Award Number: W81XWH-11-1-0736 TITLE: Inhibition of Th17 Cell Differentiation as a Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Annalisa D’Andrea, PhD CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: SRI International, Menlo Park,CA,94025 REPORT DATE: October 2013 TYPE OF REPORT: Final Report PREPARED FOR: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 DISTRIBUTION STATE...

1 Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC. 2 Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 3 Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. 4 Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Healt...

Typhoid fever continues to pose public health problems in Selangor where cases are found sporadically with occasional outbreaks reported. In February 2009, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) reported a cluster of typhoid fever among four children in the pediatric ward. We investigated the source of the outbreak, risk factors for the infection to propose control measures. We conducted a case-...

INTRODUCTION The benefits of physical activity for health and well-being are well established, yet built environment characteristics in the school neighborhood may constrain students' ability to engage in physical activity and contribute to the considerable variation in physical activity among students at different schools. METHODS Baseline data from the Food, Health and Choices obesity preve...

diaries E. Lamb, president of the Southern Conference. Civil Service Employees Association, has announced committee appointments for the coming year. Committee members are: Resolutions and legislative — John D. O'Brien, Middletown State Hospital, chairman; Francis A. McDonald, Warwick State S c h o o l ; Joseph McCollouRh. Hudson Valley Armories: Raymond Beeb?, Hudson Training Scltool; Frank Gr...

parks and urban green spaces have always been places to spend hours away from the bustling life and its numerous problems. in the meantime, elderly people also have the same share from such spaces as other people. elderly, including old social groups with old age and decreasingly activities, have very leisure time and the possibility of using the urban park for voluntary and community activitie...