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Educating Children and Parents Key to Preventing Dog Bites
Dog bite prevention begins with the understanding that dogs do not bite “out of the blue.” People can learn to recognize potentially dangerous situations. |
Released: 5/21/2013 7:00 AM EDT
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego |
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Bonuses for Doctors Pay Off for PatientsA study in Rwanda by UC Berkeley Professor Paul Gertler shows that financial incentives for medical providers improve service and health outcomes. |
Released: 5/21/2013 6:00 AM EDT
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business |
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WSU Research Could Improve Prognosis for Battlefield Injuries
Leg and arm injuries sustained in the battlefield are made worse when splinting devices used by military medics don't provide ideal stabilization of the injured extremity. But a project under way by Wichita State University research engineer Kim Reuter aims to change that. Reuter is working on the development of novel materials for a fast-setting composite stabilization device. |
Released: 5/21/2013 6:00 AM EDT
Wichita State University |
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Genetic Predictors Of Postpartum Depression Uncovered By Johns Hopkins ResearchersJohns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered specific chemical alterations in two genes that, when present during pregnancy, reliably predict whether a woman will develop postpartum depression. |
Embargo expired: 5/21/2013 4:00 AM EDT
Released: 5/16/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Medicine |
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SAMHSA Appoints Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D. To the New Position of Chief Medical OfficerThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Administrator Pamela S. Hyde is announcing the appointment of Elinore F. McCance-Katz, M.D., Ph.D. as SAMHSA’s first chief medical officer. In this capacity she will provide medical-scientific expertise to SAMHSA’s major behavioral health efforts including those promoting the prevention of mental illnesses and substance use disorders, as well as the treatment and recovery of people from these conditions. |
Released: 5/20/2013 5:50 PM EDT
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) |
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WCS Informs Discussion of Responses to a Changing Arctic
In two critical reports released at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna, Sweden on May 15th, the scientific expertise of the Wildlife Conservation Society helped inform an international body of senior government officials about changing conditions in the Arctic, and potential responses to those changes. |
Released: 5/20/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Wildlife Conservation Society |
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New Test Better Detects Elephantiasis Worm Infection
A new diagnostic test for a worm infection that can lead to severe enlargement and deformities of the legs and genitals is far more sensitive than the currently used test, according to results of a field study in Liberia, in West Africa, where the infection is endemic. |
Embargo expired: 5/20/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/17/2013 2:00 PM EDT
Washington University in St. Louis |
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Older Prostate Cancer Patients with Other Underlying Health Problems Ought to Think Twice Before Getting TreatmentOlder prostate cancer patients with other underlying health conditions should think twice before committing to surgery or radiation therapy for their cancer, according to a multicenter study led by researchers in the UCLA Department of Urology. |
Embargo expired: 5/20/2013 5:00 PM EDT
Released: 5/16/2013 5:35 PM EDT
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences |
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Iowa State Design Prof Leads Team in Autism Research, Outreach
What started as a school project for a cognitively disabled son turned into a career focus for an Iowa State graphic design professor. Since Debra Satterfield discovered her son's talents as a painter, she has led a team who design educational, social inclusion and play experiences for kids with cognitive disabilities, including ASD. |
Released: 5/20/2013 4:25 PM EDT
Iowa State University |
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Annual Sustainability Research Conference Inspires Collaboration and Shares SolutionsThe Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), housed at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, held its fifth annual research conference at the Berkeley-Haas School of Business on Monday, 29 April through Wednesday, 1 May. |
Released: 5/20/2013 4:00 PM EDT
University of Virginia Darden School of Business |