New Surgery At Cedars-Sinai Provides Hope For Epilepsy Patient Who Has Had A Lifetime Of Seizures
...t like Dr. Espy was the first neurologist I'd come across who knew what hewas doing in terms of my case," Mary Kate recalled. "After years of treatment,you're able to recognize and differentiate between the doctors you feelcomfortable with and have confidence in." As her seizures became increasingly uncontr...Nurse Practitioners Reducing Costs, Expanding Care
...nurse practitioner can deliver primary health care across the life span ofa patient, and usually during regular office hours." To help meet the demand for advanced practice nurses, universities such asPurdue have broadened their graduate-level nursing curriculum and made it moreaccessible using distance...Viagra Prescribing Will Be Based On Financial Rather Than Clinical Reasoning
...cision that will at least ensure consistent access across the UK. Although the BMA has campaigned vigorously for increased NHS funding, it has also stated that if the government and taxpayers do not provide these financial resources, the government should explicitly state what the NHS can and cannot provid...Study Finds Clot-Busting Drug Ineffective Or Even Harmful If Not Used Soon After A Stroke
...used in about 5 percent of the 500,000stroke cases across the U.S. annually. "This is a very effective drug that couldbe used in a lot more stroke cases if patients got to the hospital within threehours," said Clark. "This study firms up the guidelines for using TPA. Thebottom line is it should not be used ...Society Of Actuaries Issues Proceedings From Symposium, 'Managed Care In A Time Of Transition'
...asureswithin HEDIS for their degree of consistency across plan locations and enrolleepopulations, what happens when consistency is and isn't present, and otherfactors. The other explored the question 'What is effective managed care?' froma variety of views to find similarities and differences. The monograp...Evidence For A Heart Failure Epidemic Released
...epidemic being experienced by large health systems across the U.S.today," says Peter McCullough, M.D., M.P.H., Henry Ford's director ofcardiovascular informatics who led the study. According to McCullough, the increasing prevalence is due to improved diagnosticand treatment therapies. People are living long...More Evidence Of Possible Adverse Effects From New Hormone Use In Women With Heart Disease
...h heart disease fared on hormone therapy. She came across a treasure trove in a study called CARS (Coumadin...nd 4 percent died. The difference in death rates across all groups of women was not significant. "This was a marvelous opportunity to look at whether the f...Management Academy To Boost Training For Local, State Public Health Departments
... officials said. "We look forward to demonstrating across the Southeast how we can use lessonsfrom the worlds of business and public health practice to better equip thepeople responsible for delivering public health services to our citizens," saidDr. Robert S. Sullivan, dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business Sc...Canada's Most Powerful Supercomputer Now At Sick Kids
...y powerful tool forresearchers not only at HSC but across the country," says Dr. Jamie Cuticchia,head of the Bioinformatics program at HSC. "It has also become a necessity,considering the vast amounts of information being generated by research programssuch as the Human Genome Project, the international scie...Possible Mechanism For Estrogen Memory Enhancement Found
...hatmediate the transmission of electrical impulses across the synapses betweenneurons. "The estrogen activated both receptors within minutes -- causing a lastingincrease in neuronal activity," Thompson reports. "Estrogen also enhanced theprocess of long-term potentiation. Activating the NMDA receptor appare...UNC-CH Scientists To Reveal Results Of New Cancer Study
..., a red brick building with a small dome, liesjust across West Drive southwest of the parking deck. Please use the Plaza Levelentrance, not the steps....Researchers Uncover Clues About Gateway To The Brain
...the brain.Doctors have struggled to get many drugs across a main gateway to the brainknown as the blood-brai...otein (Pgp), a known transporter of many molecules across cellsurfaces. He was studying Pgp as a marker for cells that are less amenable tochemotherapy treatm...Active Aging Makes A Difference: World Health Day 1999 Set April 7
... people of all ages builds greater social cohesion across generations andenhances everyone's quality of life. This process also ultimately enriches thesocioeconomic well-being of the nations of this Hemisphere." Active aging, hesaid, "reminds us that healthy aging consists of more than just the avoidanceo...Patients May Not Be Receiving The Highest Quality Of Care
...0 percent responserate) in group or solo practices across the country who belonged to the AmericanCollege of Physicians. They practiced in metropolitan areas with populations ofmore than 250,000 where at least 30 percent of insured people belonged tomanaged care plans, said Pantilat. In the survey, physici...Rice, Medical Center Institutions Join Forces On Health Initiative
...program, which will be open to faculty involvement across the boardin an interdisciplinary manner both here at Rice and at the Medical Centerinstitutions." "Although American health policy has been debated repeatedly and attimes hotly since the turn of the century, those debates have revolved almost...New Teacher Award Honors NSF Program Director
...hers Association (NSTA). Science educators across the nation were informed of the award lastyear. A selection committee chose two finalists in February. Each received acheck, certificate and plaque at the annual meeting of the National ScienceTeachersAssociation meeting in Boston, Mass., on March ...Neurobiologists Show How The Brain Processes Signals From Pheromones
...uggests Mombaerts. "Spreadout the detector neurons across a wide area of the nasal epithelium, so that youmaximize the chance that a whiff of air stimulates the correct neurons. Then tomake the system sensitive enough all these axons from these neurons cometogether in the glomerulus and connect to the same ...Female Soccer Players Perform Best On A High-Fat Diet, UB Study Finds
...d caloric expenditure remainedessentially the same across the three diets. Endurance testing was designed to mimic soccer play, using constantspeed running and running at different rates on a treadmill, plus forwardrunning with a side-step maneuver performed on a force plate. The athletes wereteste......all tile floors, whose patterns help them navigate across a roommore easily than a plain floor. Some patients put strips of tape on floors, thenstep toward the stripes. When freezing does happen, a few flip their cane, usingthe curved top as a guide to walk toward. "Using such cues is a way of trickingyour ...