Does the workplace damage your brain?
...ion, and one of the nation's most widely published researcher on meditation and brain functioning. Dr. Travis's studies have appeared in Biological Psychology, Psychophysiology, Consciousness and Cognition, and International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Psychophysiology, and Psychosomatic Medicine. J...Treating individuals with substance-abuse disorders who have attempted suicide
...in inpatient settings," explained Mark A. Ilgen, a researcher at the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) Palo Alto and corresponding author for the study. "During the last few years, there has been a push to expand treatment options into more outpatient settings, largely as a cost-containment measure. Once t...UCI neurobiologists find treatment to block memory-related drug cravings
...behavior. But a study led by John F. Marshall, a researcher in UCI's Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, shows that memory for places associated with cocaine use can be strikingly altered by inactivating a specific protein called ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) in the brains of ani...Staying alert during class: Self-applied acupressure may reduce sleepiness
...cal School's Department of Internal Medicine and a researcher at the U-M Health System's Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. "Our finding suggests that acupressure can change alertness in people who are in classroom settings for a full day which could be very good news for students who have trouble stayi...Perth researchers receive national suicide prevention awards
Suicide prevention researcher Kate Miller has been recognised for her innovative work in developing safe, effective online resources for young people. 24 year old Kate is a project coordinator with the Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention at the Telethon Institute for Child...Mayo Clinic researchers invent 'hitchhiking' viruses as cancer drug delivery system
...Ph.D., Mayo Clinic molecular immunologist and lead researcher of the investigation. "Our work is an important contribution to the maturation of the field of gene therapy because ultimately treating cancers by gene therapy depends on scientists' ability to specifically target tumor cells in the patient -- and th...VCU researcher leads international team in developing guidelines for treating hydrocephalus
... experts led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher has established the first clinical guidelines to help improve the diagnosis and treatment of people with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a debilitating condition in the brain that often goes undiagnosed or is misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's...MacArthur Fellowships of $500,000 awarded for genius in reducing cervical and breast cancer
...cer mortality rates in developing countries, and a researcher for work in identifying risk factors for breast cancer among African American and African women, particularly. The grants, awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, will be announced publicly on Tuesday, September 20th. The nam...Output of e-Science project helps GSK speed up drug discovery
...interfaces, including a web portal, KDE allows the researcher to build up or modify complex analytic workflows t...ktop applications. By using grid technology, the researcher has access to data, software and other services held remotely and can also share his or her resource...Scientists breed special rats to learn more about hypertension
...never expected," said Mark Chappell, Ph.D., senior researcher in the Hypertension and Vascular Disease Center. "These rats will allow us to study salt-sensitivity in hypertension as well as explore how estrogen depletion affects several body systems. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. We're just starting ...Lombardi director receives international award for research achievements
...rector in September 2002. He is a highly respected researcher and clinician whose current work is focused on developing new cancer therapies that specifically target tumors and reduce the side effects that are associated with commonly used cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. Pestell's resea...UQ research to ease suffering from whiplash
...ch Week 2005 from September 19-23. Dr Sterling, a researcher in the area since 1997, had earlier identified whiplash as a multifaceted condition, involving both physiological and psychological factors. Her new project builds on this earlier breakthrough and represents the first study of this interaction. "Ove...Hebrew University receives its largest NIH research grant ever -- $5.6 million biodefense award
... Health (NIH), to a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher for the development of a broadly effective drug ag...er made to the Hebrew University and to an Israeli researcher from the NIH. Funds were awarded under the NIAID Biodefense Challenge Grants program, which encourag...Study shows Hurricane Katrina affected 20,000 physicians, up to 6,000 may have been displaced
...ary care and 272 in obstetrics and gynecology, the researcher found. The two New Orleans medical schools at Tulane and LSU enrolled about 1,300 medical students in all years in 2004, and those students have been moved to other programs in the region, primarily to Baton Rouge and to east Texas, Ricketts said. Va...Groundbreaking consensus: pediatric cardiology training recommendations
...ess," Dr. Beekman explained. "Training to become a researcher as well as an excellent clinician won't be easy," Beekman added. "Balancing both of these training goals will continue to be a major issue for educational programs. Pediatric cardiology trainees who also wish to become academic researchers will need...Simulator can help stroke patients drive again
...f Georgia physical therapy instructor and the lead researcher on the study published in the Sept. 27 issue of Neurology. "Traditionally, to help patients learn to drive again, therapists have relied on conventional methods like paper-and-pencil-based training and sometimes an on-road training method," Dr. Akinw...Eating foods with 'weak estrogens' may help reduce lung cancer risk
...ad author, Matthew Schabath, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Epidemiology. "But these kinds of studies, which rely on a person's recall of the food they have eaten months before, have known limitations, and require more investigation." As promising as they are, the study results should not...Seniors with low age expectations likelier to lead sedentary lives, new UCLA study finds
...rful than common expensive medications," said lead researcher Dr. Catherine Sarkisian, assistant professor of medicine, geriatrics division, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "We might be able to help more seniors exercise if we can change what seniors believe about aging." AUTHORS: Other resear...Smoking seems to increase brain damage in alcoholics
...s, according to Dieter Meyerhoff, PhD, a radiology researcher at SFVAMC and the principal investigator of the st...uthor Timothy Durazzo, PhD, an associate radiology researcher at SFVAMC. Nor has such a relationship been measured before in previous studies on alcohol abuse an......ody's immune system. Dr John Hayball, a biomedical researcher from UniSA's Sansom Institute, is particularly interested in improving vaccines to use in the treatment of infections, autoimmune diseases and cancer. Dr Hayball, Dr Michael Brown (Royal Adelaide Hospital) and Dr Paul Howley (Virax Holdings) were rec...