Young infants should not be left unattended to sleep in car safety seats
...Hayes of the Child Accident Prevention Trust. He welcomes new UK legislation on carrying babies and children in vehicles, but points out that child restraints and seat belts are secondary safety measures and do not prevent car crashes. Prevention should continue to be the long term aim, he concludes....Education and the gerontological imagination: GSA's annual meeting to present new research on aging
...ted conference highlights: Opening Session: GSA welcomes one of Great Britain's leading aging experts, Dr. Thomas Kirkwood The GSA Task Force on Women Symposium: "Income Security Among Future Cohorts of Older Women" The Ollie Randall Symposium: "Understanding Older Americans' Long-Term Care Use and ...Wiley announces partnership with NASPGHAN and AASLD
...children with hepatobiliary disease." "NASPGHAN welcomes this partnership with AASLD and Wiley and appreciates the generous support extended to the training and educating of our next generation of pediatric gastroenterologists," said Philip M. Sherman, M.D., President of NASPGHAN....NICE gives backing for the use of advanced biological therapies to treat severe psoriasis
...of Rheumatology at the University of Liverpool, UK welcomes this guidance commenting, "the NICE guidance is a ...hat "psoriasis is a systemic disease and that IFPA welcomes the new therapies in the treatment of severe psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis. The national healthcare ...Pharmaceutical industry welcomes Labor Party's Innovation Blueprint
... Dollars. The innovative pharmaceutical industry welcomes the Labor Party'scommitment to build Australia's innovative economy through health and medical research. Australia is at the forefront of global science, and health and medical research, following the bipartisan commitment of successive Australian ...Media alert: Register now for the largest obesity conference in North America
NAASO, The Obesity Society, welcomes you to join us for the 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting, October 20-24, 2006, in Boston, Massachusetts. You're invited to attend the largest conference in North America focusing on obesity research and treatment to meet with key thought leaders, scient...New osteoporosis medication not cost-effective compared with older, cheaper drug
...e debilitating impact of the disease, and no doubt welcomes a type of drug that prevents fractures by rebuilding lost bone rather than merely halting bone loss as most therapies do. But researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that the first such drug now available, called teripara...Media alert: Hazelden's chief medical director available to comment on drug treatment for alcoholics
...wing is Seppala's topline perspective: Hazelden welcomes information and drugs that allow people dependent on alcohol to get sober and get into recovery, but abstinence in and of it self is not recovery. Anything that will help those who are addicted is good news for them and for those of us who work to ...AAMRI welcomes Canberra's fresh commitment to medical research funding
... Medibank Private. Professor Jennings said, "AAMRI welcomes the decision to increase funding as part of the Government's response to the Grant Review. We look forward to the budget for further details, and hope that the recommendations of the Grant Review are implemented. The Commonwealth government has made ...Spirited study aims to help older Australians
...essor Lesley Wilkes from the UWS School of Nursing welcomes input from those closely connected to pastoral care, as understanding the nature of the service is a crucial step to making it even better. "This is a great opportunity for people who are receiving pastoral care or have loved ones receiving it, to ta...Mayo Clinic research collaboration discovers why some DNA repair fails
...ure.com/nsmb/journal/v12/n8/pdf/nsmb0805-635.pdf ) welcomes the clarity the Mayo work brings to the problem of DNA's abnormal expansion within a cell, which appears to be the underlying condition that leads to the repair defect. The commentator notes that the finding helps provide "the first clues for underst...Could exercise protect older people from hip fracture?
...eory about buckling failure is too simplistic, but welcomes the potential for more detailed assessment of the regional pattern of bone loss and targeted interventions to strengthen underused bone regions....New national effort seeks a more rational organ allocation system for kidney transplants
...issue here is that this is an ongoing process that welcomes input from all areas. We have some ideas of the changes needed -- and we'd like to hear more ideas."...