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Multi-tiered effort reduces drinking on college campuses

A multi-tiered effort designed to stem binge drinking at a large university and to change the drinking culture among its students produced notable results during the 2.5 years of an Indiana University study.

11 Nov 2010

Tobii launches TX300 Eye Tracker for linguistics and behavioral research

Tobii Technology, the global market leader in eye tracking, announced today its new Tobii TX300™ Eye Tracker. The TX300 is the first higher-frequency eye-tracking hardware that allows research subjects the freedom of head movement, which helps scientists create more realistic testing environments for detailed and efficient research of natural behavior and higher definition samplings at 300 hertz.

11 Nov 2010

New website helps people to endure difficult situations through inspirational stories

A new inspirational stories website, 'GotInspiration.org,' is connecting those who have endured some of life's most difficult situations with those who are looking for inspiration. From quitting drinking to managing post traumatic stress disorder, to surviving cancer, GotInspiration.org is helping people find inspiration and strength, one true story at a time.

11 Nov 2010

Physical activity level decreases among college students

During college years, students become more sedentary and as their physical activity levels decrease, Body Mass Index and weight increase. Basically, students came out of college significantly less active and heavier compared to the start of their freshman year, said Jeanne Johnston, assistant professor in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

11 Nov 2010

Students perceive beer cans packaged and displayed in university colors as less dangerous

Underage and heavy drinking on college campuses continue to be issues for college administrators. While some campuses, such as the University of Missouri, have made strides in efforts to reduce heavy drinking on campus, administrators are continually trying to educate students about the risks of excessive drinking. Now, two MU psychologists have found that students who viewed images of beer cans packaged and displayed in university colors believed that drinking beer was less dangerous than those students who saw images of regular beer cans.

11 Nov 2010

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issues statement on national tobacco prevention strategy

The national tobacco prevention strategy announced today by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius provides a timely and much-needed shot in the arm for the nation's efforts to combat tobacco use, the number one cause of preventable death in America. It calls for bold and historic action that will improve health, save lives and save health care costs for employers, workers and taxpayers across the country.

11 Nov 2010

ASN convenes Renal Week 2010

An estimated 26 million people, 13% of the United States population, are living with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), and this number continues to grow. If current trends continue, there will not be enough doctors to serve this expanding patient population.

11 Nov 2010

Resistance exercise may promote better cardiovascular health

Resistance exercise (such as lifting weights) produces a different pattern of blood vessel responses than aerobic exercise, suggesting that it may have specific and important benefits for cardiovascular health, according to a study in the November issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

11 Nov 2010

MCAN invests $4 million to improve asthma management in four high risk cities

The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), today announced it is targeting four high risk cities with nearly $4 million for programs that will combine evidence-based science, case management and asthma trigger removal plans to manage a disease that requires more than the right medical care.

11 Nov 2010

Spinal Column: New blog on spinal disorders

Clinicians seeking insight into the latest research on spinal disorders and its impact on their everyday clinical practice will find it in "The Spinal Column," a new weekly blog found on the Spine website. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy.

11 Nov 2010

HPV vaccination rates falter

According to the latest research lesser numbers of teenage girls and young women are getting infected by the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) – a virus linked to cervical cancer. Research also shows that most who start the vaccination regimen against the virus fail to take all three doses.

10 Nov 2010

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to honor LA BioMed researcher

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education will honor Christian de Virgilio, MD, a principal investigator at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed), with its Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award for Program Director Excellence at its 2011 awards ceremony in Nashville, Tenn.

10 Nov 2010

NCI awards $4 million for UNM's cancer nanotechnology partnership with Sandia Labs

The National Cancer Institute recently announced two five-year awards totaling nearly $4 million for a partnership between the University of New Mexico Cancer Center and Sandia National Laboratories. One $1.95 million grant will fund the creation of a joint Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnership, and another $1.8 million grant will pay for a new Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center to train a new generation of multidisciplinary scientists.

10 Nov 2010

Special Surgery investigators to present future of clinical care at ACR annual meeting

Hospital for Special Surgery physicians who focus on lupus, scleroderma and related conditions are traveling from New York City to Atlanta this week to share their recent findings at the 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).

10 Nov 2010

Sodexo reports 3.9% increase in revenues for fiscal 2010

Sodexo: At the Board of Directors meeting held on November 8, 2010 and chaired by Pierre Bellon, Sodexo CEO Michel Landel presented the Fiscal 2010 performance.

10 Nov 2010

New study reveals finger length can indicate high testosterone levels

Potential investors might wish to examine the fingers of their financial advisor prior to signing over any savings. A new study from Concordia University has found the length between the second and fourth finger is an indicator of high levels of prenatal testosterone, risk-taking and potential financial success in men.

10 Nov 2010

Undergraduate students win Gates Foundation grant for low-cost ultrasound system

A team of University of Washington undergraduate students was among 65 research groups that today learned they had won one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants.

10 Nov 2010

Hypernetworking and hypertexting bad for kids in more ways than one: Study

According to a new study adolescents who text excessively or who are hooked on social networking sites are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors like smoking and binge drinking than their peers who are not similar users. Scientists at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine surveyed 4,257 high school students from an urban county in the Midwest to look at the health effects of communications technology usage.

9 Nov 2010

Excessive texting and networking raise new health concerns for teens

Texting while driving can be a deadly combination for teenagers. Yet, new data released today reveal that the dangers of excessive texting among teens are not limited to the road. Hyper-texting and hyper-networking are now giving rise to a new health risk category for this age group.

9 Nov 2010

New research highlights importance of parent-child communication to combat obesity

New research, announced Saturday at the American Dietetic Association (ADA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Boston, highlights the importance of parent-child communication in the battle against childhood obesity.

9 Nov 2010

Students News and Research

Multi-tiered effort reduces drinking on college campuses

Tobii launches TX300 Eye Tracker for linguistics and behavioral research

New website helps people to endure difficult situations through inspirational stories

Physical activity level decreases among college students

Students perceive beer cans packaged and displayed in university colors as less dangerous

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issues statement on national tobacco prevention strategy

ASN convenes Renal Week 2010

Resistance exercise may promote better cardiovascular health

MCAN invests $4 million to improve asthma management in four high risk cities

Spinal Column: New blog on spinal disorders

HPV vaccination rates falter

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to honor LA BioMed researcher

NCI awards $4 million for UNM's cancer nanotechnology partnership with Sandia Labs

Special Surgery investigators to present future of clinical care at ACR annual meeting

Sodexo reports 3.9% increase in revenues for fiscal 2010

New study reveals finger length can indicate high testosterone levels

Undergraduate students win Gates Foundation grant for low-cost ultrasound system

Hypernetworking and hypertexting bad for kids in more ways than one: Study

Excessive texting and networking raise new health concerns for teens

New research highlights importance of parent-child communication to combat obesity

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