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Huffington to be honored at 2004 Men's Health Summit |
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Local nanotechnology sites get macroscopic jump start |
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College freshmen, beware: 'Dorm disease' set to return |
Huffington to be honored at 2004 Men's Health Summit
The Honorable Roy M. Huffington will be presented with the second annual Michael E. DeBakey, MD award "For a Long Life, Well Lived, in Service to Mankind" at the 2004 Men's Health Summit, hosted by the Huffington Center on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine.
"Maintaining Male Sexual Function with Aging" will be held Sept. 30 from 7:30-10:30 a.m. at The Houstonian Hotel. Tickets are $35.
The breakfast forum's speakers will include Roy Smith, PhD, director of the Huffington Center on Aging and professor of cell biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Larry Lipshultz, MD, professor of urology at BCM, and prostate cancer survivor Lester Smith.
Honor Your Father Campaign for Prostate Cancer Research at BCM and The Redstone Bank are sponsors for this year's summit.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call 713-798-3802.
Local nanotechnology sites get macroscopic jump start
Baylor College of Medicine and four other local institutions received $2.8 million in federal funding to study the diverse applications of nanotechnology, which has the potential to prevent and even cure several complex diseases.
The Alliance for NanoHealth, a consortium of five Houston research institutions, received $2.8 million in federal funds as part of the recently approved appropriations bill for the U.S. Department of Defense. The goal of the collaborative enterprise revolves around bridging the gaps between biology, public health, medicine and physical science.
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison helped secure appropriations for the alliance with the help of U.S. Rep. John Culberson and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Nanotechnology, one of the fastest developing fields in science across the country, has the potential to transform health care by manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale. The Alliance for NanoHealth aims to improve treatment methods across several areas of medicine, ranging from the development of nano-tools to enhancing drugs for cancer, HIV/AIDS, and neurological disorders.
The other institutions are Rice University, The University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
Center, and the University of Houston
College freshmen, beware: 'Dorm disease' set to return
High school graduates have more in common with newborn babies than one would think. Although departing the proverbial family nest, incoming college freshmen need vaccinations, too.
Meningococcal meningitis, the bacterium-induced inflammation of the lining of the brain, primarily affects first-year college students who live in dormitories. While health experts do not fully understand why people of this age are more susceptible than others, they have long believed that living in close quarters provides the most logical explanation.
"For reasons that are not completely understood, young adults are susceptible to being infected as they go away to school and live in dormitories," said David Tweardy, MD, chief of infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Detection of bacterial meningitis can be tricky because of its non-specific symptoms, which may include fever, headache, malaise, nausea and vomiting. Photophobia, the fear of bright light, a stiff neck and a runny nose may also occur.
"Getting vaccinated is a benefit to reduce the small
but nonetheless real risk of getting this disease, which can be devastating,"
said Tweardy.
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