AScribe Medicine News Service articles from March 2008

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from March 2008

Narcolepsy Network Announces Suddenly Sleepy Saturday - a Day for Narcolepsy Awareness.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Narcolepsy Network NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Narcolepsy Network, Inc., announced today that it has designated Saturday, March 8, 2008, as Suddenly Sleepy Saturday - A Day for Narcolepsy Awareness. This...

Massachusetts General Hospital Receives Gates Foundation Grant to Expand HIV Controllers Study; Search for Genetic, Immune Basis of Viral Control Should Help Vaccine Design.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Massachusetts General Hospital BOSTON, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has received a five-year, $20.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand an international program...

Survey Names Fox Chase Cancer Center a Top Spot for Postdocs to Stop.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Fox Chase Cancer Center PHILADELPHIA, March 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A survey released by The Scientist, a prominent life sciences magazine, places Fox Chase Cancer Center among the top ten best places to work for postdoctoral...

National Kidney Foundation to Present 2008 Champion of Hope Awards at Annual Golden Gala Benefit.
March 6, 2008... Byline: National Kidney Foundation of Northern California & Northern Nevada SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Kidney Foundation of Northern California & Northern Nevada will proudly present Champions of Hope Awards...

Pharmaceuticals in Your Tap Water? Check Environmental Working Group's Database.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A wide range of pharmaceuticals that include antibiotics, sex hormones, and drugs used to treat epilepsy and depression, contaminate drinking water supplies of...

The American Dental Education Association Releases 2008 Official Guide to Dental Schools.
March 10, 2008... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 2008 ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools is now available. The Official Guide has been published for over 40 years and offers the most...

Entertainment Industries Council Announces Nominees for 12th Annual Prism Awards; 'Desperate Housewives,' 'House,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'ER,' 'Lost,' 'Michael Clayton,' 'Gone Baby Gone' Among Nominees to Be Honored for Accurate Portrayal of Substance Abuse, Mental Health Issues.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Entertainment Industries Council LOS ANGELES, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy," "ER," "Lost," and the films "Michael Clayton" and "Gone Baby Gone" are among the productions receiving nods for...

Scripps Florida Awarded $7.6 Million Grant to Develop Novel Treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
March 12, 2008... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a $7.6 million...

While TB Cases Decrease Statewide in California, TB Cases Increase in 14 of State's Local Health Jurisdictions; American Lung Association of California Urges Investment in Prevention Efforts on World TB Day, March 24.
March 12, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association ENCINO, Calif., March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Lung Association of California today released the following advisory. WHAT: World Tuberculosis Day News Conference via Conference Call ...

Workforce Trends Point to a Future With Fewer Public Health Professionals and Increased Public Health Needs.
March 13, 2008... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ARLINGTON, Va., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- New data from a survey by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) shows that the public health workforce...

While Statewide TB Cases Decrease, TB Cases Increase in 16 Local California Health Jurisdictions; American Lung Association of California Urges Investment in Prevention Efforts on World TB Day, March 24.
March 13, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association OAKLAND, Calif., March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- While tuberculosis (TB) cases dropped 1.9 percent in California (2007 compared to 2006), increases were experienced in 16 of California's 61 local health...

Scripps Research Team Wins $4 Million Grant to Study Effects of Chronic Marijuana Use.
March 14, 2008... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of investigators led by The Scripps Research Institute's Professor Barbara Mason has won a $4 million grant from the National Institute of Drug...

New York Times Discredits a New Book on the Cancer War.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Cancer Prevention Coalition CHICAGO, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at...

Study Finds Both Health Professionals and Public Unprepared to Make Use of Genomic Medicine for Adults.
March 18, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although advances in genomic medicine for common adult chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer hold promise for improved prevention,...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Announces $5 Million Initiative to Enhance Care for Adults With CF -- as Lifespan Increases.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation BETHESDA, Md., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today announced the launch of a new $5 million initiative to enhance care for the growing adult CF population. The initiative,...

Dental and Medical Associations Form Partnership to Provide Teaching Tools to Educators Worldwide.
March 19, 2008... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) have formed a partnership that will allow the...

San Francisco Blue Ribbon Panel Fills Seats With Broad Expert Representation; First Meeting of Experts Planning Future of Health Care South of Market to Take Place March 20.
March 19, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Blue Ribbon Panel formed to help shape the future of California Pacific Medical Center's health delivery approach South of Market, including the...

James E. Mulvihill, D.M.D., Receives American Dental Education Association Distinguished Service Award.
March 21, 2008... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- James E. Mulvihill, D.M.D., will receive the American Dental Education Association's (ADEA) Distinguished Service Award during the 2008 ADEA Annual...

Radiologists, Physicists to Team Up at March 27 Meeting.
March 24, 2008... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international collaboration of medical and high-energy physicists will meet at a Thursday, March 27 workshop on the University of Chicago campus to further develop a...

The Wistar Institute Collaborates With the Coriell Institute to Distribute Cell Lines.
March 25, 2008... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cell lines developed by scientists at The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia have recently been made available to researchers around the globe through the catalog...

Science Writer Robert Sapolsky to Speak About Coping With Stress April 10; Lecture Is Free and Open to the Public.
March 26, 2008... Byline: Middlebury College MIDDLEBURY, Vt., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Robert Sapolsky, a well-known expert on issues of stress and stress-related disorders, will deliver a lecture titled "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress, Disease...

Renowned Stem Cell Researcher Jeanne F. Loring Heads New Center at The Scripps Research Institute.
March 26, 2008... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor Jeanne F. Loring, Ph.D., has been named founding director of the newly created Center for Regenerative Medicine at The Scripps Research...

Envision Conference Call for Presentations Deadline Is April 30; Early Submission to Low Vision Rehabilitation and Research Conference Is Encouraged.
March 27, 2008... Byline: Envision, Inc. WICHITA, Kan., March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Envision Conference is pleased to announce a call for presentations for Envision Conference 08, to be held September 5-6, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas at the Westin...

Health Screening for California Legislators, Staff on Capitol Lawn Finds Kidney Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure.
March 27, 2008... Byline: National Kidney Foundation of Northern California & Northern Nevada SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- To celebrate World Kidney Day and to promote early kidney health screening, The National Kidney Foundation (NKF)...

Actor-Robot 'Staff' Part of New $5 Simulation Training Center.
March 27, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, March 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A medical student places a chest tube in a patient lying on an operating table, while another student conducts a colonoscopy. Everything is just as it...

Restrictive Drug Policies Often Cause Schizophrenic Patients to Discontinue Medication, Study Finds.
March 31, 2008... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Policies requiring authorization before physicians can prescribe newer medications to schizophrenic patients may be counter-productive. According to a new...

Common Organic Compound Found in Many Household Products May Pose Health Risk to Breast Cells; Bisphenol A Could Increase Risk of Breast Cancer.
March 31, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bisphenol A, a chemical that leaches into food and beverages from many consumer products, causes normal, non-cancerous human breast cells to express...