Student Contest Winners Educate Peers About the Dangers of MRSA Through Art, Video, and Essay

Sponsors IBC, The Health Care Improvement Foundation, and The Franklin Institute announce winners PHILADELPHIA, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Fighting a dangerous superbug that can cause serious illness and even death is anything but child's play, but kids can do a lot to help prevent infection ...

New Website Links People With Disabilities to Peers for Help

Bridges Network of Peers, Parents and Professionals Shares Experience Dealing with Bureaucracies for Education, Employment, Recreation, More WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TASH Inc., a leading international disability association working on equity, diversity, and qualit...

Renowned Thoracic Surgeon Recognized as 'Top Doctor' by Peers in Annual New Jersey Monthly Magazine Survey

Independent State-Wide Survey Acknowledges Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Robert J. Caccavaleof Somerset-based Thoracic Group P.A. for Excellence, Dedication SOMERSET, N.J., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Thoracic Group P.A. ( www.thoracicgroup.com ) today announced that one of its leading...

Supportive teachers, peers can ease negative effects of frequent moves in elementary school

When children change schools in elementary school, dips in academic performance and classroom participation can follow. But having a supportive teacher who encourages other students to accept newcomers can go a long way toward helping children make a smooth transition. That's the conclusion of...

Jeers of peers may affect adolescent adjustment

New research suggests that traits such as obesity during adolescence that may increase the risk of attacks from peers can result in health and psychological struggles that remain through young adulthood. The researchers say that this is one of the first studies to explore a possible link between v...

Send Me An Angel(TM) Pairs Senior Citizens With Their Peers in Alternative Care

New program provides concierges companionship that goes beyond caretaking SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Send Me An Angel(TM) Inc., a new company that provides individualized care services customized for ailing parents and grandparents today announced it will launch its most innovative...

Eye test peers into heat-related multiple sclerosis symptoms

DALLAS March 20, 2008 A bodysuit that heats or cools a patient, combined with painless measurements of eye movements, is providing multiple sclerosis researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center with a new tool to study the mysterious link between body temperature and severity of MS symptoms. ...

New microscope peers into secret lives of cells

See those white sparks? asks Kirk Czymmek, as he points to the video on his computer screen of a highly magnified heart cell in action. Tiny fireworks flash across the screen with every pulsation of the cell. That's calcium, Czymmek notes. Scientists have discovered that there is a large releas...

Study Author Urges Peers to Stop Using Pain Pumps in the Shoulder Joint as Seasonal Surge in Use Approaches

Beasley Allen investigating claims that pain pumps used in the shoulder joint may cause life-long pain and suffering MONTGOMERY, Ala., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Charles Beck, a well-respected orthopedic surgeon this week issued a warning that a commonly used device designed to r...

Obesity among state's low-income teens nearly triple that of more affluent peers

California's low-income teenagers have a lot in common: Sugary soda. Fast-food restaurants. Too much television. Not enough exercise. The result: Low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households, according to new research from the UCLA Ce...

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CardioVascularCS.Org, a division of EndoVascular Forum, Inc., Partners with Complex Interventional Cardiovascular Therapy (CICT) to Extend Electronic Medical Care Advancement

... will accomplish its mission by creating a Forum where experts in cardiac and vascular interventions share their experiences with an audience of their peers through interactive complex case presentations. This forum will encourage open and critical discussion of the material presented, as well as relevant ...

CDC Analysis Finds Unique Social and Behavior Intervention Helps Reduce MRSA Rates Up to 62% in Study Hospitals

... effect of using PD in hospitals. PD is based on the premise that, in every organization or community, there are people who solve problems better than peers who have exactly the same resources. The PD process engages frontline hospital staff in discovering and spreading those practices. In other words, PD...

Behavioral Modification Programs Help Obese Children Manage Their Weight

...acebo. In another trial, adolescents who took orlistat as part of their weight management program gained an average of 1.2 pounds, compared with their peers who took a placebo and gained nearly 7 pounds. While there were no reported harms from behavioral intervention alone, there were side effects from p...

Cytel's Clinical Innovation Experts Cyrus Mehta and Judith Quinlan Reveal Latest Adaptive Trial Successes at 44th Annual DIA Meeting

... Trial design and implementation pioneers from Cytel join peers in examining the rise of adaptive study approaches and overcoming the remaining challenges to wider adoption CAMBRIDGE, Mass....

Tengion Scientists Publish Key Preclinical Findings Demonstrating the Benefits of Organ Regeneration Vs. Repair

...rgan," said Dr. Bertram, Senior Vice President, Science and Technology of Tengion. "We are looking forward to formally sharing these findings with our peers and continuing to develop our Neo-Bladder Augment and the Tengion Neo-Bladder Replacement(R) to meet the critical patient needs that exist today." A...

Study Findings Show Infection Control Intervention Helps Keep Kids in School

...ntestinal illnesses are extremely common for school-age children, and children can be at risk for these infections because of frequent exposure to ill peers and poor hand hygiene.(1) In fact, the bacteria and viruses that cause these gastrointestinal infections can be easily passed from one person to anoth...

Discovering How Video Games Can Motivate Healthy Behaviors: More than $2 Million Awarded to 12 Research Teams Across U.S.

... game uses eating tips, mobile phone snapshots of food that players plan to eat, nurturing of virtual characters and feedback from the system and from peers to promote good nutrition and healthy lifestyles. Indiana University, School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (Bloomington, IN) - Bloomi...

Alabama Hospitals Compare Infection Prevention Performance Statewide With New Benchmarking Tool

... MedMined(TM) services from Cardinal Health Equip Hospitals to Measure Infection Performance Against peers to Facilitate Best Practice Identification and Sharing DUBLIN, Ohio, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health, a glo...

ReachMD Broadcasts First-of-its-Kind Physician Peer-Peer Discussion on ENHANCE Trial

...Cleveland Clinic, and Dr. Roger Blumenthal, head of preventive cardiology at Johns Hopkins University, who will for the first time openly debate among peers what this controversy means to the practicing physician and their patients. The ENHANCE trial is a multinational, randomized, double-blind, trial th...

Study Finds Fever may Lead to Improved Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

...atically, during a fever. Longer concentration spans, increased language production, improved eye contact and better overall relations with adults and peers have all been reported. In a study published today in the journal Pediatrics, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland co...

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Sexual orientation and medicine

... and other sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse, depression, and suicide. Gay male adolescents are two to three times more likely than their peers to attempt suicide. Some evidence suggests lesbians have higher rates of smoking, overweight, alcohol abuse, and stress than heterosexual women. The i...

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Suffocation

...l Technical Death Metal from NY Suffocation fused the predominant rhythmic styles of early death metal and ... Suffocation is placed amongst peers such as Immolation, Incantation, and ... Find Suffocation Tickets - Concerts at TicketCity, your source for tickets to thousands of concerts, th...

Seniors

...nning, ... New Homes for Seniors . Assisted Living. Cheap Places ... Seniors For Seniors . Friendship and Domestic Help For Seniors By Their peers Who Care. Hosted by the Congress of California Seniors , a nonprofit activist organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for senior...

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Study reveals specific gene in adolescent men with delinquent peers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers, according to a landmark study led by Florida State University criminologist Kevin M. Bea...

NASA's AURA satellite peers into Earth's ozone hole

NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous years. NASA's 2005 assessment of the size and thickness of the ozone layer was the first based on observations from the Ozone Mon...

U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth

...mportance of strong family relationships for overweight adolescents. These youth face pressures above and beyond those faced by their non-overweight peers due to strong social pressures to be thin. Lack of family connectedness, including not eating family meals together, was found to increase the risk o...

$20 million NIH grant to transform clinical research at UIC

...rd will facilitate increased collaborations among our basic science and clinical researchers on campus, our local community partners, and our national peers to move basic science findings more quickly into clinical trial and community settings." The center provides a Web-based as well as a geographic si...

Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn

...ihood of copying the behaviour of others increased with the rate at which the others fed. Dr Kendal said: "Lots of animals observe more experienced peers and that way gain foraging skills, develop food preferences, and learn how to evade predators. But it is not always a recipe for success to simply co...

A bad performance is better than no performance at all

... canaries. The researchers established a group of "poor"-singing tutors by raising young canaries in isolation from adult males but in contact with peers and females. When these poor singers later on sired offspring, the adult males were removed only after juveniles had reached the age of 60-70 day...

First neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism reveals new insights

...ity of children with high functioning autism and their typically developing peers while performing a simple motor tasktapping their fingers in sequence. The ...onsible for conscious, effortful movement, while their typically developing peers utilized a region of the brain important for automating motor tasks. Childr...

Sugar, spice and puppy dog tails: Developing sex-typed personality traits and interests

...emales developed female personality characteristics, and boys who pursued activities with other males developed male characteristics. Time with female peers was the exception: Boys and girls who spent time with friends who were girls increased in independence and adventurousness. The research also found...

Sexual harassment from males prevents female bonding, says study

...the effect of males on female social behaviour. They carried out a number of experiments on each group to test the females' ability to recognise their peers and form bonds with other members of the group. The study showed that, after experiencing a high level of sexual harassment, females were less able...

2009 ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship award announcement

... lab work. I am also looking forward to seeing the research completed by my peers in Montreal next summer. I would like to give a big thanks to Dr. Korth, Dr...ool research about photorespiration and to present my findings alongside my peers at the conference in Montreal. I would like to thank my colleague, Kathleen...

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Leading Refractive Eye Surgery Experts from Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Peers at ASCRS Annual Meeting

Several leading LASIK and refractive eye surgery experts listed in the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory presented research and participated in educating their peers at the recently concluded American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting (ASCRS) in San Francisco, California. ...

Top LASIK and Refractive Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Present Research and Educate Their Peers at Annual AAO Meeting in Atlanta

Several leading LASIK and refractive eye surgery experts listed in the Trusted LASIK Surgeons directory were actively involved at the recently concluded American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting in Atlanta. Dr. Randy Epstein, Dr. Walter Stark, Dr. James McCulley, Dr. R. Wayne Bowman...

Thomson Reuters Announces 2009 Edition of the CMR International Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook

...insights into industry dynamics and trends, determine how they perform against the market as a whole and gauge their productivity in relation to their peers and competitors. Companies can also see the consequences of adopting different R&D strategies. In short, they have accurate, independent and valid...

Studies Presented at International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease Reveal Substantial Economic Costs and Caregiver Burden Associated with Alzheimer's Disease

... of Neurological Sciences at the University of Nebraska Medical Center . "This information shows that not only are AD patients more likely than their peers to suffer from other serious conditions, but their needed care takes a tremendous toll on their caregivers. All of this means increased burden and fi...

Pharma and Biotech Companies Plug into Singapore's Integrated Research Network

...blish collaborations with others to support our drug discovery efforts. Our expanded location now at the Biopolis, where other industry peers and academic institutions reside will help us to achieve this goal," said Jonathon Sedgwick, Managing Director and Chief Scientific Offi...

New Website Connects Physicians to Solve Challenging Cases and Share Experiences

...for patients. By recreating the clinical experience online, EVF provides a platform for physicians to participate in a form of Grand Rounds with their peers in unprecedented ways. This expansion with SCAI continues to expand the breadth and value that EVF provides its community. "The Cardiovascular...

Under the Microscope: 'Micro IVF'

..." FertilityTies is the only comprehensive online community and social network providing 24-7-365 support on fertility matters, connecting members with peers as well as accredited medical professionals. The physicians who have expressed their opinions discuss the effectiveness of a procedure that was design...

APS Healthcare and Thomson Reuters to Manage New York State's Medicaid Clinical Best Practices Review Program

...ards, provide information about documented best practices that improve outcomes (e.g., dilated eye exams for diabetic patients), and involve clinician peers who will collaborate with the provider community before, during and after implementation of this initiative. "Collaboration is critical and can ...

Lab Manager Magazine and Association of Laboratory Managers (ALMA) Collaborate

...y working with Lab Manager Magazine. ALMA will support the publication of timely articles of great interest and value to lab professionals authored by peers and educators in the lab management community." About ALMA ALMA is a non-profit association of laboratory managers that provides a forum...

Trusted LASIK Surgeons Welcomes LASIK Expert William Mathers, M.D. of the Casey Vision Correction Center in Portland, Oregon, to Its LASIK Directory

... Casey Eye Institute at the Oregon Health and Science University, his extensive research, and 2 patented inventions. Dr. Mathers is considered by his peers to be one of the world's leading authorities on dry eye, complications of contact lenses, confocal microscopy of the eye, and acanthamoeba infections ...

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Edward's syndrome

...he neonatal period . Some children with Edward's Syndrome develop only a small degree, while others gain many of the skills of their Down's Syndrome peers - walking, talking, attending school, holding down a job, etc. As major medical interventions are routinely withheld from these children, it is also ...