2013 Global Health Showcase Keynote by NASA Astronaut Ron Garan
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Huge Fire Canyon Forms on the Sun | NASA SDO Space Science HD Video
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Just in Time for Halloween - A Ghostly Image of the Vela Pulsar | NASA Space Science
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NASA Uses Lasers to Transmit Data From the Moon
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NASA invites nominations for service on NASA science advisory subcommittees of the NASA Advisory Council. U.S. citizens may nominate individuals and also submit self-nominations for consideration as potential members of NASA's science advisory subcommittees. NASA's science advisory subcommittees have member vacancies from time to time throughout the year, and NASA will consider nominations and self-nominations to fill such intermittent vacancies. NASA is committed to selecting members to serve on its science advisory subcommittees based on their individual expertise, knowledge, experience, and current/past contributions to the relevant subject area.
The following qualifications/experience are highly desirable in nominees, and should be clearly presented in their nomination letters:
* At least 10 years post-Ph.D. research experience including publications in the scientific field of the subcommittee they are nominated for, or comparable experience;
* Leadership in scientific and/or education and public outreach fields as evidenced by award of prizes, invitation to national and international meetings as speaker, organizer of scientific meetings/workshops, or comparable experience;
* Participation in NASA programs either as member of NASA mission science team, Research & Analysis program, membership on an advisory/working group or a review panel, or comparable experience;
* Good knowledge of NASA programs in the scientific field of the subcommittee they are applying for, including the latest NASA Science Plan (available as a link from http://science.nasa.gov/about-us/science-strategy/), or comparable experience; and,
* Knowledge of the latest Decadal Survey conducted by the National Research Council or other relevant advisory reports for the scientific field of the subcommittee.
These are not full-time positions. Successful nominees will be required to attend meetings of the subcommittee approximately two or three times a year, either in person (NASA covers travel-related expenses for this non-compensated appointment) or via telecom and/or virtual meeting medium.
DATES: The deadline for NASA receipt of all public nominations is November 22, 2013.
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Oct. 28, 2013 NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. With a boost from natural "zoom lenses" found in space, they should be able to uncover galaxies that are as much as 100 times fainter than what these three great observatories typically can see.
In an ambitious collaborative program called The Frontier Fields, astronomers will make observations during the next three years peering at six massive clusters of galaxies, exploiting a natural phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, to learn not only what is inside the clusters but also what is beyond them. The clusters are among the most massive assemblages of matter known, and their gravitational fields can be used to brighten and magnify more distant galaxies so they can be observed.
"The Frontier Fields program is exactly what NASA's Great Observatories were designed to do; working together to unravel the mysteries of the universe" said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "Each observatory collects images using different wavelengths of light with the result that we get a much deeper understanding of the underlying physics of these celestial objects."
The first object they will view is Abell 2744, commonly known as Pandora's Cluster. The giant galaxy cluster appears to be the result of a simultaneous pile-up of at least four separate, smaller galaxy clusters that took place over a span of 350 million years.
Astronomers anticipate these observations will reveal populations of galaxies that existed when the universe was only a few hundred million years old, but have not been seen before.
"The idea is to use nature's natural telescopes in combination with the great observatories to look much deeper than before and find the most distant and faint galaxies we can possibly see," said Jennifer Lotz, a principal investigator with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md.
Data from the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes will be combined to measure the galaxies' distances and masses more accurately than either observatory could measure alone, demonstrating their synergy for such studies.
"We want to understand when and how the first stars and galaxies formed in the universe, and each great observatory gives us a different piece of the puzzle," said Peter Capak, the Spitzer principal investigator for the Frontier Fields program at NASA's Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "Hubble tells you which galaxies to look at and how many stars are being born in those systems. Spitzer tells you how old the galaxy is and how many stars have formed."
The Chandra X-ray Observatory also will peer deep into the star fields. It will image the clusters at X-ray wavelengths to help determine their mass and measure their gravitational lensing power, and identify background galaxies hosting supermassive black holes.
High-resolution Hubble data from Frontier Fields will be used to trace the distribution of dark matter within the six massive foreground clusters. Accounting for the bulk of the universe's mass, dark matter is the underlying invisible scaffolding attached to galaxies.
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Antibiotic Diagnosis Using Nanotechnology and Lasers- The Cantilever Sensory Array
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NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is pleased to announce that its Director, Dr. Diane E. Meier, was recently elected to The Institute of Medicine (IOM), as one of 70 new members and 10 foreign associates. Election to the IOM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
As Director of CAPC, Dr. Meier leads a national organization devoted to increasing the number and quality of palliative care programs in the United States. Under her leadership, the number of palliative care programs in U.S. hospitals has more than tripled in the last 10 years. In addition to serving as CAPC's Director, Dr. Meier is also the Vice-chair for Public Policy and Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; and Catherine Gaisman Professor of Medical Ethics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. In 2009-2010, she was a Health and Aging Policy Fellow in Washington, DC. Awards include a MacArthur Foundation 'genius award' Fellowship in 2008; HealthLeaders recognition as one of 20 Americans who make health care better in 2010; the American Cancer Society's 2012 Medal of Honor for Cancer Control in recognition of her pioneering leadership of the effort to bring palliative care into mainstream medicine; and the American Geriatrics Society Edward Henderson State-of-the-Art Lecture Award in 2013.
"We congratulate Dr. Meier on receiving this prestigious honor," said Dr. R. Sean Morrison, Professor, The Brookdale Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. "Her election to the IOM is a wonderful endorsement of the respect her medical peers have for her accomplishments as a leader in the field of Palliative Medicine."
New members are elected by current active members through a selective process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. IOM's charter ensures diversity of talent among the Institute's membership by requiring at least one-quarter of the members to be selected from fields outside the health professions, such as engineering, social sciences, law, and the humanities. The newly elected members raise IOM's total active membership to 1,753 and the number of foreign associates to 120. With an additional 93 members holding emeritus status, IOM's total membership is 1,966.
The Institute of Medicine is unique in its structure as both an honorific membership organization and an advisory organization. Established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences, IOM has become recognized as a national resource for independent, scientifically informed analysis and recommendations on health issues. With their election, members make a commitment to volunteer their service on IOM committees, boards, and other activities. Projects during the past year include reports on delivering high-quality cancer care and variation in health care spending, as well as studies of environmental factors in breast cancer, health IT and patient safety, nutrition rating systems and graphics on food packaging, the scientific necessity of chimpanzees in research, establishing crisis standards of care during catastrophic disasters, improving care for epilepsy, and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
About the Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) provides healthcare professionals with the tools, training, and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals and other health care settings. Located at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, CAPC is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious illness. http://www.capc.org and http://www.getpalliativecare.org
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Dual health system: Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man (left) meets WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan (second right) and others at a traditional medicine strategy meeting.
October 28, 2013
Hong Kongs policies for traditional medicine regulation and development are in line with World Health Organisation strategies, says Secretary for Food & Health Dr Ko Wing-man. Speaking at the "High Level Meeting on the Implementation of WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy: 2014-2023" in Macau today, he said the Government will formulate long-term strategies including harmonising Chinese medicine standards, carrying out knowledge exchange with other countries and enhancing co-operation with the Mainland. The meeting launched the organisations latest traditional medicine strategy, to which Hong Kong has actively contributed, providing a clear direction for member states' work in traditional medicine. Dr Ko said the strategy is a valuable tool for healthcare providers, health service planners and policy makers worldwide to better address issues of regulation, integration and evaluation to harness the potential of traditional and complementary medicine. With further studies and discussions, he said, Hong Kong can come up with a collaborative model where the two medical streams can work together to provide quality, individualised medical treatment for patients. The Chinese Medicine Development Committee, which was established in February, will deliberate on matters including a Chinese medicine hospital, specialties in Chinese medicine practice, and promoting collaboration between Western and Chinese medicine, he said.
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The Health Ministry today advised consumers to stop buying three unregistered traditional medicine and a slimming product as they were found to contain scheduled poisons.
The three traditional medicine named by the Health Ministry were Majun Dua Istimewa, Makjun Taufiq Dua Istimewa and Madu Adunan Herba plus the slimming product known as Figure-Up.
The Health Ministry's Pharmaceutical services senior director Datuk Eisah Abdul Rahman said tests carried out by the ministry on the three traditional medicine found dexamethasone among its contents, a product that can cause liver and kidney problems if consumed without advise from doctors.
"A patient has died due to kidney complications after consuming Majun Dua Istimewa products for two months, purportedly as a pain relief," she said in a statement today.
Other symptoms include obesity, "Cushing's Syndrome", allergy, increase in cholesterol, headache, stomach ulcer, osteoporosis, breathing difficulty, virus attack and disruption in blood flow.
Esah said dexamethasone which is controlled under the Sale of Drugs Act 1952, is a potent anti-inflammatory drug often used to treat allergy and must only be consumed upon a doctor's prescription.
She said the named traditional medicines were still being sold despite raids carried out by the Health Ministry's enforcement division.
"A total of 401 bottles of Majun Dua Istimewa worth RM146,779 and 96 bottles of Makjun Taufiq Dua Istimewa worth RM32,593 were seized since June," she said," he said.
Meanwhile, Figure-Up contains sibutramine which is used to reduce weight, especially by obesity patients.
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AUSTIN, Texas The Dell Medical School is hosting an open forum and progress report at The University of Texas at Austin on Oct. 29 to update Central Texas residents on our progress so far and plans for the school, which is slated to open in 2016.
EVENT: Dell Medical School Open Forum, including Q&A panel
WHEN: Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Student Activity Center Ballroom (SAC 2.41NS), The University of Texas at Austin, 2201 Speedway
BACKGROUND: Nearly a year ago, Travis County voters approved Proposition 1 to provide $35 million a year to pay for health-related services and initiatives that will, in part, help support the ongoing development of the medical school and its provision of health care services to the community. At the Oct. 29 event, the public will hear updates on construction plans, curriculum development, community health care integration and the status of the partnership with Seton Healthcare Family and Central Health (Travis Countys health care district) and others in the community.
Weve been hard at work creating the building blocks for a new medical school that will meet the high expectations of Travis County residents, said Dr. Sue Cox, interim senior associate dean of the Dell Medical School. We encourage the Austin community to come hear what weve been up to for the last 12 months.
Speakers will include state Sen. Kirk Watson; Steven Leslie, The University of Texas at Austin, special assistant to the president for medical education; Dr. Sue Cox, Dell Medical School, interim senior associate dean; Patricia Trish Young Brown, Central Health, president and CEO; Greg Hartman, Seton Healthcare Family, president of academic medicine, research and external affairs; Pat Clubb, The University of Texas at Austin, vice president for university operations; and Terri Broussard Williams, American Heart Association, vice president of advocacy and governmental relations and a member of the Dell Medical Schools community involvement team. The panel will be moderated by KXAN anchors Robert Hadlock and Leslie Rhode.
After the panel, researchers will be on hand to discuss current health care projects at the university, including investigations into treatments for diabetes, efforts to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome, new cancer therapies and medical devices. There will also be a demonstration of Seton Healthcare Familys Simulated Care Training Strategy, one of the teaching tools used to train medical residents.
For medical professionals, there will be a breakout session with representatives from the Dell Medical School to discuss specific questions or concerns about how the school will interact with the larger medical community.
Refreshments will be provided, and parking will be available in the Brazos Garage, 210 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (next to the Blanton Museum).
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Liberty Global plans to sell nearly all of its Chellomedia international content division to AMC Networks in a deal worth about $1.04 billion.
The international cable TV and Internet provider said Monday it will include Chello Multicanal, Chello Central Europe, Chello Zone, Chello Latin America and Chello DMC in the deal as well as stakes in several joint ventures. Those include ventures involving CBS International, A+E Networks and Zon Optimus.
Liberty Global plans to keep its Dutch premium channel business.
The assets to be sold generated about $451 million in revenue during the 12-month period that ended June 30.
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries said in a statement that the deal helps his company simplify its business and focus on core markets and strategic programming. The deal is expected to close in next year's first quarter.
AMC Networks Inc. said in a separate statement that the deal will give it an array of television channels that are distributed to more than 390 million households in 138 countries. Chellomedia's channels include Canal Hollywood, Cinematk, and America Sports.
Liberty Global PLC has operations in 14 countries. It completed a roughly $24 billionacquisition of Virgin Media earlier this year, in a deal that created one of the world's largest providers of cable TV, Internet and phone service.
That deal expanded Liberty's global reach with Virgin's United Kingdom presence. The combined company offers video, voice and broadband services to 25 million customers, mainly in Europe. Company officials said in August that deal marked an important milestone in Liberty's push to consolidate a fragmented European cable market.
Liberty Global PLC's U.S. shares finished at $80.16 on Friday. AMC Networks Inc. shares ended the week at $70.36.
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NEW YORK CITY: Liberty Global, part of a media empire controlled by US tycoon John Malone, said Monday it was selling most of its international television channels to AMC Networks for some US$1 billion.
Liberty, which claims to be the largest international cable company with operations in 14 countries, said it was selling its international content division Chellomedia.
The division includes Chello Multicanal, Chello Central Europe, Chello Zone, Chello Latin America and Chello DMC.
Chellomedia's stakes in its joint ventures with CBS International, A+E Networks, Zon Optimus and other partners are also part of the deal, but Liberty Global will retain its Dutch premium channel business, including the Film1 and Sport1 channels.
The enterprise value of the deal was set at 750 million euros or US$1.035 billion.
"This is a great transaction for all parties" said Liberty global chief Mike Fries.
"Chellomedia is one of the largest international channel groups with distribution to more than 390 million households in 138 countries, and I have no doubt that the management team will continue to build tremendous value as part of AMC.
"For Liberty Global, this transaction is attractive from both a valuation and liquidity perspective. It also simplifies our business and allows us to focus on our core markets and more strategic programming opportunities."
Liberty Global earlier this year acquired Britain's Virgin Media in a deal worth 17.2 billion euros.
Liberty Global brands also include UPC, Unitymedia, Kabel BW, Telenet and VTR.
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