Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development tipsheet
...g voluntary movement in patients with SCI. The VRI holds the potential to help clinicians detect changes in motor control that might arise after SCI rehabilitation. Smart wheelchairs offer independent mobility to people with severe disabilities, pg 423 A summary of the state-of-the-science and future...The Gerontological Society of America bestows Robert W. Kleemeier Award to Duke University's Blazer
...n the study of the aging process. Blazer currently holds the positions of J.P. Gibbons Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Vice Chair for Education and Academic Affairs at Duke University. His numerous scholarly publications often deal with depression, epidemiology, and consultation liaison...Two UT Southwestern researchers honored by American Heart Association
...f Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and holds the Eugene McDermott Distinguished Chair for the S...rundy is a member of the Institute of Medicine and holds the Distinguished Chair in Human Nutrition. He received the American Heart Association's Award of M...Ophthalmologist directs honor to Southwestern Medical Foundation
...at institution that it is," said Dr. Cavanagh, who holds the Dr. W. Maxwell Thomas Chair in Ophthalmology. Mr. Bass, chairman of the board of Southwestern Medical Foundation, and Mr. Carr, president, expressed their appreciation. "Southwestern Medical Foundation is extremely honored to be the recipient of ...Penn researcher wins awards from two major cardiovascular research organizations
...alth issues. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she holds a B.A. from Syracuse University, Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University, and Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. She has served the Am...Compound from marine bacteria shows potential as multiple myeloma therapy
...rties in laboratory tests. Nereus Pharmaceuticals holds an exclusive license to the compound for drug development. Experiments with NPI-0052 began at Dana-Farber in 2003, said Dharminder Chauhan, PhD, lead author of the paper along with Laurence Catley, PhD. When added to cells from patients whose disea...Mayo researchers lead team that discovers role of dendritic cells in childhood autoimmune disease
...ening in the muscle that starts the disease -- and holds out the possibility that it is maybe something that we can turn off in new treatments we develop by targeting the mechanism in the muscle tissue. And that's really neat stuff for our patients." About JDM JDM is a rare (5 in 1 million children) aut...Women are receiving less aggressive treatment for chest pain and heart attacks than men, study finds
...he hospital with these conditions." Dr. Anand, who holds the May Cohen Eli Lilly Chair in Women's Health Research at McMaster, spoke today at the American Medical Association's 24th annual Science Reporters Conference in Washington, D.C. She and her coauthors analyzed data from the Clopidogrel in Unstable ...A good night's sleep can mean a better day at school
... teenagers," Dr. Fallone said. This pattern likely holds true for children who have been diagnosed with ADHD as well. According to Fallone, who is a clinical psychologist, "If we don't ask about sleep and try to optimize sleep patterns in kids with attention problems and academic difficulty, then we aren't...Obesity measure should be redefined to accurately assess heart attack risk
... cardiologist at Hamilton Health Sciences. He also holds the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Chair in Cardiology at McMaster University. The study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and 37 other funding sources, including unrestricted...$50 mil. gift from the Simmons to expand cancer care, clinical research programs at UT Southwestern
...with Nobel caliber science," said Dr. Willson, who holds the Lisa K. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Comprehensive Oncology. "Building on the foundation laid by Dr. Eugene Frenkel [who began UT Southwestern's division of hematology/oncology in 1962 and served as its chief for 30 years], our goal is to take ...Monkey math machinery is like humans'
...ying the cow is smaller. This 'semantic congruity' holds for all kinds of comparisons, including numbers and distances. "It would seem that this is entirely a linguistic effect, totally dependent on language," said Brannon. "But we sought to understand whether monkeys showed this semantic effect, even thou...What makes the brain tick, tick, tick. . .
...volved a "pacemaker-accumulator" model. This model holds that somewhere in the brain lurks an independent biological pacemaker that regularly emits neural timing pulses or "ticks." However, more recent research by Meck and his colleagues at Duke, has led to the development of a "striatal beat frequency" mo...New class of drug reduces post-operative vomiting
...cal recovery of these patients, Gan said. The same holds true for patients undergoing surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract, he added, since the act of vomiting could cause sutures to come apart....Children's Hospital of Philadelphia physician elected to Institute of Medicine
...'s Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, she holds the Jean Cortner Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology. She also is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Stallings' research has focused on nutrition-related growth failure in children and adolesce...Subtypes of ependymomas arise from rare stem cells in the nervous system
...ion with the techniques used to conduct the study, holds promise for designing more effective treatments for ependymomas as well as for other solid tumors. A report on this work appears in the October issue of Cancer Cell.RGCs are unspecialized cells that line the surface of the ventricles (fluid-filled sp...New rheumatoid arthritis drug developed at UCSD promises improved treatment options
...ery exciting and novel therapeutic approach, which holds the promise to be an entirely new type of immunomodulatory drug one that can shape a patient's immune system, rather than suppressing it," said Gary S. Firestein, M.D., Director of CII ( http://cii.ucsd.edu/ ), which provides UCSD faculty with an in...Kenneth Clarke's tobacco industry links make him unfit for party leadership
...y chairman of British American Tobacco (BAT) which holds one sixth of the global tobacco market, has been a leading supporter of the industry for well over thirty years, says Mike Daube, a Professor of Health Policy and campaigner for tobacco control. While he was minister for health in the eighties his Go...New study at UNC shows concussions promote dementias in retired professional football players
...hletes and Sports Medicine Research Laboratory and holds a joint appointment in othopaedics. "In this unique study, we had some very interesting findings," Guskiewicz said. "Our data suggest that a history of recurrent concussions and probably sub-concussive contacts to the head may be risk factors for the...Gold nanoparticles show potential for noninvasive cancer treatment
...ind the cancer and then kill it," Ivan said. "This holds great promise for a number of types of cancer." "T...cents worth of gold can yield results. We think it holds great promise to reduce the time, effort, and expense in cancer research, detection, and therapy in ...