AUSTIN, Texas, April 23 -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin's Dell Pediatric Research Institute (DPRI), a new medical research facility that promises to advance understanding of childhood diseases and disorders, opened today (April 23) on the former site of the Robert Mueller Airport. "The DPRI will help take pediatric care in Central Texas to a new level," said Steven Leslie, provost of the university. "Our faculty and students w  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 23 -- The Association of Progressive Rental Organizations issued the following news release: John Cleek Jr.'s annual "Bowling for Autism" event kicks off tomorrow at AMF Town and Country Lanes in Columbia, Missouri at 11;30 a.m. The successful program, which has already raised more than $125,000 over the past six years, will continue to raise money for TouchPoint Autism Services (formerly Judevine) which offers services and support to families with members diagnosed wi  more

HOUSTON, April 22 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Parents will employ a host of techniques as they try to communicate with and teach their babies. They may make facial expressions, overly enunciate, or use certain hand gestures to offer basic instruction to infants. At the University of Houston's Cognitive Development Lab, researchers are observing such parent-child interactions to discover how exactly babies and adults learn. Directed by Hanako Yoshida,   more

OGDEN, Utah, April 22 -- The Utah Department of Health issued the following news release: World-renowned pediatrician and immunization advocate, Paul Offit, MD, was the keynote speaker at today's Northern Utah Immunization Coalition (NUIC) conference. The annual event kicks off National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) April 24-May 1, 2010. Dr. Offit is Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and co-inve  more