UCL conference to launch global health institute
...d Africa to improve maternal & child health and an opening address by the author of the book Status Syndrome, Professor Sir Michael Marmot. Professor Richard Blundell, Research Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, will join Professor Marmot to talk on social inequalities. Professor Marmot said: "The...New grant program helps create radiation therapy programs
...al institutions in the United States interested in opening radiation therapy programs. Each radiation therapy development program grant is $12,500, for a total of $50,000. Radiation therapists are highly skilled members of the cancer management team who accurately record, interpret and administer radiation ...APIA announces the distinguished Dr. Barry Uretsky as opening speaker
..., has accepted the prestigious and coveted role as opening speaker at the first Asia-Pacific Interventional Advances Conference (APIA), 29 November 2 December. Internationally renowned for his work on interventional cardiology techniques and his research on cardioprotection methods, the U.S.-based expert r...Johns Hopkins celebrates its first century of neuroscience
...uroscientists Rick Huganir and Snyder will provide opening and closing remarks, respectively. The first formal brain studies at Johns Hopkins started in 1906 when Harvey Cushing became the first director of neurosurgery. His research established that hormones secreted from the brain's pituitary gland promo...Nov. 11 event celebrates a century of brain science at Johns Hopkins
...tists Rick Huganir and Solomon Snyder will provide opening and closing remarks, respectively. The speakers' presentations will include the latest on our understanding of smell, vision, learning and memory, decision-making, and balance-eroding diseases called spinocerebellar ataxias. A separate symposium on ...Thanksgiving gluttony misaligned with 'intuitive eating' approach examined in new study
... they very quickly overcame cravings," said Hawks, opening a drawer at his office desk filled with untouched junk food. "It certainly has worked for me."...Launch of the 2006 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program
The National Institutes of Health announces the opening of the 2006 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program, a key component of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. "The Pioneer Award supports exceptionally creative scientists who bring their talents, expertise, and perspectives to bear on some of the bigge...Breast CT is more comfortable than mammography and may detect tumors better, research shows
...e down on a padded table. The table has a circular opening in it, through which the patient places one breast at a time. A CT machine under the table rotates around each breast. Scanning takes about 17 seconds per breast. The breast CT was developed by UC Davis radiology professor John Boone in collaboration...Grids to aid breast cancer diagnosis and research
...kes obtaining a second opinion simpler and faster, opening the door to tele-diagnosis and the creation of communities of medical 'virtual organisations' able to co-work using the shared resources of the Grid. Analysis of mammograms can be carried out in different locations using CAD tools, for example. The r...'Doctor Franklin's Medicine' explores founding father's vast medical legacy
... 17, 2006. Major exhibits on his life and work are opening in London and Philadelphia, and a traveling exhibit moves next year to museums in St. Louis, Houston, Denver, Atlanta and Paris. While much of the hoopla will focus on Franklin's role as an influential American diplomat, a new book suggests that he d...Patient safety monitoring at Hopkins Hospital finds law of unintended consequences at work
...hem, such as a central catheter, which provides an opening for dangerous bacteria to get inside the body. For this reason, the infection control experts note, staff in the PICU, like other hospital units at Hopkins, routinely review best safety practices and policies to prevent hospital-acquired infections. ...Comedy films boost blood flow to the heart
...8 hours apart. Examples of sad films included the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan and examples of comedy films included There's Something About Mary. Participants were asked to abstain from drinking alcohol, using vitamins or herbs, or taking aerobic exercise the evening before the experiment, as all ...Telebriefing: NIH announces program for new scientific investigators
...self and your news organization. There will be an opening statement, and then reporters will be able to ask questions. Operator will provide instructions.) WHO : Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, NIH...Scientists discover genetic profile of an often-misdiagnosed chronic allergic disease of children
... tube that connects the end of the throat with the opening of the stomach) becomes inflamed--often, but not always, due to allergic reactions to food. This inflammation causes nausea, heartburn, vomiting and difficulty swallowing. In advanced cases, children may suffer from malnutrition, often require specia...'Visible Proofs' exhibition on forensic medicine opens at NIH
...station tell us about a cadaver? A new exhibition, opening at NIH's National Library of Medicine, traces the ...15. (Please see end of this release for details on opening event, press previews, exhibition hours and location, and sample images.) "Visible Proofs pulls back...Researchers find molecule that may hold key to learning and memory
...ification of these targets, and more generally the opening up of the MEF2 pathway, could lead to new therapies for a host of diseases in which synapses either fail to form or run rampant. In fact, Greenberg is currently a member of a consortium that is trying to get at the molecular underpinnings of autism. ...NIH grant to support research on new treatment for severe OCD
...l against treatment-resistant clinical depression, opening the door for DBS treatment of severe psychiatric disorders. To date, about 25 OCD patients for whom other treatments have been ineffective have received DBS implants. The OCD studies, while small, have shown dramatic reductions in symptoms for many ...University Eye Institute at UH sees start of multiple sclerosis eye care center
...ects. A joint press conference will announce the opening of the Multiple Sclerosis Eye Center for Analysis, Research and Education (MS Eye CARE) at 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 6. Located in the University Eye Institute on the UH campus, the new center is currently the only one of its kind where the MS Soci...Controlling your (nerve) impulses
...rd movement of potassium ions. "The sodium channel opening at the beginning of a nerve impulse is like releasing a compressed spring," Cooper explains. "Without other influences, there is a tendency to keep reverberating, leading to additional, unwanted nerve impulses." Potassium channels have a calming infl...Sirolimus-releasing stents more effective than VBT for treating restenosis within a stent
...the VBT group, minimal lumen diameter (size of the opening inside the vessel through which the blood flows) was larger in the sirolimus-eluting stent group at 6-month follow-up. "In conclusion, in-stent restenosis following bare-metal stent placement remains a significant clinical problem. While vascular br...