Brian Lara Opens Cancer Center Named After Him

Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara has thrown a punch at the West Indies Cricket Board at the formal opening of a cancer center named after him. He commended the persons and organizations involved in the construction and management of the Brian Lara Cancer Center for their "team...

Gym Class Injuries Up 150 Percent

...n't have an answer as to why injuries are increasing," said lead researcher lara McKenzie, principal investigator at the Center for Injury Research and Poli...dation has more on exercise for kids . SOURCES: lara McKenzie, Ph.D., principal investigator, Center for Injury Research and Pol...

New national study finds increase in P.E. class-related injuries

...onsistent across gender and age groups. It is unlikely that this increase was attributable to an increase in PE participation," explained study author lara McKenzie, PhD, principal investigator at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital and faculty member of The Ohio St...

Rock-Climbing Injury Rate Soaring

...pitalization rate than other sports and recreational injuries, demonstrates the need to increase injury prevention efforts for climbers," study author lara McKenzie, a principal investigator for the hospital's Center for Injury Research and Policy, said in a hospital news release. Falls caused about 70...

First national study to examine rock climbing-related injuries

...ights higher than 20 feet accounted for 70 percent of the patients there were hospitalized for a rock climbing-related injury," explained study author lara McKenzie, PhD, principal investigator at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital and faculty member of The Ohio St...

Beth Israel Medical Center Receives Major American Cancer Society Grant Toward Improving Pain Management in Chinese Cancer Patients

...ractice capacity of community oncologists to deliver state-of-the-art pain interventions to the growing population of Chinese cancer patients," said lara Dhingra, Ph.D., study principal investigator and Attending Psychologist in the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care. "There is a major need...

Computers Causing Injuries in the Home

...most homes these days and many homes have more than one," said study author lara McKenzie, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Nationwide Children's Hos...klist for preventing household injuries. SOURCES: lara McKenzie, Ph.D., assistant professor, pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hos...

Computer-related injuries on the rise

...nt of heavier cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors with smaller and easier-to-lift liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors. Children aged According to lara B. McKenzie, PhD, MA, Nationwide Children's Hospital Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus, "Future research on acute computer-related injur...

More Than 80 Celebrities to Come Together at the 20th Anniversary A Time for Heroes Celebrity Carnival Sponsored by Disney to Benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

... Joe Pesci Stephanie Pratt Jaime Pressly Denise Richards Lisa Rinna Luc Robitaille Jason Sehorn Ashlee Simpson-Wentz Karina Smirnoff lara Spencer Sharon Stone Dwayne Wade Pete Wentz Rumer Willis Henry Winkler MUSICAL GUEST: Headline performance by superstar and Disne...

MIT scientist launches special nanoscience symposia at ACS National Meeting

...otechnology in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. Topic: Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Nanotechnologies. (CHED 1152, 10:25 a.m.) lara A Estroff,, Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Topic: Biogenic and Synthetic Polymer-Reinforced ...

Lara in Medical Technology

Spirus Medical Announces Complete Examinations of the Small Intestine by Physicians Using Endo-Ease(TM)

... A second pan-endoscopy was completed in two procedures by Dr. Luis lara at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center . The Discovery SB...ame patient at a later date using the Endo-Ease Vista(R) retrograde and Dr. lara reached the spot previously marked. In both procedures the patient was sed...

Video: The Looming Crisis in Cancer Drug Development: 97% of Adult Cancer Patients Do Not Take Advantage of Clinical Trial Programs

... on Clinical Research Participation. July 2007. http://www.ciscrp.org/information/documents/101FactsaboutClinicalResearch.p df (16 Jan. 2008). iii lara P, et al. "Prospective Evaluation of Cancer Clinical Trial Accrual Patterns: Identifying Potential Barriers to Enrollment." The Journal of Clinical On...

Lara in Medical Dictionary

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...knowledge ... Admission to the DPT program is competitive, and only a limited number of ... Eric Robertson,, PT, DPT ; Joanell Bohmert, PT, MS; lara Boyd, PT, PhD; James ... DPT in Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions; MS in Physical ... DPT offers a wide range of contract ...

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NIH extends commitment to transformative research with 2008 Pioneer, New Innovator Awards

...who will develop new genetic and chemical screening approaches in mice to identify signals regulating repair and remodeling after brain injuries. lara K. Mahal, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, who will develop a systems-based approach to decode ...

BioScience tip sheet, September 2008

... technologies can facilitate cooperation by helping to identify common ground. Deforestation, Mosquitoes, and Ancient Rome: Lessons for Today. lara O'Sullivan, Andrew Jardine, Angus Cook, and Philip Weinstein. Deforestation and associated ecological changes such as increased standing water pro...

Charcot-marie-tooth disease research funding

..., July 10, 2008 -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a two-year grant of $220,076 to Williams College Assistant Professor of Biology lara D. Hutson, in support of her research on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease or CMT. CMT is the most common inherited neuromuscular disease, affecting as m...

Brain pattern associated with genetic risk of obsessive compulsive disorder

...er task than the control group. This was associated with decreases of grey matter in brain regions important in suppressing responses and habits. lara Menzies, in the Brain Mapping Unit at the University of Cambridge, explains, Impaired brain function in the areas of the brain associated with stoppin...

Opportunity for students displaced by Katrina to assess climate vulnerability of Southeast US

...eastern United States. As these displaced students know from being on the frontlines, were all increasingly vulnerable to climate change, said Dr. lara Hansen chief climate scientist, World Wildlife Fund. Now they have a unique chance to shape the future of their regionby exploring the science of what...

Scientists seek to unwrap the sweet mystery of the sugar coat on bacteria

...re too slow to catch these rapid changes. "There's a growing recognition of the importance of carbohydrates on bacterial cell surfaces," says Dr. lara Mahal, lead researcher and assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry with the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology. "The carbohydrate ...

Lara in Biological Technology

International Guidelines for First-Line use of Freelite(TM) in Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Myeloma to be Published in "Leukemia"

...rmingham, U.K. Enquiries: The Binding Site Paul Duncan Tel: +44-121-436-1000 Financial Dynamics Jonathan Birt / lara Mott Tel: +44-20-7831-3113 ...

The Binding Site Announces Trading Update for Year Ended September 30th 2008

...k of The Binding Site Ltd., Birmingham, U.K. Enquiries: The Binding Site Paul Duncan Tel: +44-121-436-1000 Financial Dynamics Jonathan Birt / lara Mott Tel: +44-20-7269-7182 ...