Johns Hopkins To Announce AIDS Capitated Care Program
... of the program, called "Moore Options," ata press briefing Thursday, Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. in the Johns Hopkins OutpatientCenter, Room 2140. Under capitation, Hopkins will receive a preset fee per month from itsmanaged care partners to cover all medical care for patients in Moore Options.Hopkins will assume th...New Guidelines Stress Early Potent Drug Cocktails, Individualized Therapy
...International AIDS Society-USApresented at a media briefing Saturday, June 27, in Geneva. Two years ago, the panel of independent physicians and scientists published thefirst major peer-reviewed guidelines advocating combination drug therapy. Basedon information and drugs available in mid-1998, the update not...Epilepsy Drugs Useful To Treat Alzheimer's, Studies Find
... Rochester scientists are beingfeatured at a media briefing this week at the 6th InternationalConference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders inAmsterdam, the Netherlands. Psychiatrists Pierre Tariot and Anton Porsteinsson,physicians at the University's main Alzheimer's treatment site atnearby Mo......indings and theirimplications at a conference call briefing for reporters on Monday, August 3 at10 a.m. EDT. To participate please call 1-800-289-0436 and give confirmationcode 497690 or ask for the Diabetes Treatment Centers of America conferencecall. Call will be recorded and replayed through August 10, 19...History In The Making: The Discovery And Clinical Trials Of Viagra
What A news briefing will be held on the research and clinical trials thatbrought about the development of Viagra, the world's first oral therapy for maleerectile dysfunction (MED). Over 30 million men suffer from MED in the U.S.alone. Perspectives on the history and f...New 'Body-Friendly' Fat Substitute
What A news briefing will be held on a new dietary fat substitute thatgovernment scientists say will be good for your heart. The new product, to bemarketed as "Nu-Trim," contains high concentrations of beta-glucans, solublefibers found in oats and barley that are known ...Radically New Type Of Surgery Tested On First Patient
Press briefing at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, in the Magnetic Surgery Center,Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Call Linda Sage or Nicole Vines at 286-0100 forinformation. St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1998 -- Neurosurgeons have performed the firsthuman magnetic surgery. ...Campaign Targets Oral Complications Of Cancer Treatment
...ontrol andPrevention. Press is invited to attend a briefing and luncheon to launch the campaign onJanuary 27, 1999, from 12-2 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.Attendees will hear experts discuss the scope, impact, management, andprevention of oral complications of cancer treatment. If you wi...Campaign Targets Oral Complications Of Cancer Treatment
...lications. Health writers are invited to attend a briefing and luncheon to launch the campaign on January 27, 1999, from 122 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. NIDCR is conducting the awareness campaign in partnership with the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Nursing Rese...UNC-CH Scientists To Reveal Results Of New Cancer Study
...rth Carolina at Chapel Hill School ofMedicine. The briefing will begin at 2 p.m. in the Plaza Level Conference Roomat the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Note: This story is embargoeduntil 5 p.m. EST Monday. The journal Nature Medicine will publish the findingsTuesday in its April issue. UNC-CH facult...New study will revolutionise treatment for Parkinson's disease
...ely needed. You are invited to attend the press briefing at the International Congress ofParkinson's Disease (ICPD), Vancouver, 24-28 July, 1999 on the landmarkconclusions of the first major multinational five-year study to compare ReQuip®(ropinirole hydrochloride, SmithKline Beecham) and L-dopa in the...CODE-2*: Landmark study on the costs of type 2 diabetes in Europe
You are invited to attend a press briefing at theEuropean Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 1999 Tuesday 28 September 1999, 18.30 - 20:00, Ambassador Room, 1st Floor, Hall 10 Brussels Exhibition and Conference Centre What is the cost of type 2 diabetes in Europe? How do differ...Reducing the costs of diabetes in Europe: Preventing complications is the key
...rope--Type 2) studywere presented today at a press briefing at the annual meeting of the EuropeanAssociation for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Brussels: The total cost of more than 10 million individuals with type 2 diabetesin the countries studied was 29 billion Euros, which represents up to 7.4% or an...Researchers discover potential new approach to treating cystic fibrosis
...duct clinical trials EDITOR'S NOTE: A media briefing will be held at 11 am PDT (2 pm EDT) on Oct. 7. Reporters may join the briefing by conference call (see details at end ofrelease). This is a joint release of Beth Israel Deaconess...Announcement of new consumer medical internet service
...CE NEW CONSUMER INTERNET SERVICE WHAT: A media briefing to unveil the first national physician society-ownedhealth care service on the Internet that delivers credible content to consumersand patients, and connects them with their own physicians. This site iscontrolled by medical societies, the finest sou...Vitamin A compound may help protect younger women against breast and ovarian cancers
...uropean Institute of Oncology in Milan, at a press briefing in New York today. "Our primary goal was to preven... candidates for estrogen therapy. Today's briefing was held with the support of the American-Italian Cancer Foundation, the New York-based nonprofit or...UNC-CH, Duke AIDS experts, patients to update epidemic, describe new support
...cting North Carolina Wednesday (Jan. 12) at a news briefing at UNC Hospitals. The briefing will begin promptly at 1:30 p.m. in the General Clinical Research Center located on the third floor ...National Alcohol Screening Day (April 6) A national wake-up call
... alcohol research and treatment leaders at a media briefing to be held 10:30-11:30 A.M., Tuesday, April 4, in Georgetown University's Copley Hall. The briefing launches the second annual National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD), a national outreach program design...US AIDS cases, deaths, and HIV infections appear stable
... Journal of the American Medical Association media briefing on HIV/AIDS at the 13th International AIDS Conference. At the briefing, Dr. Gayle released the latest U.S. data on AIDS cases, deaths, and HIV diagnoses through June 1999. Dr. Gayle also discussed new risk behavior data, and the preliminary results ...National survey examines factors related to high levels of dust mite and cockroach allergen in beds
...in San Francisco today, and highlighted at a press briefing sponsored by the American Thoracic Society at 11 a.m. in Room 114 at the Moscone Convention Center. Sampling was done in 831 homes occupied by 2456 individuals in 75 different locations across of United States. In the survey, researchers collected va...