." Women have traditionally been considered immune from heart disease until after menopause, when their estrogen levels dramatically drop. ...Ethnic minorities and health research
...ess to health research for all groups, rather than changing minority attitudes."...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for December 2005
...rovide quality education in the midst of a rapidly changing healthcare environment, Cedars-Sinai is now partnering with the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VA) to expand its internal medicine residency program. TWO CEDARS-SINAI PHYSICIAN GROUPS NAMED IN RANKINGS OF CALIFORNIA'S BEST ...NYU Child Study Center raises $4 million at eighth annual child advocacy award dinner
... year's dinner highlighted the Center's vision for changing the existing child mental health paradigm by developing more effective and efficient ways to prevent, identify and treat mental illness. The dinner honored Autism Speaks Co-Founders, Suzanne and Bob Wright. Bob Wright is vice chairman and executive ...No separate changing rooms for boys and girls in one in five primary schools
... in five primary schools does not provide separate changing rooms for boys and girls, reveals a survey of prim...t. But one in five of the schools had no separate changing facilities whatsoever. And although around 8 out of 10 did provide separate facilities for year 6 ch...Squinting while staring at a computer monitor can cause painful dry eye
...a computer display. They listened to music while a changing pattern, which was driven by the music, moved around the black dot. At the end of the trials, the researchers watched the videotapes and counted the number of times each student had blinked during the trials. Blink rates decreased from an average o...Scientists use new techniques to narrow down impact of global warming on specific regions
...iversity of East Anglia, narrowed down evidence of changing weather patterns to predict the occurrence of floods, heat waves and drought on even smaller regions across the UK and Europe. And the new method of analysis could help governments prepare for or even prevent a predicted increase in flooding by up to...UNC, Shaw research shows continuity of care, not race, key to better blood pressure control
...ates of detection of high blood pressure in people changing doctors tended to be midway between those without doctors and those keeping the same one."...Penn psychologists believe 'unit bias' determines the acceptable amount to eat
... Rolls and Philadelphia-style soft pretzels. When changing the size of the portions whether by offering a whole or half of a pretzel, for example people will see the offered portion as a single unit. In the pretzel experiment, people would take and eat an entire pretzel even though they were eating twice ...