NIH seeks strategies to preserve brain health
...tant step forward today with a report by an expert panel to the NIH, suggesting a number of promising avenu...duct of the Critical Evaluation Study Committee, a panel of experts appointed by NIH and led by Hugh Hendrie, M.B., Ch.B., D.Sc., of Indiana University, Indi...New rotavirus vaccine joins routine infant immunization schedule
...mittee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an expert panel selected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, added the new RotaTeq vaccine, manufactured by Merck & Co., Inc., to its list of routinely recommended childhood immunizations. Today's decision follows the vaccine's approval for licensin...Experts question prevalent stereotypes about autism
...ke wildfire in the media and the general public, a panel of autism experts will reflect on the validity of four widely held - and potentially inaccurate - assumptions about the developmental disability. Drawing on the latest in autism research, a psychologist, an epidemiologist, a psychiatrist and a physic...Intellectual property law and the protection of traditional knowledge
...ience: Traditional Knowledge in the 21st Century," panel held on Feb. 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement science, held Feb. 16-20 in St. Louis. According to McManis, existing IP rules, the closely related law of unfair competition, and associated contractual mechanisms...Preventive Medicine 2006 conference to feature quality improvement and patient safety
...tical Research and Manufacturers of America, and a panel of distinguished experts will explore approaches to risk management and practice for drug risk and benefit. Scheduled for February 22-26 in Reno/Tahoe, Nevada, Preventive Medicine 2006 will attract nearly 700 physicians and other health care profes...ACPM conference to feature research findings, practice innovations in preventive medicine
...College of Public Health University of Iowa, and a panel of reactors from the public health practice, military, and industry sectors, will address the threat of pandemic influenza and avian flu. Other highlights will include the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and CDC-sponsored Task Force on Community...ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics presentation available online
...roliferation. An international, interdisciplinary panel of expert speakers was then solicited, forming the First ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics Research Institute Working Group . The topic of the 2006 ARVO/Pfizer Ophthalmics Research Institute meeting will be "Aqueous Humor Outflow: What Do We Know, Where Will...Binghamton University receives $1.7 million NYSTAR award to enhance flexible electronics research
...e backbone of the integrated circuit (IC) and flat panel display (FPD) industries. The R2R is a continuous web process that produces components at higher yields and lower costs than current production methods. Components are flexible, rugged and adaptable to medical, security, computer and telecommunicatio...AANP and UpToDate partner to improve patient care
... feedback through the provision of a formal review panel to ensure that the UpToDate program meets the needs of nurse practitioners. UpToDate is an evidence-based information resource that provides practical answers and recommendations to clinical questions at the point of care. UpToDate is also an offic...Manchester oral health pioneer wins second major honour in six months
...ch achievements over the past ten years. A global panel of past prize-winners selected Professor Blinkhorn from a host of international entrants, making him the first North West academic to win the award. Professor Blinkhorn said: "I feel very honoured to have been given such a prestigious award, which ac...Food insecurity and food stamps: How is the US doing?
...tamp Program influences food security. They used a panel data model that sought to identify confounding factors that may have produced skewed results in previous analyses. "The study provides, for the first time, a dynamic picture of the rates at which families fall into hunger or rise out of hunger from o...UK Select Committee on Science and Technology does not appropriately scrutinize British science
...o the MRC's recent trip to southeast Asia, the CST panel members showed themselves to be ill-informed about use of research in public policy, and to have scant knowledge of the activities of the funding bodies they supposedly monitor. They assailed MRC head Colin Blakemore with questions on financial contr...Updated infection-control guidelines focus on patients, personnel in the cardiovascular cath lab
...ction-control recommendations. Dr. Chambers and a panel of experts from interventional cardiology and infection control did just that, culling the most pertinent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other resources, and tailoring it specifically for the cardiovascular cathet...Global meeting identifies cost-effective approaches to cervical cancer prevention
.... Mancuso, PhD, RN, FAAN, welcome an international panel of speakers, including Paul D. Blumenthal, Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Khunying Kobchitt Limpaphayom, JHPIEGO's Cervical Cancer Project Director, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and representatives ...New blood test may improve risk assessment for ischemic stroke in middle aged adults
...he medical community. Our findings suggest that a panel of Lp-PLA2 and CRP may help identify those high risk individuals, so that proactive measures can be taken to lower those risks and avoid a stroke." Study Details The NHLBI's Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study followed 12,762 appare...AIUM to host annual convention
...entific, Meet-the-Professor, Just Images, and film panel sessions. The 2006 convention will also feature scientific poster exhibits, commercial exhibits, and Case-of-the-Day ultrasound challenges. Several hands-on scanning courses will also be offered, including musculoskeletal, vascular, and-- new this ye...Air in Fallon, Nev. has elevated levels of tungsten and cobalt
...ncers. The February 2004 final report of an expert panel ( http://health2k.state.nv.us/healthofficer/leukemia/FALLONexpertpanel022304.pdf ) concluded that "the cause(s) of childhood leukemia, including those from Churchill County, Nevada, remain unknown," and recommended further research. The National Toxi...Neurons generated in the adult brain learn to respond to novel stimuli
... neurons. These mice were then exposed either to a panel of unusual odors or to a normal environment. Seve...dult-born olfactory neurons of mice exposed to the panel of odors subsequently responded more strongly to those odors than did adult-born neurons of mice tha...For European media only: Can latest advances in health psychology help improve HIV care?
...by Professor Rob Horne and Roche and reviewed by a panel of HIV treating physicians and community representatives. Data collection was undertaken by an independent agency and all interviews were conducted in accordance with the Data Protection Act and the MRS Code of Conduct by trained medical interviewers...An international panel of neurologists has updated the current guidelines for diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS), strengthening the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The guidelines, published online November 10, 2005 in the Annals of Neurology ( http://www.intersci...