What the news and the movies leave out: Behind the scenes of disaster aid
... notes is the appropriation of land. One community leader in Thailand is noted, in the policy briefing, as calling it "a second tsunami of corporate globalization and militarization." Calling into question the perception that aid is driven by need, Walker notes that it is driven by competing realities that...Surprising new study shows periodontal disease affects young adults, boosts pregnancy problems
...at happens if you have them taken out," said study leader Dr. Raymond P. White Jr., former dean and Dalton L. McMichael professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the UNC School of Dentistry. "Part of the reason was that research at UNC and elsewhere showed that the inflammation in the mouth that period...Yale School of Medicine Neuroscientist receives Javits Award
...hool of Medicine and an internationally recognized leader in developmental biology, is a 2005 recipient of the Javits Award. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awards the funding to individual investigators who have demonstrated exceptional scientific excellence and product...Mars breaks new ground in heart health with Cocoavia
.... Science-Based Benefits Mars is the global leader in cocoa science, collaborating with researchers at leading universities like Harvard and the University of California-Davis to explore the health benefits of cocoa flavanols the powerhouse compounds found naturally in cocoa beans that are similar t...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
...cer better than either drug alone, explained study leader Jacqueline Moreno, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in Feldman's lab. When the researchers began the study, which was done on cells in culture, they were using selective NSAIDs, such as Vioxx and Celebrex. These drugs specifically target the prostaglandin...Coffee is number one source of antioxidants
...tary source. Nothing else comes close," says study leader Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at the university. Although fruits and vegetables are generally promoted as good sources of antioxidants, the new finding is surprising because it represents the first time that coffee has been shown to be the...Report reveals high rate of heart attack amongst ethnic minorities in Scotland
...tic factors and the effects of racism. Raj Bhopal, leader of the project and Professor of Public Health at the University, explained: "Scotland has high quality databases about hospital admissions, but they do not include information about the patient's ethnic group because this information is not routinely...LSUHSC innovation in patient safety training to improve surgical outcomes
...School of Medicine is now positioned as a national leader in patient safety training....Recurrent miscarriage project update
...he status of the PV903 project. GroPep is a world leader in the development, manufacture and commercialisation of biologically active proteins for cell culture and biomedical research. The Company has an active biopharmaceutical development program that establishes proof of concept for products in humans a...Doctors sue Merck over Vioxx animal tests
...amdani, PharmD, M.A., M.P.H., senior scientist and leader of the Drug Research Group at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Mamdani is the lead author of a recent study in The Lancet that links Vioxx to congestive heart failure. Nancy Tufford, a resident of Minneapolis wh...Northwestern Memorial named among '100 Most Wired Hospitals' for sixth consecutive year
...rican Hospital Association. Noted as a consistent leader in healthcare information technology, Northwestern...addition, Northwestern Memorial remains a national leader in using bar coding and robotic technology for specimen processing. Nearly three million laboratory...Australia to develop world leading internet cancer trials technology
...ve the potential to establish Australia as a world leader in the quality and efficiency of cancer clinical trials, thanks to a National Health and Medical Research Council enabling grant announced today. The grant of $1.84 million over five years, awarded to the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (CO...Adult lifestyle biggest risk factor for diabetes, study finds
...pecial Trustees of the Newcastle Hospitals. Study leader Dr Mark Pearce, who is also director of the Thousand Families Study, said promotion of healthier lifestyles throughout life would be the public health interventions most likely to reduce insulin resistance in later life. He said: "Previous studies ...Steiner symposium brings together leading diabetes experts
...ity of Chicago Medical School, is an international leader in insulin biology, insulin secretion, protein processing and diabetes who has revolutionized how scientists understand the production of hormones such as insulin. In 1965, Steiner discovered that the double-chain hormone insulin is made in the panc...Sunshine mapping from space means brighter solar energy future
...ce operated by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) - leader of ENVISOLAR - have contributed to the quantification of the renewable energy potential within 14 developing countries, in the framework of the SWERA project of UNEP. Results of SWERA suggest the potential is far greater than has previously been supp...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...ogy departments at the University of Arizona, is a leader in Medical Image Perception research, which seeks to discover the root causes of interpretation errors and find ways to avoid them. She is the first of several speakers on this topic at session WE-E-I-609 (Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 PM), which is designed...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
... to resources for the chronically ill," said study leader Susan MacRae, head of the JCB's Clinical Ethics Group, created in 1995 in part as a sounding board on challenging cases for hospital bioethicists. "These medical conflicts are far from rare, however, and constitute probably the most common reason for...BIDMC investigator receives Novartis Award in Diabetes
...Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Mantzoros is a leader in the field of leptin research whose work has advanced the understanding of leptin as a hormonal mediator of the adaptation to starvation. In clinical studies published in 2003, Mantzoros demonstrated that low leptin levels are responsible for key...Dartmouth study reveals flaws in screening for TB; Cases in 3rd world HIV patients may go undetected
...alth at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, is the leader of the DARDAR project and author of the new study with Lillian Mtei MD, and other colleagues in Tanzania. "Our study team found that when we used the same comprehensive diagnostic approach to tuberculosis available in industrialized countries 15% of ......" said Charles Friedman, Ph.D., senior scholar and leader of this initiative in the NLM Division of Extramural Programs. "By integrating health data from a range of sources--including hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies--and applying sophisticated analysis tools, we'll be able to detect disease outbreaks ear...