LSUHSC awarded designation resulting in improved patient safety and outcomes
...g Medical Education (CME) destination, we hope our institute offers an additional reason for associations and groups to bring CME to New Orleans. This designation also helps us advance the concept of CME and medical education research as an additional area of excellence in the quest to make New Orleans a leade...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...ations and organizations without a core organizing institute to enable communication and problem-solving across disciplines, there will be less chance of success within a reasonable time frame, the report says....Chronic gum disease associated with tongue cancer
...en without, all of whom were treated at the cancer institute between 1999 and 2005. Periodontitis was assessed in panoramic X-rays of the mouth by calculating the amount of bone loss in the tooth cavities (alveoli), an established measure of the diseases history and progression. "The mean [average] alveolar...Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation
...ne Alexander, M.D., Director of the NICHD, the NIH institute that funded the study. "Their discovery will provide important insight into the origins of disorders affecting myelin production." The study appears in the online version of Molecular and Cellular Biology. John Svaren, Ph.D., an associate profe...Row over study puts Korea's scientific community under scrutiny again
...tem Cell Hub by building Korea's largest stem cell institute on land provided by the Korean government....NSW Premier announces $15M for children's cancer research
...try. CCIA is the only independent medical research institute in Australia devoted solely to research intothe causes, prevention, better treatment and cure of childhood cancer. Childhood cancer is the most common cause of death from disease in children. Currently, of allchildren diagnosed with cancer, three in ...Conference honoring UH professor attracts researchers from United States, abroad
... scientific director of INRIA, the French national institute for computational science, and from 1981-1985 as a department chair at the Universit Pierre et Marie Curie, where he is professor emeritus. Glowinski also received an honorary doctorate from the internationally recognized research campus of the Unive...Americans believe global warming is real, want action, but not as a priority
...entist at Decision Research, a non-profit research institute in Eugene, Ore., looked at the risk perceptions, policy views and behavior of Americans in regards to global warming. Although the data demonstrating climate change have grown stronger in recent years, Americans rank global warming as a low priorit...Can epilepsy patients predict their seizures?
...s increased also offers patients an opportunity to institute precautionary measures. "The study has several limitations, such as patients reporting their own predictions and seizures, but overall it is an important step towards a new direction for obtaining better seizure control and improving the lives of p...Lessons from Vioxx case -- New approach needed to restore faith in pharmaceutical industry
...p, but the recent events have made it necessary to institute proper systems that protect the interests of patients."...Men with hypertension who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of heart attack
...Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Dutch research institute TNO Quality of Life and Wageningen University, the Netherlands, found that, among hypertensive men, moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a decreased risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attack. The researchers also found that rates of stroke...Grace under pressure: FSU researchers analyze the effects of stress on decision-making ability
...arning Systems Institute is known worldwide," said institute Director Laura Hassler Lang. "In addition to Dr. Eccles and Dr. Ward, K. Anders Ericsson, FSU's Conradi Eminent Scholar and a professor in the department of psychology, played a key role in developing the lab's research agenda, and others, including...$83.5 million NIH grant to Pitt establishes Clinical and Translational Research Institute
...actice. In response, Pitt proposed establishing an institute that, in its broadest sense, would catalyze change...e of our most critical strengths we bring to a new institute focused on translational science is rooted in a culture that values and encourages collaboration. As...NHLBI and NIH statements on totally implanted permanent artificial heart
...dream a reality. It is a shining example of an NIH institute supporting the development of a medical device that has great public impact from basic research through preclinical testing and on to clinical readiness. The total artificial heart will extend and improve the quality of life for patients who have n...NDRI receives Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation grant
... that drug treatment service providers know how to institute effective public health responses. "We believe this grant will assure continued progress in developing a model training program that can be used throughout the Nation," said Dr. Shiela M. Strauss, Ph.D., NDRI principal investigator. Hepatitis C...Nicotine found to protect against Parkinson's-like brain damage
...n's Institute, an independent, non-profit research institute located in Sunnyvale, California. The study results are published in an on-line early release in the Journal of Neurochemistry (doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04078.x) Parkinson's disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease caused by the death...ACP tells Congress: Pilot test patient-centered medical home
... Health. She urged Congress to direct Medicare to institute the new model of financing and delivering care. "The problem is Medicare payments do not support us as we try to organize our practices to help patients prevent complications that can lead to hospitalization," Dr. Kirk, a general internist and Asso...Radon testing as a campus community service
...ource: the local university. Calling the nearest institute of higher learning for help on radon issues might seem as effective as contacting the local lumber yard for advice on a plumbing problem. But beyond its prestigious libraries with stacks upon stacks of seemingly arcane books are the people who work a...Rutgers/EOHSI builds model to assess World Trade Center fallout
...ccupational and Health Sciences Institute, a joint institute of Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; and David J. Diner and Ralph Kahn of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are the authors of a paper in the July issue of the journal Environmenta...UCI epilepsy researcher receives nation's top neuroscience prize
...cognize researchers whose work is supported by the institute and who have demonstrated exceptional scientific excellence and productivity. Baram is the ninth UCI researcher to receive this award. Baram, the Danette "Dee Dee" Shepard Chair in Neurological Sciences, is founder and executive committee chair of U...