Northwestern Memorial tests 'pacemaker' for stomach
...te of Psychiatry have 744 beds and more than 1,200 affiliated physicians and 5,000 employees. Providing state-of-the-art care, NMH is recognized for its outstanding clinical and surgical advancements in such areas as cardiothoracic and vascular care, gastroenterology, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, orga...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...of the Faculty of Medicine and the trustees of the affiliated hospitals. Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD, has been named The Frank Baldino, Jr., PhD Professor of Sleep Medicine, which was the first of these chairs to be fully endowed, through a gift from Cephalon. Czeisler is a Harvard Medical School Professor of ...Diabetes increases deaths among people 65 and older
...ss North Carolina (and the nation) including three affiliated with Wake Forest Baptist. Bertoni worked with a multidisciplinary team, including Julienne K. Kirk, Pharm D., associate professor of family medicine, David C. Goff Jr., M.D., Ph.D., professor of public health sciences and internal medicine, and Lynne...NIH awards Baylor, Texas Children's No. 1 spot in pediatric-research funding
... Although the awards are in Baylor's name, the two affiliated organizations collaborate in seeking cures to childhood diseases. "It is the hope of both institutions that the NIH funds granted will improve the lives of children across the globe," said Dr. Ralph D. Feigin, chairman of the Baylor College of Medic...Some positive findings in new study on cocaine exposed children
...e families," the authors conclude. Singer is also affiliated with MetroHealth Medical Center and University Hospitals of Cleveland....Study: Dementia often undiagnosed in clinical settings
...xamined 553 patients of 34 primary care physicians affiliated with three Portland-area managed health care plans. Study subjects aged 75 and older were identified through primary care physicians to be contacted, and the study team assessed their cognitive functioning in their homes. Subjects were divided into t...Child health improvement through computer automation
... IU School of Medicine and a Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist. CHICA is an extension of the Regenst...cine. With the exception of Ms. Anand all are also affiliated with the Regenstrief Institute. ...Mechanism found that 'protects' aggressive melanoma from angiogenesis inhibitors
...sy W.J. van der Schaft, and Arjan W. Griffioen are affiliated with the Research Institute for Growth and Development, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Yumi Yokoyama is with the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis....Northwestern researchers pinpoint how false memories are formed
...or of psychology. The Northwestern researchers are affiliated with the department of psychology, the Institute for Neuroscience, the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, the department of neurology, the department of radiology and the Feinberg School of Medicine....New internet resource facilitates international HIV/AIDS healthcare provider training
...entists and dozens of programs throughout UCSF and affiliated labs and institutions, making ARI one of the largest HIV/AIDS research entities in the world....Lack of improvement 24 hours after stroke treatment associated with poor outcome at 3 months
...academic centers in a major city in Ontario and 33 affiliated hospitals from 7 counties. The researchers found that 111 (51.4 percent) of the patients had a lack of improvement at 24 hours. After adjusting for age, sex, and stroke severity, independent predictors of lack of improvement included elevated gluc...Northwestern University receives $7.5 million for regenerative medicine
...e six other investigators on the team, who are all affiliated with IBNAM, are Annelise E. Barron, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering; Dixon B. Kaufman, M.D., professor and vice chair for research in the department of surgery; John Kessler, M.D., Benjamin and Virginia T. Boshes Professor ...Scripps atmospheric scientist appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
...derson Chair of Applied Ocean Science. He has been affiliated with Scripps since 1990. "Ramanathan's work is transforming our understanding of the climate change dilemma facing humankind," said Scripps Director Charles F. Kennel. "We must now be concerned with how the growing concentration of greenhouse gases i...UCSF receives $21 million NIH contract for sexually transmitted infection research
...entists and dozens of programs throughout UCSF and affiliated labs and institutions, making ARI one of the largest HIV/AIDS research entities in the world....Delays in test result reviewing common
...se rate) working in 15 internal medicine practices affiliated with two large, urban teaching hospitals. Physicians were asked about specific systems they used to manage test results and how much time they spent managing test results. Of the physicians who completed the surveys, 83 percent reported at least o...Safer drug prescribing for seniors in nursing homes: Canada leads the way
...ns Centre for Stroke and Cognition). It is a fully affiliated teaching site of the University of Toronto and includes an on-site pharmacy. "Previous research has suggested that as many as half of all adverse drug events occurring in the nursing home setting may be preventable," says Dr. Rochon. "CPOE with...Drug-eluting stents adopted quickly, with early disparities
...as provided, the researchers found that university affiliated or teaching hospitals and those with a higher volume of angioplasties were more likely to be using the newer stents. When the FDA gave its approval, it recommended that drug-eluting stents were to be used initially for fairly straightforward cases of...Scientists turn on the 'gender lens' on cardiovascular disease research
...disease. A team of clinician-investigators jointly affiliated with McMasterUniversity and Hamilton Health Sciences has formed the GRACE or GenderResearch and Cardiovascular Evaluation Network. The goal of the network isto perform high quality gender-based research in cardiovascular disease,train new researchers...Research by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University
...s being presented at the AGU meeting by scientists affiliated with the Earth Institute at Columbia University. For more information about the Earth Institute, please see www.earth.columbia.edu . Global Poverty MAPPING POVERTY: THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL CORRELATES OF HUNGER AND INFANT MORTALITY I...Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia affiliate, recognized for efforts to fight glaucoma
.... Harlem Hospital Center is a teaching institution affiliated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University Medical Center. A venerable member of the community, Harlem Hospital was founded in 1887. Today, at 400 beds, it is the largest health facility in Harlem capable of treating the most...