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Fracking is the only way to achieve Obama climate change goals, says senior scientist
Boosting natural gas production could provide a 'bridge fuel' and cut carbon emissionsAmerica will only achieve the ambitious climate change goals outlined by President Barack Obama last week by encouraging wide-scale fracking for natural gas over the next few years. That is the advice of one of the nation's senior scientists, Professor William Press, a member of the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.Fracking – known officially as hydraulic fracturing – involves pumping high-pressure water through underground rocks to release natural gas trapped deep underground. It is believed that there are va...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 16, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Energy Fossil fuels United States Barack Obama World news Boston Climate change Energy research Shale gas and fracking The Observer Environment Carbon emissions Science Source Type: news
Advance In Mouse Model Of Angelman Syndrome
In the journal PLoS Biology, a team of scientists reports experiments showing how the gene defect of Angelman syndrome disrupts neurological processes that may be needed for memory and learning. In tests in mice, the team showed that a novel compound could restore the healthy processes. In a new study in mice, a scientific collaboration centered at Brown University lays out in unprecedented detail a neurological signaling breakdown in Angelman syndrome, a disorder that affects thousands of children each year, characterized by developmental delay, seizures, and other problems...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Neurophysiological Review Shows Benefits Of Meditation
Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown University scientists propose a neurophysiological framework to explain these clinical benefits...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Source Type: news
South Africa: Denosa Response to Sona - Education in Nursing Ought to Be Priority Too
[COSATU]Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) welcomes the president’s announcement in his State of The Nation Address last night that government will still emphasize improvement on education and his plan to establish the Presidential Remuneration Commission which will look at the appropriateness of salaries for all government employees.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Basic Techniques in Pediatric Surgery
An Operative ManualThis unique manual is a “surgical cookbook” designed to provide clear and concise guidance for trainees in pediatric surgery. With the aid of simple line drawings depicting each operative step, more than one hundred frequently performed procedures are explained and demonstrated. The reader will learn how to perform each procedure effectively and safely, avoiding potential complications. The ...
Source: Springer Medicine titles - February 16, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: Pediatric Surgery Source Type: news
Are you under the spell of media hypnosis? Take this simple test and find out
Here's a valuable self-test to find out whether you've been hypnotized (and controlled) by the mainstream media and its engineered false reality. After you take this test, watch the stage hypnosis videos I've selected for you, below, and you'll be astonished to learn...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
diarrhea
Every one of us has suffered diarrhea at some point in our lives. This uncomfortable symptom of watery, frequent stools is commonly the result of viral, bacterial or parasitic disease, but can also occur due to chronic bowel diseases like Crohn's. Learn when to call your doctor and when to treat this symptom at home.
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - February 16, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news
Valentine's Day Chocolates Can Be Good for Heart Health
Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
Chocolate has become a decadent expression of one's love, especially on Valentine's Day, and giving someone a box of candies can be good for the heart — literally.
Source: UCSF Medical Center - February 16, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
Teaching the brain to speak again
(Northwestern University) "Use it or lose it," says stroke and brain damage researcher Cynthia Thompson, who has played a key role in demonstrating the brain's plasticity. On Feb. 16, she presents her groundbreaking research that offers hope to chronic sufferers of aphasia (a disorder affecting one million Americans). "Language training focused on principles of normal language processing stimulates the recovery of neural networks that support language even 10 or more years post-stroke," she says.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Poster Review, Rating and Recognition Tools: 2013 MSE Conference (Jeffrey Morzinski PhD, MSW)
Poster displays can be a powerful dissemination format in family and community medicine, often used by junior scholars reporting pilot project results. This resource of six tools was developed because 1) conference feedback indicated that poster authors were receiving insufficient review, and 2) conference planners wanted to raise overall poster quality. With input from the Group on Medical Student Education (MSE) and monitoring by our 2013 STFM MSE Conference Steering Committee, we implemented a host of procedural and quality improvement steps - represented by this cluster of tools. At the MSE 2013 Conference in San Anton...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - February 16, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pre-Dementia Linked to Ill Health
A large new study is highlighting a link between mild cognitive impairment, physical disability and psychological symptoms such as anxiety.
As populations in low and middle-income countries are aging, rates of dementia are rising, say Dr. Robert Stewart of King’s College London, UK, and colleagues in the journal PLoS Medicine. Currently, more than 35 million people worldwide have dementia, the majority of which is Alzheimer’s disease. More than 115 million people may have dementia by the year 2050, with much of this rise occurring in low- and middle-income countries.
“Mild cognitive impairment is a constr...
Source: Psych Central - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jane Collingwood Tags: Aging Alzheimer's Disorders General Memory and Perception Seniors Cognitive Deficit College London Dementia Future Health Care Ill Health Intermediate State Irritability Living In Cuba Middle Income Countries Mild Cognitive I Source Type: news
UCLA study suggests link between untreated depression, response to shingles vaccine
Can an individual's state of mind effect how well a vaccine may work? In the case of seniors and shingles, the answer is yes.
Reporting in the current online edition of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, Dr. Michael Irwin, a professor of psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, demonstrates a link between untreated depression in older adults and decreased effectiveness of the herpes zoster —or shingles — vaccine.
Shingles is a painful, blistering skin rash that can last for months or even years. It's caused by the varicella–zoster virus, the ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Ryan Hernandez awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Ryan Hernandez, PhD
Ryan Hernandez, PhD, whose lab studies patterns of genetic variation from populations around the world, using detailed computer modeling to learn more about human evolutionary processes and to discover regions of the genome vital to function and underlying disease, has been named a 2013 Alfred P. Sloan Research fellow.
The prestigious two-year fellowships provide $50,000 in funding and “seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.” The Sloan Foundation supports science, technology, and economic institutions.
Hernandez is a faculty m...
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - February 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Asteroid misses Earth by 17,000 miles after meteor strikes Russia
Experts said there was nothing to fear from 50-metre asteroid, but coincidence highlights Earth's position in 'shooting gallery'Phew... Come out from under the kitchen table. Let the air back into the nuclear bunker in the garden.After skimming closer to the earth than any other asteroid of its size, space rock 2012 DA14 missed us by about 17,100 miles on Friday evening, a margin closer than some satellites.Experts had given assurances there was nothing to fear from the asteroid, which was too small to see with the naked eye even at its closest approach over the Indian Ocean, near Sumatra.At 50 metres across (about the siz...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ben Quinn Tags: Russia World news guardian.co.uk Europe Meteors Asteroids Science Space Source Type: news
Lab Notes: Potential Target ID'd in ALS
(MedPage Today) -- A previously unknown protein builds up in the brains of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, offering a new treatment target. Also this week: rats learn to feel light.
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - February 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Save the Date: Disaster Recovery Summit
Disaster Recovery Summit When: April 8, 2013 Where: Eatontown, NJ Details: http://www.njstatelib.org/news/2013/feb/08/ports_in_a_storm_the_library_as_disaster_recovery_center Sponsored by the New Jersey State Library, the Middle Atlantic Region of the NN/LM, Library Link NJ, and the New Jersey Library Association.
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - February 15, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: mjharvey Tags: Disaster / Emergency Preparedness Education In the Region Source Type: news
Announcing Winter Issue of Our Newsletter: The MAReport
Make a point of checking out the latest issue of our newsletter: http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/ You’ll find articles about: Participating on a MAR Advisory Committee MLA’s Disaster Information Specialization Program Funding Opportunities from MAR NLM Environmental Health Resources Creating an Elevator Message MLA’s Consumer Health Information Specialization Program Our New Technology Webinar Series
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - February 15, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: mjharvey Tags: @ the RML Consumer Health Disaster / Emergency Preparedness Education In the Region Outreach Public Health Technology Technology and Libraries Source Type: news
Webinar / The Sunshine Final Rule: What Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Need to Know
The final rule for the physician payment (‘Sunshine’) provisions of the Affordable Care Act were published in the Federal Register on Friday. The regulations mandate the creation of a publicly available database listing certain payments made to physicians or teaching hospitals by manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies reimbursed by federal health care [...]
Source: NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region Blog - February 15, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: mjharvey Tags: Education Public Health Source Type: news
Hundreds hurt in Russia after meteorite falls to Earth
Ultranationalist politician suggests 10-tonne meteorite was in fact a new American weaponGalina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by an enormous explosion that blew in the balcony windows and shattered clay pots containing her few houseplants.When she jumped out of bed on Friday she could see a huge vapour trail hanging in the morning sky and hear the wail of car alarms from the street below."I didn't understand what was going on," said Zaglumyonova. "There was a big explosion and then a series of little explosions. My first thought was that it was a plane crash."What she had actually witnessed were...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Howard Amos Tags: The Guardian Russia World news Europe Meteors Science Space Source Type: news
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in the Digital Age
Digital media can help us cultivate a sense of beauty, aid us in learning how to treat others well both here and across the globe, and assist us in the slow and steady march towards truth.read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael W. Austin Tags: Education Ethics and Morality Parenting Philosophy adolescence art forms artistic preferences critical thinking crowd dialogue digital citizens digitally experiences family friends first steps good habits Goodness howard Source Type: news
Study finds tobacco control efforts yield huge health care savings
James Lightwood, PhD
California tobacco control efforts that cost $2.4 billion over nearly two decades reduced health care costs during that same period by $134 billion, according to a new study co-authored by UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty member James Lightwood, PhD.
“These health care cost savings began to appear almost immediately after the program started and have grown over time, reaching more than $25 billion a year in 2008,” said Lightwood, a faculty member in the School’s Department of Clinical Pharmacy.
The California program combining aggressive anti-smoking ads with community programs start...
Source: UCSF School of Pharmacy News - February 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Touch Technology News - Information on Mobile Technology and Apps for Individuals with Autism and Developmental Disability
Special Learning, Inc. Releases its First Issue of “Touch Technology News,” a Publication Providing Expert Reviews and Articles on Mobile Technology and Apps for Individuals affected by Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.
Source: Disabled World - February 15, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Books Guides & Publications Source Type: news
Lessons Learned From Reading The Anti-Romantic Child
The Anti-Romantic Child is a spectacular story aimed at parents to be sure, yet I could see so clearly as I lost myself in those pages, how powerfully Priscilla Gilman's messages would resonate with educators, therapists, and medical professionals.
I invited Priscilla to chat with me as part of my series Conversations. I’m delighted she agreed to an interview.read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lynne Griffin, R.N., M.Ed. Tags: Relationships academics acknowledgement Advocacy benj conversations disclosure gilman learning style medical professionals memoir memoirs milestones outlines parenting personal life Priscilla romantic poetry shared expe Source Type: news
Kenya: Reporters Told to Learn First Aid
[The Star]JOURNALISTS should be equipped with basic first aid skills to help when cover violence and accidents.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Brazilians learn about science through samba and carnival
Science and scientists have been the inspiration for several performances and parades, at carnivals taking place across Brazil.
Source: SciDev.Net - February 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
It's Annual Checkup Season! Don't forget Spring Sports Begin Soon!
Michelle Maloney, CPNPFrom the desk of nurse practitioner Michelle Maloney:Annual check-ups are an opportunity for parents to raise questions about your child’s growth, development, behavior etc. More time is taken during a well exam to discuss these issues which can’t be accommodated during a sick visit. Many of the topics discussed included are sleep issues, behavior, learning problems, and toilet training, just to name a few. Annual check-ups allow you, your child, and your MD/NP a chance to get to know each other for a relationship that will extend for many years. To prepare for your visit, you may want...
Source: Pediatric Health Associates - February 15, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
How Can Stimulant Abuse by College Students Be Deterred?How Can Stimulant Abuse by College Students Be Deterred?
Reports have emerged that some college students are using stimulants to improve academic performance. How can this misuse and abuse be discouraged? Medscape Pharmacists
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Ask the Expert Source Type: news
Brain implant gives rats a feel for infrared | Mo Costandi
A sensory substitution device enables rats to perceive infrared light with their sense of touchIt's 1968, and a blind man sits in a dentist's chair at the Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. But he's not there for a check-up or a filling, and this is no ordinary chair. The backrest has been fitted with 400 vibrating metal rods, arranged in a 20 x 20 array, and right behind it is a television camera sitting atop a large tripod. The man uses a handle to pan the camera across the room; as he does so, the images from the camera are converted into a pattern of vibrations that press gently into the skin on his back, like a ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Science Tags: Blogposts Health guardian.co.uk Technology Neuroscience Source Type: news
Uganda: Vocational Schools Inadequate, Minister Says
[New Vision]The Minister of State for Higher Education, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, has said most vocational and health institutions in the country are not adequately prepared for the Skilling Uganda project.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Keys to Building Hope in Children: Part 3, Problem-Solving
How to Teach Children to Cope with Hope read more
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - February 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anthony Scioli, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting Resilience Spirituality 17 years alternative solutions ancient source chains child hope empowerment entrapment escape route exit strategy folk traditions greek mythology hope website hopelessness Source Type: news
Bhutanese Midwife Learns from Thailand’s Experience - 21 January 2013
LOEI, Thailand — After four days of trekking from his village by foot, a two-day bus ride across Bhutan, an international flight to Bangkok and a long van ride, Sonam finally arrived at this mountainous province in northeastern Thailand. The midwife from Gelephu, a small village in eastern Bhutan, was one of more than 20 Bhutanese health professionals selected to participate in a technical training on reproductive health care services.
Source: UNFPA News - February 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Getting More Health for the Money: Burkina Faso Tries Outsourcing - 24 January 2013
SABLOGO, Burkina Faso — Although Solange Lamoussa Sawadogo has no medical training, the 28-year-old mother of two is fondly called 'loctoré' – doctor in English – in her village 200 kilometres east of Ouagadougou, the capital. With the nearest health centre in Moaga, eight kilometres away, Solange, a volunteer Community Health Worker, promotes reproductive health, encourages couples to get family planning counselling – something rather new in this traditional community – and dispenses condoms and some contraceptives.
Source: UNFPA News - February 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
College students' social reactions to the victim in a hypothetical sexual assault scenario: the role of victim and perpetrator alcohol use - Untied AS, Orchowski LM, Mastroleo N, Gidycz CA.
College students' responses to a hypothetical sexual assault scenario involving alcohol use by the victim and/or perpetrator were examined (N = 295). Participants reported on victim/perpetrator responsibility, the extent to which the scenario would be cons...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Gambia: Health Promotion Directorate Seeks for Partnership With the Media
[Foroyaa]A one day forum was held by the Directorate of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE), under the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, with media practitioners to discuss issues concerning the coordination of health communication interventions in The Gambia. The event took place on the 5th February, 2013 at the Central Medical Store in Kotu.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 15, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Medical students urge Congress to preserve GME
Hundreds of students participate in an AMA advocacy event on Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to boost graduate medical education positions and avoid funding reductions.
Source: American Medical News - GOVERNMENT - February 15, 2013 Category: American Health Source Type: news
How flooding affected the life of Richard III
The Battle of Bosworth Field may never have occurred if Henry Tudor’s first attempt to seize the throne from Richard III, two years earlier, hadn’t been thwarted by the inclement weather of October 1483, a researcher investigating historical sea floods at the University of Bristol has discovered.
Source: University of Bristol news - February 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: Press releases Source Type: news
ComApp 3 from Special Learning for Those Affected by Autism
ComApp3 offers a fully customizable adaptation of its highly effective ComApp. Using a highly attractive, simple-to-use icon-based system that adheres to the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), the app gives voice to individuals affected by developmental disabilities by allowing them to express simple requests quickly and successfully. The app focuses on five main categories essential to communication: food, drink, clothing, toys and emotions.
Source: Disabled World - February 15, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Disability and Health Apps Source Type: news
National training scheme for the use of radioiodine in benign thyroid disease
The next RCP national training scheme for the use of radioiodine in benign thyroid disease will take place on Tuesday 12 November 2013 at Birmingham Research Park, Birmingham, B15 2SQ.
This one day course represents an essential component of the new national training scheme aiming to allow application for ARSAC certification for iodine-131 administration for the treatment of benign thyroid disease. The other components of training, upon which guidance will be given and log books provided, will be locally arranged and mentored experience of clinical cases, as well as medical physics experience. This training programme will ...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - February 15, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Are scientists normal people?
The media say scientists are either evil geniuses out to conquer the world or nerdy geeks who couldn't tie their own shoelacesScientists are different from other people. For example, a recent American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology survey of young scientists showed the top factor for choosing a career in science is "freedom to pursue my intellectual interests". Only on moving down the list to No 4 and No 5 is there more typical job-related concerns, such as "job availability/security" and "pay/benefits".This is not particularly surprising. It's not that we do not want to be paid decently for our work. We do...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Steve Caplan Tags: Comment Blogposts guardian.co.uk Science Source Type: news
The gostak distims the doshes. And you can quote Andrew Ingraham on that | Mind Your Language
A little-known American headmaster deserves to be remembered for his tongue-in-cheek grammar lessonsResearch for a book I'm writing has taken me down some obscure linguistic byways, the latest of which has been the discovery of Andrew Ingraham, an American teacher and writer of whom I'd never heard until stumbling across a brief mention in the long out-of-print The Use of English (1962), by Randolph Quirk.His tiny Wikipedia entry lists just two facts about Ingraham (1841-1905): he was headmaster of Swain School, and "he is credited with the invention of the Gostak concept" (of which more in a moment). He deserves to be rem...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Marsh Tags: Comment Blogposts guardian.co.uk Media Language Source Type: news
Poll: Getting Ready for ICD-10?
Providers are turning to third-party consultants to help with roadmaps and training for the transition to ICD-10, according to KLAS. Are you getting ready?
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - February 15, 2013 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Toxicology Education On The Go - One Year of the Journal Of Medical...
The Journal of Medical Toxicology, the official print journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology, celebrates its first year of delivering scientific journal content in a humorous and...(PRWeb February 14, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10430578.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nevada Pain Network Goes Live With Online Pain Management Textbook
The Nevada Pain Network, which is part of the US Pain Network, has launched an online pain management textbook. The website contains hundreds of pages of current pain management education, which is...(PRWeb February 14, 2013)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/painmanagementlasvegas/painclinichenderson/prweb10393172.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Scientists Look To The Internet To Raise Research Funds
Scientists are learning what artists have already figured out: there's money out there. Specifically, there's money among the users of the Internet, and they are willing to donate it for what they consider to be good causes.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alpha Activity And Learning Success
The reason why some people are worse at learning than others has been revealed by a research team from Berlin, Bochum, and Leipzig, operating within the framework of the Germany-wide network "Bernstein Focus State Dependencies of Learning". They have discovered that the main problem is not that learning processes are inefficient per se, but that the brain insufficiently processes the information to be learned. The scientists trained the subjects' sense of touch to be more sensitive...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
New Study Of Classroom Schedules Makes Good Model For Flu Outbreaks
Classroom rosters combined with human-networking theory may give a clearer picture of just how infectious diseases such as influenza can spread through a closed group of people, and even through populations at large. Using high-school schedule data for a community of students, teachers, and staff, Penn State University's Marcel Salathé, an assistant professor of biology, and Timo Smieszek, a post-doctoral researcher, have developed a low-cost but effective method to determine how to focus disease-control strategies based on which individuals are most likely to spread the infection...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Flu / Cold / SARS Source Type: news
Targets For Treatment Revealed By Study Of Cocaine Addiction
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara are researching cocaine addiction, part of a widespread problem, which, along with other addictions, costs billions of dollars in damage to individuals, families, and society. Laboratory studies at UCSB have revealed that the diminished brain function and learning impairment that result from cocaine addiction can be treated - and that learning can be restored. Karen Szumlinski, a professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UCSB, and her colleagues Osnat Ben-Shahar and Tod Kippin, have worked in the field of addiction for many years...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news
Mothers Cope With Child's Cancer Diagnosis With The Help Of Problem-Solving Training
A multi-site clinical trial including the University of Colorado Cancer Center shows that the benefit of Bright IDEAS problem-solving skills training goes beyond teaching parents to navigate the complex medical, educational, and other systems that accompany a child's diagnosis of cancer - the training also leads to durable reduction in mothers' levels of anxiety and symptoms of posttraumatic stress, and improves overall coping with a child's illness. Results of the study were published online last week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news
Music Lessons Before Age Seven Create Stronger Connections In The Brain
If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded - or loved - helped develop your brain. The younger you started music lessons, the stronger the connections in your brain. A study published last month in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that musical training before the age of seven has a significant effect on the development of the brain, showing that those who began early had stronger connections between motor regions - the parts of the brain that help you plan and carry out movements...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news
Burundi: Lack of Surgical Care Puts Women at Risk
Burundi 2011 © Martina Bacigalupo
A patient in the Urumuri Center
BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI/NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 15, 2013—The only medical facility in Burundi providing free, comprehensive treatment for obstetric fistula may close due to a lack of trained medical staff, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned today.
The Urumuri Center, located in the city of Gitega, is run jointly by Burundi’s Ministry of Health and MSF and is the only facility in the country providing free, comprehensive treatment. Since its opening in...
Source: MSF News - February 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
