Summer program at UCLA helps build more diverse pipeline for health care field
For many college students, the summer break means basking at the beach, traveling to exotic locales or just hanging out with friends. But this summer meant something quite different to a dedicated group of college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Thanks to a free program offered by the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, these students took part in a six-week summer program to further their dreams of becoming health care professionals.“I was ecstatic about this opportunity and couldn’t wait to get involved,” said Nahun Flores, a 29-year-old who attends Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, about 60 miles ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 9, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Professor and surgeon leads medical mission to Nicaragua with Hand Help
Hand Help Inc. travels to Central America to provide highly specialized surgeries that are difficult or impossible to obtain in less-developed countries. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 27, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Multipartner Fertility in Nicaragua: Complex Family Formation in a Low-Income Setting
CONCLUSIONMultipartner fertility is a critical demographic and social phenomenon that may contribute to and reflect important gender and family structure inequalities in Nicaragua. Mothers with multipartner fertility may be at especially high risk of raising children without the children's fathers and with low levels of economic support. (Source: The Guttmacher Institute)
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - July 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Guttmacher Source Type: news
US joins only Syria and Nicaragua on climate accord 'no' list
Only other UN members not party to Paris agreement never signed up, but for reasons of war and principle, not disbeliefDonald Trump ’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement on climate change means the US joins only two other countries not signed up to the historic accord.The only other UN members not signed up are Nicaragua and Syria, which both chose not to enter into the climate accord in the first place.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 1, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique Tags: Paris climate agreement US politics Climate change scepticism Syria Nicaragua Greenhouse gas emissions Environment Science US news World news COP 21: UN climate change conference Paris Global climate talks Source Type: news
US would join only Syria and Nicaragua on climate accord 'no' list
Only other UN members not party to Paris agreement never signed up, but for reasons of war and principle, not disbeliefAssuming the US does,as expected, pull out of the historic Paris agreement on climate change, it will join a very small list of countries with which it has little else in common in terms of emissions.The only other UN members not signed up are Nicaragua and Syria, which both chose not to enter into the climate accord in the first place.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 1, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique Tags: Paris climate agreement US politics Climate change scepticism Syria Nicaragua Greenhouse gas emissions Environment Science US news World news COP 21: UN climate change conference Paris Global climate talks Source Type: news
Nicaragua Didn ’t Sign the Paris Agreement Because It Didn’t Go Far Enough
If President Donald Trump decides to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, as he is now expected to do, America would find itself in unfamiliar territory. Of the 197 nations in the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, only two declined to sign the accord: Syria and Nicaragua.
Syria has been embroiled in civil war for six years, and was not expected to sign the deal, in which nations committed to setting targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nicaragua, though, took a public stand against the 2015 agreement — and it was for the opposite reason President Trump has given in his pledges to wit...
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Begley Tags: Uncategorized climate change onetime Source Type: news
Use of the Poisson log-linear model for the study of homicides against young Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica - Bonilla RE.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the homicides rate for young Nicaraguan immigrants in Costa Rica. METHODS: We used a Poisson log-linear regression model at small administrative areas-level to describe the homicides rate for young Nicaraguan immigrants in Co... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Montana's Melting Glaciers On Pace To All But Disappear 'Within 20 Years'
Grinnell Glacier towered roughly 30 feet over scientist Dan Fagre when he began studying the ice 26 years ago. Now, when he hikes through Montana’s Glacier National Park, the ancient ice wall’s dark, craggy edge barely reaches his shins.
“It’s just a remnant of its former self,” the U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist told HuffPost by phone on Thursday. “As the glacier shrinks, all the rock and debris in it stay. The glacier keeps getting dirtier and dirtier.”
Glaciers, synonymous with slowness, are retreating at a rapid pace ― particularly in the Treasure State. Since...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 11, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers advance low-cost, low-tech Zika virus surveillance tool
Using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or LAMP, researchers found that they could easily detect Zika virus in human and mosquito samples from the United States, Brazil and Nicaragua. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 3, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Researchers advance low-cost, low-tech Zika virus surveillance tool
(Colorado State University) Using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or LAMP, researchers found that they could easily detect Zika virus in human and mosquito samples from the United States, Brazil and Nicaragua. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 3, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
UNC, Duke receive $3M from CDC for Zika test
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine and Duke University, as well as the University of Vermont and the University of Nicaragua-Le ón, has been awarded a $3.2 million contract to partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on new Zika work.
The public health-focused work will be aimed at the development of new virus-detecting tests that measure antibody levels rather than viral components, according to a n announcement from UNC.
“The virus seems to clear out… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 24, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jennifer Henderson Source Type: news
UNC, Duke researchers receive $3M from CDC
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine and Duke University, as well as the University of Vermont and the University of Nicaragua-Le ón, has been awarded a $3.2 million contract to partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on new Zika work.
The public health-focused work will be aimed at the development of new virus-detecting tests that measure antibody levels rather than viral components, according to a n announcement from UNC.
“The virus seems to clear out… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - April 21, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: Jennifer Henderson Source Type: news
UNC, Duke researchers receive $3M from CDC
A team of researchers from the UNC School of Medicine and Duke University, as well as the University of Vermont and the University of Nicaragua-Le ón, has been awarded a $3.2 million contract to partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on new Zika work.
The public health-focused work will be aimed at the development of new virus-detecting tests that measure antibody levels rather than viral components, according to a n announcement from UNC.
“The virus seems to clear out… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 21, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jennifer Henderson Source Type: news
This Cafe Is Staffed Entirely By Deaf People
GRANADA, Nicaragua ― When we walked into the cafe, we were greeted by a waitress who smiled, held out a menu, and pointed to a table. It’s only when we asked for “una mesa para seis,” or a table for six, that we realized something was a bit different: The waitress glanced at our group and held up six fingers.
That’s because she ― and all the other staff ― are deaf.
Last month, The Huffington Post visited Café de las Sonrisas (“Smiles Cafe”) in Granada. The business only employs people who are deaf, from the waiters to the cooks.
“My goal is for this caf...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UNC Student Josie Caves Granted the Raluca Iosif Intimate Partner Violence Research Award
Under the Raluca Iosif Intimate Partner Violence Research Award, Josie Caves will contribute to the academic body of knowledge related to fatal intimate-partner violence. Photo courtesy of Josie Caves.March 23, 2017The 2017Raluca Iosif Intimate Partner Violence Research Award has been granted to Josie Caves, a doctoral student at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. The award will support Caves ’s research on the differing factors that contribute to intimate-partner violence that manifests as homicide as compared to homicide/suicide.IntraHealth Internationa...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 23, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: mnathe Source Type: news
