American Stroke Association's 29th International Stroke Conference
...Researchers are available for interviews in "media availability sessions" at times specified in the Daily Log. At other times, media should try to contact the researcher through the researcher's office (phone numbers listed at the bottom of the releases). Accompanying abstract numbers are included. News tips ar...Study finds most pediatric residents satisfied with primary care training
...their continuity satisfaction than the preceptor's availability or the actual help the resident received from the preceptor, two factors residency review committees considered more important. About 85 percent of residents also said their continuity experience satisfaction was associated with receiving the "approp...Emergency contraception issues featured during web-based conference
...s addressed the potential impact of changes in ECP availability for adolescents' access to reproductive health care. The conference was particularly timely because scientific advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recently recommended that the FDA approve an ECP for over-the-counter use. Adolescent girls c...Call for increase in flu vaccination among young children
...accines, the adequacy of vaccine supplies, and the availability of intranasal products insofar as the greater compliance to nasal administration should make it possible to increase the use of influenza vaccination."...Gene therapy technique could aid islet transplants for diabetes, says Pittsburgh study
...rmount difficulties currently posed by the limited availability of human pancreatic islet cells. "The disappointing news is that we also discovered, much to our surprise, that the three immunosuppressive drugs commonly prescribed for patients after islet cell transplantation induced marked insulin resistance and ...Lucky number? Seven factors may increase clot buster use for stroke
...des specialized monitoring and care; and the rapid availability of CT scans to assess whether the stroke was caused by a blood clot or a hemorrhaging blood vessel. While these three didn't have a statistically significant impact individually, they were important contributors to the overall goal. The CT scan is ...Climara Pro (TM) helps alleviate menopausal hot flashes and night sweats
...e therapy in a convenient, once-a-week patch. "The availability of Climara Pro provides the thousands of U.S. women impacted by these debilitating menopausal symptoms with a significantly different and much-needed new option," said Marie Foegh, M.D., D.Sc., Vice President of Medical Affairs for Female Healthcare ...Patients needing dialysis prefer 'peritoneal' method rather than hemodialysis
...sponse to pain, amount of fluid removed, and staff availability in an emergency. "In conclusion, our results that peritoneal dialysis patients rate their care more highly than hemodialysis patients suggest that nephrologists and primary care physicians should give greater consideration to peritoneal dialysis ...Malnutrition and misery will be 'unimaginable' by 2054
...a, N.Y. "Every trend -- from decreasing per-capita availability of food and cropland to population growth -- shows the predicament becoming even more dire," Pimentel says. "In the next 50 years, the degree of malnutrition, resultant disease and human misery is unimaginable. But we have to try to consider the fu...Database on blood and marrow stem cell transplants now available online
.../annual.asp?ID=1 for the meeting agenda. With the availability of this new database, researchers can generate and...or with another set of MHC genes. "The widespread availability of clinical transplant results may help researchers recognize the limits of MHC mismatching," says E...The future of drug development
...r versions of the drug. Aside from the inadequate availability and high price of drugs, other unwelcome side-effects of the existing business model are a lack of information sharing amongst researchers, and a consequent reduction in the pace of discovery. There are also strong incentives to develop drugs that h...Report finds inactivated influenza virus vaccines effective in children
...ysicians become more informed about the safety and availability of killed-virus flu vaccine, they will notify and encourage pediatric patients to get vaccinated. "Killed vaccines are the most important tool we have," said Dr. Ruben. ...Ethical review of research in developing countries needed
...country where research was being conducted and the availability of interventions for the host country after the study was completed. Dr. Hyder, also a faculty member of the Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute at the Johns Hopkins University, said, "Not only do ethics reviews need to be a standard in collaborativ...Activism prompts teen smokers to cut back on cigarettes, Stanford study finds
...oking behavior." Students learned about tobacco availability and advertising strategies, and assessed tobacco promotion in their communities. "Most of them were surprised and then angry when they realized how extensive it was," Winkleby said. "Teenagers don't like it when other people try to influence them." ...Study suggests better use of web could improve infectious disease reporting
...C). The telephone and email survey asked about the availability of a reportable disease list on the health jurisdiction's Web site, and whether the jurisdiction offered a secure means for physicians to report via the Web. The research team then analyzed each jurisdiction's Web content to determine whether the Web...Nutrition education helps stretch meager food budgets
...insecurity is defined as "the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways." EFNEP, a community-based nutrition education program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, targets families th...Top medical and scientific societies commit to providing free access to research
...ort of several forms of free access, including the availability of: 1. important articles from scientific or med...olutions for online journals to ensure the ongoing availability of the scientific literature. Dedication to work with authors, peer-reviewers, and editors for the...Complementary and alternative therapies: Who uses them and why, their potential and their dangers
...imates of the numbers of users reflect the growing availability of over-the-counter and internet remedies." Given the difficulties of categorising CAMs and the lack of research, Dr Bendelow suggested that accurate assessment of the take-up of CAMs in breast cancer, particularly in Europe, was impossible to ascert...Doctor attacks South African government for failing women while spending billions on arms deals
...ording to 'Western' guidelines adapted to regional availability of resources. It is important that the basics of cancer diagnosis and therapy are taught properly there is no point in treating patients with expensive chemotherapeutic agents, exhausting resources while, for example, the staging of the patient is ...Lack of parental support during childhood is associated with poorer adult mental & physical health
...ited States. The participants were asked about the availability of emotional support from their mothers and fathers during the years they were growing up, such as "how much could you confide in her or him about things that were bothering you?" and "how much love and affection did she or he give you?" Depressive ...