New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
... vice versa," Dosher said. Dosher and Lu have been working in visual attention and perceptual learning for nearly six years. In addition to shedding light on perceptual learning processes, their testing methods and models have been used to evaluate the processing limitation of people with visual deficits....American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (first issue)
... pyrazinamide discovered in 1952, U.S. researchers working with experimental tuberculosis in mice showed that as bacterial metabolism slowed down from the action of other drugs, pyrazinamide worked with more bactericidal effect. Out of the multiplicity of random clinical trials that were carried out over th...Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
...ped to provide more health-care assistance for the working poor - people who are employed but do not earn eno...ans and Mexican-Americans. A greater percentage of working African-Americans and Mexican-Americans, almost 30 percent and 40 percent, respectively, do not have...Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
...th both parents, parents talked to the child while working and spanking. The average number of hours of television watching was based on parent reports. Bullying was determined by the characterization of the child as a bully by his mother. Approximately thirteen percent of children were reported as bullies b...It takes a village to improve the health of children
... to a career in medicine, advanced competencies in working with communities and the acquisition of life-long leadership skills relevant to careers in both subspecialty and general pediatrics," the authors observe. Rigorous training of young physicians in community health and child advocacy will help fight th...Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
...rmously complex planning challenge, the Committee, working with the Athens University of Economics and Busine...provement processes. Nanzan Educational Complex, working with its parent Nanzan University, developed an educational planning system to cope with alarming na...Children's hospital neurologist receives Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy
... The Young Investigator Award provides researchers working in a mentored environment the support needed to initiate unique research projects that will provide invaluable information into the cause, treatment and potential cure for SMA. The award will provide Sahin with $85,000 each year for three years, plus...Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
... there is no actual cure for PCOS, researchers are working to identify effective treatments as well as possible causes for the condition "Our study highlights the relationship between PCOS, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease," explained senior author, Dr. John Nestler, Professor of Medicine; Chai...Depression overtakes back pain for incapacity benefit claims
... health and economic problem. In 2003, 176 million working days were lost; up 10 million on the previous year. Each year, 13bn are spent on benefits, and the reduction of long term sick leave is now a top government priority. Until recently, the most common causes of long term sickness absence were musculosk...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...he HIVMA Board of Directors and an AIDS researcher working in the Philippines, Cambodia, and India. "Now we all need to turn our attention to getting the best available anti-AIDS drugs to the millions who need them, including pregnant women." In its review of HIVNET 012, a study on single-dose nevirapine co...About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
...h prescription drugs." Hong and her colleagues are working on a new study that will take a more comprehensive look at what alternative medicines people are using and how often they are using them. "Alternative medicine provides an important option in response to the need for health care in the United States,...Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
...to being ready to test in humans. Atala's team is working to use patients' own cells to grow more than 20 di...ng tissues and organs, Atala and his team are also working to identify new sources of stem cells. Because these cells are unspecialized, they can acquire the s...Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
...our networks, and approximately 300 scientists are working in nanotechnology. Brazilian researchers are investigating the use of modified magnetic nanoparticles to remove oil from oil spills; both the nanoparticles and the oil could potentially be recycled. The South African Nanotechnology Initiative is a na...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
...cording to Matthew M. Clark, Ph.D., a psychologist working with the investigative team, they found that the more abnormal screenings a smoker received, the more likely they were to quit and remain smoke free at the end of three years. After the third annual follow-up visit, 42 percent of baseline smokers who...NIST to host public forum on robot standards
...ogical, nuclear, explosive) providers; researchers working on robotic components, platforms and algorithms; government agencies working on applicable robotic technologies and sensors; federal, state and local responders and response age......at Bristol University's Norah Fry Research Centre, working in partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust and REGARD, found significant barriers were put in the way of people with learning difficulties exercising their human rights to consenting same sex relationships. The barriers included: Experiences of ...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...-surgery recovery center. Currently, Lin is working with home health-care provider McAuley-Seton Home Care, a division of the Catholic Health System in Buffalo, to streamline the scheduling of nurses' visits to patients' homes. In one proprietary study, he tracked the number of tests that each ...2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
...ce and deserves to be honored. Science journalists working in all media are invited to submit their work for consideration for the 2006 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award. Up to five stories or broadcast reports from an individual journalist or team of journalists may be submitted as an entry. These m...Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
...e and stigma out of memory disorders. She began by working with various Alzheimer's-related nonprofits and visiting Capitol Hill. In addition to producing episodes about Alzheimer's and dementia on her daily talk show, Gibbons become a frequent and respected speaker about the topic on radio and television. I...ACP and ACP Foundation launch 3-year effort to improve diabetes care
...a self-management tool kit to help patients become working partners with their health care providers in diabe...ents with diabetes." "Novo Nordisk is committed to working as a catalyst to improve diabetes prevention and treatment, thereby changing the course of the disea...