UCI launches nation's first medical education program focused on Latino culture
...nderserved populations. The students also received acceptance from some of the nation's top medical schools, such as Stanford and UC San Francisco, but chose PRIME-LC for its unique combination of medical training, research and public health education directed toward Latino populations. "The public health focus...Misconceptions about sexual violence common among South African youth
...isk of HIV infection and AIDS were compatible with acceptance of sexual coercion and "adaptive" attitudes to survival in a violent society, conclude the authors....DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
...re results include, but are not limited to: market acceptance of the Company's products and the impact of compet...als and regulatory approval; uncertainty of market acceptance of new products; the difficulty of predicting FDA approvals; risks with respect to technology and pr...Occult hepatitis B in dialysis patients
...atients from contracting HBV, however, vaccination acceptance and response rates are low in this population of dialysis patients....NIH recognizes IU as leader in STD research
...ce the transmission of infections and adolescents' acceptance of topical microbicides that could prevent STIs research on the bacteria and viruses responsible for the genital ulcer diseases herpes and chancroid to determine how they cause ulcers and on interactions between these agents of STI and the human immu...UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer Center is first in Texas to treat patients with TomoTherapy
... the future. "TomoTherapy is clearly gaining rapid acceptance by the leading radiation therapy centers worldwide," Dr. Turner said. "Since the first commercial unit began treating patients in 2003, thereare 15 facilities worldwide including Moncrief utilizing TomoTherapy." The $3.1 million system is in...Adolescent gamblers often suffer psychiatric problems
...roups, particularly as the availability and social acceptance of legalized gambling increases," said Wendy Lynch, associate research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and first author of the study. The study included 235 adolescents who gambled in the past year, 151 adult gamblers who began gambling as ...Elderly cancer patients are significantly under-represented in cancer clinical trials
...hers suggest that this likely reflects the general acceptance among both patients and physicians that hormonal therapy is well tolerated and effective in reducing recurrence and death in women of all ages, including older women. To increase elderly participation in clinical cancer trials, researchers recommende...Important priorities for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS
....' A March 2005 meeting is seen as crucial for the acceptance of two effective opiod substitutions (methadone and buprenorphine) to be recommended therapies by WHO to the Essential Drugs List. The authors conclude: 'Given what is now known about the effectiveness of opioid-substitution therapy in HIV prevention...More studies on risks and benefits of COX-2 inhibitors published in Archives of Internal Medicine
...f prescription medications and have rapidly gained acceptance in clinical practice."(Arch Intern Med. 2005; 165:189-192. Available post-embargo at www.archinternmed.com )Editor's Note: Please see study for financial disclosures. Media Advisory: To contact Marisa Battistella, B.Sc.Phm., Pharm.D., call Alex Radk......l educational efforts, it may be difficult to gain acceptance for less intense screening. Even among women who believed that screening recommendations are based solely on scientific evidence, just over half would agree to give up their annual screening habit, and even fewer think they would eventually stop scre...Parents comfortable with vaccination for sexually transmitted infections for adolescent children
...ents will be the key decision makers about vaccine acceptance for adolescents." "We must continue to examine (1) characteristics of vaccines that influence decision making; (2) how parents and adolescents process information both about the diseases and the vaccines; (3) characteristics of parents and adolescen...Changing trends in herbal supplement use
...ecent years," the researchers suggest. "First, the acceptance of herbal supplements and other dietary supplements as part of the mainstream health milieu has apparently increased. Second, the marketing strategy for multivitamin products appears to have broadened from supplying recommended daily allowances of vi...2005 Oral Medicine and Pathology Research Award
... and oral diseases, and the IADR is honored by his acceptance of this award. ...Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
...ic explanation for hypnosis' effect might increase acceptance and use of this safe pain-reduction option in clinical settings. Researchers at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and the Technical University of Aachen, Germany, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)...Study finds majority of women willing to accept cervical cancer vaccine for self and children
...n. "This study shows that education will be key to acceptance of the vaccine," said Diane C. Bodurka, MD, Depart... disease worldwide." Factors influencing a woman's acceptance of the vaccine included their acceptance of all previously recommended vaccines for a child and acce...Hopkins begins human trials with donor adult stem cells to repair muscle damaged from heart attack
...al. All patients will have been stabilized before acceptance to the trial, and have undergone cardiac catheteri...ll tel. 410-955-1160 for further information. Upon acceptance in the study, patients will be randomly assigned to one of four groups, each made up of 12 patients ......ontrolled situation does not always translate into acceptance in normal eating conditions," Klein said. "In our study, we used plate waste or the percentage of a product that was consumed during the usual lunch programs as a proxy for acceptance. If students consumed the same amount or more of the test product ...