Elsevier announces launch of Brain Stimulation
...ters. Reflecting the enthusiastic response of the world scientific community, the editorial board consists of key leaders representing the many disciplines involved in brain stimulation research. "The field of brain stimulation represents a new discipline with remarkable potential to reveal brain-behavi...Ronald W. Busuttil receives American Surgical Association's highest honor
... the most prestigious surgical organization in the world and to consider the accomplishments of the prior recipients gives me a feeling of great humility," he said. "I could never have achieved this great distinction without the incredibly dedicated and talented medical and surgical team at UCLA, with whom...Caring for the sick now a public health priority for developing countries
...es and their cure. Around 100 countries around the world have palliative care services, however only 6% are located in Asia and Africa, where the highest demand for the services is". "Palliative care is not on the health agenda of governments as a public health problem, which is extremely detrimental t...Comparison of patients' access to new and better cancer drugs reveals inequalities between countries
Patients around the world face stark inequalities in access to cancer treatment, according to a report published today (Thursday 10 May) in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology [1]. The report's authors urge decision makers in every country to take action and ensure that ev...$30 million boost to dementia research
...nternational leaders in the field leaders such as world renowned Clinical Neuroscientist, ProfessorJohn Hodges, currently MRC Professor of Behavioural Neurology at Cambridge University.The appointment of Professor Hodges is a joint initiative between UNSW and POWMRI. ProfessorHodges, who will take up his ...UW study tests topical honey as a treatment for diabetic ulcers
...al for the approximately 200 million people in the world with diabetes, 15 percent of whom will develop an ...rrently, every 30 seconds someone somewhere in the world undergoes amputation for a diabetic foot ulcer. In 2001, treating diabetic ulcers and amputations in...Honor for University of Nottingham professor
...ingham, and around the country, that have produced world class research." Among Professor Marlow's current major research projects is the EPICure study, the first in the UK to study a group of babies born extremely prematurely and follow them longitudinally through into adolescence. The results of this...TWAS, illycaff announce Trieste Science Prize winners 2007
...normous impact that scientists from the developing world are making to international science. Their efforts are not only helping their nations to advance but are also making our global community a better place." "illycaff," says Andrea Illy, the company's president and chief executive officer, "is please...Interventional cardiologists assemble in Orlando, Fla., for SCAI Annual Scientific Sessions
...(SCAI) will bring together experts from around the world to share the latest news and information about stents, rapidly evolving therapies, and other breakthroughs in cardiovascular care. SCAI's Annual Scientific Sessions will convene Wednesday, May 9, through Saturday, May 12, 2007, in Orlando, Florida. S...Largest ever grant for University of Copenhagenhagen
...ns which the genes code for. This journey into the world of proteins will be the main task for the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research," says Gert Almind, CEO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The strengthening of Danish research and education in proteins is not only crucial for researchers...HIVMA opposes The Gambia's unproven AIDS remedy
...ll." Dr. Kuritzkes concluded, "People around the world living with HIV/AIDS deserve safe, effective, and affordable treatment, regardless of the source. If President Jammehs remedy is as effective as he claims, it will stand up to examination. In the meantime, we urge patients receiving his unproven herb...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
...ue-print for similar schemes across the developing world and lead to the scaling up of renewable energies e... for a few hours nightly but even that can make a world of difference. "The 45% or so of people in India hooked up to a power grid suffer chronic, daily ...University of Alberta hosts international conference on women in the knowledge economy and society
...appens when forward-thinking women from around the world gather in one place to swap ideas at Rooms of Thei...ts, businesspeople and politicians from around the world to discuss their vision for the role of women in the knowledge society. It will examine the situatio...Depression among retired NFL players: Rates mirror the general public, but pain compounds symptoms
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- As the sports world prepares for this weekend's National Football League draft and the excitement of promising young players entering the league, a new study from the University of Michigan Health System highlights the issues faced at the other end of the career spectru...Decision making by the growing elderly population is uncharted territory
...rmation declines with age, but knowledge about the world through experiences tends to rise over time. So how do these shifts affect a persons ability to make sound decisions? It turns out that it depends on the situation. In some decisions, thinking harder about unfamiliar information will produce the be...SNM's 54th Annual Meeting speakers address state of molecular imaging/nuclear medicine technologies
...cientists and pharmacists who come from around the world to this meeting. Researcherscovering the most recent advances in understanding, diagnosing and treating heart and brain diseases and cancerrelease their findings in nearly 1,800 scientific abstracts during SNMs 54th Annual Meeting June 26 at the Wa...ISHLT membership explores expansion of computer modeling system for organ allocation
...sion, we will evaluate how systems used around the world create an equal and ethical playing field for all patients," Dr. Waddell continued. Dirk van Raemdonck, MD, PhD, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium will provide an update on the status of organ allocation in Europe in his presentat...Why GNEP can't jump to the future
... some of the most highly radioactive wastes in the world at a landfill and assume that by so doing you have kept them safely removed from humans for the next 2.3 million years."...Kenya moves toward national food and nutrition policy
...sis and HIV/AIDS. "Many countries throughout the world were originally spurred to build national food and nutrition policies because of a call-to-action at the 1992 World Food Summit in Rome," says Gleason, who is also co-chair of the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition Working Group on Micron......e widespread use of artemisinins in the developing world remains limited, in part by availability and the cost of separating the active ingredient from the Artemisia annua plant. Posner and his team contend that the potency and curative activity of their compounds provide "a substantially more efficient an...