AScribe Medicine News Service articles from August 2007

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from August 2007

How the Brain Responds as the Beat Goes on: McGill, Stanford Researchers First to Map Neural Responses to Transitions in Music.
August 1, 2007... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers at McGill and Stanford universities has uncovered how the human brain responds to the transition from one movement to the next in a piece of music. ...

North Carolina Company Selected on Major Effort to Expand HIV/AIDS Services in Africa; IntraHealth International, Located in Chapel Hill, N.C., Will Work With MSH, a Cambridge, Mass., Firm and Three Other Partners on $30 Million Contract to Increase AIDS Community Care in Ethiopia.
August 2, 2007... Byline: IntraHealth International, Inc. CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- IntraHealth International, a leader in global public health, and four other partners committed to meeting health needs in developing countries have been...

American Dental Association Issues Statement on Dental Provisions in House SCHIP Reauthorization Bill.
August 3, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the enactment of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) ten years ago, the federal government made a promise to provide health care to millions...

Breast Implants Linked to Higher Suicide Risk; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Researchers Find Suicide Rates Spike 10 Years After Breast Augmentation Surgery.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Women who undergo breast augmentation surgery are nearly three times as likely to commit suicide, according to a study published in the August issue of Annals...

Miniature Implanted Devices Could Treat Epilepsy, Glaucoma.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech...

Parents Must Help Their Children Balance Videogame Use: Expert Commentary by Professor Melanie Killen, University of Maryland.
August 8, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is expert commentary by Professor Melanie Killen, Department of Human Development, College of Education, University of Maryland. - -...

Illegal Immigrant to Brain Surgeon: Johns Hopkins Doctor Tells Story.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Terra Firma -- A Journey from Migrant Farm Labor to Neurosurgery" chronicles Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Alfredo Quinones' amazing journey from illegal...

Critical Legislation Introduced to Protect Community Pharmacies; Impact of Deficit Reduction Act May Close Pharmacy Doors: Statement by Pharmacy Access Partnership Executive Director Belle Taylor-McGhee.
August 13, 2007... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pharmacy Access Partnership today released the following advisory. - - - - Communities nationwide could face the strong possibility of losing their...

RAND Finds Cases of Undiagnosed Diabetes Drop Sharply; Minorities No Longer More Likely to Be Undiagnosed But Less Educated Are.
August 13, 2007... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The number of men in the United States with undiagnosed diabetes has declined sharply over the past 25 years, with Hispanics and African-Americans no longer more...

New Kavli Neuroscience Research Institute Established in Norway; The Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Becomes 15th Kavli Institute Worldwide.
August 14, 2007... Byline: The Kavli Foundation OXNARD, Calif., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a ceremony held in Trondheim, Norway, the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience was established today at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...

University of California, Davis to Launch Asian American Center on Disparities Research.
August 14, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of California, Davis has been awarded a five-year, $3.9-million federal grant to launch a national research center focused on mental health...

Babson College Professor Dhruv Grewal Awarded 'Best Paper' in e-Business Track at AMA Marketing Educators' Conference.(Conference news)
August 16, 2007... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babson Marketing Professor Dhruv Grewal has been awarded the "Best Paper" in the e-business track during the American Marketing Association's marketing educators'...

This Week: First Anniversary of Plan B OTC Decision; Despite Gains, Most Vulnerable Populations Still Face Barriers to Access.
August 21, 2007... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's been one year since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to allow over-the-counter (OTC) sales of Plan B emergency contraception (EC) to...

Jack Medelson, MD, Pioneer in Substance Abuse Research, Dies at 77.(Obituary)
August 22, 2007... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jack H. Mendelson, MD, director of McLean Hospital's Clinical Research Program on Substance Abuse, co-director of its Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center (ADARC) and...

Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, Teams With Northridge Hospital Medical Center to Combat Nurse Shortage.
August 22, 2007... Byline: Mount St. Mary's College LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Northridge Hospital Medical Center has awarded nearly $100,000 in forgivable loans to nursing students at Mount St. Mary's College in an effort to attract quality...

Push Reading Beyond the Bedtime Story, Expert Says.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University professor is advising parents to rethink the way they read to their children. Jennifer Dobbs, an assistant professor of developmental...

U.S. Ironman Jay Hewitt Competes to Defeat Diabetes; Hewitt, Captain of Team Joslin, Will Wear Joslin Diabetes Center's High Hopes Fund Logo During Competition.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- When Jay Hewitt was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 24, he chose to challenge himself by competing in one of the most challenging events in the sporting world...

American Dental Association, American Academy of Pediatrics Promote Back-to-School Health Check-Ups; Reminder to Complete Health Check-Ups, Including Dental Exams and Immunizations.
August 24, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The end of summer vacation signals the beginning of school for the nation's estimated 56 million elementary and high school students. In preparing for the new...

Expert on Emerging Infectious Zoonotic Diseases Joining Kansas State University as a Regents Distinguished Professor.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Juergen Richt, lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center and an adjunct professor at Iowa State University, will...

American Dental Education Association Names Dr. Eugene L. Anderson Associate Executive Director and Director of ADEA Center for Educational Policy and Research.
August 30, 2007... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is pleased to announce that Eugene L. Anderson, Ph.D., has joined ADEA as the new Associate Executive...