Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants' language development
...ls, not a surprising finding since both activities foster language development, Zimmerman said. The researchers believe the content of baby DVDs and videos is different from the other types of programming because it tends to have little dialogue, short scenes, disconnected pictures and shows linguistically...Home health care devices focus of FDA Conference at UH
...cally ill from rural areas, low-income families or foster care with few outreach services and transportation options. Attendees will be able to talk directly with government officials, affording participants an opportunity to influence government policy, said Mary Brady, CDRH Home Healthcare Committee a...NIAID releases MDR/XDR Tuberculosis research agenda
...ed on all aspects of TB. NIAID is well prepared to foster the development of new TB diagnostics, drugs and vaccines, but given the realities of MDR/XDR TB, the research agenda outlines those areas that need additional attention to enable public health officials to more effectively combat all forms of tuberc...Ulcerative colitis sufferers find UC quite disruptive to many aspects of daily life
...that will launch this fall and is designed to help foster increased discussion between physicians and patients about UC and its management. Low public awareness Further confounding the challenges for UC patients, their disease is relatively unknown among the general public. According to UC: NORMAL's surve...Rush University Simulation Laboratory honored for innovation
...ecognizes innovative and outstanding programs that foster a positive evolution in the healthcare arena in the Chicago market. The Rush University Simulation Laboratory (RUSL), located at Rush University Medical Center, is a state-of-the-art simulation training center equipped with life-sized, computer-con...Aflac expands decade-long partnership with AACR
...007 the AACR honors past achievements and looks to foster future advancements in the fight against cancer. "Providing scholarship and training awards toward cancer treatment and research is a part of Aflacs commitment to help stamp out the disease," said Buffy Swinehart, Aflacs Manager of Philanthropy a...Study of US restaurants shows no healthier foods without healthier profits
...crease consumption of fruits and vegetables and to foster a healthy food environment. Interviews were conducted by Technomic, an established foodservice research firm with access to executives at major restaurant chains. The restaurant chains were selected based on industry leadership position, strong gro...AACR-Bardos Awards for undergraduate students announced
PHILADELPHIA -- To foster interest in cancer research careers among the next generation of young scientists, the AACR will provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to experience the field first hand at its Annual Meeting 2007 through the AACR-Thomas J. Bardos Science...Antidepressants improve post-stroke 'thinking outside the box'
...investigators hypothesize that antidepressants may foster recovery of neural tissue not directly destroyed by the stroke, yet because the process is slow, it takes months. "Drugs such as antibiotics start working right away to kill germs. However, antidepressants may be reorganizing brain structure and re...African scientists will train at Emory University in latest drug discovery techniques
...ug discovery to South Africa, this initiative will foster a viable research infrastructure that is capable of responding to global healthcare needs. The fact that several small pharmaceutical companies are beginning to spring up in Africa makes this an ideal time to develop a drug discovery training program...Worldmapper draws attention to the world's health inequalities
...sor Dorling, "are the new ways of thinking that we foster as we redraw the images of the human anatomy of our planet in these ways. What do we need to be able to seeso that we can act?"...JRRD releases single-topic issue focused on vision rehabilitation
...ture on surfaces that contain proteins believed to foster RPE migration and proliferation. We found that old as well as young RPE cells can grow in cell culture on surfaces that contain appropriate extracellular matrix ligands. These results will guide us in developing techniques to provide sight-restoring ...Penn researchers demonstrate ability of new therapy to treat severely elevated cholesterol levels
...ly, Penn was recently awarded a large NIH grant to foster the further development of translational research under the auspices of the newly created Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics. The results of this study are in The New England Journal of Medicine ( http://content.nejm.org/ ). Th...Race impacts professional lives of physicians of African descent
... physicians. Work environments that successfully foster and sustain a diverse physician workforce are unlikely to be created unless sufficient attention is paid to the specific ways in which race shapes physicians' work experiences, according to Nunez-Smith and her co-authors. "Increasing racial and ethn...IEEE-USA launches critical infrastructure protection committee
Citing a need to foster and assist policy initiatives related to critical infrastructure security needs, IEEE-USA will launch a Critical Infrastructure Protection Committee (CIPC) in January. IEEE-USA plans to work on these issues with government and private homeland securi...New dyslexia theory blames 'noise'
...f treatment, the results suggest that programsthat foster the development of sharper perceptualcategories for letters and letter sounds might be a goodway to supplement existing dyslexia interventions," sheadded. Lu said, "Train them in noise." The new study in Psychological Science builds on similarre...'Moral clarity' espoused in debate over health-care reform
...rgument and economic and political comparisons can foster consensus regarding the universal principles needed to reform health care," Engstrm says....GSA confers 2006 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award to Virginia Tech's Calasanti
...m's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisciplinary interactions among clinical, administrative, and research professionals in the field of gerontology. Calasanti was chosen for her paper, "Feminist Gerontology and Old Men." She has previously been cited for her well-reasoned approa...GSA confers 2006 M. Powell Lawton Award to University of Washington's Teri
...m's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisciplinary interactions among clinical, administrative, and research professionals who specialize in the study of the aging process. Teri has done groundbreaking research on interventions for patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), mainly by ...GSA confers 2006 Nathan Shock New Investigator Award to NIA's de Cabo
...m's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisciplinary interactions among clinical, administrative, and research professionals in the field of gerontology. In addition to his post as a tenure track investigator at the NIA, de Cabo also serves on the board of directors of the American A...