Fussy babies and postpartum depression linked, study finds
...andomly chosen to receive the survey, which covers topics such as prenatal care, smoking, and nutrition and breast-feeding. High is a member of the Rhode Island PRAMS steering committee. The committee was able to choose a few state-specific questions that would be added to the standard survey. The survey al...The Gerontological Society of America chooses 2006 Hartford Faculty Scholars
...below are the new faculty scholars and the primary topics of their research. Kathryn Betts Adams, PhD Case Western Reserve University Research Topic: Subthreshold depression among older adults in congregate housing: Characterization and screening Institutional Sponsor: David Biegel National Research Men...San Francisco VA Medical Center invites public to celebrate VA Research Week
...l VA officials. The program times, speakers, and topics are: TUESDAY, MAY 9 12:00-12:10 pm Tom Johnson, Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs: "Opening Remarks" 12:10-12:35 pm -- Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD: "Anabolic Steroids: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" 12:35-1:00 pm -- Kenn...Physician approaches to patient spirituality vary according to doctors' religious characteristics
... might hinder discussion of religious or spiritual topics with patients. Of the 1,144 responding physicians, 18 percent described themselves as being neither religious nor spiritual, and 17 percent identified themselves as being both highly religious and highly spiritual. Thirty-nine percent of the physicia...Improving the patient informed consent process
...ssue with the patient so that all of the important topics are covered," Dr. Kondziolka said. "Our study involved questions asked in an open-ended format, but the patients had a finite list of items to recall. A secretary, with no medical background or pretenses, administered the questionnaire. In this way, ...NFL team physicians to host conference on football injury prevention and conditioning
...erently in-season vs. off-season? These and other topics will be discussed at the conference, "Sports Medicine and Football: The 2006 Perspective," to be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, FL, May 11-13, 2006. Media attendance is invited. Featured speakers include: John A. Lomba...Mayo Clinic researchers discover cancer cells may move via wave stimulation
...vement Matters Cell growth and movement are vital topics in cancer research because cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in which the normal balance between growth promotion and growth inhibition is disrupted. Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) and the EGFR to which it homes and docks are a hot topic...Research shows certain metabolites responsible for initiating breast and prostate cancer
...ancer."Other presenters at the symposium and their topics include: Dr. Paola Muti, an epidemiologist from the Italian National Cancer Institute-Rome, the epidemiological evidence on the role of estrogens and androgens in breast cancer development; Dr. Rogan, University of Nebraska Medical Center, the m...ARVO sponsors age-related macular degeneration conference
... is Wednesday, May 10 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Conference topics will include: Epidemiology and Risk Factors; Phenotyping AMD; Genetic Risk Factors; Micronutrients and AMD; Fatty Acids, Omega-3 and AMD; and Inflammation and Other Potential Approaches for Prevention of AMD. The conference organizers are Johanna Se...Sweet chemistry: Symposium explores sugar alternatives, science of taste
... fewer health risks. These and other taste-related topics will be discussed during a three and one-half day symposium, Sweetness and Sweeteners, March 27-30, at the 231 st national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society. Highlights of the symposium, which will featu...Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
...ask has important consequences on related research topics such as air-sea interaction processes, including heat fluxes transfers and current circulation." Harald Johnsen of Norwegian company NORUT IT explained how an upgraded ASAR Wave Mode algorithm had been developed following detailed comparisons of ASA...Top cancer organizations launch first online portal of Asian language cancer information
...ive Hawaiian populations. Additional languages and topics will be added as more materials become available. "Until now, health-care providers may have had to go to several different organizations to find appropriate materials for their patients," said Sally West Brooks, chair of the ACS national board of di...Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
...s eight articles on spinal cord injury--addressing topics such as bone mineral density, women's sexuality, and chronic pain--and three articles on prosthetics research. Other articles in this issue focus on robotic therapy for stroke rehabilitation, the diabetic foot, and vocational rehabilitation for patie...UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center named Survivorship Center of Excellence
...together, network member institutions will address topics such as critical survivorship research, new interventions and progress in insurance reimbursement in order to provide the most effective survivorship care. This progressive, comprehensive support for survivorship is designed to help people living wit...Leading international osteoporosis experts to present at world's largest osteoporosis congress
...ty to ask specific questions about a wide range of topics and discuss patients' cases including the approach applied in difference regions of the world....Mayo Clinic to host inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
...sues will be discussed in panel format. The panel topics and the current list of panelists includes: "Overspent, Overdrawn, Overwhelmed: Reducing Health Care Costs" explores the inequity in access to resources, disparity in quality and endless paperwork. Panelists are Roger Feldman, Ph.D., University of ...Radar altimetry confirms global warming is affecting polar glaciers
...causing the polar ice caps to shrink is one of the topics being addressed by glaciologists, hydrologists, oceanographers and geodesists from around the world at the '15 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry' symposium in Venice, Italy, from 13-18 March 2006. For the last 15 years, radar altimetry an instru...Newspaper coverage of neurologic conditions incorrect 20 percent of the time, study shows
...hile less-common diseases such as Alzheimer's were topics in 33 percent of the articles. Newspapers are among the public's most trusted media for health care coverage and could have a disproportionate influence on reader beliefs about neurologic disorders, the study's authors say. "Health coverage has a bi...Technologies diagnose coronary disease in one heartbeat
...g-term success of cardiac procedures are among the topics of studies presented today at the American College of Cardiology's inaugural Innovation in Intervention: the i2 Summit 2006. Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit is an annual meeting for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the ...Many high risk patients do not receive cholesterol-lowering therapies
... potential value of newer therapies, are among the topics of studies presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 55th Annual Scientific Session. ACC.06 is the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, bringing together over 30,000 cardiologists to further breakthroughs in cardiovascular medicine....