UC San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital are hosting a joint Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia (ASAP) and World Health Organization Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (GIEESC) meeting November 9-11, 2011.
New web-based technology developed at University of Kentucky Libraries allows researchers to pinpoint specific terms within recorded oral history interviews making research easier and faster.
The Rice Hall Information Technology Engineering Building, part of a new gateway for engineering and science at the University of Virginia, will be dedicated Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. As part of the day's celebration, Dean Kamen, whose inventions include the Segway Personal Transporter, will speak at 3 p.m. in Rice Hall's Olsson Auditorium.
When it comes to charitable giving, details matter. A new project by a marketing professor at Washington University in St. Louis finds that when charitable organizations approach potential donors with a more detailed description of the charity, donors give more.
The clinic has met the emotional, developmental and medical needs of adoptive families for 10 years; a pilot project aims to improve the adoption process.
The political outlook of blacks in America has undergone dramatic swings in the last ten years — from the depths of powerlessness during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, to the zenith with the election of the first black president, Barack Obama. Now, with another election looming, blacks confront new issues as they judge the impact of Obama’s election.
Connecting the elderly to friends and family online reduces depression, a UAB professor discovers.
Michael Kanost, distinguished professor and head of the department of biochemistry at Kansas State University, heads one of the premier laboratories conducting research on insect immunity.
A new analysis of Hubble surveys, combined with simulations of galaxy interactions, reveals that the merger rate of galaxies over the last 8 billion to 9 billion years falls between the previous estimates.
Most believe the imperial woodpecker faded unseen into history in the late 20th century in the high mountains of Mexico. But now the largest woodpecker that ever lived can be seen once more in an 85-second flight that offers us a lesson its behavior, and ours.
The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archive.
From the brownstones of New York to the favelas of Brazil, the health of women is inextricably linked to the cities in which they live.
For the first time, UCLA researchers have shown that the connections between brain regions that are important for language and social skills grow much more slowly in boys with autism than in non-autistic children.
Many people are rediscovering the ancient practice of nasal irrigation to flush out the gunk that can build up in nasal passages and can cause irritation or infection. Dr. Donald Donovan, an otolaryngologist at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, says if done correctly the practice is safe and beneficial.
Researchers warn of a looming health crisis in the wake of rising mortgage delinquencies and home foreclosures. The study is the first long-term survey of the impact the current housing crisis is having on older Americans. The study focused on adults over 50 and found high rates of depression among those behind in their mortgage payments and a higher likelihood of making unhealthy financial tradeoffs regarding food and needed prescription medications.
Low-income women with children who move from high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhoods experience notable long-term improvements in in diabetes and extreme obesity, according to a new study, the first to employ a randomized experimental design to learn about the connections between neighborhood poverty and health.
For better and for worse, human health depends on a cell’s motility –– the ability to crawl from place to place. In every human body, millions of cells –are crawling around doing mostly good deeds ––– though if any of those crawlers are cancerous, watch out.
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute have found strikingly high levels of a bacterium in colorectal cancers, a sign that it might contribute to the disease and potentially be a key to diagnosing, preventing, and treating it.
Preliminary results from a 2011 survey conducted by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) reveals a strong class of young-of-year striped bass will enter the adult population in 2012. That's good news for anglers and the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.
Itching is one of the most prevalent side effects of powerful, pain-killing drugs like morphine, oxycodone and other opioids. Now in mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown they can control opioid-induced itching without interfering with a drug’s ability to relieve pain.
This image of galaxy cluster MACS 1206 is part of the broad survey with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The apparently distorted shapes in the galaxy cluster are distant galaxies from which the light is bent by the gravitational pull of dark matter, an invisible material within the cluster of galaxies. MACS J1206 has been observed as part of the new CLASH survey of galaxy clusters.
Although the world’s food supply is largely safe, flavorful, nutritious, convenient and less costly than ever before, nearly a billion people go hungry every day. To compound matters further, according to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, food production must increase by 70 percent in order to feed the anticipated world population of 9.1 billion by 2050.
An international team—led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen in Germany—has sequenced the entire genome of the Black Death, one of the most devastating epidemics in human history.
When UK Symphony Orchestra joins the legendary Boston Pops in concert at Rupp Arena, the event won't only celebrate 75 years of racing at Keeneland. The concert will raise funds for an endowment taking music into Kentucky's schools and towns.
With one in six people in the United States now affected by brain disease such as dementia, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, the American Academy of Neurology Foundation is marking its 20th anniversary with the launch of a new public service announcement (PSA) to raise awareness about the need for more research to cure brain disease.
The year ahead will feature new and increasingly sophisticated means to capture and exploit user data, as well as escalating battles over the control of online information that threatens to compromise content and erode public trust and privacy. Those were the findings announced by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in today's release of the Georgia Tech Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2012.
Researchers with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will embark on October 15 for a 3-and-a-half-week visit to sturgeon collaborators and collections at natural history museums in Russia, Romania; and France. The ultimate goal of the collaborative international study is to resolve the tangled classification of this ancient and threatened group of fishes in order to make more informed conservation decisions.
UAB antiviral researchers say six months of oral medication better treats the herpes simplex virus in newborns.
In January, President Obama signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation’s food safety system with the Food Safety Modernization Act.
While most people define any negative reaction to food as a food allergy, many actually suffer from a food sensitivity or intolerance. This video from IFT features Aurora Saulo, professor and extension specialist in food technology at University of Hawaii Manoa, discussing food allergies, food intolerances and food sensitivities.
A new audio news release features IFT President Roger Clemens discussing how food science makes it possible to fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, which is a main premise of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPlate food icon initiative.
Just around the corner are events that provide ideal opportunities to highlight how ever-increasing access to food is helping alleviate hunger worldwide: including the World Food Prize, October 13; World Food Day, October 16; and the latest Food Day, October 24.
Privacy lawsuits in the United States usually seek damages for revealing embarrassing but true facts by the media— the so-called “disclosure tort” — but this is a “poor vehicle for grappling with the problems of privacy and reputation in the digital age,” says Neil M. Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. “The disclosure tort has never really worked successfully,” he says. “It’s largely unconstitutional.” Richards notes that there are two existing privacy law concepts that may be good supplements or even replacements to the disclosure tort.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored normal blood sugar metabolism in diabetic mice using a compound the body makes naturally. The finding suggests that it may one day be possible for people to take the compound much like a daily vitamin as a way to treat or even prevent type 2 diabetes.
In light of the recent Listeria outbreak associated with cantaloupe, it is more important than ever to choose your fresh fruits and vegetables carefully.
Too many average-risk women and too few high-risk women receive genetic counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, research shows. Experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center share advice to help patients and their doctors better evaluate family history and make more sound decisions about who should be tested.
With cold and flu season quickly approaching, and allergy season already upon us, doctors at Nationwide Children’s Hospital remind parents to take simple action steps that will protect their asthmatic children from having severe flare-ups. Parents may not realize it, but even something as simple as the common cold, when combined with asthma, can be dangerous for children with asthma.
Actors Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin go on a one-year search for birds in the upcoming comedy film, “The Big Year.” The movie, which debuts in the United States on Oct. 14, includes 18 sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library, the world’s largest collection of animal sounds.
It's a car, it's a plane, it's . . . paper? At Florida State University's High-Performance Materials Institute (www.hpmi.net), a revolutionary new material known as buckypaper is being developed in ways that could change the world and lead us toward a more sustainable future.
The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced Tuesday, October 4. The prize is given for the most groundbreaking and influential research. Its history chronicles many of the discoveries that underpin not only modern technology, but also our understanding of the Universe and our place in the cosmos. To discuss in advance of this year’s announcement, the impact of the prizes and to help explain the scientific significance and societal implications of the Nobel in Physics, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) provides the following experts:
The Office of National AIDS Policy chose UAB as a site to monitor implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
In looking for the culprit as to why people tend to display tinges of racism, sexism or ageism, even towards members of their own group, a research team, led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, found that our culture may be partially to blame. The research is posted in the latest edition of the British Journal of Social Psychology.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Karen McDowell, an information security analyst at the University of Virginia, is available for interviews about cybersecurity in general and about "spear-phishing" in particular.
Wichita State University began the process of deinstalling a 26-by-52-foot mosaic on the facade of the Ulrich Museum of Art on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The Joan Miro mosaic is the largest Miro mural in the United States. The removal of the mural launches a five-year conservation effort.
Using something called “inertial microfluidics,” University of Cincinnati researchers are able to safely separate and collect concentrated volumes of fragile prostate cancer cells from small sample batches. This, in turn, enhances research of the disease.
Dana Mecum, president of the Mecum Auction Company, and Ryan Friedlinghaus, founder and CEO of West Coast Customs, a luxury automobile restyling company, have joined forces to offer a custom 2011 Chevrolet Camaro convertible to raise funds for Operation Mend.
Repeat after me: “I will not eat ice cream, I will not eat ice cream, I will not eat ice cream.”
Doctor describes simple way you can protect you and your family against colds and flu.
The world's largest organization of board-certified plastic surgeons is launching a new public safety campaign on the heels of a string of incidents involving plastic surgeries gone wrong during procedures performed by non-board-certified plastic surgeons.
Prostate cancer survivors and their partners experience improved sexual satisfaction and function after couples counseling, according to research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The article, published in the September issue of Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society, revealed both Internet-based sexual counseling and traditional sex therapy are equally effective in improving sexual outcomes. Couples on a waiting list for counseling did not improve.
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