The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)House of Delegates will hear testimony and vote the last week of May on over 50 resolutions addressing the physician assistant (PA)profession and the delivery of health care in the United States,including a policy paper on assisted suicide.
Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope to make the first detection of radio emission from a cosmic gamma-ray burst. This sheds the first light on long-standing questions about the actual physics of these mysterious, tremendously energetic events.
Three snowfall records were shattered in April in cities in the Northeast, all records fell before the month was 24-hours old, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University. April's temperatures were cooler than normal and the month was also drier than normal.
Women may be more vulnerable than previously assumed to contracting the AIDS virus from their male sexual partners, according to findings by Dartmouth Medical School and VA Medical Center researchers.
ASME International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) announces an online service for employers, recruiters and executive search firms seeking candidates to fill engineering positions.
The tracked vehicle that spurred the production of the military ship-to-shore amphibian tractors used in the assault on Normandy during World War II, has been cited for historic significance by ASME International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
Fact sheet on cancer statistics in the United States, including information on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates as well as background information on cancer genetics. Prepared by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Annual Meeting, May 17-20, 1997, Denver, CO.
Five new studies released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, May 17-20, 1997) reveal novel approaches to cancer treatment show promise for next generation of cancer drugs.
Four new studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, May 17-20, 1997) examine the benefit of using chemotherapy and tamoxifen combined; provide new insight into managing uterine cancer risk; and the psychological benefits of lumpectomy.
Four new research studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, May 17-20, 1997) challenge standard prostate cancer therapies and explore innovative biological strategies.
University of Rochester 's Simon School Dean Charles Plosser Visits East Asia To Strengthen Relationships With Business, Economic And Government Leaders And School's Growing Alumni Population.
In "Tax Waste, Not Work," a new text from Redefining Progress, the authors contend that changing what is taxed in America can lead to a stronger economy and a cleaner environment. The book--co-authored by Christopher H. Stinson, a University of Texas Business School professor and a senior fellow at Redefining Progress--focuses the national debate not on HOW MUCH to tax, but, more fundamentally, on WHAT should be taxed.
Four new research studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (Denver, CO, May 17-20, 1997) reveal new findings for the prognosis and treatment of those with hereditary cancer.
Fact Sheet on End-of-Life Care in the United States including information on physician assisted suicide, planning for end-of-life care, and financial and legal issues. Prepared by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Annual Meeting, May 17-20, 1997, Denver, CO.
The worldÃs leading cancer specialists today confronted some of the most controversial issues surrounding end-of-life care of cancer patients at a major session of the Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Denver, CO (May 17-20, 1997).
When it comes to cleaning up the environment, the answer may be right under our feet. A Purdue University engineer is investigating how and why bacteria in the soil eat certain toxic chemicals, and he is developing procedures for using the hungry bugs in environmental cleanup efforts.
A Purdue University travel expert predicts that the Internet will change the way travel agents do their jobs. "It's inevitable that the business of travel agencies will change," says Alastair Morrison, professor of restaurant, hotel, institutional and tourism management. "The Internet is a way to bypass travel agents, and, though it doesn't signal their demise, it is impacting the travel industry."
Psychiatric Annual Meeting Highlights: May 17-18, 1997 -- Insanity defense historical background; future of quality psychiatric care, threats to patient access to care.
Geriatric Patients and Psychiatric Issues: Neuroimaging; New medications and treatment of depression, mania, psychosis, Alzheimer's Disease, and dementia; Alzheimer's genetic risk; caregivers; elderly suicide.
Psychiatry and International Research: APA Annual Meeting (San Diego, 5/17/22/97): Korean teen criminals, Chinese medical students, suicide in the Arctic, Korean disaster, ego defense and Korean smokers, Anger attacks in France, Schizophrenia on Reunion Island, Murder in Finland, French emergency room, PTSD in Rwanda, Children with ADHD in Quebec, Bosnian Students, Eating disorders in Japan.
Women's issues at psychiatric annual meeting: psychosocial care for women with breast cancer, depression and women across the reproductive cycle, women prisoners: psychiatric disorders and HIV infection.
California Psychiatric Presenters Highlighted at APA Annual Meeting (5/17-22/97): Estrogen for depressed perimenopausal women; sleep disturbances in the elderly, controversies in child custody.
1) Cholesterol Levels Related to Death From Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly; 2) Antihypertensive Drug Treatment on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Men and Women; 3) Medical Applications of Marijuana; 4) ACP Outlines Steps for Fecal Occult Blood Testing and Interpretation in Colon Cancer Screening
Low-flying planes and an array of new surface gauges in the Walnut River watershed east of Wichita, Kansas, are gathering data from the lowest few thousand feet of the atmosphere to improve weather forecasting. Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado coordinate the experiment.
To come up with new product ideas, researchers at the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seed consumer imaginations with tantalizing triggers such as blow-dry dog, fold clothes, or shrink car.
Scientists affiliated with the National Science FoundationÃs (NSF) Center for Biological Timing have identified and cloned a gene for the biological clock in a mouse, the first such gene to be identified at the molecular level in a mammal.
If we had to pay for the services that nature provides, how much would it cost? A paper appearing in the May 15th issue of the journal Nature, co-authored by 13 ecologists, geographers and economists, estimates this value at between $16 and $54 trillion per year.
For the first time a link has been established between the pain system, the immune system and the reproductive system. These findings go far beyond the known pain relief role of pain receptors.
To assist in the effective monitoring of whether a nuclear bomb has been detonated anywhere in the world, geologists are compiling an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS), a database of global seismological, geologic, geophysical remote sensing and geographic information so that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty can be verified.
Children with severe asthma who receive medical care at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center Pediatric Day Program have asthma-related medical costsósuch as hospital stays, emergency room and doctor visitsóreduced from an average of $21,370 a year to an average of $7,740 a year, researchers found.
A way for a double amputee to use his power tools. A ground-hugging surveillance robot for the military. An inexpensive page-turning device for the disabled. These are some of this year's inventions by engineering undergraduates at Johns Hopkins.
Some complicated, high-risk liver operations are safer, easier on the patient -- and less costly -- when performed at medical centers that do a lot of them, according to a Johns Hopkins study.
Psychiatrists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are using a "testimony" method of psychotherapy to help survivors of the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia-Herzegovina. These survivors of genocide have suffered extreme psychological traumas that require special attention from mental health professionals.
A new, laparoscopic technique allows people to donate a kidney with much less pain, a shorter hospital stay, and a much faster recovery. Also, kidneys removed in this less-traumatic way function as well as those taken out with a large incision, according to surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
Cornell/University of Utah time-use experts find that parents with two children put in 7.5 hours a day raising kids -- three times more than experts had previously estimated because they had only considered primary child care.
"Great Issues for Medicine in the Twenty-first Century: Ethical and Social Issues Arising out of Advances in the Biomedical Sciences." Friday, Sept. 5 - Sunday, Sept. 7, 1997, Hanover, NH.
A team of researchers led by Johns Hopkins finds most men between 50 and 70 don't need an annual prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer because their risk of having a noncurable cancer that can be detected is so small.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and other institutions have refined a chart that helps physicians determine how advanced a prostate cancer may be and guides treatment decisions.
Scientists at Northwestern University have cloned and identified a gene for the circadian clock in a mouse, the first such gene to be identified at the molecular level in a mammal.
An experimental drug delays organ rejection in rhesus monkeys with transplanted hearts, researchers from Stanford University Medical Center and Genentech Inc. have announced.
Reflecting its leap into the top ranks of American business schools and the high caliber of its M.B.A. program, starting salaries for 1997 graduates of the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration jumped a whopping 17.6% (from one year ago) to $69,399. In addition, job offers are up 15% and summer internship offers are up 41% over last year. Confirmed students to Class of 1999 up 110% over same time last year.
Economic models and proven scientific procedures must be the foundation for operations problem solving in today's business environment, a new paper indicates.In "Perspectives on Operations Strategy and Economics," Phillip J. Lederer, associate professor of operations management at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, asserts that by utilizing an operations strategy that takes into account the scientific method, microeconomics and operations research, a company will gain stronger and more insightful information on how certain decisions affect the cost and demand of products or services.
Simon School M.B.A. Student Named 1997 National Marketing Scholar--Places first in Annual American Marketing Association Competition
On Friday, May 16, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia will unveil for the first time ever the skull of the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered--Giganotosaurus. Dr. Rodolfo Coria, the paleontologist credited with its discovery will lead a panel discussion that will reveal the paleontological implications of the discovery of this South American giant and present new data refining the continental drift theory and knowledge about the evolution of dinosaurs.
As legislators at all levels of government contemplate increased competition for natural gas and electricity, the deregulation of energy markets so far presents clear evidence that competition results in lower costs to consumers, according to a new article published by Resources for the Future.
Nicotine patches should be stored in a safe place or discarded immediately after use because they can be toxic to children, according to a recent study published on Pediatrics electronic pages, the electronic journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The nations foremost authority on child health has teamed up with the largest producer of healthcare television programming to announce the release of a new parenting multimedia program entitled HealthAnswers for Parents: A Guide to Babys First Three Months.
The number of uninsured children grew by nearly 1 million between 1987 and 1993, according to a study published on Pediatrics electronic pages, the electronic journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Allstate Insurance Company are making the 1997 Family Shopping Guide to Car Seats brochure available available during Buckle Up America! Week, May 19-26, 1997.
ARS News Service Tip Sheet 5-10-97: 1- New Test Speeds Search for Aflatoxin Biocontrol; 2- Scientists Identify Chemical That Triggers Plant "SOS" Call; 3- Cloudy is Good--When It Pertains to Citrus Juices; 4- Extra Vitamin E May Thwart Infections in the Elderly; 5- Extra Vitamin E May Thwart Infections in the Elderly.
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