K-State's Culbertson receives $530,000 National Science Foundation award
...markers, for example, he said. People all over the country are thinking about possible applications of miniaturized analytical devices, Culbertson said. "We'll be able to monitor water quality, the quality of wheat in a grain elevator, assess grain for toxins, evaluate cargo in cargo containers, as well as d...Nearly half of people who need cholesterol treatment don't get it
...ar disease is a significant health problem in this country and lipid-lowering therapy has been proven to help prevent it," said Goff, a professor of public health sciences and internal medicine at Wake Forest's School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. "Our research illustrat...Study: Hospitals rated top 5 percent have mortality rates 27 percent lower
...to a hospital rated in the top five percent in the country have, on average, a 27 percent lower chance of mortality and a 14 percent lower risk of complications, according to a study released today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings company. The annual HealthGrades study identifies ...Worst off will be most at risk under partial smoking ban
... living in the most socially deprived areas of the country at most risk, warn doctors writing in this week's ... mean that some of the most deprived people in the country would be left most exposed to the risks of passive smoking. This is direct evidence of the likely af...Coalition applauds bill to repeal cosmetic surgery tax
...ingham, MD, and ASPS president. "States around the country are grappling with funding issues. But taxing medi... the shortfall, lawmakers in states throughout the country saw a tax on cosmetic medical procedures as a viable means to fill state budget shortfalls. The poor...Findings advance use of adult stem cells for replacement bone
... PNAS is one of the top scientific journals in the country and because this is the third peer-reviewed paper and the second first-authored paper -- that she's produced in the past year." Tissue engineering, also known as regenerative medicine, involves harvesting stem cells from a patient's body and using t...Civil partnerships likely to boost health of gay and lesbian people
...iology and Community Health. Denmark was the first country to introduce civil partnerships for same sex couples in 1989, since when several European Union countries, some US states, Australia and Canada have followed suit. The authors point to evidence, which suggests that gay men and lesbians do not receive...Science and the end of poverty
...ory body to recommend practical ways to help every country to achieve the MDGs. Although many of the world's poor countries have seen tremendous success in poverty reduction over the past decades and are on track to achieve the MDGs, many others are lagging, particularly in energy services--the services that...Professor's research with hand-held device brings speech to impaired and disabled individuals
...n Suisse des Teletheses and made available in that country in 2001. Loncke, an assistant professor in the Communications Disorders program of the Curry School of Education, will discuss his work on Feb. 20 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis. From chi...MRSA in Sweden: A quarter of cases infected abroad
...weden collected data on MRSA infections across the country from 2000 - the year when MRSA infection became a disease that had to be reported and recorded - to 2003. Their results show that the number of people infected with MRSA gradually increased between 2000 and 2003, to go from 325 cases in 2000 to 544 c...European Union's 169 billion bill for cardiovascular disease
...e cost of an illness doesn't permit us to say if a country is spending too much or too little. The real use is that it will allow comparisons to be made within countries, and the EU as a whole, of the burden imposed by different diseases. This should help potentially to prioritise scarce resources." There h...Jefferson Pancreatic Cancer Conference Feb. 24 highlights treatments, trials, vaccine research
...4, 2006, pancreatic cancer experts from around the country will gather at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson to discuss the latest in surgery, animal models, clinical trials, treatments and immunotherapy at this year's Scientific and Clinical Update on Pancreatic Cancer. Jefferson is hosting the conferenc...Coping with crisis on campus: Conference will focus on college mental health issues after disasters
...In the past few years, college campuses across the country have been rocked by crisis, from regional disasters such as hurricanes and terrorist attacks to local incidents including accidents, fires and clusters of suicides. In each case, college officials, students and faculty have had to cope with the imme...Brain processing of speech sounds is different in some southern English speakers
...e U.S. "I lived in a lot of different areas of the country as a kid and was exposed to many different ways of talking, so this topic was really fascinating," Conrey said. "We know from sociolinguistics the study of language variation and change that a great deal of phonetic variation occurs even within a s...Diabetes epidemic could erase reductions in deaths & hospitalizations due to heart disease
...es has been increasing at an alarming rate in this country over the past decade," adds Dr. Alderman. "Diabetes itself is an important cause of death. But in addition, people with diabetes are likely to succumb to heart disease and heart attacks. So we wanted to determine how the upsurge in diabetes is affect...Improving recovery from spinal cord injuries: $3.7 million grant will create rehabilitation network
...one of only six similar NIH-funded programs in the country and will bring together outstanding programs at ar...gton's position as one of the leading areas in the country for spinal cord injury research and care." Because NCARRN will have a unique dual focus on research ...Efficiency, not more doctors, is the prescription for aging population
...at the end of life, should be the standard for the country as a whole. "Instead of financing further growth in our medical education system, resources might be better directed to reorganizing delivery systems that have already demonstrated that they can deliver good care at relatively low cost," the authors ...Study: Local TV news covers health a lot, but not always well
...cus on breast health issues. And many areas of the country were experiencing an ongoing outbreak of West Nile Virus infections at the time. But the coverage of these two topics highlights some of the problems found throughout the study, Pribble says. For example, breast cancer got far more coverage than lun...Doernbecher researchers to study effectiveness of stem cell transplant in human brain
...he efforts of scientists and clinicians around the country to find new treatments with the potential to help ...cine. Up to six children from Oregon or around the country will undergo HuCNS-SC transplantation at Doernbecher. Previous studies of mice that are missing one ...Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
...ne of the communities hardest hit by asthma in the country and in New York City. "We surveyed 198 adult patients hospitalized with asthma about their beliefs and behaviors regarding their disease," said Ethan Halm, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and lead author on ...