Novel therapy tested in mice could chase away cat allergies
...component of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID supports basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and illness...WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
... the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency (CNES), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). It is being carried out by MEDES, the French Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology, in the clinical research facility at the Rangueil hospital...Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny
...ministration as cosmetics and color additives, the agency has not traditionally regulated them, letting the task fall to local jurisdictions, according to a fact sheet issued by the FDA Office of Cosmetics and Colors http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-204.html . This effectively gives a tattoo artist licens...The courage to change the rules: A Proposal for an essential health R&D treaty
...the only legally mandated international government agency responsible for global health, should work toward establishing this essential R&D agenda. Individual member states of the WHO "would need to periodically evaluate targets for priority research and make adequate recommendations towards needs-driven R&...New stroke-prevention drug unlikely to be cost-effective except in patients at high risk of bleeding
... October 2004, the FDA denied Exanta approval. The agency noted that Exanta carried a small risk of liver damage and cited insufficient evidence that it was as effective as warfarin for preventing strokes. "Warfarin is extremely effective," says lead author Brian F. Gage, M.D., associate professor of medic...Services for children: Training needed to tackle complexity of new labour's joined-up approach
...ere part-time, seconded, or not employed by a lead agency in the team, seemed more uncertain and stressful about their new professional identities within the groups. Professor Anning said: "We found that the quality of team leaders, including their ability to insist that diversity was a positive thing and t...Public interest advocates question NIH Enhanced Access policy
...rch in question is funded by taxpayer dollars, the agency is leaving the decision up to each author whether ...et the contradictory expectations of their funding agency and their publisher. Addressing Leavitt as well as NIH indirectly, members of the Alliance for Taxpa...Stem cells given in minimally invasive procedure improve heart function
... the necessary institutional and government health agency approval and each patient provided informed consent. All 30 patients enrolled had severe heart failure (New York Heart Association heart failure classifications III and IV) with ejection fraction rates of less than 35 percent. Ejection fraction is a...Study shows strengths, gaps in quality of care for kids in California's public mental health clinics
...ia Department of Mental Health is the first public agency to critically examine the quality of care provided to children in outpatient mental health clinics, funded by Medicaid. "These data will be tremendously useful in setting priority areas for improvement of care for children," said Dr. Stephen Mayberg,...Brown and NIH create joint neuroscience graduate program
...titutes of Health, the leading biomedical research agency in the United States, has chosen Brown University's graduate program in neuroscience to join its Graduate Partnerships Program. The program supports 300 students from around the world as they pursue doctoral degrees in fields ranging from biophysics ...The Lancet calls for the creation of a world institute for risk evaluation
...ver this approach. The UN has no single technical agency devoted to global risk assessment. The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, G8, and World Trade Organisation are all inappropriate repositories for impartial analysis of global threats. Independent foundations may offer more neutral forums for r...National Academies advisory: Report assesses health implications of perchlorate exposure
...ams per kilogram (mg/kg) of body weight, which the agency said would correspond to a drinking-water concentr... development of thyroid tumors -- a conclusion the agency based on the occurrence of a few thyroid tumors in rats exposed to perchlorate. The committee disag...'Temp doctors' choose career for flexibility, easier lifestyle
...st one assignment with CompHealth, an LT placement agency in Salt Lake City. (CompHealth provided the names of those surveyed.) While about 70 percent of those who responded to the survey were men, the findings suggest women may be particularly drawn to LT jobs, Alonzo said. Women were 30 percent of the LT ...2005 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program opens
...f Health and Human Services, isthe primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.More information about the NIH can be found on its Web site: http://www.nih.gov . The NIH Roadmap is a series of far-reaching initiatives designed totransform the nation's medical research capabilities...International gathering at UH examines top computer code
...ute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), the Italian funding agency for nuclear physics. Physicist Johann Ranft at the University of Leipzig in Germany originally developed FLUKA in the 1960s while he was working with CERN. By the late 1980s, the code had evolved through two generations, and Ranft turned over the ...Youki spray curbs spread of superbug MRSA
...rol and Prevention (CDC), the leading U.S. federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, states that staph bacteria and MRSA can spread among people having close contact with infected people. MRSA is almost always spread by direct physical contact, and not through the air. Spread may also o...Child health must become UNICEF's priority over next decade
...F's present executive director, Carol Bellamy, the agency has lost its way over the most important part of i...urvival at the centre of UNICEF's work, making the agency the most respected part of the UN. "What are the skills and experiences that Kofi Annan should b...Younger children in the child welfare system could benefit from specialty mental health services
...ample of children aged two to 14 years. Child and agency data were collected between October 15, 1999, and April 30, 2001. A total of 2,823 child welfare cases were included. The researchers found that "only 28.3 percent of children received specialty mental health services during the year." Out-of-home ...Pitt research shows NASA sleep-wake scheduling guide may need to be changed
...e, was designed to examine the protocols the space agency uses to assign sleep-wake schedules that ensure astronauts are always able to handle their demanding tasks at peak performance. The findings suggest changes should be made in the way NASA schedules sleep periods on missions, but also have meaning for...FDA tried to discredit whistleblower over drug safety claims
...k, claiming that Dr Graham had failed to adhere to agency protocol when he submitted his data to the Lancet. Fearing for his job, Dr Graham sought the help of the Government Accountability Project, a public interest group that protects whistleblowers in order to promote governmental and corporate account...