UD scientists invent novel hydrogels for repairing, regenerating human tissue
...sembles, affording the hydrogel. Using MAX8, the eighth iteration of their original peptide, Lisa Haines-Butterick, a doctoral student in Schneider's group, figured out how to encapsulate living cells in the hydrogel and then inject the gel into secondary sites without harming the cells. Although we hav...Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...m is causing the opposite effect. Now entering its eighth year of operation, the Johns Hopkins Fogarty African Research Ethics Training Program is the subject of a sweeping new case study published in the July 2007 issue of Academic Medicine. For the first time, the case study reveals some potent lessons in...$10M grant to VCU to develop new cancer treatments
... Cellular Radiation Response," which is now in its eighth year under the leadership of Kristoffer Valerie, Ph.D. The IGART project will involve the contributions of dozens of researchers at VCU. In addition to Williamson, principal investigators include radiation oncology faculty members Jeffrey Siebers, Ph...RAND study finds alcohol advertising and marketing associated with adolescent drinking
...dvertising issues. By the time children are in the eighth grade, slightly more than 50 percent have already experimented with alcohol. Those who have not experimented have seen the effects of alcohol on their friends. By seventh grade, 17 percent of the children surveyed reported that they had consumed be...Biofeedback on abnormal mechanics lowers risk for stress fractures, pain under kneecap
...ike level did not "feel normal." By the end of the eighth session, however, even when they were receiving relatively little feedback, all runners had adjusted the force of their footstrike by half. Furthermore, they reported that they found the new gait now felt more normal. The runners experiencing pai...The Gerontological Society of America chooses 2007 Hartford Faculty Scholars
...0 in funding over the next two years. Now in its eighth year, the award aims to improve the well-being of older adults by increasing the number of adequately trained geriatric social workers. Listed below are the new faculty scholars and the primary topics of their research. Malitta Engstrom, PhD The...NeuroArm: Navigating the future of surgery
..."The best surgeons in the world can work within an eighth of an inch. NeuroArm makes it possible for surgeons to work accurately within the width of a hair," Doc Seaman says. "This will put us on the world stage and will help attract more top people in medicine and surgery, which will benefit the university...Clinical simulation technology used to improve communication of medical teams
... of Medicine estimates that medical errors are the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, and poor communication can be a major source of those errors. In an effort to reduce mistakes, several centers around the country are using clinical simulators to learn how to improve patient care. The C...Drug labels are prescriptions for mistakes
... low (sixth grade and below), marginal (seventh to eighth grade), or adequate (ninth grade and higher). Study findings included: - Although 70.7 percent of patients with low literacy correctly stated the instructions Take two tablets by mouth twice daily, only 34.7 percent could demonstrate the number o...LSU Health Sciences Center research to improve patient safety
... of Medicine estimated that medical errors are the eighth leading cause of death among Americans. Medical simulation involves scenarios in which real-life medical situations are re-created so that health care providers can practice new procedures and techniques before performing them on patients and potenti...Kennedy Krieger awarded $9 million to study learning disabilities in growing ranks of adolescents
...l Progress (NAEP), only 33 percent of the nation's eighth graders read at a "proficient" level and as many as 41 percent read only at "basic" level. A basic reading level involves mainly literal understanding and limited interpretation of grade appropriate text. Drawing on the diverse talents of researche...New study seeks to lower diabetes risk in youth
...x pilot studies. In one such study, about half of eighth graders in 12 schools were overweight or at risk for overweight. Few had diabetes, but about 41 percent had abnormally high readings of fasting blood glucose, pointing to a much higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is closely...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2006 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research
...man and Chief Executive Officer, said: "Now in its eighth year, our Young Scholars program helps to promote the early career development of some of the country's brightest young biomedical scientists. We are once again very pleased to support a group of young investigators who we believe have the promise to...Mayo researchers discover immune system blocker at work in kidney cancer
...le who are between 50 and 70 years old, and is the eighth most common cancer in men and the 10th most common cancer in women. Significance of the Mayo Clinic Research The Mayo researchers uncovered three potentially useful roles for B7-H4: As a biomarker for RCC -- A biomarker is an indicator th...Avoiding house dust mites and changing diet proves ineffective
...said. Testing of children around the time of their eighth birthday is currently underway. "In the meantime, the study results help remove some of the blame parents often take on for not doing enough to prevent their child getting asthma." ...Diabetics who control blood sugar today are more likely to have healthy feet and nerves tomorrow
... neuropathy increased over time. By the end of the eighth year of follow-up, almost 7 percent of the participants who had been in the regular-control group reported feeling symptoms of neuropathy, compared with about 3.5 percent of the tight-control patients. And at the end of eight years, more than 26 perc...India could be facing alarming rise in tobacco use
...nts in private schools, who were female and in the eighth grade. Dr Perry states: "The difference in rates of tobacco use between the sixth and eight grades, and the replication of this difference in two cities, in government schools, and for boys and girls, strongly suggests that sixth-grade students in u...Low-fat diet's benefits for women less than expected, Stanford researcher says
...ly increased their fat intake to 29 percent by the eighth year. Furthermore, the study showed that women who had the highest fat intake at the study's outset showed greater evidence for reducing their breast cancer risk on the diet program. There was also a suggestive trend of breast cancer risk reduction f...NCI issues clinical announcement for preferred method of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer
... the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG). This is the eighth trial evaluating the use of chemotherapy delivered into the abdomen for ovarian cancer. Together, these trials show a significant improvement in survival for women with advanced ovarian cancer. The two treatment methods are called intravenous, or IV,...NYU Child Study Center raises $4 million at eighth annual child advocacy award dinner
...er 29, 2005, the NYU Child Study Center hosted its eighth annual award dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street, raising $4 million to support the programs and initiatives of the Center. Chaired by Lori and George Hall, this year's dinner highlighted the Center's vision for changing the existing child mental health ...