AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
...o race or gender The Award will be presented to an individual investigator Institutions or organizations are not eligible Nominations may be made by any scientist, whether an AACR member or nonmember, who is now or has been affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-...Last call for Annual World of Children award nominations
... founding sponsor Kellogg Company, acknowledges an individual who has made a significant lifetime contribution t...d , underwritten by Cardinal Health, recognizes an individual who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the health and well-being of children. $15,00...Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
...ations of CP are best captured in the words of one individual whom we have had the opportunity to test: 'I have always been a rather extreme introvert, uncomfortable in groups of people and in social activities. I sort of tend to want to be a hermit. However, I find it relaxing to go window-shopping in a mall. ...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...e annual award, established in 1997, recognizes an individual who has made a major scientific discovery in basic or translational cancer research. Cantley will give an award lecture at the 96th AACR Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., April 16-20, 2005. His talk, entitled "The Role of PI3K in Cancer," will b...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...oles to include that of advocate, not just for the individual but for the population of children as a whole."...It takes a village to improve the health of children
...problems which the whole community, not solely the individual family must address," says pediatrician and health services researcher Nancy L. Swigonski, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, coauthor of the study. "Pediatricians see patients for 15 minute...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...e what aspects of human movement may predispose an individual to be at greatest risk for ACL injury and how to lower that risk," Marshall said. Findings from earlier biomechanical studies at UNC and elsewhere indicate that the increased risk for ACL injury in women may be largely due to neuromuscular factors s...Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
...ored by Procter and Gamble is given annually to an individual who has exemplified leadership qualities in support of the pharmacy profession. The individual chosen must have a proven track record of servant leadership in any one or more of the following are...People can learn motor skills by watching
...d action by demonstrating that by watching another individual learning to move, observers can learn not only wha...ers. "Here we have shown that by observing another individual learning to move accurately in a novel mechanical environment, observers move more accurately themse...Depression overtakes back pain for incapacity benefit claims
...onse than is currently delivered, as the longer an individual remains off work, the more difficult a return becomes. If the government is serious about tackling the consequences of common mental disorders then innovative policies, including a major expansion in occupational health and psychological therapy serv...The right to live gives us a right to die
...reasonably possible from distress and pain." If an individual feels that their life is being lived below that mi...he patients in such cases." More problematic is an individual seeking medical help to end their lives. Doctors and lawyers distinguish between withholding t...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
...urrent state of knowledge, it is reasonable for an individual at risk to choose to undergo testing for lung cancer." The paper is authored by physicians from Rhode Island Hospital, Georgetown University, Mayo Clinic, City of Hope National Medical Center and the University of Insubria in Varese, Italy. Current...Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
...and women. Having more of this type of fat made an individual less likely to have metabolic syndrome. "In conclusion, excess accumulation of either visceral abdominal or muscle AT [adipose tissue or fat] is associated with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in older adults, particularly in those who are ...Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
...-open clogged arteries is more likely to be due to individual patient characteristics than to modest misdosing of the drugs, researchers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) have determined. Thus, they said, physicians should not be overly worried about the possibility of minor errors in dosing -- a...Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
...hlight the unpredictability of immune responses to individual vaccine antigens after incorporating multiple anti...ne as tested may not be a suitable replacement for individual MenC or pneumococcal glycoconjugate vaccines," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2005;293:1751-1758. Avai...Too much water may be as dangerous as too little during long-distance athletic events
...tions for fluid replacement may not be optimal for individual athletes of different body types and with varying degrees of training and heat acclimatization....2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
...d. Up to five stories or broadcast reports from an individual journalist or team of journalists may be submitted as an entry. These may be selections from a series or a collection of stories representative of the entrant's coverage of the basic biomedical sciences. Books are not eligible. The work must have bee...Delay in Alzheimer's disease onset seen for first time
...e door for discussion of donepezil treatment on an individual basis for patients with mild cognitive impairment. For example, donepezil might be considered as an option for mild cognitive impairment patients who want an aggressive approach, he explains. This study involved 769 participants at 69 medical center...Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem
...raphy, disease and other variables. To distinguish individual bacteria among the hundreds of types in the sample...te coverage of the intestinal community in any one individual - much less the complete coverage of all human intestinal communities." In contrast, the investigato......Bristol inquiry, and more recently death rates for individual cardiac consultants have been published. A paper published online by the BMJ today extends this theme to more general measures of clinical quality where death may not be the outcome. The authors investigated whether routinely collected data from hosp...