Los Angeles, California - I have a brother who is 105 years old. He would have died 65 years ago if he conformed to the average life expectancy in the United States at the time of his birth.
Brain-imaging Research Finds Visual Areas Respond More to Valuable Objects
Written by Inga Kiderra - UC San Diego
Sunday, 04 January 2009
Dollar signs for eyes - cartoonists have been drawing them for years, and the artists, while whimsical, may have been onto something. According to new research from UC San Diego, areas of the brain responsible for vision respond more strongly to objects of value.
Inherited Factors Play an Important Role in Breast Cancer Progression
Written by National Cancer Institute
Sunday, 04 January 2009
New research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumors has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for breast cancer metastasis can be inherited. The new findings support earlier results from the same laboratory and appear in the January 1, 2009, issue of Cancer Research.
Consortium Moves Quickly to Study Resilience Following Hurricane Ike
Written by NIMH
Sunday, 04 January 2009
Washington, DC - A consortium of research programs funded by NIMH to conduct post-disaster mental health research mobilized this year following hurricane Ike to study the factors that influence resilience after disasters.
AWashington, DC - new online tool for calculating colorectal cancer risk in men and women age 50 or older was launched today, based on a new risk-assessment model developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. This new tool may assist health care providers and their patients in making informed choices about when and how to screen for colorectal cancer and can be used in designing colorectal cancer screening and prevention trials.
Dallas, Texas - Policymakers and economists often promote managed-care plans based on the assumption that they prevent the overuse of unnecessary surgical procedures or help steer patients to high-quality providers, compared to traditional fee-for-service insurance plans. A recent study by a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center, however, found that in the case of one common surgical procedure, the checks and balances assumed with managed care did not improve the quality or outcome of care.
I spent the holidays in a log cabin in the woods. It’s a cozy place my father built with his own hands, using trees he cut down on his own land. Being able to use a phrase like “built with his own hands” feels old-fashioned and honest, reassuring sentiments in this unsavory season of bailouts and billions, shysters and scoundrels. It certainly helped to boost my Christmas spirit.
I hope all of you enjoyed this holiday season. No matter what your creed, this is the time of year where every faith wants peace. With the New Year approaching it’s time to clear your mind of the past and use the words “New Year” to help your future.
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. - Japanese proverb
Are you afraid? Oh, you might call it anxiety or jealousy or sadness or any number of other pseudonyms, but peel away the socially correct terms and it's all fear. Afraid of losing someone; afraid of being unworthy; afraid of rejection; afraid of looking ridiculous. We could go on - but why bother. It's all the same stuff.
E. coli Engineered to Produce Class of Antibiotic, Anticancer Drugs
Written by Matthew Chin and Wileen Wong Kromhout
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Los Angeles, California - Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken a major step forward in the field of metabolic engineering, successfully using the bacterium Escherichia coli to synthesize a class of natural products known bacterial aromatic polyketides, which include important antibiotic and anticancer drugs.
Los Angeles, California - I have a brother who is 105 years old. He would have died 65 years ago if he conformed to the average life expectancy in the United States at the time of his birth. 
Dollar signs for eyes - cartoonists have been drawing them for years, and the artists, while whimsical, may have been onto something. According to new research from UC San Diego, areas of the brain responsible for vision respond more strongly to objects of value.
New research in mice and five independent collections of human breast tumors has enabled National Cancer Institute (NCI) scientists to confirm that genes for factors contributing to susceptibility for breast cancer metastasis can be inherited. The new findings support earlier results from the same laboratory and appear in the January 1, 2009, issue of Cancer Research.
Washington, DC - A consortium of research programs funded by NIMH to conduct post-disaster mental health research mobilized this year following hurricane Ike to study the factors that influence resilience after disasters.
I spent the holidays in a log cabin in the woods. It’s a cozy place my father built with his own hands, using trees he cut down on his own land. Being able to use a phrase like “built with his own hands” feels old-fashioned and honest, reassuring sentiments in this unsavory season of bailouts and billions, shysters and scoundrels. It certainly helped to boost my Christmas spirit.
I hope all of you enjoyed this holiday season. No matter what your creed, this is the time of year where every faith wants peace. With the New Year approaching it’s time to clear your mind of the past and use the words “New Year” to help your future. 
Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. - Japanese proverb
