James Shorter

Study: 76% of children under five have never had eye exam

The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

“Before children enter school, an eye doctor should examine the eyes for signs of astigmatism, nearsightedness, farsightedness and also examine the structure of the eye for tell-tale signs of serious diseases affecting more American kids each year, including diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol,” said James Short, chair of VSP Vision Care’s board of directors, in a news release....

• VSP Vision Care Study: Nearly 8 Out of 10 Kids Under Five Have Never Had an Eye Exam - PR News Wire

VSP Vision Care Study: Nearly 8 Out of 10 Kids Under Five Have Never Had an Eye Exam

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

... as exhaustive as the comprehensive eye exams that optometrists and ophthalmologists provide," said James Short, OD, chair of VSP Vision Care's board of directors. "Before children enter school, an eye doctor should examine the eyes for signs of astigmatism, nearsightedness, farsightedness and also examine the structure of the eye for tell-tale signs of serious diseases affecting more...

Study Finds Way To Prevent Protein Clumping Characteristic Of Parkinson’s Disease

Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008

... “Yeast express a protein called Hsp104, which is able to reverse protein aggregation,” says James Shorter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics. “However, for reasons that are unclear, Hsp104 is not found in mammals. We wondered if introducing Hsp104 into mammals could help with diseases connected with protein aggregation.” These findings will be published in the...

Study Finds Way To Prevent Protein Clumping Characteristic Of Parkinson's Disease

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

... express a protein called Hsp104, which is able to reverse protein aggregation," says James Shorter, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics. "However, for reasons that are unclear, Hsp104 is not found in mammals. We wondered if introducing Hsp104 into mammals could help with diseases connected with protein aggregation."These findings will be published in the September...

Force continue winning ways in UK

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008

... also ran in tries for the Force while Scott Daruda nailed four conversions and a penalty goal. James Short and Dan Caprice registered tries for the home side. The Force led 15-7 at halftime but it was after the break where the true damage was done when torrential rain made for scrappy conditions in the first half. After accounting for the Academy side, the Force can expect a much...

Stuff elsewhere

Crooked Timber (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008

... As an aside, while she may seem as far from genre as a writer could be, her pastiche of an M.R. James short story in “The Gate of Angels” is uncanny and brilliant. Second, Kathy G. has a great discussion of Tom Geoghegan . His Which Side Are You On? ( Powells , Amazon ) is a wonderfully written contrary class of a book about the union movement. As Kathy says: a lot of people just...