'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for medical, energy, environmental breakthroughs
...nies and the winners are chosen by an ACS panel in recognition of industrial work that has lead to the successful development and commercial sale of a technological product. "Our Heroes of Chemistry this year represent the very best in scientific innovation," said ACS President Catherine T. Hunt, Ph.D. "We at ...Young children's taste preferences may be influenced by fast-food branding
...erent brands and packaging with variable levels of recognition and natural exposure, they conclude....U of M report says early-childhood intervention improves well-being through young adulthood
...ren who participated in this program had a greater recognition that more and higher quality schooling is the way out of poverty, Reynolds said. Children who were enrolled in the CPC program were generally more socially engaged and educationally adept, Reynolds said. These benefits derived from the early impact...National quality agenda, payment reform, care integration keys to improving quality, patient safety
...tion exchange networks. This likely stems from the recognition that almost everybody stands to benefit from widespread use of health information technology. The survey of leading health care experts with a diverse range of professional and ideological perspectives is the eleventh in a series from The Commonwea...The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation invests in gastroenterology's future
...tion of Crohns disease or ulcerative colitis. In recognition of his service to the field of gastroenterology, Mr. Broad was selected to receive the 2007 AGA Outstanding Service Award. The award is presented to individuals who have contributed significantly to societys health and welfare. ...Cancer on the agenda of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency
...in Europe and the first step towards the hoped for recognition by the national and European authorities of the recommendations agreed upon by the experts gathered together for this meeting. ...The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $8 million to infectious disease investigators
...chanisms of pathogen identification by the pattern recognition receptors RIG-I and MDA5 Barbara I. Kazmierczak...Ph.D. Yale University Cell entry and innate immune recognition of flaviviruses Neal Silverman, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School Intracellular bac...Low doses of ecstasy associated with decline in verbal memory
... on immediate and delayed verbal recall and verbal recognition were significantly lower in the group of incident Ecstasy users compared with persistent Ecstasy-nave subjects. There were no significant differences on other test scores. In contrast to other studies, which have suggested that Ecstasy affects wome...Tony Hunter receives Robert. J. and Claire Pasarow Award for Cancer Research
...ding the 2005 Wolf Prize in Medicine, Israel's top recognition for achievements in the interest of humanity, and the 2004 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, a leading national award for scientific achievement. Dr. Hunter will receive his award, which includes a $50,000 prize, June 3 at a dinner in Los Angeles. Former...May/June Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ntrol is often attributed to clinical inertia: the recognition of a problem by the physician, but failing to act. This study of 211 primary care encounters between adult patients with type 2 diabetes and their physicians finds the concept of clinical inertia does not adequately characterize the complexity of th...New drug development facility helps move medicines to market
...y attained official Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) recognition from the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) for one of its key laboratories. This means the work performed there by TetraQ will be accepted for international regulatory review, which provides a high degree of assurance to TetraQ custo...Help for pediatricians in treating behavioral health problems only partially successful
...n areas requested by the pediatricians, especially recognition of anxiety and depression, increased awareness of community mental health providers, increased communication between pediatricians and mental health providers, and use of a community protocol for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)." Sh...Dr. Eli Peli of Schepens Eye Research Institute elected SPIE fellow
...ce the Society's inception in 1955. "The annual recognition of Fellows provides an opportunity for us to acknowledge outstanding members for their service to the general optics community," says Brian Culshaw, SPIE President. Eli Peli Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Med...UCLA pediatrician honored with prestigious achievement award
...cientific Achievement Awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in fundamental and ...tial discovery of AIDS, Stiehm was a leader in the recognition of AIDS in children and in efforts to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to fetus...Poorer countries could struggle to implement new International Health Regulations
...nting Taiwan WHO membership will be a step towards recognition of Taiwan as an independent state. But the greater fear should be the possibility that a public health emergency in Taiwan could rapidly spread throughout Asia and the around the world. For the IHR to work, no territory, whether Taiwan or the Occupie...ICU nurse working conditions linked to increase in patient infections
...profitability and magnet accreditation (a national recognition program for nursing excellence in hospitals). Patient outcome data came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance system and Medicare files. After careful review, findings revealed that I...UQ researchers honored with leading fellowships
...Quiggin, have won second Federation Fellowships in recognition of their exceptional research in the fields of quantum physics (Milburn) and economic risk modelling (Quiggin). Federation Fellows are considered to be world-leaders in their chosen fields of research and the program is aimed at attracting some of...UC environmental health chair recognized nationally for urologic research excellence
...MD, dean of UCs College of Medicine. This national recognition is overdue and very well deserved. The award was established in 2006 to honor leading female scientists with a distinguished record of producing top-notch urologic research and for significant contributions to the field of urology. Having your w......is to receive a prestigious international prize in recognition of outstanding research breaking new ground in the...mology. The Cogan Award is presented annually in recognition of a researcher, 40 years of age or younger, who has made important and worthwhile contributions to ...San Francisco VA researcher receives top Veterans Affairs award
...rd the VA's highest scientific honor is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in biomedical research. It was named after the physician who served as the VA's Chief Medical Officer from 1955 to 1963. Weiner is director of the Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIND) at SFVAMC and ...