Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia affiliate, recognized for efforts to fight glaucoma
...ening program. We are extremely grateful for this assistance from the Foundation." "I am pleased that the dedication of our Harlem Hospital faculty is being recognized in this way," said Stanley Chang, M.D., chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center. "As a leading medical institut...Size of myocardial infarct measured using MRI
...., Ph.D., who helped design the study. Additional assistance was provided by Dan Rettmann, B.S.; and Sandeep Gupta, Ph.D., from GE Medical Systems, Waukeshas, Wis., who helped implement the computer software used for imaging analysis of infarct size by MRI. MRI is a coiled, mechanical device for taking real-...Scents and emotions linked by learning, Brown study shows
...recovery." Herz conducted the experiments with the assistance of Sophia Beland, a former research assistant at Brown, and Margaret Hellerstein, a former Brown undergraduate....Care of rural stroke patients improves with telephone support
...oved when an urban stroke center offered telephone assistance in treatment, according to a study published in the January 11 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The stroke center doctors helped decide when and how to treat patients with the clot-busting drug tissue p...Mental health crisis looming for tsunami survivors, warns psychologist just back from Indonesia
...of their family, their home or any hope for family assistance in completing their education. Kyes does not specialize in clinical treatment, but has experience as a trained emergency medical technician and as a member of a national Disaster Management Advance Team that provided rescue and medical support. "Wh...Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase HIV risk
...programs, neighborhood revitalization projects and assistance with obtaining legal employment can improve neighborhood quality and reduce stressors, according to the study authors. "The perceived lack of control over the environment or feelings of entrapment due to fear of those involved in drug economy and oth...Telemedicine is healthcare's new frontier
...primary healthcare providers to receive continuous assistance from specialised centres. The European Space Agency has decided to prepare the ground for a Telemedicine Programme to be presented at the next ESA Ministerial Conference. This is in response to the need to further tailor support for the development o...Researchers discover genetic variant that may explain why women develop M.S. more than men
... steadily lose mobility and may require wheelchair assistance to move. The Mayo Clinic research group considers MS to belong to a group of diseases known as autoimmune diseases, in which the body erroneously attacks its healthy cells as if they were disease-causing foreign invaders. With MS, the body attacks t...Balancing care decisions for gravely ill patients
...h documentation), formal patient care reviews, and assistance from ethicists and family counselors might better align patient or family expectations with reasonable therapeutic goals. In the Mayo Clinic Proceedings study, the researchers also noted that APACHE III, a highly sophisticated and widely used compute...Elderly people cared for by spouse are at greater risk for abuse, Pitt researchers find
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7 -- When elderly people need assistance with the activities of daily life, one might assume that the best people to care for them would be the ones who know them best--their spouses. But, as a team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh report in this month's issue of the Journal ...COX-2 inhibitors associated with blood pressure elevation
...xygenase 2 inhibitors. Mr. Haas currently receives assistance via a National Health and Medical Research Council... Research Scholarship. Dr. Liew currently receives assistance via a Royal Australasian College of Physicians Postdoctoral Fellowship....Immediate access to antibiotics stems spread of sexually transmitted diseases
...ocal health departments in the United States offer assistance with notifying partners to patients with gonorrhea and Chlamydia, leaving most patients, often those in the poorest communities with limited resources, to make arrangements on their own for the partner's care." The 2003 rate for gonorrhea in the Unit...Parents who quit smoking may influence their offspring to quit as young adults
...Bricker said. Resources for free smoking-cessation assistance include: The National Cancer Institute's Smoke Quitline at (877) 44U-QUIT or www.smokefree.gov . The Washington State Health Department Tobacco Quitline at (877) 270-STOP or www.quitline.com . "The first step to quit smoking is becoming personal......Hatton Awards Competition will also receive travel assistance in the form of an IADR/Unilever Division Travel Award. IADR/GlaxoSmithKline Innovation in Oral Care Awards - John Featherstone and co-workers, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Peter Holbrook and co-workers, University of Iceland, Re...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...leagues state: "It is now time for governments and assistance agencies to take joint responsibility to reduce the needless deaths of women and children. Particular attention needs to be given to the critical childbirth and early neonatal periods- when women and children in developing countries are most likely t...End AIDS drug waiting lists, HIV care providers tell policymakers
...vices like legal services, child care, and housing assistance to access to antiretroviral medications through the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. "However, Ryan White does not currently give medical care and basic medical services the priority they should receive in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
...Hatton Awards Competition will also receive travel assistance in the form of an IADR/Unilever Division Travel Award. IADR/GlaxoSmithKline Innovation in Oral Care Awards These new awards were designed to inspire innovation and novel research in oral care and to offer opportunities for investigators to conduc...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...cost of care. The project, to be funded through an assistance agreement with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, located at Ft. Detrick, Md., will be led by professor and Chief of Neurosurgery Dr. Neil Martin, associate professor Dr. Paul Ve...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
... with age, so too does the need for transportation assistance to the dentist. And in rural areas, the dentist may be more than an hour away. Distance, coupled with difficult winters, may make it even more difficult to get to the dentist." A breakdown of the data showed that, of the 415 persons surveyed, 402 ...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
...rs were more likely to be homeless, receive public assistance for housing, and not be employed; MLB drinkers reported significantly higher rates of daily or near daily drinking, drinks per day on drinking days, and daily average alcohol consumption; MLB drinkers were also more likely to smoke while drinking, dr...