Innovative approach affords Binghamton University researchers clearer view of autism
...th the help of a computer, the system overlays the position of a child's eyes onto a second video image of the child's field of vision. While the tracking systems observes the child's face, the eyes are located in the video image and computers record further eye movement. This allows the team to see where and...Karen Duff receives prestigious prize for Alzheimer's research
...ect and dedication, have coalesced to solidify her position as one of the leading contributors in the field of Alzheimer's research today and in the future." "The products of Karen's research represent scientific contributions that have continued to benefit the Alzheimer's community long after the impact of...UC Berkeley team helps win approval for life-saving drug for African women
...den, an economist and engineer who holds a faculty position in the School of Public Health and is director of operations for Venture Strategies, constructed the technical regulatory application for misoprostol's approval in Nigeria. Venture Strategies is also playing a central role in these efforts. "Some o...Clinical pharmacology needs to be revitalised in the UK
...er countries in clinical pharmacology, the overall position of the specialty has now declined sharply. The authors state: "It is in the national interest that the medical schools, the General Medical Council Education Committee, the National Health Service, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Indust...Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel condemns 'censorship' of scientists
... a wonderfully productive point right now and in a position to have a profound impact on the treatment of dise...the brain in novel ways. "We are now in a better position to bring together cognitive psychological studies and molecular studies so that a coherent approach ...Brain power combined to form new $125M institute
...tious venture that will help reinforce Melbourne's position as Australia's medical research capital." Director of the Brain Research Institute, Professor Graeme Jackson said, "By joining forces with other leading neuroscience institutes, we hope to unravel the secrets of the brain and find better treatments f...Pandemic influenza requires coordinated response, says ACP
...f pandemic influenza, including avian flu. The ACP position paper, "The Health Care Response to Pandemic Influenza," was released at ACP's Annual Session in Philadelphia. The paper critiques the national preparedness plan for health care response involving multiple health-care providers and says that a compre...Explaining how the brain recognizes faces
...ll as the "configuration" of those features--their position on the face. The researchers found that their model captured such aspects of face perception, even though the circuitry in their model had not explicitly coded them. To demonstrate that their model could also account for how other neuronal circuitry ...Shire's DAYTRANA(TM) transdermal patch approved by FDA for treatment of ADHD
...ion of DAYTRANA to Shire's portfolio reaffirms our position as the market leader in ADHD." Shire and Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. submitted an amended New Drug Application (NDA) for DAYTRANA to the FDA in June of last year. DAYTRANA is licensed globally to Shire by Noven and will be available in pharmacies i...Parents need help to talk to their children about cancer
...m the diagnosis themselves, may not be in the best position to decide what and how to tell their children, say the authors. As part of their care, parents newly diagnosed with a life threatening illness need to be supported to think about how they will talk to their children, say the authors. General practiti...BIDMC's Harold Dvorak, MD, honored by National Foundation for Cancer Research
..., thereby keeping the "healing mechanism" in an on position and causing cancerous tumors to grow and spread. "Hal Dvorak's contributions to the field of cancer research are legendary," notes Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, chief academic officer of BIDMC. "His initial discovery helped to take cancer investigations in...Boost to health and medical research funding visionary
...rnment ministers today, is very welcome and should position Australia well for the future, Medicines Australia said today. The announcement of further Budget funding was made today by the Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, and the Minister for Finance and Administration, Nick Minchin, and Medicines ...Concurrent PET/CT for radiation therapy planning shows promise over separate PET and CT
...se this introduced uncertainties caused by patient position variation, internal organ motion and organ deforma... in the same session (with the patient in the same position and with minimal time interval) that makes the CT taken at the time of PET advantageous. "By using ...Americans less healthy than English
...s is uncertain. Strong links between socioeconomic position and health exist in both the U.S. and the U.K. Comparing social differences in illness across both countries can give insight into possible causal explanations for the relationship between socioeconomic status and health. James Banks, Ph.D., of Unive...Few gay man regret disclosing HIV status to friends, family
..."We can tell HIV-positive men that others in their position rarely regret the fact that other people know their status." Serovich has studied HIV disclosure since 1997. In previous studies, she found that HIV-positive men who disclose their condition are more likely to get necessary medical help, to find out ...Italian researchers find fenretinide cuts the risk of second breast cancers in young women
...pothesis generating. It means that we are not in a position to make clinical recommendations from these data alone, but that this evidence provides a rationale for a new trial in young women at high risk of breast cancer. However, the magnitude of the effect, and the finding that the younger the woman the gre...Early myocardial enhancement defects on multidetector CT predicts future myocardial viability
...ltidetector CT data was assessed for the presence, position and size of early myocardial enhancement defects (dark spots) by a radiologist blinded to the clinical diagnosis and to the results of echocardiography. The dark spots indicate regions of the heart muscle that had reduced blood flow because of the he...The Allergan Foundation donates $2 million to advance eye research and treatment
...we share with Allergan will further strengthen our position as an innovative center of excellence in ophthalmology that will improve lives in Orange County, the region and beyond." Some of the nation's top researchers in the areas of retinal disease, glaucoma, corneal disease and refractive surgery currently ...Employees in small firms pay 18 percent more for health insurance when adjusted for value of plan
...learly tells us that HMO plans still have a strong position in the health insurance marketplace and can offer employers and employees a solid value for their money," said Gabel, lead author of the study. "The research also points to the disadvantages small employers face in purchasing health benefits due to h...... Tempio, Ph.D., says Tunnell is in the distinctive position of providing qualified staff to the Office of Research and Development Coordination. "For decades, we have been helping the life sciences industry solve its most difficult problems," Tempio said. "We know the industry and the public sector. We unders...