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CWRU introduces new dental health program for families

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine announced a new program called Family First in which they will adopt nine families and care for multiple generations in a family unit.

23 Jul 2010

After-school snack of graham crackers may increase whole-grain intake in children: Study

An after-school snack of graham crackers might be one way to get children to eat more whole grains, a new study from the University of Minnesota shows. Federal nutrition guidelines recommend at least three servings a day of whole-grain foods, but previous studies have found that children typically only eat about one serving per day, largely because they don't like the taste or texture of whole-grain foods.

23 Jul 2010

Fla. doctors consider cutting ties to AMA; Indiana seeks to get more uninsured covered; LA continues to seek leader for troubled health department

The House of Delegates of the Florida Medical Association is scheduled to consider a resolution severing ties with the American Medical Association because of its support for the healthcare reform law. The Florida group will consider the move at its annual meeting next month. The scathing resolution takes the AMA to task for having 'failed to achieve one single concession' in the healthcare reform bill.

23 Jul 2010

Med school students make different decisions when they consider health costs

The public radio program Marketplace has a piece today about how "medical students learn the cost of care, outside the classroom" of Jefferson University in Philadelphia. The students run a free clinic for homeless patients, and they "decide which drugs to stock and what lab tests they'll pay for."

23 Jul 2010

Early bird registration for 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound ends on July 31, 2010

The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation today issued a reminder that early bird registration discounts will end on Saturday, July 31 for the upcoming 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound.

23 Jul 2010

Prototype ring with sensors helps to detect, prevent preterm labor

The birth of a baby is usually a joyous event, but when a child is born too early, worrisome complications can occur, including serious health problems for the baby and steep medical bills for the family. To address this, Johns Hopkins graduate students and their faculty adviser have invented a new system to pick up very early signs that a woman is going into labor too soon.

22 Jul 2010

Physicians Practice, Wolfson Children's Hospital to help doctors manage patient care in Jacksonville area

Physicians Practice and Wolfson Children's Hospital have joined forces to help provide area physicians and their staff more time to devote to patient care. This new partnership is a unique program designed to help doctors in the Jacksonville area better handle the cumbersome and time-consuming issues of managing a busy practice.

22 Jul 2010

NIH awards KGI $3.6M grant to develop diagnostic assays and devices for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Director of Research Angelika Niemz has been awarded a four-year, $3.6 million collaborative research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

21 Jul 2010

Community based alcohol control reduces college drinking: Study

While many have implicated heavy student drinking in recent disturbances -- even tragedies -- on college campuses, few schools and communities have united successfully in curbing alcohol access, a new study suggests.

21 Jul 2010

UnitedHealth Group second-quarter consolidated revenues increase 7% to $23.3 billion

UnitedHealth Group today reported second quarter results, including better-than-projected growth in Health Benefits and Health Services. Key performance metrics and costs were in line with or better than Company expectations.

20 Jul 2010

New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women

Research at the University of Arkansas took a step toward understanding hypertension in women by using a new technique to examine the release of a neurotransmitter in small blood vessels.

20 Jul 2010

Tool kit for non-experts to measure ADA compliance

Twenty years after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there is finally a "tool kit" for non-experts to measure whether public facilities are in compliance.This is designed to meet the needs of anyone who is reasonably intelligent but not necessarily a techie,explains Denis Anson, director of research for the Assistive Technology Research Institute (ATRI) at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania, and the kit's developer.

20 Jul 2010

Michelangelo hides image of human brainstem in 'Separation of Light from Darkness' panel

Detailed analysis of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes reveals a secret that's been hidden for 500 years: an image of the human brainstem in a panel showing God at the beginning of Creation, according to an article in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

20 Jul 2010

Education campaign positively impacts attitudes, behaviour of young people towards HIV/AIDS

INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE 2010 -- MTV, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and UNICEF today unveiled at INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE 2010, new research on its Staying Alive Ignite Campaign at, which found that creating compelling pro-social entertainment for young people can positively impact attitudes and behaviour towards HIV and AIDS.

20 Jul 2010

Relationship between music, neurosciences to be discussed in a conference at Edinburgh

The Mariani Foundation for Paediatric Neurology announces "The Neurosciences and Music - IV: Learning and Memory", to be held in Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) from 9th to 12th June 2011. The conference is conceived as a continuation of the previous meetings on the relation between music and the neurosciences in which our foundation participated: "The Biological Foundations of Music" (New York, 2000), "The Neurosciences and Music, Mutual Interactions and Implications of Developmental Functions" (Venice, 2002), "The Neurosciences and Music - II, From Perception to Performance" (Leipzig, 2005) and "The Neurosciences and Music - III, Disorders and Plasticity".

17 Jul 2010

Florida Institute of Technology assists licensing CDNI-Glu compound to UK company

As a national research university, Florida Institute of Technology not only involves its students in research, but also seeks to license and patent its many innovations. An example of recently licensed university technology is a chemical compound that facilitates the work of neuroscientists in the laboratory.Associate Professor Nasri Nesnas was familiar as a chemist with the chemical compound CDNI-Glu, a commonly used laboratory research tool. Most often, neuroscientists use it to study the brain's neural networks by improving the localization of synaptic stimulation

17 Jul 2010

MJO Staffing, U.S. Colleges of Health & Human Services announce strategic business collaboration

MJO Staffing, Inc. and U.S. Colleges of Health & Human Services announced today the creation of a strategic alliance. This business collaboration is designed to expand the opportunities for both students and recent graduates with additional internship and externship programs while teaming up with MJO Staffing Inc. to expand their employee pool of qualified talent. MJO Staffing will track the professional progression of experience for graduates maximizing their placement opportunities into a rewarding career.

17 Jul 2010

Hospitals fight for primary care docs as bad nurses allowed to continue work

Orlando Sentinel: For primary care specialties, residency programs fight to capture the attention of potential residents who are in high demand.

17 Jul 2010

No abortion coverage in high risk pools, HHS says

"Elective abortion services will not be covered in state high-risk pools set up to provide coverage for sick people who can't get insurance, according to Obama administration officials," CQ HealthBeat reports.

17 Jul 2010

Human impact on health of soil, and impact of unhealthy soil on society are intertwined, says LSU researcher

It may sound counterintuitive, but LSU Associate Professor of Chemistry Robert Cook has made a career out of studying the ways organic materials found in the environment, including soils, can either get dirty or stay clean. In fact, the National Science Foundation, or NSF, was so impressed with his efforts that the funding institute awarded Cook one of its most prestigious awards - the NSF CAREER award.

16 Jul 2010

Students News and Research

CWRU introduces new dental health program for families

After-school snack of graham crackers may increase whole-grain intake in children: Study

Fla. doctors consider cutting ties to AMA; Indiana seeks to get more uninsured covered; LA continues to seek leader for troubled health department

Med school students make different decisions when they consider health costs

Early bird registration for 2nd International Symposium on MR-guided Focused Ultrasound ends on July 31, 2010

Prototype ring with sensors helps to detect, prevent preterm labor

Physicians Practice, Wolfson Children's Hospital to help doctors manage patient care in Jacksonville area

NIH awards KGI $3.6M grant to develop diagnostic assays and devices for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

Community based alcohol control reduces college drinking: Study

UnitedHealth Group second-quarter consolidated revenues increase 7% to $23.3 billion

New technique to measure ATP from arterioles helps understand hypertension in women

Tool kit for non-experts to measure ADA compliance

Michelangelo hides image of human brainstem in 'Separation of Light from Darkness' panel

Education campaign positively impacts attitudes, behaviour of young people towards HIV/AIDS

Relationship between music, neurosciences to be discussed in a conference at Edinburgh

Florida Institute of Technology assists licensing CDNI-Glu compound to UK company

MJO Staffing, U.S. Colleges of Health & Human Services announce strategic business collaboration

Hospitals fight for primary care docs as bad nurses allowed to continue work

No abortion coverage in high risk pools, HHS says

Human impact on health of soil, and impact of unhealthy soil on society are intertwined, says LSU researcher

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