AScribe Medicine News Service articles from December 2008

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from December 2008

Prof: Give Infants, Toddlers the Gift of Language This Holiday Season.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The holidays offer many opportunities to share the gift of language with infants and toddlers, says a Purdue University language development expert. "Holiday...

Genetic Alliance Names Sharon Kardia, Ph.D., as New Council Member.
December 1, 2008... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genetic Alliance is pleased to announce that Sharon Kardia, Ph.D., has joined the Genetic Alliance Council (formerly known as the Board of Directors). Dr. Kardia is a...

LSU Health Sciences Center's John England Leads Development of New Testing Guidelines for Common Nerve Disorder.
December 3, 2008... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- John D. England, MD, Professor and Chairman of Neurology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, is the principal investigator of two studies...

Lentigen and PATH Announce Partnership on Innovative Vaccine for Pandemic Influenza; Partnership Will Accelerate Research of Potential Vaccine for Low-Resource Countries.
December 4, 2008... Byline: PATH SEATTLE, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The biotech company Lentigen Corporation and the nonprofit global health organization PATH announced today a partnership to accelerate research on a pandemic influenza vaccine. PATH will...

Study Shows Child Abuse in High Income Countries Grossly Underreported; John Jay College Professor Widom's Findings Featured in The Lancet's Series on Child Maltreatment.
December 4, 2008... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Child maltreatment is far more common than suggested by official statistics of child protective agencies, according to "Burden and Consequences of Child...

LSU Health Sciences Center's Dr. James Diaz Calls Attention to Impact of Climate Change on Health.
December 5, 2008... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- James Diaz, MD, MHA, MPH &TM, Dr PH, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Schools of Public Health and...

American Lung Association Calls Truck Clean-Up Rule a Lifesaving Measure; Regulation Will Save More Than 9,400 Lives During the Next Decade.
December 9, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The proposed statewide truck and bus rule, which the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will vote on this Friday, December 12, will save more than 9,400...

People in the U.S. and the U.K. Show Strong Similarities in Their Attitudes Toward Nanotechnologies, According to a New Study.
December 9, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The results of a new U.S.-U.K. study published in this week's journal Nature Nanotechnology show that ordinary people in both countries hold...

The National Humanities Center Contributes to Thinking About 'the Human'; The Center's Three-Year ASC Initiative Influences Course Studies and International Discussions.
December 11, 2008... Byline: National Humanities Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the three short years since its inception, the National Humanities Center's initiative exploring how science and technology are challenging...

Hope for the Holidays: Dana-Farber Experts Offer Cancer Patients and Their Families and Friends Ideas for Coping - and Celebrating - Through the Holidays.
December 11, 2008... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The holidays can be a festive and joyful time. But for those going through cancer treatments, it can be stressful and full of anxiety. Treatments, like chemotherapy...

Cool Ideas to Beat the Winter Blues: Colgate University Expert Discusses Cures for Seasonal 'Blahs'.
December 16, 2008... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the arrival of winter just days away, even the hardiest soul can find the season depressing. "The lack of sunshine and fewer hours of light often makes these...

In Gift-Giving, It Really IS the Thought That Counts, According to Stanford Business School Research.
December 16, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- 'Tis the season, and if you're like most people you'll probably end up dropping a heftier sum of cash than you're comfortable with on presents for...

Carnegie Mellon's Children's School Celebrates 40 Years of Child Development Research and Early Childhood Education.
December 19, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- For four decades, play dough, blocks and make believe have been the tools of discovery at the Children's School at Carnegie Mellon University. Since its...

State Budget Cuts Jeopardize America's Health.
December 22, 2008... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Shrinking state health department budgets, brought on by the current economic downturn, are forcing cuts in critical public health...

Two University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Microbiologists Named 2008 AAAS Fellows.
December 23, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of...