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IUPUI psychology professor to receive 2011 Young Scientist award for alcoholism research

Stephen L. Boehm II, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has been named the 2011 Young Scientist of the Year by the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society. The award will be presented May 13 at the society's annual meeting in Rome, Italy.

10 May 2011

Study confirms LcS-fermented milk reduces fever linked with acute norovirus gastroenteritis

The Laboratory Department for Probiotics Research at the Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine studied supplementation of probiotic fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota in elderly individuals living at a nursing home and confirmed reduced fever associated with acute norovirus gastroenteritis.

10 May 2011

Merck launches 'Hope Against Hepatitis C' education program

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the launch of Hope Against Hepatitis C, a company initiative to increase awareness, prevention and diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection.

10 May 2011

Geron comments on recent European telomerase peptide cancer vaccine patents

Geron Corporation today commented on a ruling from the European Patent Office with regard to its European patent 084139, and the issuance of a second Geron patent covering telomerase peptides, EP1783139.

10 May 2011

Women's Health Issues' new supplement highlights abortion, reproductive health research

The Editors of Women's Health Issues, the peer-reviewed journal of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, are pleased to announce the publication of a new Supplement entitled, Abortion, Reproductive Rights and Health: Highlights from the Charlotte Ellertson Social Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 2003-2010.

10 May 2011

U.S. veterans over 70 and older can benefit from current colon cancer screening methods

A new study of U.S. veterans ages 70 and older finds that the healthiest get the most benefit from current colon cancer screening methods. However, for many less healthy veterans the burdens of screening may outweigh the benefits.

10 May 2011

Dermatologists to provide free melanoma screenings at Loyola Center for Health on May 20

During a free health fair at work that offered screenings for skin cancer, Joan Rojek decided on a whim to have a dermatologist examine some odd-looking blemishes on her arm.

10 May 2011

Rapid blood-based test can determine patients with SLE

"At present, it can take up to a year before a patient is diagnosed with SLE. This is because the symptoms are diffuse and are often mistaken for other diseases. However, with this blood-based test, it is possible to determine quickly whether someone has the disease or not", says Christer Wingren, associate professor in Immunotechnology at CREATE Health, Lund University.

10 May 2011

Tetraphase presents TP-434, TP-2758 antibiotics study data against pathogens at ECCMID

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on next-generation antibiotics, announced today that it is presenting new results of several studies designed to support the continued advancement of its lead antibiotic, TP-434, a potent new broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotic with oral stepdown potential effective against difficult-to-treat and multidrug-resistant pathogens.

10 May 2011

Virginia Tech's new football helmet rating system can reduce risk of concussions

Virginia Tech released today the results of a new rating system of adult football helmets that is designed to reduce the risk of concussions. One currently manufactured helmet received the top "5 star" rating, and a total of five helmets received the very good "4-star" rating.

10 May 2011

Scientists decipher how hair stem cells can communicate with each other

In one of the first studies to look at the population behavior of a large pool of stem cells in thousands of hair follicles - as opposed to the stem cell of a single hair follicle - Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists deciphered how hair stem cells in mice and rabbits can communicate with each other and encourage mutually coordinated regeneration, according to an article published in the April 29 edition of the journal Science.

10 May 2011

UH chemist receives prestigious Sloan award for next-generation computer memory

Investigating the building blocks for next-generation computer memory has earned a University of Houston chemist his third Tier One research award.

10 May 2011

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with local availability of hospice programs

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with the supply of hospice care available in a county, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management this month.

10 May 2011

Skin cancer prevention tips for anglers

If you love fishing and want to enjoy it well into your senior years then don't mess around with the sun. That's the advice for the 1 million Minnesotans who are expected to hit the water on Saturday for Minnesota's Fishing Opener from a leading Edina plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has treated hundreds of patients over the course of his 15-year career for skin cancer and melanoma.

10 May 2011

More than half of all adolescents accept free rapid HIV test after risk assessment survey

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine HIV testing for everyone between the ages of 13-64 as part of their regular medical care, testing rates remain low among adolescents.

10 May 2011

Study: Personality impacts medication adherence behaviour

The results of a unique study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show that personality has an impact on how likely people are to take their medication. This is the first major study of its kind to be published in the online journal PloS ONE.

10 May 2011

Elekta to integrate cancer workflow and patient management tools into IBA's Proteus TK2 center

Elekta, a human care company pioneering significant innovations and clinical solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders, will integrate cancer workflow and patient management tools into the Proteus TK2, a turnkey proton therapy center from Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications.

From Elekta 10 May 2011

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IUPUI psychology professor to receive 2011 Young Scientist award for alcoholism research

Study confirms LcS-fermented milk reduces fever linked with acute norovirus gastroenteritis

Merck launches 'Hope Against Hepatitis C' education program

Geron comments on recent European telomerase peptide cancer vaccine patents

Women's Health Issues' new supplement highlights abortion, reproductive health research

U.S. veterans over 70 and older can benefit from current colon cancer screening methods

Dermatologists to provide free melanoma screenings at Loyola Center for Health on May 20

Rapid blood-based test can determine patients with SLE

Tetraphase presents TP-434, TP-2758 antibiotics study data against pathogens at ECCMID

Virginia Tech's new football helmet rating system can reduce risk of concussions

Scientists decipher how hair stem cells can communicate with each other

UH chemist receives prestigious Sloan award for next-generation computer memory

Wealth, population size, race and age associate with local availability of hospice programs

Skin cancer prevention tips for anglers

More than half of all adolescents accept free rapid HIV test after risk assessment survey

Study: Personality impacts medication adherence behaviour

Elekta to integrate cancer workflow and patient management tools into IBA's Proteus TK2 center

Multiband mucosectomy safe and effective for treating Barrett's esophagus

HFA develops free 'Alzheimer's Disease and Hospice Care' online webinar

UCH to hold groundbreaking ceremony for $400M expansion at Anschutz Medical Campus

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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