Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Posted on September 8, 2010
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Virginia Commonwealth University has experts available in pediatric obesity, psychology, medicine and fashion to discuss a variety of topics including healthy eating, physical activity, lifestyle programs and strategies, trends and causes related to childhood obesity during the month of September. A Growing Problem Daphne Bryan, M.D…
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Early In Life Cell Signals That Tell Where Sensory Organs Will Form Inside The Ear Disappear, But Could Possibly Be Recharged To Restore Hearing Loss
Posted on September 8, 2010
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Researchers have tracked a cell-to-cell signaling pathway that designates the future location of the ear’s sensory organs in embryonic mice. The scientists succeeded in activating this signal more widely across the embryonic tissue that becomes the inner ear. Patches of sensory structures began growing in spots where they don’t normally appear…
UIC-Community Health Program Empowers Persons With Developmental Disabilities
Posted on September 7, 2010
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Many people with developmental disability are sedentary and obese, have poor diet, and consequently suffer from conditions such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Promoting healthy lifestyles for this group is the aim of a new project that teams University of Illinois at Chicago researchers with two community-based nonprofit organizations in Albuquerque, N…
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A Federal Judge's Decision On Embryonic Stem Cell Research 'Sets Back' Vital Work And Handcuffs American Science
Posted on September 7, 2010
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Against a backdrop of some of the world’s most sophisticated biological research labs, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) this morning issued a challenge to his colleagues in Congress: immediately upon their return from summer recess, he urged, they should pass legislation that would reverse a recent Federal court decision that has brought embryonic stem cell research in the U.S…
Two-Hour Test For TB Reported To Be Clinically Effective
Posted on September 6, 2010
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Research assessing the effectiveness of a new diagnostic test for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) is featured in the Sept. 1 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine…
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