Johns Hopkins To Announce AIDS Capitated Care Program
... program is a prototype for HIV care that could be adopted nationallyin the next few years, according to John G. Bartlett, director of the divisionof infectious diseases. Hopkins will announce details of the program, called "Moore Options," ata press briefing Thursday, Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. in the Johns Hopkin...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
... "We strongly believe that if such programs were adopted statewide, inthe future we would see a reduction of heart disease in North Carolina." The UNC-CH study showed a larger drop in blood fats than previous work,she said, possibly because physical activity among middle-schoolers tested was more s....... Their findingspoint to strategies that might be adopted to design more effective drugs toindividually target these various molecules. "Drug candidates need to be evaluated in the context of a particularpain syndrome," Basbaum says. "Pain relief often may depend on the particularmedical condition ...Keeping Score On Doctors: Report Says Flaws In Counting Must Be Addressed To Ensure Accuracy
...he researchers say before such ratings systems are adopted and resultsmade public, they should be subject to peer review to be sure the most accurateinformation is reported to the public. In their analysis, Jollis and Romano argue that using information fromhospital bills and insurance claims is not...Baby Milk Manufacturers Are Breaking The Rules
...de of marketing breast milk substitutes, which was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981. The code was introduced to encourage mothers to breast feed their babies, in an attempt to prevent 1.5 million needless infant deaths each year and to protect mothers from pressure to use substitute breast milk...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
... has identified aneffective strategy that could be adopted by public health and communityorganizations all across America. If these behavioral changes were maintainedfor even one year, there would be a profound, cost-effective, public health impact in the communities that adoptedthis program." Researchers ...Six Football Players Died In 1997 Season: New Study
...attributable to football resulted fromrule changes adopted in 1976 that prohibited using the head as the first pointof contact. Shorter practices and non-contact drills during which players don't wearhelmets can help prevent heatstroke and reduce accidents, he said. Playersshould be allowed as much w...UNC-CH Researchers Learning Ways To Help Black Women Cope With HIV
...program willprove successful enough that it can be adopted around the United States to helpthousands of women with HIV or other conditions. "Specifically, we are helping women gain an understanding of HIV as achronic disease which can be treated with medications and which necessitatesgood health prom......orgia may. Texas,Maryland and New Mexico also have adopted the Florida policy. Colorado limitsthe number of procedures a physician can perform on the first visit. Members of the Academy are meeting in Washington, D.C. later this monthto review the data about actinic keratosis and squamous cell carci...Disabilities Don't Raise Insurance Costs
...' companies made changes toexisting facilities and adopted more flexible HR policies to accommodateemployees with disabilities. Respondents reported being least familiar with how to accommodateapplicants and employees with visual or auditory impairments. Almost half ofthe respondents were not familiar with...Experts Meet In Canada To Discuss Vaccine Progress
...ince1994, when Ministers of Health of the Americas adopted the goal of eradicatingmeasles from the Western Hemisphere by the year 2000, the countries have madetremendous progress. PAHO's campaign to eliminate measles from the Americas bythe year 2000 succeeded in cutting cases from 250,000 in 1990 to 2,109 i...To Drive Or Not To Drive? New Criteria For Those With Epilepsy
...ws, doesn't protect drivers. Theinterval recently adopted by EEC countries is one year. People who predictably experience an aura -- an odd sensation ormovement that comes before a seizure -- also had reduced odds of crashing, asdid people with fewer non-epilepsy- related accidents in general before......ransplantation, indicate that the medical criteria adopted last year by thetransplant community are too restr...ecently reported," said Dr. Keenan. The guidelines adopted last year have been incorporated into national policy byUNOS and are used by insurance companies to ...Circumcisions In Doctors' Offices As Safe As Those In Hospitals
...ies (40); thechild was an adopted baby (14); and a short postnatalhospital stay (7). Why those in the operating room group hadnot been circumcised wasn't known since patient chartsoften lacked such details. Ja...Measles Eradication Plan Approved
...nce 1994, when Ministers of Health of the Americas adopted the goal oferadicating measles from the Western Hemisphere by the year 2000, the countrieshave made tremendous progress. PAHO's campaign to eliminate measles from theAmericas by the year 2000 succeeded in cutting cases from 250,000 in 1990 to2,109 in......n multi-center clinicaltrials but already has been adopted as an effective tool by most majortransplant centers throughout the country. The therapy, infusion of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), appears to behelpful in preventing rejection in difficult cases when other medications havefailed, according to S...Is handwriting truly individual? UB computer scientists are finding out
...USPS, as well as for Australia Post,which also has adopted the CEDAR system. That expertise attracted the attention of the National Institute ofJustice (NIJ), which has been directed to establish a scientific basis forhandwriting testimony in court cases. The NIJ project requires researchers ...Medical tip sheet for June 4 (a)
...n multi-center clinicaltrials but already has been adopted as an effective tool by most majortransplant centers throughout the country. The therapy was developed atCedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Consisting of infusion ofintravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), it appears to be helpful in preventingrej...Study suggests potential new approach to glaucoma therapy
...llsor appearing as a byproduct of that damage. "We adopted an animal model of glaucoma that raises pressure levels in the eyesof rats," Neufeld said. "And we found that, as in humans, the eyes of rats withelevated pressure lost retinal ganglion cells and that the tissue also containedelevated levels of NOS-2...HIV prevention program targets young gay men through social networks and peer support for safe sex
...SF AIDS Research Institute. "A social focus was adopted as the organizing feature of this project because a sole focus on HIV and AIDS would not be very compelling to young gay men, and our findings show that in order to reach young gay men effectively, HIV prevention activities must be integrated into th...