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SOKO signs revenue-sharing agreement with Bin Xian for education offering

SOKO Fitness & Spa Group, Inc., an operator of fitness centers, beauty salons and spas in Northeast China as well as suburban Beijing, today announced that it has signed a cooperation and revenue-sharing agreement with Bin Xian Vocational Technology and Education Center ("Bin Xian"), which is located in suburban Harbin, China.

6 Oct 2010

New software helps visually-impaired people to access computers

For many blind people, computers are inaccessible. It can cost upwards of AUD$1000 to purchase "screen reader" software, but two blind computer programmers from Australia have solved this problem.

6 Oct 2010

Study finds 50% increase in ATV-related brain and spinal injuries

Brain and spinal cord injuries related to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) appear to be increasing, reports a study in the October issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. 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.

5 Oct 2010

McGill University joins two leading Swiss research institutions to enhance neuroscience research

Building on its worldwide reputation as a leader in neuroscience research, McGill University today joined with two leading Swiss research institutions - the University of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) - to enhance neuroscience research in a host of areas, in fields that include pain therapy, Alzheimer's disease, synapse modelling and repair, neuroimmunology and genetic mechanisms of brain diseases.

5 Oct 2010

University of Michigan Medical School and Peking University Health Science Center to establish joint institute

The University of Michigan Medical School will establish a joint institute with the Peking University Health Science Center in a unique effort to promote research that can lead to breakthroughs in pulmonary, cardiovascular and liver diseases.

5 Oct 2010

Researchers are developing new drug for osteoporosis

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered a group of substances in the body that play a key role in controlling bone density, and on this basis they have begun development of a drug for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and other bone disorders.

5 Oct 2010

NIEHS awards grant to study environmental impact on genetic information

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has awarded $2.27 million to Indiana University researcher Joseph Shaw for a five-year study of how the environment alters genetic information through mutation and natural selection.

5 Oct 2010

UofL School of Nursing awarded $792,000 grant to develop nursing informatics education

The University of Louisville School of Nursing has earned a $792,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration to develop nursing informatics education for UofL's undergraduate and graduate nursing students as well as practicing nurses from University of Louisville Hospital.

4 Oct 2010

CWRU researcher receives New Innovator Award to advance synthetic platelet technology

A Case Western Reserve University researcher will receive a $2.3 million New Innovator Award today to further develop and broaden the uses of synthetic platelets and the technology that makes them work.

4 Oct 2010

UTHealth receives funds for teen pregnancy prevention program

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $15 million of its $155-million total package to a team led by Susan Tortolero, Ph.D., director of the UTHealth Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research.

3 Oct 2010

Med schools say doctor shortage to worsen under new health law

The new health law will worsen the physician shortage as newly insured patients seek care, according to a new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

1 Oct 2010

Lying creates desire to clean the 'dirty' body part: Study

Apparently your mom had it right when she threatened to wash your mouth out with soap if you talked dirty. Lying really does create a desire to clean the "dirty" body part, according to a University of Michigan study.

1 Oct 2010

Antiretroviral therapy does not reduce risk of HIV transmission

For married couples in which one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative, antiretroviral therapy (ART) does not reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to the uninfected partner, according to a study from China in the October issue of JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

1 Oct 2010

RN expert provides an overview on healthcare quality measurement

Students at Louisiana State University today heard an executive with Baton Rouge-based Amedisys talk about how quality is measured in health care and why it should matter to all Americans. Amedisys is the largest home health care and hospice company in the U.S., providing care to more than 35,000 patients every day.

1 Oct 2010

School vending machines can influence students' dietary choices

With over 23 million children and adolescents in the US overweight or obese, the risks for many chronic diseases continue to increase. An article in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association examines the diets of American youth and finds some disturbing results.

1 Oct 2010

Ghanaian in-country training programs contribute to OB/GYN residents not migrating

Ghanaian Obstetrics and Gynecology residents say in-country training programs contributed to their decision to remain in their home country to practice medicine, new University of Michigan research shows.

30 Sep 2010

ICM, University of Warsaw partner with AAAS to provide site-wide access to Science publication

Washington, D.C. and Warsaw, Poland: The Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM), University of Warsaw, has partnered with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in a national site licensing agreement to provide 922 research and scientific institutions throughout Poland with site-wide access to Science , the flagship publication of AAAS.

30 Sep 2010

Volunteers, families in IL, IN, NY, and PA unite to raise money and awareness about pulmonary fibrosis

The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) today announced its October schedule of fundraising events as part of its ongoing national campaign to raise funds for pulmonary fibrosis (PF) research, while supporting the PFF's patient education and advocacy efforts throughout the country. The PFF has seen continued expansion of its public support throughout the United States, with more than 40 local and regional fundraisers contributing greatly to the Foundation's total of more than $800,000 in gifts this year.

30 Sep 2010

Washington University receives award to develop diagnostic tools for heart, lung diseases using nanotechnology

An $18 million research program headed by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will research therapies and diagnostic tools for heart and lung diseases that use nanotechnology.

30 Sep 2010

UC Berkeley Extension offers new options for career development in biotechnology

Biotechnology professionals in the Bay Area have three new options for career development from UC Berkeley Extension. The professional programs in Regulatory Affairs, Biopharmaceutical Product and Process Development, and Bioscience Manufacturing and Supply Chain join the education leader's lineup of programs and certificates designed to meet the biotechnology industry's demand for trained professionals.

30 Sep 2010

Students News and Research

SOKO signs revenue-sharing agreement with Bin Xian for education offering

New software helps visually-impaired people to access computers

Study finds 50% increase in ATV-related brain and spinal injuries

McGill University joins two leading Swiss research institutions to enhance neuroscience research

University of Michigan Medical School and Peking University Health Science Center to establish joint institute

Researchers are developing new drug for osteoporosis

NIEHS awards grant to study environmental impact on genetic information

UofL School of Nursing awarded $792,000 grant to develop nursing informatics education

CWRU researcher receives New Innovator Award to advance synthetic platelet technology

UTHealth receives funds for teen pregnancy prevention program

Med schools say doctor shortage to worsen under new health law

Lying creates desire to clean the 'dirty' body part: Study

Antiretroviral therapy does not reduce risk of HIV transmission

RN expert provides an overview on healthcare quality measurement

School vending machines can influence students' dietary choices

Ghanaian in-country training programs contribute to OB/GYN residents not migrating

ICM, University of Warsaw partner with AAAS to provide site-wide access to Science publication

Volunteers, families in IL, IN, NY, and PA unite to raise money and awareness about pulmonary fibrosis

Washington University receives award to develop diagnostic tools for heart, lung diseases using nanotechnology

UC Berkeley Extension offers new options for career development in biotechnology

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