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What Chimpanzees Can Teach Us About Tooth Development And Weaning
For more than two decades, scientists have relied on studies that linked juvenile primate tooth development with their weaning as a rough proxy for understanding similar developmental landmarks in the evolution of early humans. New research from Harvard, however, is challenging those conclusions by showing that tooth development and weaning aren't as closely related as previously thought...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dentistry Source Type: news

When Crime Pays: Prison Can Teach Some To Be Better Criminals
Research from an Ohio sociologist has found that inmates "earn" illegal money in greater amounts after they serve time. Prison may serve as a classroom where inexperienced delinquents learn from hardened criminals — and become more dangerous criminals themselves.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A masterclass in teaching algebra
Maths teacher Jonny Heeley shows year 10 pupils how algebra needn't be the devil's workNothing strikes fear into arithmophobes like the word "algebra", with its connotations of yellowing old texbooks filled with indecipherable symbols. Even the word sounds impenetrably alien: it's actually a medieval Latin word derived from the Arabic al jebr meaning "reunion of broken parts".This gut fear is unfortunate because it is algebra that makes maths so very useful and exciting – especially for scientists juggling variables. My own recollections of learning algebra are not happy ones. It was all just too … abstract. I could ha...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Science Authors: James Kingsland Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Mathematics Teacher Network Science Source Type: news

Physiotherapy advice via telephone reduces waiting times and provides equally good results for patients’ health
A physiotherapy service based on initial telephone assessment has the ability to provide faster access to the service and cut waiting times, a study involving University of Bristol researchers published today on bmj.com suggests.
Source: University of Bristol news - January 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: Press releases Source Type: news

South Africa: HSRC Releases Guidelines for Testing Children for HIV
[SAnews.gov.za]Pretoria -The Human Science and Research Council (HSRC) has designed a set of guidelines and training tools for dealing with the legal and ethical issues around counseling and testing children for HIV.
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - January 30, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Primary Care
NRHA Rural Health Voices blog reports that on January 29 the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Care and Aging held a hearing to discuss the Primary Care Physician shortage crisis in America.
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - January 30, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Communicating Effectively with the Millennial Generation Medical Student (Suzanne Minor MD)
Communicating effectively with medical students and residents is vital to successful learning. Faculty and staff must connect in several ways with those they teach - in person, on the phone, via email, and possibly even by text message. Millennial Generation students tend to have decreased traditional academic literacy, thus are less able to comprehend traditional print media, but are adept with text messaging and social media. Syllabi need concrete expectations, summative details, deadlines, and consequences. Students need to understand when there is flexibility, when they may have input, and when teamwork is appropriate....
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - January 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Genes and Civil Liberties
Conclusion Although human genetics research and development are usually presented as “advances,” they may also be setting back our civil liberties on many fronts. Chief among the downsides are increased numbers of widely-available databases that correlate many facets of people’s biology, lives, and activities, as well as increasing incidences of loss of privacy and discrimination. While federal legislation and administrative rules have begun to address these problems, private and governmental data mining grows rapidly as new technological formats are developed and a technological rationality (i.e., ̶...
Source: ActionBioscience - January 30, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Ali Hochberg Source Type: news

Healthy School Snacks: Long-Delayed Rules to Come Soon From USDA
After more than a year's delay, American schools will soon see new U.S. government rules targeting the kinds of snacks sold to students, a move nutritionists say could play an important role in fighting childhood obesity.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - January 30, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Facilitation skills training
PCC’s facilitation training is suitable for those new to facilitation and those familiar with the concepts who need a refresher. It aims to introduce delegates to the concept of facilitation, explore the differences between facilitation, training and chairing and practice some of the key techniques at the facilitator's disposal. The workshops will be held on 18 April in London, 9 July in Bristol, 17 September in Birmingham and 12 November in Leeds. Providing an opportunity for delegates to practice and experience their learning in a safe environment, PCC’s intermediate level training is a follow up for those who attend...
Source: NHS Networks - January 30, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Genes and Civil Liberties
Conclusion Although human genetics research and development are usually presented as “advances,” they may also be setting back our civil liberties on many fronts. Chief among the downsides are increased numbers of widely-available databases that correlate many facets of people’s biology, lives, and activities, as well as increasing incidences of loss of privacy and discrimination. While federal legislation and administrative rules have begun to address these problems, private and governmental data mining grows rapidly as new technological formats are developed and a technological rationality (i.e., “...
Source: ActionBioscience - January 30, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Ali Hochberg Source Type: news

Facilitation skills
PCC’s facilitation training is suitable for those new to facilitation and those familiar with the concepts who need a refresher. It aims to introduce delegates to the concept of facilitation, explore the differences between facilitation, training and chairing and practice some of the key techniques at the facilitator's disposal. The workshops will be held on 18 April in London, 9 July in Bristol, 17 September in Birmingham and 12 November in Leeds. Providing an opportunity for delegates to practice and experience their learning in a safe environment, PCC’s intermediate level training is a follow up for those who attend...
Source: NHS Networks - January 30, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Patient education in geriatrics: which specific points?
Source: Presse Medicale Area: Evidence > Medicines Management > References The prevalence of chronic diseases strongly increases with age, and the treatment of these diseases is complex in very old persons due to multiple comorbidities, loss of independence and/or frailty. In addition, cognitive disorders, dementia and sensory disturbances are common. Patient education is becoming an important component of chronic disease management. Patient education programmes aim to provide patients with information and skills to help them live with their chronic condition. The authors describe several spe...
Source: NeLM - Care of Older People - January 30, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news

MHRA: Learning about Yellow Card reporting and pharmacovigilance
Source: MHRA Area: News The MHRA have collaborated with BMJ Learning to develop a free multimedia learning module for any healthcare professional, 'Pharmacovigilance-identifying and reporting adverse drug reactions'. Using scenario-based learning, supported by video clips, the course explains the importance of continuous monitoring for adverse reactions and the MHRA's Yellow Card Scheme for reporting suspected adverse reactions; when and how to submit a Yellow Card; and how to keep informed about adverse reactions. This online course is approved for one hour of CPD/CME credit.
Source: NeLM - News - January 30, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

30 Days to Better Sleep: See a Sleep Doctor
At the conclusion of 30 days spent in an effort to sleep better, you may find yourself continuing to struggle. Through no fault of your own, restorative rest may still elude you. You may still struggle to sleep at night or wake feeling unrefreshed. What should you do now to improve your sleep? When should you see a sleep doctor? There are many things that you can do to improve your sleep. As observed over the past month, you can sleep better by keeping a regular sleep schedule. You can improve your sleep environment by removing electronics, pets, and even the alarm clock. You can meet your sleep needs, pay off your sleep ...
Source: About Sleep Disorders - January 30, 2013 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: news

Lakewood High School wins Colorado Science Bowl
(DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Students from Lakewood High School Team 1 won the Colorado High School Science Bowl today. They will go on to the 23rd National Science Bowl in Washington DC, April 25-29, where they will compete for the national title against more than 400 students from 70 high schools.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 30, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Scientists learn more about how inhibitory brain cells get excited
(Georgia Health Sciences University) Scientists have found an early step in how the brain's inhibitory cells get excited.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Mindfulness meditation heightens a listener's musical engagement
(University of Oregon) When De'Anthony Thomas returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, says University of Oregon researcher Frank Diaz, Thomas put Ducks fans into a heightened zone of engagement for watching the game, not unlike what was experienced by music students who were first exposed to a brief session of mindfulness meditation before hearing an opera passage.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Become a Dental Assistant
How to become a dental assistant: learn all about careers as a dental assistant, including salary, required qualifications, job duties, and more.
Source: About.com Health Careers - January 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: healthcareers.guide at about.com Tags: careers Source Type: news

Research study: Whistle away the need for diapers
(University of Gothenburg) Western babies are potty trained later these days and need diapers until an average of three years of age. But even infants can be potty trained. A study by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, followed 47 infants and their mothers in Vietnam - where potty training starts at birth and the need for diapers is usually eliminated by nine months of age.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Campus as laboratory: U-M student biologists use Diag trees to help solve gypsy moth mystery
(University of Michigan) Working beneath the towering oaks and maples on the University of Michigan's central campus Diag, undergraduate researchers and their faculty adviser helped explain an observation that had puzzled insect ecologists who study voracious leaf-munching gypsy moth caterpillars.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Sam Houston State tests prison education programs
(Sam Houston State University) More than 63,000 offenders in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice participated in educational programs offered by the Windham School District during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, which have been found to decrease recidivism rates, increase employment opportunities, and result in higher wages and higher levels of educational achievement among participants, a study at Sam Houston State University found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Kidney Project receives two major gifts, increased Hind professorship endowment
Shuvo Roy, PhD, with silicon wafer and bioartificial kidney model Image: © majedphoto.com Research at the UCSF School of Pharmacy to develop the first implantable bioartificial kidney recently received exceptional private support: $1 million from the family of the late philanthropists Harry and Diana Hind, and $50,000 from the Patterson Barclay Memorial Foundation. Both gifts provide major ongoing support for The Kidney Project, a national effort to create a long-term treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) via a surgically implanted device the size of a coffee cup that will carry out the vital functions of...
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - January 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Normal stress or adjustment disorder?
Adjustment disorder — Learn the difference between normal stress and adjustment disorder.
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Eriez Orange University Mobile Training And Education Center Offers Learning Opportunities For Those In Light Manufacturing Applications
The Eriez Orange University mobile training and education center continues to travel North America, delivering hands-on learning to all who step aboard.
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

The battle over alcohol pricing
What a Canadian prairie province could teach the UK
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Professional training 'in the wild' overrides laboratory decision preferences
Many simulation-based studies have been conducted, and theories developed, about the behaviors of financial market traders. New work suggests that decision-making research on the behavior of traders conducted "in the wild" (i.e., real-world situations) can offer an alternative lens that extends laboratory insights and provokes new questions.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 29, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

CDC: Leafy Greens Lead Culprit for Food-Borne Illnesses
What we can learn from handwriting; what to serve on game day
Source: U.S. News - Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Intimate Grooming: Shaving or Waxing Pubic Hair
Before you wax or shave, read on to learn the best -- and safest -- techniques for protecting your private parts.
Source: WebMD Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

When Self-Promotion Crosses the Line
You might recall that my last blog focused on people who suffer from a professional blind spot called Faulty Volume Control syndrome, specifically having their self-promotion volume far too low. Some people are plagued by the same syndrome but fall on the other end of the spectrum.read more
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - January 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sara Canaday Tags: Self-Help Work blind spot business world career clutter co workers desperation elevator email blasts energetic personality fellow students grad student grocery store leadership mba negative perception personal sales per Source Type: news

AIBS Public Policy Office 2012 Annual Report Now Available
Despite a daunting political and policy environment, the AIBS Public Policy Office aggressively and successfully advanced the interests of the biological sciences community last year. Learn about our activities and accomplishments in 2012 and find out how you can participate in the future. A few key accomplishments from 2012: Rallied the scientific community in opposition to federal budget sequestration. Convened a workshop and facilitated the development of the Implementation Plan for a Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance. Testified before Congress on the importance of federal funding for the US Geological Survey....
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 29, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Over 300 Schools Teaching Creationism on the Taxpayer's Dime
Despite a ban on teaching creationism in public schools, some private schools that receive funding through school voucher programs are teaching religious doctrine in science class. Nineteen-year-old activist Zach Kopplin has uncovered 310 such schools that have received tens of millions of dollars from school vouchers. The schools are located in nine states: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, Utah, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. For instance, Liberty Christian School in Anderson, Indiana takes students on field trips to the Creation Museum. Another school, Mansfield Christian School i...
Source: Public Policy Reports - January 29, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Ramon Fernandez obituary
My husband, Ramon Fernandez, who has died of cancer aged 62, was born into a Spanish republican refugee family in Toxteth, Liverpool. Growing up, he sought refuge in art and drawing, an escape from a strained home life.Leaving school at 16, he began work at the Ford motor factory in Halewood, but soon realised this was not to be his chosen career. After completing his O-levels and A-levels at Childwall Hall College of Further Education (where we met) he went on to obtain a BA in Hispanic literature at Sheffield University. We then went to the US where he gained an MA at the University of Utah, subsequently being awarded a ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 29, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Spain Obituaries Art guardian.co.uk Sculpture Liverpool Art and design Source Type: news

What's the danger of an all-fruit diet?
After learning that Ashton Kutcher had landed in the hospital trying to follow Steve Jobs' all-fruit diet, CNN reader Sumday had just one question: "All I really wanted to know was why this diet was bad?"
Source: WDSU.com - Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The danger of an all-fruit diet
After learning that Ashton Kutcher had landed in the hospital trying to follow Steve Jobs' all-fruit diet, CNN reader Sumday had just one question: "All I really wanted to know was why this diet was bad?"
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Design Museum's new permanent collection
Two years before it moves into its new home, the museum is struggling to keep up with the timesIn our increasingly design-literate world, when hallowed classics of 20th-century furniture are no longer just the preserve of the Conran Shop, but can be found in every McDonald's window, it is interesting to ask what role a museum of design might play. If we are so familiar with seeing, using and sitting in iconic objects, what can a repository of such things add to our understanding?It is a question that London's own Design Museum is struggling to answer in its new permanent display, Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 29, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Wainwright Tags: Museums Design Culture guardian.co.uk Art and design Technology Editorial Education V & Source Type: news

What's the danger of an all-fruit diet?
After learning that Ashton Kutcher had landed in the hospital trying to follow Steve Jobs' all-fruit diet, CNN reader Sumday had just one question: "All I really wanted to know was why this diet was bad?"
Source: CNN.com - Health - January 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mistrust of government often deters older adults from HIV testing
One out of every four people living with HIV/AIDS is 50 or older, yet these older individuals are far more likely to be diagnosed when they are already in the later stages of infection. Such late diagnoses put their health, and the health of others, at greater risk than would have been the case with earlier detection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 43 percent of HIV-positive people between the ages of 50 and 55, and 51 percent of those 65 or older, develop full-blown AIDS within a year of their diagnosis, and these older adults account for 35 percent of all AIDS-related deaths. And sinc...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Kenya: I Want to Be a Surgeon, Says Top Turkana Boy
[The Star]Turkana's top KCPE student wants to be a Neurosurgeon. Jeff Ogada, who scored 408 marks out of the possible 500, attributed his exemplary performance to hard work and inspiration.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Marketing in a Technology Company: GE's Organizational Platform for Innovation
This post was co-authored with Anna Chavis and Jace Moreno, MBA students, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Christine Moorman Source Type: news

Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in Extracurricular Athletics
U.S. Department of Education Clarifies Schools' Obligation to Provide Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in Extracurricular Athletics.
Source: Disabled World - January 29, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Disability Sports Source Type: news

NAD Board Update: January 2013
[VIDEO] The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) is pleased to announce that the January 2013 NAD Board Video Update is here! Watch this video to learn all about what is going on with the NAD, and what our Board members were discussing, or had to report, during their recent meeting in Atlanta! read more
Source: National Association of the Deaf - January 29, 2013 Category: Audiology Authors: admin Source Type: news

Debunking the 'July Effect': Surgery Date Has Little Impact on Outcome
The "July Effect" - the notion that the influx of new residents and fellows at teaching hospitals each July makes that the worse time of year to be a patient - seems to be a myth, according to new Mayo Clinic research that examined nearly 1 million hospitalizations for patients undergoing spine surgery from 2001 to 2008.
Source: Mayo Clinic Research News - January 29, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news

Complaint handling in NHS Trusts
This report outlines the results of an analysis which shows substantial variations in the way in which hospitals display information about how to make a complaint. It also suggests that support to patients is incomplete and unclear, with 35% of staff citing insufficient training in complaints handling as an issue. Key recommendations from the report include: accessible information on how to make a complaint on Trusts’ websites, as well as on leaflets and posters throughout NHS hospital ward; complaints being regarded as a learning opportunity to avoid creating a culture of blame; and specific provisions fo...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: news

Service improvement in blood sciences: how to improve quality, delivery and efficiency for laboratory providers and their customers
This report outlines how multidisciplinary teams worked collaboratively to test and implement changes that deliver improvements for patients, staff and users of the service. Report NHS Improvement - publications
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: news

Stronger together: how health and wellbeing boards can work effectively with local providers
This report was developed as part of the National Learning Network for health and wellbeing boards to share learning and support the establishment of well functioning boards. Report NHS Confederation - publications
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - January 29, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: news

Kenya: Bilharzia Hits 15 Schools
[The Star]FIFTEEN schools in Magarini have been hit bilharzia. District Education Officer Stephen Abere said out of 100 schools in the area, 15 schools are highly affected by bilharzia.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news