submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine special issue on climate change (November 2008), was featured at the "Changing Climate … Changing People" conference in Los Angeles. Leading off the event is Guest Editor Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, speaking about the impacts of climate change on human health. "Climate change is a key public health challenge.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission (Commission) has received 187 Letters of Intent in response to its three official Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the third year of funding through the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) under the Maryland Stem Cell Research Act of 2006.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
A study is under way at Rush University Medical Center using a small, soft-patch device made of a Gore-tex-type material - often used to make durable outerwear - to close a common hole found in the heart called a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in order to prevent recurrent strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in adults.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
Researchers from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center/Georgetown University Medical Center are presenting numerous scientific findings at the Seventh Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Washington, Nov. 16-19, 2008.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
The World Health Organization recommends male circumcision as an important element in HIV prevention programs, and the procedure is promoted in high-risk heterosexual populations.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites - Facebook and MySpace are the most popular - and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents often understand very little about this phenomenon, they say.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
Five outstanding faculty and postdoctoral fellows at four New York-area academic institutions have been named winners of the second annual New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have identified pathways by which a reduced-calorie diet and exercise can modify a postmenopausal woman's risk of breast cancer.
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
The Medicines Company (NASDAQ: MDCO) announced that a prospective analysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage StrategY) trial showed that total hospital stay costs were lowest with Angiomax monotherapy (mean difference range: $184 to $1,081, p New England Journal of
submitted by information 478 days ago (via medicalnewstoday.com)
Over the years, hunting for cancer-related genes and understanding how they work has been an important, although time-consuming, exercise. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), five different research groups have now combined their expertise to speed up the rate of discovering cancer-related genes and validating their function in living animals.
