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Nurses can play a key role in feeding people and restoring their humanity in times of crisis

Nurses can play a key role in feeding people and restoring their humanity in times of great crisis and this was very evident during their little-known involvement in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen at the end of World War Two.

21 Sep 2012

Concordia study shows childhood friends can forecast adulthood success

Even on the playground, our friends know us better than we know ourselves. New research has revealed that your childhood peers from grade school may be able to best predict your success as an adult.

21 Sep 2012

DNA barcoding effective in authenticating natural health products

DNA barcoding developed by University of Guelph researchers has proven up to 88 per cent effective in authenticating natural health products, according to a new U of G study.

20 Sep 2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces opening of Molecular Biology Center of Excellence in Lithuania

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the official opening of its Molecular Biology Center of Excellence in Vilnius, Lithuania.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 20 Sep 2012

Report: Obesity rates will continue to grow, causing increases in health care costs, disease incidence

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America's Health concluded that, based on current trends, most Americans could be obese by 2030.

20 Sep 2012

Therapeutic video games can show health-related benefits

Can video games help patients with cancer, diabetes, asthma, depression, autism and Parkinson's disease? A new publication by researchers from the University of Utah, appearing in the Sept 19 issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine, indicates video games can be therapeutic and are already beginning to show health-related benefits.

20 Sep 2012

Health IT firms scrambling for workers

Technicians are needed to help hospitals develop and use electronic health records. Other reports look at the efforts to develop secure and efficient digital records.

20 Sep 2012

Pacifiers may stunt emotional development of baby boys

Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during infancy.

20 Sep 2012

Roundup: Filipino nurses in Calif. win $1M in language discrimination lawsuit; Texas Lawmakers hear of Medicaid managed care woes; Calif. soda limits could be next

A group of Filipino nurses who claimed they were mocked for their accents and ordered to speak "English only" won a nearly $1-million settlement against a Central California hospital where bosses and co-workers were allegedly urged to eavesdrop on the immigrant workers.

19 Sep 2012

Attractive, catchy names can compel youngsters to eat more vegetables

The age-old parental struggle of convincing youngsters to eat their fruits and vegetables has some new allies: Power Punch Broccoli, X-Ray Vision Carrots - and a host of catchy names for entrees in school cafeterias. Cornell University researchers studied how a simple change, such as using attractive names, would influence elementary-aged children's consumption of vegetables.

18 Sep 2012

Additional campus-based health promotion strategies needed for students

A new study published today in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism looks beyond the much-feared weight gain common to first-year students and reports on the full 4-year impact of higher education on weight, BMI, and body composition.

17 Sep 2012

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: an interview with Sven Hoffner

In contrast to drug-susceptible tuberculosis, which can be cured with available drug therapies, drug-resistant, and especially multi-drug resistant, tuberculosis is much more difficult to cure and it takes a much longer time for patients to become non-infectious.

17 Sep 2012

ASU announces expansion of Doctor of Nursing Practice program

The College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University has added a post-master's Innovation Leadership Concentration to its accredited Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. The concentration is the seventh offered in the program.

17 Sep 2012

University of Warwick, NTU to launch joint global programme for neuroscience research

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has linked up with the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, to launch a joint global programme for neuroscience research.

15 Sep 2012

University of Rochester faculty member to receive Ant-nio Champalimaud Vision Award

David Williams, a faculty member of the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics, director of its Center for Visual Science, and dean for research in Arts, Science, and Engineering, will receive the Ant-nio Champalimaud Vision Award at a ceremony today in Lisbon, Portugal.

15 Sep 2012

UMass Amherst scientist receives NIH grant to study how napping and sleep affect preschoolers

Parents may feel it's clear that missing a nap means their young children will be grumpy and out-of-sorts, but scientists who study sleep say almost nothing is known about how daytime sleep affects children's coping skills and learning.

15 Sep 2012

Wayne State University receives CDC grant for research into intimate partner violence

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Wayne State University's School of Social Work a three-year, $1,049,223 grant for researching the factors that facilitate and discourage intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration among middle school and high school youth.

15 Sep 2012

U-M receives new $1.5 million HSS grant for GENESIS nursing program

Deborah Kay Mitchell, 26, decided in high school to pursue nursing, and a decade later she's still excited to continue working in and learning about her field.

15 Sep 2012

Wits’ Health Sciences Research Day and Postgraduate Expo to take place on Sep. 19

The 2012 Health Sciences Research Day and Postgraduate Expo takes place on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 under the theme: Excellence. Relevance. Determination. Transforming Life through Research Excellence.

14 Sep 2012

Good health helps children with stressful elementary to middle school transitions

Good health helps children with stressful transitions from elementary school to middle school, finds a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Students with chronic conditions such as asthma, obesity, learning disabilities, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and those with health-related needs, were noted to have lower academic performances.

14 Sep 2012

Students News and Research

Nurses can play a key role in feeding people and restoring their humanity in times of crisis

Concordia study shows childhood friends can forecast adulthood success

DNA barcoding effective in authenticating natural health products

Thermo Fisher Scientific announces opening of Molecular Biology Center of Excellence in Lithuania

Report: Obesity rates will continue to grow, causing increases in health care costs, disease incidence

Therapeutic video games can show health-related benefits

Health IT firms scrambling for workers

Pacifiers may stunt emotional development of baby boys

Roundup: Filipino nurses in Calif. win $1M in language discrimination lawsuit; Texas Lawmakers hear of Medicaid managed care woes; Calif. soda limits could be next

Attractive, catchy names can compel youngsters to eat more vegetables

Additional campus-based health promotion strategies needed for students

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: an interview with Sven Hoffner

ASU announces expansion of Doctor of Nursing Practice program

University of Warwick, NTU to launch joint global programme for neuroscience research

University of Rochester faculty member to receive Ant-nio Champalimaud Vision Award

UMass Amherst scientist receives NIH grant to study how napping and sleep affect preschoolers

Wayne State University receives CDC grant for research into intimate partner violence

U-M receives new $1.5 million HSS grant for GENESIS nursing program

Wits’ Health Sciences Research Day and Postgraduate Expo to take place on Sep. 19

Good health helps children with stressful elementary to middle school transitions

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