ANCHORAGE, Dec. 22, 2011 — The Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) is recruiting an Anchorage-based patient advocate who will work with KANA and SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) patients seeking care at the Alaska Native Medical Center.
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, reports that abnormal sequences of DNA known as rare copy number variants, or CNVs, appear to play a significant role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder.
With the new year right around the corner, many will be thinking about their New Year's resolution. One of the most popular – losing weight – can also be one of the most difficult to keep. But researchers at Temple's Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) work year-round to study the treatment and prevention […]
An international study of holiday shopping and religion finds that dominant religious groups are more likely to experience “consumption mass hysteria†while shoppers in minority religions may view malls and stores much differently: as central meeting places that “can play an active role in the creation of a sacred event.â€