AScribe Medicine News Service articles from March 2007

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from March 2007

Can Witness Memory Be Trusted? Can Liars Be Exposed? Can Confessions Be Untruthful? Can Crime Be Prevented? John Jay Conference to Focus on Latest Research in Forensic Psychology.
March 1, 2007... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Hon. Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States, will open "Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice," a...

Purdue to Show Low-Cost AIDS-Testing Technology to African Officials.
March 1, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers will meet with Nigerian officials and health-care professionals this month to introduce a new low-cost technology that would make...

A Safe Haven Selected as "Most Successful" Recovery Program in the Country by National Drug Control Policy Office.
March 1, 2007... Byline: A Safe Haven CHICAGO, Mar. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Safe Haven has been selected by the Illinois Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) and federal officials as "the most successful" Access to Recovery (ATR) program in...

Community Leaders In Chicago Come Together at Palmer House-Hilton to Support Individuals and Families Seeking Help to Recover from Addiction.
March 1, 2007... Byline: A Safe Haven CHICAGO, Mar. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- HBO, A Safe Haven and the Illinois Association of Extended Care is hosting a "Living in Recovery" forum and special preview of the new HBO documentary "ADDICTION." Following the...

American Dental Association Statement on the Death of Deamonte Driver.
March 2, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, March 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement from the American Dental Association (ADA). - - - - We are deeply saddened at the apparently avoidable death of 12-year-old...

New Digital Grid Will Link Heart Researchers Worldwide; Federally Funded Project Will Allow International Access to Cardiovascular Medical Data.
March 5, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- With $8.5 million in federal support, leading researchers at three universities, including Johns Hopkins, are creating an ambitious digital network that will allow...

CSU Stanislaus Student Health Center Participates in MedicAlert Pilot Project.
March 5, 2007... Byline: California State University, Stanislaus TURLOCK, Calif., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- California State University, Stanislaus is teaming with Turlock-headquartered MedicAlert Foundation and two major technology firms to test the...

Research Identifies Causes Contributing to Poor Development of Over 200 Million Children Worldwide.
March 5, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Inadequate intellectual stimulation and poor nutrition, especially iodine and iron deficiencies, are likely to blame for hindering more than 200 million children...

Study Shows No Survival Benefit for CT Screening for Lung Cancer; Death Rates for Smokers Not Improved Despite Early Diagnosis.
March 6, 2007... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first report of an international study looking at computed tomography (CT) to screen current or former smokers for lung cancer found that screening...

Computer Program Helps Hospitals Prepare for Mass Casualties.
March 6, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins emergency medicine specialists have developed a tool to help hospitals prepare for disasters with the potential to overwhelm services. ...

Sutter Health Contributes $200,000 to Support Advanced EHR Technology at Salud Para la Gente in Watsonville, Calif.; Computerized Medical Records Allow Doctors to Provide Even Better Care to Patients.
March 7, 2007... Byline: Palo Alto Medical Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sutter Health, in collaboration with the Santa Cruz Division of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), announced today that it is giving $200,000 to...

Undergrad: Need to Educate African Mothers on Diarrhea; Study by Kalamazoo Resident Aims to Save Lives of Ethiopian Children.
March 7, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ethiopian mothers' beliefs about diarrhea can lead to inappropriate treatment for their children's life-threatening condition, a 20-year-old Johns Hopkins University...

Kidney Disease in Children: Common But Treatable; Parents Should Learn to Spot the Telltale Signs, Children's Center Doctors Urge.
March 7, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTMORE, March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Kidney disease occurs more often than we think, but it is also more treatable than we used to think, especially when caught early," says Barbara Fivush,...

Dr. Robert I. Grossman Appointed Dean and CEO of NYU Medical Center.
March 7, 2007... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert I. Grossman, M.D., a renowned Professor of Radiology, was today appointed the 15th Dean of the 165-year-old NYU School of Medicine -- a leading institution in...

Statement by American Dental Association President Dr. Kathleen Roth on Small Business Legislation Encouraging Health Care Providers to Practice in Underserved Areas.
March 8, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association WASHINGTON, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Kathleen Roth, president of the American Dental Association, today told members of the House Small Business Committee that legislation establishing loan...

Undergrad: Kids Learn Words Best by Working Out Meaning; Study by New Jersey Senior Shows Inference Is Best Strategy for Toddlers.
March 8, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a 22-year-old Johns Hopkins undergraduate from Medford,...

Cambridge Health Alliance Researchers Awarded Grant to Improve Depression Treatment for Minorities.
March 8, 2007... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that its Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research (CMMHR) has received a grant from the Robert Wood...

Prof: Parents Should Do Their Homework to Aid Autistic Child's Education.
March 8, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University professor says the challenges of educating a child diagnosed with various autism disorders are best met by parents with knowledge and a...

Two Leading Prostate Cancer Experts Join Columbia University Medical Center & New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
March 8, 2007... Byline: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, March 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A prostate cancer clinician who helped discover a gene responsible for up to 70 percent of prostate cancer cases, and a scientist credited with improving the...

National Women and AIDS Collective Advocates New Policy to Make HIV-Positive Women's Needs a Priority; Policy Group Demands That CDC Broaden Definitions of 'At Risk Behaviors'; Policy Change Will Strengthen Research, Treatment, Care for Women.
March 9, 2007... Byline: Ms. Foundation for Women NEW YORK, March 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Timed to coincide with National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the National Women and AIDS Collective of the Ms. Foundation for Women (NWAC) has issued its...

University of California, Davis Cancer Center Experts Available to Discuss HPV Vaccination, HPV and Cervical Cancer.
March 12, 2007... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- California girls would need human papilloma virus vaccinations to enter the 7th grade under legislation proposed by Assemblyman Ed...

Dr. Lisa A. Tedesco Receives American Dental Education Association Distinguished Service Award.
March 14, 2007... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2007 ADEA Distinguished Service Award. This award, given by the Board of Directors of the American...

Vanderbilt Performs State's First Stem Cell Heart Regeneration Therapy.
March 15, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center is the first in the state to perform a novel therapy that uses bone marrow stem cells to stimulate regeneration of the...

Toledo Loses Medical Students, Faces Health-Care Crisis.
March 15, 2007... Byline: Medical University of Ohio TOLEDO, Ohio, March 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Toledo (UT) graduates about 150 newly minted medical doctors (M.D.) each year. These new physicians are among northwest Ohio's best and...

Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering Endows Purdue With $100 Million Alfred Mann Institute for Biomedical Development.(Company overview)
March 16, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Mann Foundation for Biomedical Engineering has announced a $100 million gift to endow an Alfred Mann Institute at Purdue University. The...

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Awards $6 Million to Burnham Institute; 'Comprehensive' Grants to Support Long-Range Stem Cell Studies Aimed at Developing New Treatments for Heart Disease, Brain Repair.
March 16, 2007... Byline: Burnham Institute for Medical Research LA JOLLA, Calif., March 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) will fund comprehensive research projects directed by Dr. Mark Mercola and Dr. Stuart...

Center for Research on Early Detection and Cure of Ovarian Cancer Launches at PENN Medicine; Renowned Oncologist and Research Scientist George Coukos, M.D., Ph.D., Is Named Director.
March 19, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania Health System and School of Medicine, and Penn's...

Emergency Contraception Advocates Tell UC Berkeley Students to 'Back Up Your Birth Control'.
March 19, 2007... Byline: Public Health Institute OAKLAND, Calif., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pharmacy Access Partnership will be distributing materials and talking to UC Berkeley students about Plan B emergency contraception as a part of the national...

Put on a Happy Face: Happy Digital Characters Sell Products Better Than Sad Ones.
March 19, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even in the digital world, people respond to the expression of a computerized face. New Ohio State University research suggests that the simulated emotions of...

Dental Insurance, Caregivers' Preventive Dental Visits Determinants of Underserved African-American Children Seeing Dentist, Study Says.
March 20, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children's dental insurance and caregivers' preventive dental care visits play a significant role as determinants of underserved African-American children seeing a...

New Technique Developed for Tracking Cells in the Body.
March 20, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists' inability to follow the whereabouts of cells injected into the human body has long been a major drawback in developing effective medical...

Although Statewide and Nationwide Tuberculosis Cases Decrease, TB Cases Increase in 20 Local California Areas; American Lung Association of California Urges Investment in Prevention Efforts on World TB Day, March 24.
March 20, 2007... Byline: American Lung Association ENCINO, Calif., March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: World Tuberculosis Day News Conference via...

University of Texas at El Paso Program Helps Reduce Binge Drinking; Preliminary Results of Screening and Intervention Show Positive Outcomes.
March 21, 2007... Byline: University of Texas at El Paso EL PASO, Texas, March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- As college campuses nationwide grapple with the problem of binge drinking, University of Texas at El Paso researchers are reporting success with a unique...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Conduct Phase III Clinical Trial of Creatine for Parkinson's Disease; Nutritional Supplement May Slow Progression of Disease.
March 22, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will participate in a large-scale national clinical trial to learn if the nutritional supplement creatine can...

Although Statewide and Nationwide TB Cases Decrease, TB Cases Increase in 20 Local California Areas; American Lung Association of California Urges Investment in Prevention Efforts on World Stop TB Day, March 24.
March 22, 2007... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although tuberculosis (TB) cases dropped 2.3 percent nationwide (2006 compared to 2005), and 4.2 percent in California, increases were experienced in 20...

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Becomes Member of Prestigious Cancer Alliance.
March 22, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has been named a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), an alliance of the world's leading cancer...

Number of Specialists Best at Treating Children's Fractures Is Decreasing; Hospital for Special Surgery Offers Symposium for Orthopedic Surgeons on Latest Techniques, 24-Hour Hotline for Pediatric Orthopedic Urgent Care.
March 26, 2007... Byline: Hospital for Special Surgery NEW YORK, March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fractures are a common injury among children, yet the number of pediatric orthopedists trained to deal with the special musculoskeletal problems of children is...

Early Child Care Linked to Better Vocabulary, But Also More Problem Behaviors in Fifth and Sixth Grades, Study Suggests; UT Dallas Professor is Co-Author of NIH-Funded Report.
March 26, 2007... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children who received higher quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabularies through the fifth grade than those who received...

Johns Hopkins Housing and Testing Only 256-Slice CT Scanner in North America; Device Can Image Whole Hearts or Brain, and Tiny Vessels Safely.
March 26, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine has installed for three months of initial safety and clinical testing a 256-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner, believed to be...

Leader of First Successful Rabies Treatment Team Urges Veterinary Schools to Scientifically Define the Milwaukee Protocol.
March 26, 2007... Byline: Medical College of Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Medical College of Wisconsin pediatrician and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin staff member who led a team that saved the world's first un-immunized rabies...

American Dental Association President Kathy Roth Urges Congress to Improve Access to Dental Care.
March 27, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association WASHINGTON, March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kathleen Roth, D.D.S., president of the American Dental Association (ADA), will testify today at 10 a.m. before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy...

April Fool's Jokes May Leave You Red-Faced, But It's a Good Sign.
March 28, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although blushing after an April Fool's joke might worsen your embarrassment, there is a bright side, says a Duke University professor who is an expert on embarrassment...

American Association for Dental Research/American Dental Education Association Testify Before House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in Support of Access to Dental Care.
March 29, 2007... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- On behalf of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), Nicholas G. Mosca, D.D.S.,...