In this post in State Department's "DipNote" blog, Paul Weisenfeld, assistant to the administrator of the USAID Bureau of Food Security, writes of the new film "The Hunger Games," "I was struck by how much the premise relates to the very heart of what we are trying to address at ...

(P4 Strategy Group) As communities in the United States gather in support of Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Day, BHR Pharma, LLC's SyNAPSe clinical trial reaches an important enrollment milestone.

Royal Philips Electronics will join with the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) as an official sponsor of World Sleep Day 2012, held on Friday, March 16. This year's theme– 'Breathe Easily, Sleep Well' – centers on raising awareness of sleep disorders that affect a person's breathing, such as obstructive ...

West Orange, NJ -- On Wednesday, March 21, the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force brings representatives from the brain injury community to Capitol Hill for Brain Injury Awareness (BIA) Day. The day starts with the BIA Fair, where attendees share information on policy issues, research, diagnosis and screening and care ...

(Kessler Foundation) On March 21, the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force sponsors Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill. The afternoon briefing, “Impact of Brain Injury: Any Time, Any One, Any Age,” features speakers from different disciplines. Panelist Jordan Grafman, Ph.D., is director of TBI Research at Kessler Foundation. His ...

In the U.S., colorectal cancer is the third highest cause of cancer mortality. The American Cancer Society predicts that there will be almost 143,000 new cases diagnosed this year, of which 4,600 will be in New Jersey. Experts from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), a Center of Excellence ...

The study, by Dr Rob Hester from the Department of Psychological Sciences and colleagues at the Queensland Brain Institute, investigated how the brain monitors ongoing behavior for performance errors – specifically failures of impulse control. This study found that a single dose of methylphenidate (Ritalin) results in significantly greater activity ...

People who take Ritalin are far more aware of their mistakes, a University of Melbourne study has found.

Ovarian Cancer Australia has found less than one per cent of women know they're at risk if there's a family history of ovarian cancer on their father's side. And only 42 per cent know a history on their mother's side puts them at increased risk.

President, Founder and CEO of Black AIDS Institute, Phill Wilson, released a letter in light of the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, stating that the Institute will be releasing their 8th annual State of AIDS in Black America Report. He comments that "It will highlight a reality that ...

On the first Friday of February, The American Heart Association (AHA) urges Americans to wear red to raise awareness about women and heart health. According to the AHA, nearly half of American women do not know that heart disease is their No. 1 killer, and less than half know the ...

The International Herald Tribune's "Express Tribune" reports on a two-day HIV/AIDS awareness workshop held in Pakistan this week. Speaking on Monday at the inaugural session of the event, titled "The State of HIV in Pakistan-2011," Amir Maqbool, acting program manager of the National AIDS Control Program (NACP), stated that HIV/AIDS ...