AScribe Medicine News Service articles from August 2008

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from August 2008

American Lung Association Offers Olympic Spectators Tips to Stay Healthy in Beijing.
August 4, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Air pollution is a serious health issue, especially in Beijing. For even the healthiest people, air pollution can irritate the respiratory tract and cause serious...

American Dental Education Association Awards Open to Dental Educators and Students.
August 5, 2008... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Applications open today for awards, scholarships, and fellowships to be conferred in 2009 by the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). The ADEA...

Partnership With Southern Sudan's Military to Fight HIV Featured at International AIDS Conference.(Conference news)
August 5, 2008... Byline: IntraHealth International, Inc. CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- IntraHealth International's work to gear up the Southern Sudanese military to fight HIV/AIDS is featured at a session on HIV programs in conflict and...

UTEP Announces 2008 Distinguished Alumni; AMA President-Elect, Renowned Attorney, Groundbreaking Journalist to Be Honored.
August 5, 2008... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, Aug. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Texas at El Paso and the UTEP Alumni Association are proud to announce the 2008 recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. - J....

Preeclampsia Awareness Evening Set for September 20 in Washington, D.C.; Event to Focus Attention on Life-threatening Condition Striking 1 in 12 Pregnancies.
August 6, 2008... Byline: Preeclampsia Foundation MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Preeclampsia Foundation has marked Saturday, September 20, 2008, for Saving Grace: A Night of Hope, its 4th annual dinner and program benefiting the Preeclampsia...

American Lung Association Offers Parents Seven 'Back to School' Tips for Kids With Asthma; Your Child's Inhaler May Soon be Unavailable at Your Local Pharmacy; Association Recommends Parents Take Simple Steps to Ready Kids With Asthma for School.
August 6, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly 11 percent of children headed back to school this fall have asthma. Annually, school aged children with asthma miss just under 13 million days in the...

FDA Remains Asleep at the Wheel on Dangers of Sunscreens, Besides Other Cosmetics and Personal Care Products.
August 7, 2008... Byline: Cancer Prevention Coalition CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. Dr. Epstein is Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at...

University of California, Santa Barbara Chemistry Professor Receives Top Military Award for Life-Saving Gauze.
August 11, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- UC Santa Barbara Chemistry Professor Galen Stucky has been honored for his role in the development of a blood-clotting gauze that is...

American Lung Association of California Offers Respiratory Rallies for People with COPD and Emphysema; Study Shows Too Few Adults Know about COPD, Nation's Fourth Leading Killer.(Clinical report)
August 12, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- This fall the American Lung Association of California is offering Respiratory Rallies in communities across the state to help people with COPD (chronic...

Medical College of Wisconsin Receives $9 Million Grant to Study Effects of Anesthesia on the Heart.
August 14, 2008... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a five-year, $9 million renewal program project grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the...

Responsibility of the FDA and National Cancer Institute for Cosmetics Related Escalating Cancer Rates -- by Samuel Epstein, M.D.
August 15, 2008... Byline: Cancer Prevention Coalition CHICAGO, Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Dr. Samuel Epstein, M.D. Dr. Epstein is Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Occupational Medicine at the University of Illinois at...

Parents' Expectations, Styles Can Harm College Students' Self-Esteem.
August 15, 2008... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mom and Dad are going to flip out over my 3.3 GPA and failure to land a top internship. Such anxieties, common among college students, can harm...

Indiana University and Clarian Health to Dedicate Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Patient Care Facility August 21.
August 18, 2008... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The dreams of many will be realized Aug. 21 when the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center patient care building is formally...

Crisis Residential Facilities Healthier Than Psychiatric Hospitals? Study Finds More Mental Health Improvements at Consumer-Managed Program.
August 18, 2008... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For people with grave psychiatric conditions, consumer-managed residential programs may be the way to go, a new study suggests. Not only are the daily costs...

Calculators Okay in Math Class, If Students Know the Facts First.
August 19, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Calculators are useful tools in elementary mathematics classes, if students already have some basic skills, new research has found. The findings shed light on...

Good Leadership and Organizational Structure Can Cut Corruption, According to Stanford Business School Faculty.
August 19, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's easier than most people realize for ordinary, well-meaning people to get caught up in activities they should have known were wrong. Yet,...

California Patient Safety Action Coalition Charts New Path in Preventing Medical Errors; There Is a Better Way to Reduce Medical Errors, Says New Coalition of Patient Safety Experts.
August 20, 2008... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- On the heels of a groundbreaking meeting of health care industry stakeholders held last month in Southern California, the California Patient Safety...

Preeclampsia Foundation's 'Hope Award for Lifetime Achievement' Goes to Preeclampsia Research Giant.
August 20, 2008... Byline: Preeclampsia Foundation MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Preeclampsia Foundation announced today that Dr. James M. Roberts, Senior Scientist and Founding Director of the Magee-Womens Research Institute (Pittsburgh,...

Kansas State Researchers Awarded Nearly $1 Million to Test Remedies, Investigate Link Between E. Coli and Distillers' Grains.
August 21, 2008... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team headed by Kansas State University E. coli O157:H7 expert T.G. Nagaraja has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study both the...

University of Virginia Experts Available for 2008 Hurricane Season.
August 29, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Virginia today released the following expert advisory. - - - - HURRICANE EFFECTS ON COASTAL AREAS Jay Zieman, chairman of the...

American Lung Association of California Grants $816,000 to Lung Disease Research; One Study Considers How Lung Cancer Affects Men and Women Differently.
August 29, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- As a young physician in training, Philippe Montgrain, MD, watched lung cancer patients suffer with little hope of recovery. Today he and other scientists are...

Shady Chemical Industry Campaign Kills California Ban on BPA in Baby Bottles.
August 30, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bowing to a deceptive, no-holds-barred campaign by the chemical industry, the California State Assembly has failed to approve a bill that would have made...