SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
...r, as well as affordable, so we're very pleased to collaborate with the National Consumers League in launching SOS Rx with the support of such a wide range of organizations committed to greater safety," said Barrett Toan, chief executive officer of Express Scripts. SOS Rx Campaigns The SOS Rx coalition's work...Promising new treatment options for people with co-existing alcohol-use and psychiatric disorders
...disorders and establish multidisciplinary teams to collaborate on the cause of these illnesses," she said. "We need to determine the role of genes and the environment in increasing risk of and/or offering protection against comorbid illnesses. We need to establish treatment approaches for comorbid conditions t...Cooling helmets may provide innovative stroke treatment
...ientists and innovative industry technologists can collaborate to speed the delivery of emergency cardiovascular care interventions. This device, and others like it, may have wide applicability in the field."...Rensselaer researcher receives $2.1 million grant to develop treatment for anthrax
...erve as consultants for the project. The team will collaborate with researchers at the University of Toronto; the Ordway Research Institute Inc. in Albany, N.Y.; and Biophage Pharma Inc. in Montreal. The NIH support enables the team to build on Kane's earlier work in developing anthrax inhibitors. He previously...Mayo Clinic researches ways to better treat patients with heart defects
.... The neurology and cardiology communities need to collaborate in clinical studies to prospectively test the safety and efficacy of patent foramen ovale closure devices." Dr. Adams is an investigator in CLOSURE, a trial sponsored by the NMT Corporation, which is one of the current trials comparing the placement ...Stem cell and other new biological therapies are target of major NIH contract to U of MN
...million contract to the University of Minnesota to collaborate with two other institutions on the production and testing of novel somatic (biological) cell therapies, including adult stem cells. Under the five-year contract, the University of Minnesota's Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics facility (MMCT) will w...NCCAM funds Developmental Centers for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
...entists at the Palmer Chiropractic University will collaborate with investigators at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the National University of Health Sciences in Illinois. The total award is approximately $2.3 million. New England School o......t have cells with HER-2 receptors. "EGF receptors collaborate with other members of the HER-family of receptors that affect the way cancer cells behave in presence of estrogen or respond when exposed to anti-estrogens," Cristofanilli says. "So if you control or modulate EGF receptor, you may be able to control ...Doris Duke Charitable Foundation selects Emory HIV/AIDS research team for innovation award
... areas of the world. The Emory investigators will collaborate with Ethiopian AIDS researchers to develop effective tests to monitor patients with HIV and AIDS by reconfiguring and simplifying commonly used tests to accommodate the circumstances and finances of resource-poor countries. The effort to bring effe...New Hampshire lung disease research center funded
...g basic, translational and clinical scientists, to collaborate with a goal of bringing advances in scientific understanding of disease mechanisms and treatments to patients in need. This grant will have a major impact for faculty development, research, education of young scientists, and clinical application of ...Regional consortium of universities chosen for biodefense initiative
...iversity and Tulane University Primate Center will collaborate with SERCEB investigators. Speaking on behalf of the group, Haynes noted, "We have organized a SERCEB research staff with new and powerful collaborative teams that cross institutions. The SERCEB includes some of the most outstanding investigators in ...N.C. likely to face radiologic science workforce shortage
...gs were that health-care employers communicate and collaborate insufficiently with educational programs about future staffing needs, Dyson said. Often, large employers such as hospitals will purchase imaging equipment or expand their radiology departments before informing educators about those moves. "One ma...Texas A&M, ECOR sign deal to produce health-related proteins
...and assembling a research and development staff to collaborate with Texas A&M scientists in College Station. Jilka said he expects to have the new recombinant protein products on the market within four years. "In the future we expect transgenic plants to be the method of choice for the production of low-cost, ...Physics and medicine in San Diego
...commission and develop new therapeutic techniques; collaborate with radiation oncologists to design improved treatment plans; and calibrate and model therapeutic equipment to ensure that every patient receives precisely the prescribed dose of radiation at the correct location. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGR...OneWorld Health begins final testing of drug to cure deadly kala azar in India
...ntify late-stage drugs for other diseases and will collaborate with organizations to develop medicines for people in need." "The development of paromomycin will expand the global toolbox to fight underfunded, neglected, deadly diseases," said Dr. Carlos Morel, director of TDR. "The trial also builds on years o...Bridge Medical joins NPSF and 34 organizations in convening historic Congress
...althcare Improvement (IHI) will for the first time collaborate with NPSF to conduct two mini patient safety courses on Mar. 12 before the Congress officially begins with a 6 pm "Welcome Reception." [IHI President and CEO Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, is one of NPSF's "distinguished advisors."] On Mar. 14, attendees w...Jefferson surgeons turning to light therapy for advanced lung cancer
...PDT he has seen in his patients. He is planning to collaborate with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo to study the effects of photodynamic therapy on the immune system. "We're the only ones doing this right now," he says. "And there's a lot of work and...New centers to research, reduce asthma disparities
...provoking asthma symptoms. The Centers will also collaborate on training activities -- a critical feature of the program. "This initiative does not just support individual projects," emphasized Dr. Lenfant. "The partnering institutions in each Center will teach each other and build opportunities in this scient...Doctors surprised that older women patients can tolerate powerful treatment
...des Centres de Lutte Contre le Cancer also plan to collaborate with the other 20 cancer centres (the Gerico Project) and some other projects with the Moffit Cancer Center in Florida, USA....... cancer patients at all stages of their disease or collaborate with support teams and social workers. The results of the survey with data from 64 countries (including USA, Australia, Africa, and Asia) was conducted by the European Society for Medical Oncology and were presented today (20 October 2002) at its Co...