Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...z. "The results are encouraging and establish the foundation for further studies into non-systemic options for the treatment of OA pain." Lidoderm is topical analgesic patch, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1999 to treat the pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chron...New NHS payment system 'is no panacea'
... its new "payment by results" system starting with foundation hospitals, whereby providers are paid for each ind...d hospital episode statistics to determine whether foundation hospitals showed a change in numbers of emergency admissions and coding patterns compared with those...Women less likely to get quality heart attack care
...kely to deliver evidence-based medical care -- the foundation of quality improvement efforts like GAP to women compared with men. But the new study is the first to show a correlation between this failure and mortality. "We owe women heart attack patients a full examination of the factors that might lead them ...$4 million grant boosts University of Michigan campaign for a new children's hospital
...Michigan. Awarded by the Board of Trustees of the foundation after a formal application by the U-M Health Syste... past, and we're very pleased and excited that the foundation now will be a part of our plans to build for the future of children's and women's care in Michigan,"...Molecule important in cell construction also critical in learning and memory
...an last for hours to days. This may serve to lay a foundation for more permanent changes, such as the construction of new connections, or synapses, between the neurons. "If you learn to do something new, your neurons have to adapt and change to create a stronger, more direct pathway between neurons," Picciotto ...Rheumatoid arthritis linked to excess risk of congestive heart failure
...tablished risk factors for heart disease. For the foundation of their analysis and comparison, the researchers had access to a median of 26 years of complete medical history before baseline, plus a median of 15 years of follow-up. During the follow-up period, a total of 165 patients with RA a...HIV vaccine trial breaks ground for future research
... against HIV and offers the scientific community a foundation on which to build future trials. The multi-centered trial, conducted in the United States and the Netherlands and completed in 2003, is described in two papers by the rgp120 HIV Vaccine Study Group, and Peter B. Gilbert and colleagues, which address ...Screening for osteoporosis prevents hip fractures in older adults
...sity. "Our hope is that our study can provide a foundation on which physicians can base their medical practices regarding screening for osteoporosis, and that it can also be relevant to groups that are drafting clinical guidelines on screening for osteoporosis," says co-investigator, Neil Powe, M.D., M.P.H.,...National Academies News: William H. Foege to receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
...s Foundation. Foege was a senior adviser when the foundation was setting up programs to immunize children worldwide against hepatitis B and hemophilus influenza B and in initiating programs to develop vaccines against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Now retired, Foege still works actively with both orga...Brown and NIH create joint neuroscience graduate program
...sciences," DeLong said. "The NIH can build on that foundation with a vast range of laboratory experience at the cutting edge of neuroscience. These students will get training that is second to none." Students are eligible to apply now for fall 2005 admission to the Brown neuroscience graduate program. Brown can...Simple sputum test for confirmation of childhood tuberculosis
... Diagnostics (FIND), an independent not-for-profit foundation launched in 2003 by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease with funding from the Gates Foundation, has chosen tuberculosis as its first target. Several innovative and rapid tests are being developed with the support of FI...Special JAMA commentary on lessons learned from troubles with COX-2 inhibitors
...rescription medicines, but also to restore a solid foundation of public trust."...Scientists align billion-year-old protein with embryonic heart defects
...vascular disease. However, the research provides a foundation for understanding how gene mutations may disrupt h... The long-tem goal of the research is to provide a foundation for genetic screening for all types of cardiovascular disorders, and perhaps a way to replace the fa...Diabetics with mental disorders at increased risk for diabetic complications
...ssue of Medical Care. "This study provides a solid foundation for further work into understanding whether provider, patient or system factors can be modified to ensure better overall care of diabetic patients with mental disorders,." said Caroline Carney, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of psychiatry and medic...More than 41 million Americans need colorectal cancer screening
...reening. "These capacity estimates provide a foundation from which planning for widespread colorectal cancer screening and follow-up at the national and regional levels can occur," said Seeff. ...Dartmouth Medical School receives $1.6 million in AIDS funding
HANOVER, NH -- A national foundation with a mission of supporting programs for children with AIDS made its final grant on Wednesday World AIDS Day with the distribution of $1.6 million to the section of Infectious Disease and International Health at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmo...Scholarship to attract 'top students' for optometry
...uipment. FERV functions as the non-profit support foundation of UHCO, helping generate and manage funds for optometric study. "FERV is critical to the growth of optometry in Texas by recruiting top students to be the best possible optometrists and conduct top research," Hopping said. "Without FERV, the ...Federal funds given for regenerative medicine center
...ect. "This funding will help us build on the solid foundation that we have developed for non-embryonic stem cell research in Cleveland," said Ralph I. Horwitz, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine and director of the Case Research Institute. "It is a ringing endorsement of the research talent that is found at C...HHS awards $10.4 million to fight AIDS on three continents
... conducted under the auspices of CIPRA will form a foundation for successful clinical trials of treatments and vaccines needed in the battle against HIV/AIDS," he said. The awards announced today are A Cambodian Clinical Research Network for HIV and TB Awarded to: Cambodian Health Committee Phnom Penh, Camb...'Plague and Fire' a tale of public health, imperialism, race relations, catastrophe
... of the Milbank Memorial Fund, an endowed national foundation that supports nonpartisan analysis, study and research on significant issues in health policy. "Mohr's themes have contemporary resonance, especially his analysis of the effects of scientific uncertainty on policy, competing perceptions of priv...