Watching metals melt, nanometer-scale views inside cells
...gperspective on significant new developments to be unveiled duringCLEO/QELS and PhAST. The panel will also introduce some of the mostpromising applications for optical technology. To register for thepress luncheon contact OSA's Colleen Morrison at 202-416-1437, cmorri@osa.org . PLENARY SESSION At two ple...Nurses receive new tool to help patients quit smoking
....S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) unveiled a new clinical tool on May 10th designed to help nurses help their patients stop smoking. Called Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses, the pocket guide encourages nurses to follow the Five A's to cessation intervention: Ask, Advise, Assess, A...University of Manchester launches new anti-MRSA product
...with healthcare product manufacturer Brimaid, have unveiled a new product which aims to aid hospitals in the fight against MRSA. The BioKab is a bedside cabinet which has been specifically designed to reduce the spread and infection of harmful bacteria in hospital wards. The cabinet is made from a polyethylen......s in every pharmacy." The publication was formally unveiled at the International Association of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) Conference June 57 in Washington, D.C., and at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Meeting in Boston June 1115. There will be three supplements for the fi...One stop shop for clinical trials open for business
...dicines and vaccines, through a pioneering website unveiled overnight in Geneva. "This is an extraordinary resource for anyone interested in discovering just what sort of data is out there on potentially life-saving medicines and vaccines," the Chief Executive Officer of Medicines Australia, Kieran Schneemann...Research Australia unveils top 12 issues threatening our children's health
... domestic violence are also featured. The list was unveiled today at the launch of this year's "Thank You" Day program which celebrates the achievements of Australian health and medical researchers and urges them on to continue to address the burning issues affecting the nation's health. Research Australia C...Changes in brain, not age, determine one's ability to focus on task
...o walk, Colcombe said. In this case, however, fMRI unveiled that the poor-performing over-60 participants were the ones using both frontal hemispheres. The older participants keeping pace with the younger group used only the right hemisphere. Looking at the high-resolution images taken by fMRI by way of a vox...Research unveils new, reliable approach to drug delivery for cancer patients
...nal Laboratory and the UC Davis Cancer Center have unveiled a new and reliable technique to characterize the binding interaction of multivalent molecules designed for targeted drug delivery in cancer treatment. The Livermore team used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure the binding forces between sever...Guiding principles for facial transplantation unveiled
...ciety for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) today unveiled a landmark joint document, Facial Transplantation-ASPS/ASRM Guiding Principles, to assist plastic surgeons considering participation in facial transplantation procedures. "This is truly a remarkable and historic time in plastic surgery," said Bruce C...Internet game provides breakthrough in predicting the spread of epidemics, report scientists
...races the travels of dollar bills, scientists have unveiled statistical laws of human travel in the United States, and developed a mathematical description that can be used to model the spread of infectious disease in this country. This model is considered a breakthrough in the field. "We were confident that...Top cancer organizations launch first online portal of Asian language cancer information
...eb site at http://www.cancer.org/apicem , will be unveiled March 24, 2006, in Hawaii, at the annual meeting of AANCART. AANCART is headquartered at the University of California, Davis. "Asians and Pacific Islanders are dying, in too many cases, from a lack of basic information about cancer," said Moon S. Ch...Chemical in many air fresheners may reduce lung function
... pathogenesis of respiratory diseases." The NIEHS unveiled a new strategic plan, "New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health," in May aimed at challenging and energizing the scientific community to use environmental health sciences to understand the causes of disease and to improve human health...Just breathe: Ozone forecaster unveiled at University of Houston, available via Web
...University of Houston professors who have recently unveiled a forecasting system that provides air quality data on ozone conditions. With the intent to not only increase public awareness, but also help Texas manage air quality issues, the Institute for Multi-dimensional Air Quality Studies (IMAQS) at UH h...Obesity in men linked to infertility
...aps even their reproductive health." The NIEHS unveiled a new strategic plan, "New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health," in May aimed at challenging and energizing the scientific community to use environmental health sciences to understand the causes of disease and to improve human health...P.A.D. Coalition press briefing
...mpaign on September 19. The new campaign will be unveiled in a launch event immediately following this media briefing. Come learn about the disease before you hear about this new national campaign. The statistics are staggering: About one out of five Americans over the age of 70 has P.A.D. One out o...Optics tests for early Alzheimer's diagnosis make significant advances
.... At last year's annual OSA meeting, Goldstein unveiled two laser-based eye tests that could detect unusual cataracts composed of the amyloid beta protein, the same molecules that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. Previously, Goldstein and his colleagues had discovered evidence that Alzheimer's was...Olive Leaf report documents promising therapeutic interventions for 9-11 workers
...h the findings of the recent Mt Sinai Study, which unveiled that roughly 70 percent of nearly 10,000 workers who were tested from 2002 to 2004 had new or substantially worsened respiratory problems while or after working at ground. (This study was recently published in Environmental Health Perspectives, the j...Importance of personal health records draws support of American College of Physicians
...ica, Intel, Pitney Bowes, and Applied Materials -- unveiled Dossia, a system the employers say will enable individuals to control their own medical data from multiple sources and to create and utilize their personal, private and portable electronic health records. Representing primary care medicine through ...Model language unveiled to help clinical researchers disclose financial conflicts
...tutional Review Boards, the COINS project team has unveiled the following generic disclosure for situations in which a financial interest exists but does not present a measurable risk to a research participant. ***The person leading this medical research study might benefit financially from this study. The...... The world's first MRI-compatible surgical robot, unveiled today, is the creation of neurosurgeon Dr. Garnette Sutherland and his team. Dr. Sutherland has spent the last six years leading a team of Canadian scientists, in cooperation with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), to design a machine "t...