Advertising by academic medical centers may risk eroding public trust, says study
...ial challenges in what is becoming an increasingly competitive marketplace in healthcare, they recommend that the centers reexamine the process by which their advertisements are developed. "We hope that academic medical centers will view our findings as an opportunity for improvement and a stimulus for developi...Researchers search for first sign of congestive heart failure
...levated blood pressure following stress, such as a competitive video game. The body naturally responds to stress by increasing blood vessel constriction and fluid volume inside vessels. The kidneys help with volume by retaining sodium. Natriuresis is the body's way of eliminating sodium so pressures can return t...Rhesus monkeys reason about perspectives of others in obtaining food
... attached to the platform. The experiments created competitive conditions, the monkeys were competing with the humans for the grapes. The 115 monkeys tested only took the grape when they could tell that a person was not looking at them. The experiments varied from one person looking at the monkey and the other w...Short-term effects of spit tobacco suggest long-term health risks
..., who are already under a fair amount of stress in competitive situations, also use spit tobacco, the blood pressure and heart rate increases need to be recognized and understood. And since spit tobacco not only raises blood pressure but also blunts the body's normal defense response to blood pressure increases,...Drug companies and governments must act on fake drug problem
...arm the sales of brand-name products in a fiercely competitive business." Up to 15% of all drugs sold worldwide--worth over $35 billion--are fakes. In parts of Africa and Asia, the situation is even more serious--over half of purchased drugs are fakes. The estimated 192,000 patients killed by fake drugs in ...Columbia study finds hemophilia therapy dramatically improves outcomes for bleeding stroke
...troke. Columbia researchers recently won a highly competitive $12 million stroke center grant from the NIH. Columbia is the first site in the eastern United States to receive this Specialized Programs of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS) grant. Extending over five years, the funding will suppor...Entrepreneurism Center at UC San Diego funds commercialization of lung, shock, other devices
... Once again, the Center received a large number of competitive applications in response to its latest solicitation. All of these applicants went through a rigorous screening process, which included reviews by an external committee of industry experts. Of the eight new grants, two each went to researchers in the ...Four teams awarded inaugural translational cancer research grants
...ical research expertise. Winners are selected by a competitive process managed by a combined V Foundation-AACR Scientific Review Committee. The Cardinal Health Foundation of Dublin, Ohio, and Abbott of Abbott Park, Ill. are helping to fund the new collaboration between AACR and The V Foundation. The Cardinal He...Fred Hutchinson receives $9.7 million to lead early detection consortium
...-Frederick Inc.* has made two-year awards, under a competitive solicitation, totaling $13.4 million to two research teams from 10 cancer-research institutions. Scientists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will lead one of the research teams; scientists from the University of Michigan Medical School in ...Report finds new model of care can improve quality, lower costs and increase physician efficiency
...imilar to theirs. Practices will be recruited on a competitive basis based on a number of factors, including practice size, age, location, ownership, arrangement and revenue. All practices chosen to participate will demonstrate a commitment to transformative practice change and collaborative learning. Pilot pra...More muscle means better regulation of blood pressure, study finds
... throughout a two-hour baseline period, an hour of competitive video games and a two-hour recovery period. They found that while blood pressure increased an appropriate average of 5 percent in response to the stress of video games, participants who had more lean muscle mass than fat were better able to return t...FDA grants accelerated approval of TYSABRI, formerly antegren, for the treatment of MS
...reimbursement and pricing decisions, the impact of competitive products, the pace of market acceptance, and any material issues, delays or failures related to its manufacturing and supply. For more detailed information on the risks and uncertainties associated with TYSABRI and the companies' drug development an...Study of Big Ten football injuries shows NCAA rule change did not reduce injury rates
...front of them on the roster. So it is a relatively competitive time among players," Albright said. "During the fall playing season the practices are very careful to ensure that people do not get injured between games. In the spring, it is much harder to control the safety of the practices because everyone is com...Columbia Univ. Medical Center wins highly competitive stroke grant from NIH
...University Medical Center (CUMC) have won a highly competitive $12 million stroke center research grant from the National Institutes of Health. Columbia is the first site in the eastern United States to receive this Specialized Programs of Translational Research in Acute Stroke (SPOTRIAS) grant from the National...FOSRENOL (R) maintains bone health status of end-stage renal disease patients
...manufacturing and commercialization, the impact of competitive products, including, but not limited to, the impact on Shire's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) franchise, patents, including but not limited to, legal challenges relating to Shire's ADHD franchise, government regulation and approval, ...DepoDur found to be innovative option for postoperative pain relief
...ptance of the Company's products and the impact of competitive products and pricing; dependence on sole source su...itigation; changes in operating results; impact of competitive products and pricing; product development; changes in laws and regulations; customer demand; possibl...Latest Asian-American tobacco use data reported
... addition, the Tobacco Control Section has awarded competitive grants to community-based agencies in California that serve Asian Americans, with the goal of cultivating the leadership needed to mobilize communities to advocate for policies to protect themselves from the dangers of tobacco. The National Cancer In...Whooping cough makes a national comeback
...unity. For example, 16-year-old Zachary Graham, a competitive skier from New Hampshire, suffered a bout of pertu...ts assumed it was a result of a winter cold. As a competitive athlete and school leader, Zachary tried to dismiss his illness and traveled to Lake Placid for Olym...People are of 'two minds' on moral judgments
...onal processes play crucial and sometimes mutually competitive roles" in moral judgment. They wrote that their results "suggest a synthetic view of moral judgment that acknowledges the crucial roles played by both emotion and 'cognition'." Joshua D. Greene, Leigh E. Nystrom, Andrew D. Engell, John M. Darley, an......ative Medicine members underscores the quality and competitive merit of the innovative stem cell work being conducted at the center," Dr. Gerson said. "Cutting-edge clinical research on adult stem cells continues to lead to clinical trials in stem cell failure, cancer and orthopedic disorders, areas in which the...