Now Playing newHarris County Hospital District Honors Trauma Survivors
Trauma Survivors Celebration is an annual event hosted by the Harris County Hospital District to honor the survivors of trauma and recognize their successful recoveries. These are victims of motor vehicle accidents, industrial injuries and crime that have received care at Ben Taub General Hospital or Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. The event reunites the former patients with physicians, nurses and EMS first-responders. – Harris County Hospital District|5/24/2012 6:30 PM EDT
Meet the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Class of 2012: An Overview of the 206th Commencement
This year, 1,613 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, May 26, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village (ECAV) stadium. They represent the next generation of leaders, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, patent holders, game designers, architects, and innovators, in fields ranging from engineering to architecture, fine arts to science, game design to information technology, and business to the military. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)|5/24/2012 6:30 PM EDT
Expert Addresses International Business TopicsBoise State University professor discusses international business, trade. – Boise State University|5/24/2012 6:00 PM EDT
Grassroots "Networks" Succeed in Recruiting Kidney Donors, Hopkins Program ShowsJohns Hopkins researchers say a program they developed that uses personal advocates and community networks to find organ donors for friends and loved ones who need kidney transplants resulted in success for nearly half of the participants in its trial run. – Johns Hopkins Medicine|5/24/2012 5:30 PM EDT
New Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines Face a Tough Sell, Study SuggestsRecent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advising elimination of routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer in healthy men are likely to encounter serious pushback from primary care physicians, according to results of a survey by Johns Hopkins investigators. – Johns Hopkins Medicine|5/24/2012 5:30 PM EDT
Infections May Be Deadly for Many Dialysis Patients• An infection called peritonitis commonly arises in the weeks before many patients on peritoneal dialysis die. • More studies are needed to determine whether peritonitis causes premature death in dialysis patients. 10% to 20% of dialysis patients receive peritoneal dialysis. – American Society of Nephrology (ASN)|5/24/2012 5:00 PM EDT
Obese Patients Face Increased Risk of Kidney Damage After Heart Surgery• Obese patients have an increased risk of developing kidney damage, or acute kidney injury, after heart surgery. • Oxidative stress associated with obesity seems to play a role in this increased risk. – American Society of Nephrology (ASN)|5/24/2012 5:00 PM EDT
As D-Day Anniversary Approaches, New Geological Insights
Two geology professors have discovered tiny bits of shrapnel and other microscopic remnants of the D-Day invasion in samples of sand collected on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. The scientists were surprised that these tiny traces survived for decades despite the scouring action of sand and waves, and the rusting action of seawater. – University of Texas at Austin|5/24/2012 2:40 PM EDT
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