Pitt marks 50th anniversary of its Salk polio vaccine with reunion, scientific symposium
...rating the 50th anniversary of the April 12, 1955, announcement that declared the vaccine "safe, effective and pot...l 26, 1954, and ended with the greatly anticipated announcement of its results on April 12 the next year. The day was heralded by dramatic headlines, ringing church...Society of Hospital Medicine to launch new medical journal
...tract between SHM and Wiley following last month's announcement that Wiley had assumed publishing responsibilities for the Society's newsletter, The Hospitalist, beginning in January 2005. The chief objective of the new Journal will be "to publish original, important, well-documented, peer-reviewed articles on a ...Alliance for Taxpayer Access asks NIH 'Who really owns publicly-funded medical research?'
...intment after NIH cancelled a planned briefing and announcement on new guidelines. No explanation was given for th...disappointed by the delay in today's scheduled NIH announcement of its policy on enhanced public access to NIH research. We cannot understand, given the vital inte...2005 NIH Director's Pioneer Award program opens
...e Pioneer Awardprogram. The complete Pioneer Award announcement is posted at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-021.html . The NIH, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, isthe primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.More information about...Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked 8th in nation by 'Child' magazine
...ccording toChild magazine. Child magazine made the announcement Jan. 4 on the NBC morning showToday. The Children's Hospital was listed number eight in the nationfrom among 144 original applicants. The rankings also listed VanderbiltChildren's Hospital as seventh in the nation for pediatric cancerservices. Vice C...CIGNA settlement favorable to psychologists
... services. The changes were part of CIGNA's recent announcement of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by a class of non-physician health care providers, including psychologists. "We're glad that CIGNA has been working to correct policies and procedures that affect behavioral health professionals in general and psy...Updated adjuvant data presented at SABCS show 30 percent reduction in recurrence
...east cancer when compared to tamoxifen." Pfizer's announcement closely follows newly released American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recommendations on the use of aromatase inhibitors as adjuvant therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer and coincides with the presentati...Success of new treatment halts international blood pressure drug trial
...he thiazide diuretic, bendroflumethiazide. This announcement signals the end of the main clinical elements of the ASCOT trial, launched in 1997. ASCOT study co-chairmen Bjrn Dahlf, from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, stra, Sweden, and Peter Sever from Imperial College London, UK, comment: "This is exc...Senators Lautenberg and Corzine secure $1 million to accelerate smart gun development at NJIT
...imilar funding last year for 2004. The senators' announcement will take place during a testing of a smart gun prototype by NJIT security officers. NJIT researchers will be available to answer questions. (NOTE: To attend the 1 p.m. event at the Sgt. James J. Shea Memorial Pistol Range, 16th St, Bayonne, http...NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study
...ed in San Diego today as a special "late-breaking" announcement at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). To further inform physicians, the NHLBI is posting the alert on the National Library of Medicine's Clinical Alert and Advisories Web page. STOP II investigators are notifying patien...Ongoing transfusions needed to avoid strokes in children with sickle cell disease
...ssued a clinical alert to coincide with the Dec. 5 announcement of study findings at the American Society of Hematology meeting in San Diego. "Whatever process puts these children at risk is fairly durable," says Dr. Robert J. Adams, neurologist and stroke specialist at MCG and principal investigator on the Optim...Endocrine Society calls for clinical guidelines on androgens for women
...agnose and effectively treat this condition. This announcement comes as Intrinsa--a testosterone skin patch for women--is reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for a specific population of women who suffer from sexual dysfunction. "Because of the growing recognition of female sexual dysfu...Dartmouth Medical School receives $1.6 million in AIDS funding
...th Johnson & Johnson, was joined for the Wednesday announcement by fellow founding board members Richard R. Grassey, Jr. of Merrill Lynch, and Michael Hirschberg, Esq. of Piper Rudnick LLP. Also attending was John (Launny) Steffens, a Dartmouth alumnus and major financial supporter of FTCA. The funds were accept...NIAID seeks applicants to lead revamped HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
...research. "We are pleased to be making this announcement on World AIDS Day," says Dr. Fauci, "as this year's World AIDS Day theme focuses on 'Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS'." Each network leadership group selected as part of this competition will work with NIAID and other NIH Institutes on a focused resea...NIA establishes new demography centers to enhance knowledge about older americans
...th, savings, retirement, and global aging. Today's announcement reflects an expanded effort by the NIA to promote economic and demographic population research as the U.S. and world age rapidly. "The Centers were developed as a research infrastructure to address the big questions in population aging in the U.S. a...American College of Chest Physicians announces new Critical Care Institute
... both health-care professionals and patients. The announcement was made during CHEST 2004, the 70th annual international scientific assembly of the ACCP, held October 23-28 in Seattle, WA. "The ACCP has been at the forefront of critical care medicine for many years," said ACCP-CCI Chair Curtis N. Sessler, MD, F...DOE labs, universities and second sight partner to speed development of 'artificial retina'
...urces of DOE's national laboratories. At today's announcement in Chicago, the first patient to receive a prototype implant in 2002 described what it was like being able to "see" large letters and to differentiate between a cup, a plate and a knife after being blind for over 50 years. To date, six volunteers ha...NSF, AAAS announce winners of 2004 Visualization contest
...be notified individually in August prior to public announcement of the official contest results. The winning works will then be published in a special section of a September 2005 issue of Science and on Science Online. NSF will also publish the winning entries on its Web site: http://www.nsf.gov. ...Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
...fferent African states have responded to the TIGER announcement of opportunity.......chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The announcement came at the 2004 ATS International Conference in Orlando, Florida. COPD usually involves severe emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which severely affect the alveoli of the lungs, leading to illness and death. Smoking is a leading cause of the disease...