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The Saban Research Institute Awarded STEP-UP Education Grant of $884K by NIH
Emil Bogenmann, PhD, EdD, director of Research Education at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, received a five-year renewal grant of $884,000 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to provide biomedical research training to disadvantaged college undergraduates.
Student research program at Children's Hospital receives grant
A research institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles received a five-year, $884,000 grant this week to continue providing biomedical research training to disadvantaged college students.
The Ventyx Wesley Research Institute Tissue Bank Joins the BioServe Network
BELTSVILLE, MD-- - BioServe today announced that the Ventyx Wesley Research Institute Tissue Bank, the largest state-of-the-art bio-repository of human tissue and blood in Queensland, Australia, has joined ...
Lance T. Izumi: State finally winning fight against childhood obesity
After years of dismal and discouraging data showing a seemingly inexorable rise in childhood obesity, recent research in California shows that the fight against this epidemic is finally starting to pay off.
Obesity linked to mis-matching meals with body-time clock patterns
A mismatch between the body’s internal clock and the realities of daily eating habits may contribute to the growing tide of obesity, according to new research from the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel. Dr Gad Asher, clinician and medical researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, discussed the research findings today at [...]
Healthways to Participate in Milken Institute Global Conference Session on Worldwide Obesity Epidemic
Healthways, Inc. today announced that its Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Dr. James Pope, will participate in a panel discussion entitled, “Weight of the World: Strategies to Fight the Global Obesity Epidemic,” at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, April 30, 2012, at 2:30 p.m.
Childhood obesity increases likelihood of a cranial disorder that may cause blindness
Children who are overweight or obese -- particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls -- are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a rare condition that can result in blindness, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed electronic health records in this cross-sectional, population ...
Video: BMI not the best measure of obesity: study
Height-to-waist ratio is now believed to be a better measure of obesity than body mass index (BMI). CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips reports on the research behind the change.
Profil Institute Reports Record Growth in Number of Clinical Trials in the Pipeline
SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Profil® Institute for Clinical Research, Inc., a company focused on early phase clinical trials for diabetes and obesity, announced today record growth in the number ...
Researchers discover that obesity hinders kidney donation
Researchers at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research conducted a retrospective analysis which found that morbid obesity impedes kidney donation.
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