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Researchers study recovery patterns of children affected by Hurricane Katrina

Rebuilding schools after Hurricane Katrina and providing supportive environments and relationships have helped many children reduce their levels of overall trauma from the hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast in August 2005, according to a new study. A second study found that girls had distinct stress reactions from boys in the aftermath of the storm.

16 Jul 2010

WHO releases guidelines for countries on how to attract, retain doctors, health care workers to rural areas

BMJ News reports on the WHO's recent release of a set of recommendations for countries on how to attract and retain doctors and other health care workers in rural areas (Zarocostas, 7/14).

16 Jul 2010

Study analyzes supply, demand for various allied health professions in Tennessee

Middle Tennessee State University's Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services recently released the fourth edition of "Allied Health in Tennessee: A Supply and Demand Study."

15 Jul 2010

Research shows behavioral economic analysis may help understand role of craving in addictions

Just-published research led by a psychologist at the University of Georgia shows that behavioral economic analysis may lead to an improved understanding of craving for alcohol and other drugs. This method of studying how craving alters the way a person values a drug is fairly new, but according to the study, it may well help assess cravings more accurately and contribute to identifying more effective ways to defeat addictions.

15 Jul 2010

Start-to-finish guidance for contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique published

Leading healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins today announced the publication of Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery, a new, four-volume reference that provides start-to-finish guidance for virtually every contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and pharmacy.

15 Jul 2010

Black tea consumption can pose problems to heavy tea drinkers

Black tea, a Southern staple and the world's most consumed beverage, may contain higher concentrations of fluoride than previously thought, which could pose problems for the heaviest tea drinkers.

15 Jul 2010

Variations in quality of illegal Class B drug mephedrone could risk safety of users

Pharmaceutical scientists have discovered that the recently reclassified drug mephedrone varies in quality so much that users could be at risk of overdosing. Six samples were tested in the University of Sunderland's labs by Dr John Lough and his team, and although impurities levels were low, three samples revealed various particle size and crystalline form, which means that the drug is more likely to vary in its affect and safety on the user.

15 Jul 2010

Mizzou Advantage researchers examine food-related issues to find solutions for future

Many of society's most challenging health issues, including obesity, nutritional shortages and chronic disease, are related to food. University of Missouri researchers are examining the multiple facets of food and how it impacts our lives - from medicine and research to policy and law to education and business.

15 Jul 2010

VCU receives $20M NIH grant to join national consortium of research centers

Virginia Commonwealth University announced Wednesday it has received a $20 million grant - the largest federal award in its history - from the National Institutes of Health to become part of a nationwide consortium of research institutions working to turn laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients.

15 Jul 2010

NIH awards $38.2M grant to Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science

In support of a critical partnership between Georgetown University Medical Center and Howard University, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $38.2 million Clinical and Translational Sciences Award to aid the universities' effort to transform health care and preventive practices in communities through medical discoveries made in laboratories and clinical settings.

15 Jul 2010

Florida Medicaid recipients make fewer trips to doctors; Calif. payments to health clinics in jeopardy; Texas addresses nursing shortage

Northeast Florida's Medicaid recipients are making fewer trips to the doctor for chronic illnesses since state officials outsourced the government-subsidized health insurance program to private managed care companies. But it remains unclear from the analysis performed by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, which oversees the state's Medicaid program, whether they're healthier for it. Medicaid reform was launched in 2006 in Duval and Broward counties to test whether HMOs could rein in the state's Medicaid spending.

15 Jul 2010

Research supports population screening for fragile X syndrome in women of reproductive age

There's adequate research data to support population screening of women of childbearing age for fragile X syndrome—the most common inherited cause of cognitive impairment, according to a report in the July issue of Genetics in Medicine, the official peer-reviewed journal of The American College of Medical Genetics. 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.

14 Jul 2010

Elsevier announces new Procedures Consult Mobile application

Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today that physicians, residents and students will be able to visualize and review over 300 top medical procedures on their mobile devices with the launch of Procedures Consult Mobile. As the use of smartphones increases in the clinical setting, access to mobile resources proves to be an essential tool for verifying physicians' knowledge and skills before conducting a procedure.

14 Jul 2010

Russians show less distress compared to Americans: Research

Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that Russians tend to focus on dark feelings and memories more than Westerners do. But a new University of Michigan study finds that even though Russians tend to brood, they are less likely than Americans to feel as depressed as a result.

14 Jul 2010

Pierre Foods unveils new line of more nutritious school menu options for students

Pierre Foods, Inc. today officially unveiled Smart Picks—its new line of more nutritious school menu options—at the School Nutrition Association's Annual National Conference, giving students across the nation a reason to look forward to cafeteria lunches this coming fall. While other food manufacturers have committed to offering students more nutritious meal options in the coming two to five years, Smart Picks will be ready to serve in cafeterias when school begins next month.

14 Jul 2010

Therapeutic workbook to facilitate healing process in Haitian children

"When children can tell their stories about a traumatic event in their own words or pictures and at their own speed, healing can begin," says Dr. Jodie Kliman, psychologist and professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) in Boston. That is why Kliman led MSPP's collaboration with the Children's Psychological Health Center (CPHC) in San Francisco and Ekol Akasya (Acacia School) in Haiti to create a workbook to facilitate that healing process in Haitian children and to identify those at greatest risk for long-term emotional problems.

14 Jul 2010

HHS grants seek to encourage health care workforce diversity

The Washington Post: "It is a sign of the economic times: Nursing students at Howard University work part-time jobs and still cannot keep up with tuition. … At the start of the month, the game changed. Howard received $1.5 million from the Obama administration to train student nurses and others in sciences such as radiology and occupational therapy.

14 Jul 2010

Columbia University professor named 2010 recipient of Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) - the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging - has chosen Ada C. Mui, PhD, ACSW, LMSW, of Columbia University as the 2010 recipient of the Task Force on Minority Issues in Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award.

14 Jul 2010

Stimulation of single whisker prevents stroke in rats

Talk about surviving by a whisker. The most common type of stroke can be completely prevented in rats by stimulating a single whisker, according to a new study by UC Irvine researchers.

14 Jul 2010

Community-based interventions for childhood obesity differ depending on age group, expert says

Community-based interventions designed to prevent obesity in children seem to work best in those under the age of five, while there is evidence of some success in primary school children, but very mixed effects in adolescents, a leading expert in the field said today (Tuesday).

13 Jul 2010

Students News and Research

Researchers study recovery patterns of children affected by Hurricane Katrina

WHO releases guidelines for countries on how to attract, retain doctors, health care workers to rural areas

Study analyzes supply, demand for various allied health professions in Tennessee

Research shows behavioral economic analysis may help understand role of craving in addictions

Start-to-finish guidance for contemporary orthopaedic surgery technique published

Black tea consumption can pose problems to heavy tea drinkers

Variations in quality of illegal Class B drug mephedrone could risk safety of users

Mizzou Advantage researchers examine food-related issues to find solutions for future

VCU receives $20M NIH grant to join national consortium of research centers

NIH awards $38.2M grant to Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Florida Medicaid recipients make fewer trips to doctors; Calif. payments to health clinics in jeopardy; Texas addresses nursing shortage

Research supports population screening for fragile X syndrome in women of reproductive age

Elsevier announces new Procedures Consult Mobile application

Russians show less distress compared to Americans: Research

Pierre Foods unveils new line of more nutritious school menu options for students

Therapeutic workbook to facilitate healing process in Haitian children

HHS grants seek to encourage health care workforce diversity

Columbia University professor named 2010 recipient of Gerontology Outstanding Mentorship Award

Stimulation of single whisker prevents stroke in rats

Community-based interventions for childhood obesity differ depending on age group, expert says

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