New nutritional research: College students face obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome
...universities especially those with greater ethnic diversity than UNH replicate their study. Were collecting data thats useful to the students, to the university, and to us. The project is a win-win for everyone, says Morrell. ...JCI table of contents -- May 17, 2007
...lins and a change that will do you no good The diversity and efficiency of mechanisms by which the immune system combats infection results in a delicate balance between protection and immune reactivity to our own normal tissues. A better understanding of the origin and fate of B cells, which have the abili...Genetic markers in surrounding tissues linked to breast cancer tumor grade, presence of metastases
...inical outcome in sporadic breast cancer, and this diversity may increase the difficulty in determining the appropriate treatment for a patient, according to background information in the article. "It has been recognized for decades that identical chemotherapeutic regimens for similar stage and grade in patien...Smoking, growing private hospital care for poor and US flu vaccine policies
...k Academy of Medicine. Also, a community's ethnic diversity can influence on a woman's decision to smoke during pregnancy, according to another study in this JUH issue, which also includes reports on how private hospitals have surpassed public hospitals in caring for Medicaid patients, as well as on the effec...Martin F. Shapiro wins Herbert W. Nickens Award
...kens Award, recognizing his commitment to cultural diversity in medicine. Shapiro received the award April 28 at the Society of General Internal Medicine's 30th annual meeting in Toronto. "I am honored to receive this award, but it really is a recognition of the contributions of a remarkable group of scho...Honor for University of Nottingham professor
...r Fellows demonstrate the wealth of experience and diversity of talent amongst the UK's research community. Their excellence in medical research plays a pivotal role in determining the future of medical science and the benefits that society will enjoy in years to come. "Changes in funding structures and cal...Key science Web sites buried in information avalanche
...o the Web, and citizens who are concerned with the diversity and richness of the information world around them." ...RAND study finds walking more likely in neighborhoods with more 4-way intersections
...ips increase, according to the study. Business diversity increased walking until there were four types of businesses in a neighborhood, and then the impact plateaued. While there was a consistent link between the number of four-way intersections and walking, the impact was not particularly strong, researc...Two-thirds of nursing students believe it's wrong to lie to patients, twice as many as in 1983
...hould be undertaken internationally to examine the diversity of nursing values in differing cultural and demographic settings." ...Race impacts professional lives of physicians of African descent
...and her co-authors. "Increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the physician workforce is a national priority and has been offered as one solution to addressing health inequities," said Nunez-Smith. "But any efforts to increase numbers also needs to address the role of race within health care institutions to ...NIAID media availability: Examining genetic variability of malaria parasite offers insight
...c variations in the parasite's genome. The genetic diversity captured by this map will help researchers understand the parasite's evolution and study malarial drug resistance. Two companion studies being published simultaneously include one led by NIAID scientists that identifies new antigens--pieces of the pa...Autoimmune disease triggered if T cells miss a single protein early on
...y allows the receptors to recognize the tremendous diversity of invading pathogens. In the process, however, they also develop receptors that bind to the body's own proteins. These T cells are normally eliminated, avoiding the plague of autoimmunity. A clue to how the elimination process is controlled came ...Inexpensive test detects H5N1 infections quickly and accurately
...n H5N1 virus transmission was suspected. The virus diversity in the samples is important, explains Dr. Rowlen, because any diagnostic tool designed for eventual use on a rapidly changing virus, such as H5N1, must be able to detect as many variants as possible. Dr. Rowlen and her colleagues tested the ability ...Individualized strategies needed for prevention of malaria in long-term travelers
...tion have been difficult to standardize due to the diversity of long-term travelers and their itineraries, the variation in the quality of and access to medical care, the limited data on malaria incidence in travelers overseas, and the lack of controlled studies on long-term safety and effectiveness of antimal...The AGA Institute releases report on the future of gastroenterology
...practices and careers for the future. Despite the diversity of current gastroenterological practices ranging from physicians in small private practices to those in larger groups and academic medical centers all practitioners face similar challenges in the future: the forces of increasing demands for service...Study calls for 39 percent more family physicians
...rential funding to residency programs that support diversity and produce those physicians most likely to practice in underserved communities in rural or inner-city areas. The American Academy of Family Physicians last approved a workforce policy in September 1998. The 1998 policy offered recommendations...Parents describe their spiritual needs when facing a child's death
...isis. Clinicians and chaplains should be open to diversity of spiritual beliefs, avoid imposing their own "one size fits all" meaning to explain a child's death, and refrain from proselytizing. ...2006 Science-in-Society award winners announced
...the place where a struggle to preserve the Earth's diversity of life will be won or lost. The judges described Fantastic Forests as "enchanting and original," and "a remarkable example of how effectively the Web can and should be used in conveying information and interpretation." Book--Robin Marantz Henig fo...Studies examine physician disclosure of medical errors
...al Medicine. "It's a challenge to understand the diversity of reasons, both positive and negative, that affect a physician's willingness to disclose his or her own errors," said Lauris Kaldjian, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of internal medicine in the UI Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine a......sorders, gender-based pulmonary medicine, cultural diversity in medicine, bioterrorism and disaster medicine, emerging epidemics, such as avian flu, and performance measurements. Preview of ACCP evidence-based guidelines on atrial fibrillation, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary embolism, and pulmon...