ICON issues survey of nanotechnology practices
...ng a beachhead for future studies and a first step toward developing safe handling guidelines for nanomateri...ctices, ICON and UCSB are taking an important step toward the development and global adoption of best practices to minimize exposure and hazard from engineere...Seven-point system gauges seriousness of heart failure in elderly
...k of dying. The points system may steer doctors toward considering more aggressive treatments such as implantable defibrillators and pacemakers for those at low risk of death. However, elderly patients with a high risk may want to avoid stressful and unnecessary medical intervention and may benefit most ...AIUM to host Annual Convention
...ologic technologists participants may earn credits toward maintaining their professional certification with the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). More than 100 courses in various ultrasound specialty areas will be offe...Individualized strategies needed for prevention of malaria in long-term travelers
..., national and international experts should strive toward consensus on guidelines for malaria prevention in long-term travelers."...Younger African American women at significantly higher risk for breast cancer
...ificant resources and research need to be directed toward understanding why younger African-American women are at significantly higher risk of developing breast cancer. "The good news is that rates of invasive breast cancer are on the decline overall. However, African-American women, particularly younger ...Boston Celtics fund first teen vaccination delivery program in the country
...ne trials, this program will help researchers move toward implementation of an HIV vaccine program for high-risk youth that minimizes or eliminates barriers to participation....Stress, childhood trauma linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in adults
...pt or compensate in response to challenge, leading toward maladaptive responses and ultimately disease," they conclude. In the second study, Kenji Kato, Ph.D., Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues assessed 19,192 Swedish twins born between 1935 and 1958, 1,570 of whom had chronic fatigu...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center prostate SPORE grant renewed
...better understanding of the disease, and advancing toward better treatments and someday hopefully a cure," says Dr. Tindall. "The SPORE grant allows our team of scientists and clinicians to further research in the arenas of diagnosis and individualized treatment, including how to predict response to therap...Park your car and walk to store, school, work
... most feasible. It's going to require a commitment toward health and social wellbeing." While regular moderate physical activity can prevent many diseases and prolong life, most Americans don't move around enough to stay healthy, earlier studies have shown. The Saint Louis University research builds on...Nap a day makes doctors OK, Stanford study finds
...o naps is lazy, slothful," Howard said. "Attitudes toward people who nap are hard to break."...Phys ed class more effective when there's more talking
.... "We're trying to help change students' attitudes toward physical activity. This program lets them exercise whenever, however and wherever they want to."...The AGA Institute releases report on the future of gastroenterology
...ontinue advocacy and public policy efforts to work toward increased reimbursement for nonprocedural services. Gastroenterological training, through gastrointestinal fellowship programs and continuing medical education for those already in practice, will need to be revised to reflect the new directions in...NC State receives $3.5 million to design new treatment strategies for HIV patients
...tical-statistical modeling approach will be a step toward the current goal of modern medicine personalized treatment of diseases."...... chronic sputum production and also showed a trend toward an increased prevalence of cough. Clinical implications suggest that secondhand smoking has a deleterious effect on lung function. GENERAL PULMONARY Difficulty Swallowing May Contribute to Treatment Failure in Chronic Cough (Wednesday, October ...Heavy, chronic drinking can cause significant hippocampal tissue loss
...ly an inherited disorder that persons predisposed toward alcoholism might already have a smaller hippocampus prior to the onset of heavy drinking compared to persons not predisposed. Beresford agreed. "This study is only a first step," he said. "We are now studying what happens to the hippocampus in h...Stress triggers relapse in meth abuse, OHSU study finds
...e of methamphetamine abuse in mice could be a step toward developing a drug to curb this frustrating obstacle to recovery. Results of the study, headed by Gregory Mark, Ph.D., associate professor of behavioral neuroscience in the OHSU School of Medicine, not only validate earlier studies on the effects of...Study by Children's Hospital and Carnegie Mellon explains crucial deficit in children with autism
... hand reaching out to shake ours, a person running toward us -- to help us interpret their actions and inten...e things with legs are alive and move deliberately toward other objects. "I've never seen a single paper in which researchers studied these processes in ch...Antipsychotic medications used to treat Alzheimer's patients found lacking
...treatment options, this study is an important step toward finding a treatment that can delay full-time nursing home confinements, and reduce the suffering of patients and their families."...Forget basal body temperature -- check out her clothes
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