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... the last two decades, reaching $13.7 billion in 2006. In a new study of donor spending in low- and middle-income countries, researcher Marwa Farag of brandeis University and colleagues found that a 1% increase in donor funding was associated with a 0.19% decrease of government health spending in low-income c...
...elp heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. But new brandeis University research in the Journal of Religion this month shows that over...ng with physicians who wondered about the power of prayer to heal patients, brandeis sociologist Wendy Cadge, an expert on the intersection of religion and medi...
AcademyHealth honors leading health services researchers
...quality reporting programs and their relation to Medicare. Dr. Ryan is a post-doctoral fellow at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at brandeis University and will be joining the faculty of the Weill Cornell Medical College this fall. ......elp heal them? For thousands of years some people have believed so. But new brandeis University research in the Journal of Religion this month shows that over...ng with physicians who wondered about the power of prayer to heal patients, brandeis sociologist Wendy Cadge, an expert on the intersection of religion and medi...
Greater Boston unites to transform health care
...ether to preserve and enhance the gains brought by this universal coverage," says Stuart Altman, Sol C. Chaiken Professor of National Health Policy at brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and chair of the Eastern Massachusetts Healthcare Initiative (EMHI) Executive Committee. Altman, who co-c...Organogenesis Launches Regenerative Medicine College Scholarship
...a graduating senior pursuing a career in life sciences research or biomedical engineering. The 2009 recipient is Justin Gaines, who will be attending brandeis University this fall. As part of the newly launched Canton High School Externship Program, Justin worked this past year with Organogenesis' Applied C...New Study Shows Coaching to Patient Activation Levels Improves Disease Management Outcomes
...s Chief Executive Officer. "This study clearly demonstrates the benefits of this patient-centric model." Funded by the Health Industry Forum at brandeis University , the study and its practical applications will be discussed on September 21-22 at DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance's Forum 09 conference ...New Study Shows Coaching to Patient Activation Levels Improves Disease Management Outcomes
...Executive Officer. "This study clearly demonstrates the benefits of this patient-centric model." Funded by the Health Industry Forum at brandeis University, the study and its practical applications will be discussed on September 21-22 at DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance's Forum 09 conference i...Cardiac rehabilitation saves lives
...val, at least in middle-aged, low- and moderate-risk white men. Now a large brandeis University-led study published in the Journal of the American College of C...d visiting scholar at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at brandeis University. The study showed that "patients with different clinical backgro...External beam partial breast irradiation most cost-effective treatment
...and Women's Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, all in Boston, and the brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management in Waltham, Mass., determined that under most circumstances, the quality-adjusted life expec...Dengue fever costs billions in health care, lost productivity and absenteeism
... from work of school to provide care," said coauthor Donald Shepard, Ph.D, a health economist at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at brandeis University. Five countries in the Americas participated in the study: Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Venezuela, along with three Asia...Brandeis in Biological News
New research center at Brandeis to combine materials science and biology
Waltham, MABrandeis University has won a highly competitive $7.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). The Center will study the effects of imposing constraints on materials, such as DNA confined in cells and th...Corazonas Foods and Brandeis University partner to create cholesterol-reducing snacks
Waltham, MA -- Corazonas Foods, Inc., creators of great-tasting, heart-healthy snack foods, has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Brandeis University to utilize its technology in creating several new categories of heart-healthy snacks. Brandeiss innovative technology allows high lev...New Brandeis research sheds light on memory by erasing it
For years, scientists have studied the molecular basis of memory storage, trying to find the molecules that store memory, just as DNA stores genetic memory. In an important study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, Brandeis University researchers report for the first time that memor...'Father of green chemistry' Paul Anastas to head EPA research
...e person to help lead that effort." Anastas earned his B.S. from the University of Massachusetts at Boston and his M.A. and Ph.D. in chemistry from brandeis University. He has written widely about science and sustainability, including his seminal work with co-author John Warner, "Green Chemistry: Theory an...Some vocal-mimicking animals, particularly parrots, can move to a musical beat
...co-authors are Marc Hauser, professor of psychology at Harvard, Irene Pepperberg, lecturer at Harvard and adjunct associate professor of psychology at brandeis University, and Timothy Brady, a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Schachner and her colleagues closely studied Ale...... Waltham, MAIn a new study this week in Nature , researchers at brandeis University and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, U.K.) fo...can and do have dramatic effects on human development, said lead author and brandeis biochemist Daniel Pomeranz Krummel. "The process of RNA splicing is vit...
... a host of other questions are the focus of the inaugural conference of the brandeis Lifespan Initiative on Healthy Aging (LIHA) Friday, April 3, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Hassenfeld Conference Center at brandeis University. Free and open to the public, the conference will showcase Brand...
GEN reports on Madoff scandal's impact on the life sciences
...hn Sterling, Editor in Chief of GEN. "But as costly as the scandal was, it is really just part of an overall gloomy funding environment right now." brandeis University was one of those directly affected by the Madoff scheme. University officials note that many of their donors had invested with the Madoff c...A budding role for a cellular dynamo
...In a groundbreaking new study in the current issue of Developmental Cell , brandeis researchers raise the curtain on how this actin maintains just the right fi...healthy and happily dividing. Using baker's yeast as the model organism, brandeis researchers Melissa Chesarone, Christopher Gould, and James Moseley, all in...Brandeis and Smart Balance team up to advance heart-healthy research
...nted blend of natural vegetable oils. In addition, brandeis and Smart Balance have entered into a collaboratio...d to strengthening its technology partnership with brandeis University," said Smart Balance Chief Operating Officer Robert Gluck. "This partnership with brandeis will help Smart Balance achieve its goal of develo...Brandeis in Biological Technology
Cordex Pharma Presents 'New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicines' on January 29
...e failing heart and improve excitation-contraction coupling and cardiac pumping efficiency." Dr. Stamler completed his undergraduate studies at brandeis University , earned his M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed his medical residency and fellowship training in both ...NSF awards 14 materials research science and engineering centers
...ectronic materials for devices that can perform multiple functions and energy-efficient, fast computers that have integrated memory and logic. The brandeis University MRSEC on Constraints and Frustration in Nano-Structures and Bio-Molecular Materials will focus on the fundamental understanding of emergent...Raptor Pharmaceuticals Expands Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board
...t bank. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Washington, a Ph.D. in mathematics from brandeis University, and an M.D. from Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Franklin stated, "As a member of Raptor's board of directors, I look forward ...Specialists in infectious disease and global health convene at Philadelphia meeting
...t and Financial Burden of Infectious Diseases: Why prevention is more cost effective than treatment: Representatives from the American Red Cross and brandeis University will present results from the first multi-country analysis of Dengue fever, which reveals a substantial epidemiological, social and economi...EntreMed Appoints Senior Vice President of Research and Development
...rious oncology research positions at Burroughs Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Dr. Bair received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Bair co...David Barker, Former Illumina CSO, Joins GenVault's Scientific Advisory Board
... at Oregon State University. Dr. Barker holds a BS with honors in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and a PhD in Biochemistry from brandeis University. About GenVault GenVault is redefining the global standard in biosample workflow and storage solutions for genomic medicine, discovery an...Other TagsAmericanAmericanAmericanAmericanAmericanTransmissionTransmissionSportsTeenagerLongerLongerArtificialArtificialInheritanceRegulatingOther Contentsscreeningscreeningscreeningscreeningscreeningscreeningscreeningscreeningscreeningscrotumscrotumpagepagepagepagepagepagepagepagepageoocyteoocyteoocyteoocyteoocytepalatepalatepalatesecretincoatcoatcoatcoatcoatcoatcoatcoat
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(Date:11/25/2009)...ood pressure? This simple question has been the f...ss-related gene Modulates High Blood Pressure in M...This simple question has been the focus of intense...r the first time established a link between a nove... to stress in mice as well as humans. The studies ...
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(Date:11/25/2009)...oblems that can occur in children with autism and ... plan that includes medication combined with a str... Yale University researchers and their colleagues.... Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adol... National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Resear...
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(Date:11/24/2009)...hat constitutes fish food is a matter of debate. A... fish get almost 50 percent of their carbon from t...tween the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. , ... shows this is not likely to be true. Algae provid...fe, according to research published this week in t...
(Date:11/23/2009)...shington, D.C. The community-associated strain of...eria resistant to most common antibioticsposes a f... is making its way into hospitals, according to a ...s Diseases . , The new threat is easily picked ...laces and has increased the overall burden of MRSA...
(Date:11/23/2009)...VINE, Calif. -- More than 160 participants gathere...ies Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE conference. This year,...entists, engineers, and medical researchers to exp...s surrounding the emerging field of synthetic biol... biology at Princeton University and this year,s c...
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