Woodruff Foundation gives major boost to Emory University's strategic plan
...ciences Center. This will enable Emory to create a place where the physicians and scientists who make up The Emory Clinic will offer an ideal patient-centered experience supported by the power of translational research, so as to set a new world-class standard for health care. $12.5 million for the esta...Ultrasound mammography, volcano monitoring for aircraft safety
...Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ), which will take place from November 28-December 2, 2006 at the Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian Hotels in Honolulu, Hawaii. Acoustics is the science of sound and its applications. Over 1600 papers will be presented. WORLD WIDE PRESS ROOM We encourage you to visit...GSA confers 2006 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award to Virginia Tech's Calasanti
...social sciences. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 12:15 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisci...GSA confers 2006 M. Powell Lawton Award to University of Washington's Teri
... older persons. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Sunday the 19th at 1:30 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdiscipli...Travel outside of the US causing increased health risks to Americans
...he U.S. To register for the meeting taking place Nov. 12-16th, or to arrange an interview with one of these researchers, please contact Ivette Morello....UCLA study reports conflict of interest policies and practices of major journals
...cal journals have conflict of interest policies in place for study authors, less than half require such policies for editors or peer-reviewers. In addition, many journals do not inform readers about those potential conflicts that have been disclosed to them. The study, published in the December issue of...GSA confers 2006 Nathan Shock New Investigator Award to NIA's de Cabo
...ogical research. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 12:15 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisci...Iowa's Maas wins GSA's 2006 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Award
...ursing research. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 6:15 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdiscip...ITN America's Freund to receive GSA's 2006 Maxwell A. Pollack Award
...ch and practice. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 3:30 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdiscip...GSA confers 2006 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award to UTMB's Markides
... and colleagues. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 12:15 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisci...USC's Gatz wins the Gerontological Society of America's 2006 Donald P. Kent Award
...larger society. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 8:30 a.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdiscip...GSA confers 2006 Joseph T. Freeman Award to University of Wisconsin's Carnes
...edicine section. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 1:45 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdiscip...Stanford's Carstensen to receive GSA's 2006 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award
... the literature. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 12:15 p.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisci...University of Western Ontario's McMullin wins GSA's 2006 Margret M. Baltes Award
...ial gerontology. The award presentation will take place at GSA's 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held from November 16th-20th, 2006 in Dallas, TX. The actual conferral will occur on Saturday the 18th at 10:30 a.m. at the Adam's Mark Dallas Hotel. The meeting is organized to foster interdisci...Counseling Alzheimer's caregivers postpones the nursing home
... caring for a spouse with dementia. The study took place at the Aging and Dementia Research Center of the NYU Silberstein Institute. Half of the caregivers were assigned at random to the special counseling program, which consisted of two individual and four family counseling sessions that were tail...Fast test for low blood flow in dogs detects early heart trouble
...ds in the heart muscle. Six dogs had surgery to place a clamp around a main artery, cutting in half the blood flow to the heart. After surgery, the dogs were injected with the drug adenosine to speed up their heartbeat and maximize circulation. The dose, they note, was the same as that typically used ...ALTRAN -- Ecobuilding Performance Forum
... Performance Forum trade exhibition that will take place on 8-9 November 2006 in Paris. The exhibition highlights the technical, economic and commercial presentation of products, cross-industry solutions and services that address the challenges of energy efficient sustainable development. ALTRAN will pr...Sunscreens with benzophenone-3 unsuitable for children
...three of these sunscreens. This deterioration took place for one sunscreen after only 30 minutes. "The principal protection against the harmful effects of the sun should be clothes," says Helena Gonzalez, "and sunscreens should be used solely as a supplement." Some of the commercial sunscreens have c...Interaction between lymph and liver cells may affect immune response
... could interact or that the interaction could take place across gaps between LSECs. The study was conducted using mice whose livers had been injected with lymphocytes. The mouse livers were examined with two types of electron microscopy. Analysis of the images showed a large number of intrahepatic lympho...Antiprotons 4 times more effective than protons for cell irradiation
...is a unique facility for this work. It is the only place in the world where an antiproton beam of sufficiently low energy and high quality is available. This is crucial for our research. Without access to the antiproton decelerator facility, these experiments would simply not have been possible." says Niel...