Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
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...nd delivery of oral healthcare. This is one of the largest grants ever made by the NIDCR, and the largest NIH grant ever received by NYU. Dr. Michael C. Alfano, dean of the NYU College of Dentistry, said...Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
...given annually by the AACR the world's oldest and largest professional society representing cancer scientists from the United States and more than 60 other countries to recognize world-class accomplishments in basic research, clinical care, therapeutics and prevention. ...Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
...y the American Academy of Pediatrics, the nation's largest professional organization of pediatricians. The supplement's lead editors and contributors included several University of Rochester Medical Center pediatricians and many of the recommendations and conclusions in the study are based on the pioneering ...Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
...cation for more severe forms of depression, is the largest trial yet undertaken on the topic; it involved 240 depressed patients. The patients were randomly placed into groups that received cognitive therapy, antidepressant medication or a placebo. Patients in the antidepressant group, which was twice as la...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...st year after 34 years with the world's oldest and largest news service. After two decades as a science writer and medical editor of AP's Boston bureau, he was named an AP Special Correspondent, a title given to only a handful of AP reporters. Among his many honors, in 2000 Haney won the first Howard L. Le...Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
...a, headache and fatigue.) The study was one of the largest trials of a medication for alcohol dependence and was conducted at 24 sites nationwide, including public, private hospitals and Veterans Administration clinics and tertiary-care medical centers. Other study authors included researchers from the medic...Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
...showed that patients in the exercise group had the largest improvements in such measures as exercise duration and aerobic capacity. For the psychosocial tests, the researchers found that exercise and stress management had reduced general distress and depression compared to usual care controls. Future studies...Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
...mary, the results from this trial, with one of the largest samples ever treated with a medication for alcohol dependence, indicate that long-acting injectable naltrexone is well tolerated and is associated with a significant reduction in heavy drinking in a population of actively drinking patients. The long-...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
... including male and female athletes. "This is the largest prospective cohort study put in place to address risk factors for ACL injury," said the study's principal investigator, Dr. Stephen W. Marshall, who is an assistant professor of epidemiology at UNC's School of Public Health and assistant professor of...Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
...ers Center, notes that the new study is by far the largest and most comprehensive ever to focus on the relationship between sleep, falls and hypnotic drug use among nursing home residents. The data in the study came from the Minimum Data Set, a federally mandated effort to record information about nursing ho...ACP releases 5th Edition of its respected ethics manual
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...ished by the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, college representatives tell candidates that: Universities are looking for candidates whose research fits into their themes. Cover letters should be distinctive and should show how a candidate would fit into the schools depar...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
... , a peer-reviewed publication. ACS is the worlds largest scientific society. Current methods to diagnose the disease involve a battery of tests, including painful invasive techniques using needles or biopsies to analyze bodily tissues and fluids, particularly in the eyes and mouth. Because of the complexit...Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
...st prospective American trial of NT-proBNP and the largest such study to study the test in patients with shortness of breath. About 600 patients who came to the MGH Emergency Department with shortness of breath were enrolled in the study. In addition to standard evaluation of symptoms, a blood sample was d...Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive
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...ciety's journal Nano Letters . ACS is the world's largest scientific society. Current molecular imaging approaches only detect the cancer but don't offer a method of treatment, according to the study's lead authors, Rebekah Drezek, Ph.D., and Jennifer West, Ph.D., both professors in the Department of Bioeng...British Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer than all other women
...men, the research shows. South Asians comprise the largest ethnic group in the UK, making up almost 3% of the population. The research team tracked the health and survival of almost 116,000 women who had been diagnosed with primary invasive breast cancer in England and Wales between 1986 and 1990, usin...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
...h Annual Meeting in Miami Beach. It is the world's largest annual gathering of neurologists. Gibbons will talk about her efforts in the keynote speech at the meeting's awards luncheon, held from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in the Miami Beach Convention Center on Wednesday, April 13. "I am extremely honored to receive...