K-State's Culbertson receives $530,000 National Science Foundation award
...coming academic leaders of the 21st century. Award recipients are selected based on career development plans that creatively integrate research and education. Culbertson, who joined the K-State faculty in 2002, has proposed developing universally applicable methods for detecting and identifying proteins and pep...Metabolic syndrome identified as risk factor for kidney-pancreas transplant patients
...r multi-center study of kidney-pancreas transplant recipients has identified a new risk factor for impaired kidney function, which may help physicians refine their treatment strategies. Researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues reported their findings today at the 6th Annual ...Medicaid matters to children: How Medicaid can help drive quality improvement in pediatrics
...specially for children. Eighty percent of Medicaid recipients are children yet children represent only 20 percent of Medicaid utilization. As Medicaid funding is reduced, children bear the brunt of those cuts." Recent federal budget cuts "give states the flexibility to cut benefits but not expand them," said P...HealthGrades identifies hospitals with highest-rated specialty practices
...althGrades' Web site. Consumers can find the award recipients at www.healthgrades.com, where more than 2.5 million individuals each month search for ratings and quality information on hospitals, physicians and nursing homes....New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year
...cidence of intussusception: 12 cases among vaccine recipients and 15 among those who received a placebo. No other significant side effects or complications were reported. Rotateq also proved to be effective, nearly eliminating serious rotavirus-related gastroenteritis. The vaccine reduced rotavirus-related hosp...Stroke risk returns when children with sickle cell disease stop transfusions
...on therapy five nights a week for most transfusion recipients to remove excess iron. Patients and families don't like the time-consuming and expensive therapy, Dr. McKie says, noting an oral therapy approved this year by the Food and Drug Administration may make chelation more palatable. Many fundamental questi...Age does not predict hearing outcomes for elderly recipients of cochlear implants
...d the performance of multichannel cochlear implant recipients in a large database of adult subjects. The researchers analyzed data on 749 adolescents and adults with profound hearing loss who underwent implantation at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and in two clinical trials at the Cochlear Corporation, Englewood,...Launch of the 2006 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program
...rd supports individual scientists. The award gives recipients the intellectual freedom to pursue new research directions and highly innovative ideas that have the potential for unusually great impact. "Although we cannot predict the results of pioneering research, it holds great promise for yielding groundbreak...Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member to receive a Diva Award
...eton on Dec. 1. Plotnick was one of several award recipients selected for significant contributions to nursing science in New Jersey. "I am honored that my work and contributions in addressing the children's healthcare needs have been recognized by my peers and colleagues," said Plotnick, a visiting professor......the rationale behind such choices as: the priority recipients of resources, including hospital services and medicines; how much risk front line health care workers should take; and support given to people under restrictions such as quarantine. Decision makers and the public need to be engaged so plans reflect ...Aspirin may help the heart, but one in ten patients will also develop an ulcer, new research shows
... by Drs Warren and Marshall of Perth, announced as recipients of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Medicine. The results of the first endoscopy revealed 20 patients, or 10.7 per cent of the group, had ulcers - seven from Melbourne, seven from Sydney, and six from Zaragoza. None were detected in Edmonton, where 'H.pylori...Feinstein Institute neuroscientist wins top honor in Parkinson's research
...erm outcome for patients. Among the many previous recipients of the Springer Award are Nobel Prize winner Arvid Carlsson, Oleh Hornykiewicz, Stanley Fahn and C. David Marsden. Dr. Carlsson first discovered that dopamine is a key chemical messenger in the brain that controls movement, which led to the discovery...Young cancer researchers honored
...jor accomplishments in cancer research will be the recipients of the 2005 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research a...compounds in many different human cell lines. "The recipients of this year's Paul Marks Prize all have made fundamental discoveries that open up broad new avenues...The Gerontological Society of America confers 2004 Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
...thwestern University's Dr. Dan McAdams as the 2005 recipients of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award. This distinguished honor recognizes insightful and innovative publications on aging and life course development in the behavioral and social sciences. The award presentation will take place at GSA's...Conference offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration
...nes of research identified at the sessions. Grant recipients will be announced in April 2006. "Genomics research stands at the intersection of science, engineering, and medicine," said Wm. A. Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering. "With the possibility of a future avian flu pandemic in the h...The Gerontological Society of America awards new Hartford Doctoral Fellowships
...ocial work students have been chosen as the newest recipients of the prestigious Hartford Doctoral Fellowship, a program funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, administered by The Gerontological Society of America, and directed by Dr. James Lubben. The following individuals will each receive a $50,000 disse...Women, kids and Australia's mental health crisis
...er Butterworth has shown that one in three welfare recipients experienced a diagnosable mental disorder during the previous 12 months of the study period. "Around 45 per cent of unpartnered women with children in receipt of income support payments were identified with a mental disorder, compared with 19 per ce...Floyd E. Bloom wins 2005 Sarnat Prize in Mental Health
... to establish the award. Nominations for potential recipients are solicited every year from IOM members, deans of medical schools, and mental health professionals. Nominations for the 2006 prize can be sent to Leslie Baer at sarnataward@nas.edu ....Past illegal blood donation in China linked to hepatitis C virus infection
... and that failure to screen for HCV in transfusion recipients increased their risk of infection as well, according to an article in the November 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. Some blood donation facilities in rural China illegally pooled blood and reinfused compatible red...UNC wins eight top NIH 'Roadmap' grants, more than any other university in the country
...otechnology center. Besides him, new Roadmap grant recipients are Drs. Bruce D. Cuevas, research assistant professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine; Michael Jarstfer, assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy; Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Kenan professor of pharmacy and director of the School of Pharmacy's Na...