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Government needs to do more for 18- to 25-year-olds
Young adults who need help in establishing control over their lives are neglected by government education and training policies, finds a new study from the Institute of Education. Young people between 19 and 25 fall between government youth and adult policies. But the challenges they face are at least as great as those of adolescence and... view more... (2003-06-05)
Support groups don't extend survival of metastatic breast cancer patients, Stanford study finds
A new study from a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers led by David Spiegel, MD, shows that participating in support groups doesn't extend the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer. view more (2007-07-23)
EU Biobiz Project Helps Scientists Launch New Biotech Companies
The European Union is supporting a fourth series of "Biobiz" workshops to boost the creation of new biotech companies. Biobiz is a specific support action in the Sixth Research Framework Programme (FP6, 2002-2006) and aims at providing European scientists with the knowledge and tools to create new companies in the life science and... view more... (2004-01-23)
Breast cancer patients talk about their experiences on website
Patients who have been newly diagnosed with breast cancer now have access to the experiences of other people living with the disease via the multi-media website DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences), a resource of patient interviews in written form, audio and video clips. From today [13 Feburary 2002] the DIPEx website includes a new... view more... (2002-02-13)
Not All Women With Breast Cancer Require Psychosocial Help
Despite improvements in the medical treatment of breast cancer, resulting in better prognoses, women diagnosed with the illness often experience psychosocial problems. As a result, many psychosocial intervention programs have been developed, usually with positive results. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two 12-week psychosocial... view more... (2004-08-31)
Features of early Martian environment and presence of water drive search for life forms
olar energy and winds, collisions with asteroids and comets, and changing magnetic fields have all altered the environment of Mars, a planet that may have been able to support life during its history. view more (2009-04-17)
Life Sciences Directory Online - FREE
Consisting of 14,000 names, this unique resource was previously only available to members of the participating societies in printed format. The Life Sciences Directory is the joint membership directory of: view more (1999-12-01)
Satisfaction with life in middle age
Satisfaction with life in middle age can depend on how high people's self esteem is and how good their relationship is with their current spouse or partner. But there are other factors, such as the age at which they first had sex, or how romantic they are. These are some of the results of a 25 year study by Charles T. Hill of Whittier College,... view more... (2001-06-25)
Satisfaction with life in middle age
Satisfaction with life in middle age can depend on how high people's self esteem is and how good their relationship is with their current spouse or partner. But there are other factors, such as the age at which they first had sex, or how romantic they are. These are some of the results of a 25 year study by Charles T. Hill of Whittier College,... view more... (2001-06-22)
Supports Intensity Scale is effective for identifying needs in people with intellectual disability
The Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) assessment tool can effectively predict funding for people with intellectual disability based on individual needs, and it is truly a needs-based assessment tool, unlike adaptive behavior instruments or other measures of personal competence commonly used to determine services for people with intellectual... view more... (2009-02-27)
A good connection - A New Directory of European Innovation
Innovation is all about connections. Finding the support or information you need, or the person with the experience that matches your requirements, is the first step towards introducing change. The new Directory of European Innovation is intended to accelerate that process. It covers the principal services of CORDIS, the Commission's main... view more... (2002-11-04)
New Centre Will Help Tutors To Deliver Basic Skills Learning
STAFFORDSHIRE University - as part of its commitment to support education-based partnerships - is to help train hundreds of tutors who aim to improve literacy and numeracy skills in the community. Basic Skills tutors in Staffordshire work in further education colleges, as well as voluntary or community groups, to support people throughout the... view more... (2003-04-11)
Scientists discover new virus caused deaths of transplant recipients from single donor
Scientists in the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues in the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia and 454 Life Sciences have discovered a new virus that was responsible for the deaths of three transplant recipients who received organs... view more... (2007-04-24)
STUDY AIMS TO LEARN LESSONS IN SUPPORT FOR SMALL FIRMS
The two-year study, for which JETS has grant funding of £134,675 from the European Community, will evaluate the competitiveness of European SMEs as compared with their counterparts in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Enterprise benchmarking will be used to identify the nature of the technological differences in selected low, medium and high... view more... (1999-03-16)
Space Man Joins BBC Voyage Around The Solar System
A Kingston University space expert has been reaching out to the stars after lending his specialist knowledge to a major TV drama-documentary. Director of the University's Aerospace Research Centre Dr Chris Welch has been working with the makers of BBC One series, Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets, which hits our screens next month. The... view more... (2004-10-20)
Prostate cancer gives a new outlook on life
Men who have prostate cancer often feel quite healthy, but the diagnosis still gives them a whole new outlook on life. Once they have learned to live with their cancer, they choose to focus on valuable relationships and appreciate the little things in life, shows a dissertation thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. view more (2009-10-05)
Hopkins Children's study: Parents of dying newborns need clearer explanation of options
Parent-doctor discussions about whether to maintain or withdraw life support from terminally ill or severely premature newborns are so plagued by miscommunication and misunderstanding that they might as well be in different languages. view more (2008-09-16)
Childhood circumstances linked to health in later life
Poor social circumstances in adulthood have been known for some time to increase heart disease risk but less attention has been paid to earlier life circumstances. A study in this week's BMJ finds that adverse social circumstances in childhood, as well as adulthood, are strongly associated with increased risk of insulin resistance, and other heart... view more... (2002-10-09)
Kidney donation after cardiac death may expand donor pool, research shows
New research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center suggests that transplanting kidneys from donors who died after cardiac arrest - which used to be considered taboo - offers a promising approach to increase the donor pool. view more (2007-12-05)
Doctors are often strongly affected by patient deaths
Doctors are often powerfully affected by the deaths of patients for whom they care, and some may need emotional support, according to a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers at two teaching hospitals in the United States investigated the emotional reactions of 188 doctors who cared for 68 patients at the time of their death. Most doctors (74%)... view more... (2003-07-23)
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