New nutritional research: College students face obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome
...H undergraduates take the course) gave them a gold mine of health information on a group about which little is known. This is a very understudied population. Theyre very hard to reach, says Reilly, noting that large phone surveys of this age group, such as one conducted by the Centers for Disease Contro...Transforming knowledge into economic benefits -- EPSRC's First Knowledge Transfer Challenge Awards
...e between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm) From dealing with mine water pollution to innovative wound care, the finalists in EPSRC's first ever Knowledge Transfer Challenge reflect the huge area covered by research in engineering and the physical sciences in the UK. With almost a million pounds in prizes at stak...In-home sensors spot dementia signs in elderly
...cused on algorithm development" and the ability to mine and manage the data these devices collect. Study co-author Misha Pavel, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering and computer science and electrical engineering at OHSU's OGI School of Science & Engineering, says studies on systems and technology...Carnegie Mellon researchers say use of switchgrass could solve energy woes
...ong known how to use enzymes and microorganisms to mine the carbon from carbohydrates to make industrial products. But for decades the technology didn't go very far commercially because fossil fuel hydrocarbon was a far cheaper carbon source. Now that oil prices have climbed roughly 35...Researchers develop new method for studying 'mental time travel'
...e, will aid efforts to learn more about how people mine the recesses of memory and could have a wide-ranging impact in the field of neuroscience, including studies of brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. The researchers showed nine participants a series of pictures and then asked them to recall wh...UNC wins eight top NIH 'Roadmap' grants, more than any other university in the country
...d others in interdisciplinary obesity efforts, and mine will complement each other in taking on the challenges of clinical medicine. Drs. Siderovski, Jarstfer, Cuevas and Tropsha will build on Carolina's strength in basic science investigation with their new programs to develop better biomedical assays an...Jefferson scientists design method to fight artificial implant infections with antibiotics
... the organism steps on the surface, the antibiotic mine explodes and kills the bacteria. It holds great promise for our patients." When a hip or knee implant is infected, physicians give extensive antibiotic treatment and the old implant is replaced. The treatment can include cement-containing antibiotics...Harvard scientists report public health impact of 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait
...being due to PTSD, and medical treatment costs for mine and ordnance victims. In addition, Kuwait asked the UNCC for funding to support continued epidemiological and medical follow-up of the exposed Kuwaiti national population. Given the magnitude of the effect seen among older adults in HSPH's study...