Asia Pacific Family Medicine moves to BioMed Central's open access platform
...e journal Asia Pacific Family Medicine (APFM) will join BioMed Centrals family of independent, open access journals. The partnership between APFM and BioMed Central continues the expansion of the worldwide scope of BioMed Centrals peer-reviewed journal publishing activity. APFM, the regional journal fo...LSUHSC awarded designation resulting in improved patient safety and outcomes
...tenance of surgical competence. We are honored to join a group of stellar institutions with this designation, said Dr. Charles Hilton, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine and Director of the Isidore Cohn, Jr., MD Learning Center. This will help...Weill Cornell Medical College announces gifts totaling $400M
... those who believe in the Weill Cornell mission to join us in making that difference in the medical discoveries of tomorrow." ...Quick, innovative procedure helps men minimize incontinence after prostatectomy
...nd posterior parts of the sphincter and surgically join the bladder and the anastomosis (the gap in tissues left by prostatectomy) with the surrounding structures. In doing so, we reconstruct the major anatomical players controlling urinary continence." The post-surgical results were impressive. One wee...ACP challenges Congress to make 'fundamental changes' in Medicare payment policies
...NGTON) -- "Congress has an historic opportunity to join with the American College of Physicians (ACP), oth...ngoing discussions and are expected to endorse and join the Collaborative in the near future. The Collaboratives joint statement of support for the Patient...Professors named Fulbright scholars
...ack up to the Earths surface. Holm and Kalinski join Kent State Ashtabula Campus associate professor of English Dr. Roger Craik among the ranks of Fulbright winners for 2007-2008. Craik was awarded a Fulbright scholarship earlier this year to teach at Sofia University, Bulgaria....UCSF policy expert presents recommendation for health coverage
...yees; firms with healthier employees would want to join the pool because their transaction costs would be lower and the rate of increase of their costs reduced. In addition, Medicaid funds and funds for public safety-net programs would be shifted into the fund, paying for low-income and indigent patient...Joint Principles of PC-MH released by organizations representing more than 300,000 physicians
...nts in the United States. "The AOA is honored to join with these groups in support of these principles. .... "On behalf of patients, the AAFP is pleased to join our medical specialty colleagues to develop and support the PC-MH principles," said Larry S. Fields,......erns about privacy and costs. Participants will join experts from the media, academia and government to discuss whether government data should be made freely available: If the government made its data about the UK and its citizens freely available, would our social and economic lives improve or s...MIT graduate student wins $30,000 Lemelson-MIT student prize for life-saving inventions
...On May 3, the winners of these Student Prizes will join together for a panel discussion at the Museum of Science, Boston. The 3:00 p.m. panel is open to the public and included in the Exhibit Hall admission....Launch of Queens Library Healthlink initiative
...de 20 Queens Library community libraries that will join in the effort, serving as outlets for health outreach where they will partner and work closely with other organizations such as community agencies, religious institutions and local businesses. Provide links to information and health services thro...Survey of Marine Corps military recruits reveals risk factors for alcohol disorders in young adults
...iends for personal support, and being motivated to join the military for travel, adventure or to leave pro...parental educational achievement and motivation to join the military to serve my country,' for education and new job skills, or for a 20-year military caree...Penn leads $98 million translational medicine collaboration
...anning grants to help them prepare applications to join the consortium. When fully implemented in 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science. NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, today announced the launch of this national consortiu...Science of Learning Center comes to UC San Diego
...our plans, people just came out of the woodwork to join in. It was a group effort," Cottrell said. Cottrell will direct The Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center in concert with Andrea Chiba, a professor at the Cognitive Science department and an affiliate of the Graduate Program in Neurosciences at UCS...Clinton Foundation joins efforts in the fight against AIDS in Ukraine
...or Pinchuk Foundation expressed their readiness to join efforts in the implementation of this project and committed the US$2.5 million....Rochester launches Cancer Stem Cell Research Program
...d. The team expects to see additional scientists join the program to broaden the exploration of other cancers, including prostate, kidney and bladder cancers....Lancet's coverage of the World Health Organization Director-General election
...ion effectively and successfully. We hope you will join the debate."...Katrina survey shows many suffered extreme adversity and show signs of post-traumatic stress
... for the future. A total of 1,043 people agreed to join the survey panel and to participate in repeated surveys over several years. The respondents were all pre-hurricane residents of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, with an over-sampling from New Orleans. This first report covers the following are...Study shows aggressive students often lack psychological evaluations and effective treatment
...mportant for caregivers, educators, and doctors to join forces to be proactive in its prevention. A study in the August issue of The Journal of Pediatrics shows that students displaying violent behaviors often have untreated learning disorders and psychiatric illnesses. Dr. Nancy Rappaport, a child psy...Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State get grant to study link between antidepressants and suicidality in teens
.... in statistics from Carnegie Mellon and soon will join the statistics faculty at Ohio State; and Kelly Kelleher, director of the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice and vice president for Health Services Research in the Columbus Children's Research Institute at Columbus Children's Hospital. Kelle...