7,000 Pharmaceutical scientists to share latest drug developments and discoveries
...f genetic immunization,recent developments in drug delivery and targeting, advances in vaccines,emerging analy...lved in areas such as contract manufacturing, drug delivery systems,drug development, and laboratory instruments and equipment....First woman commanding general for health care in Pacific speaks on Capitol Hill about Tele-Health
...ealth caredelivery. "Being responsible for delivery of healthcare to a region as big as thePacific requires me to use and support the development of technology tools thattranscend time, distance and barriers," says Maj. Gen. Adams. "These technological tools and clinical capability......lied and auxiliary workforcedepends on health care delivery organizations, workers, and educators andrecommend...mer needs: Align workers' skills with health care delivery standards which reflectgeneral employment skills as well as core clinical and technical competencies...Hearts N' Parks - an innovative North Carolina program to prevent heart disease launched
...loodand sleep disorders. NRPA supports the delivery of quality park and recreation resourcesthrough a nationwide network of recreation and park professionals and citizenadvocates. The primary areas for national programs focus are health, youthdevelopment, and the environment. The Mallard Park ...Synchronise clocks to find the real millennium baby!
Clocks in delivery wards may not be sufficiently accurate to validate...ies are delivered each year, all six clocks in the delivery rooms were slow by a median of 93.6 seconds. The authors also surveyed the clocks in the labour war...Researchers learn how stress slows wound healing
... These hormones can slow the delivery of certaincompounds -- cytokines -- to the site of the injury to start thehealing process. But if the process is slowed at the beginning, the woundwill take ......heart. Dr. Levy's team would like to find a simple delivery method thatinvolves an oral pill. "The body has the ability to heal itself. Our goal is to help it do thatmore easily," he said....Vanderbilt School of Nursing begins graduate program in correctional health
...e withmanaged care. Many of the prison health care delivery systems use the managedcare concept-- controlling ...of the incarcerated population and the health care delivery system sothat they will have an easier transition to this unique setting." Several VUSN graduates ar...A leading cause of blindness may be controlled by simple course of oral antibiotic
...provided to familiesfor treatment, so topical drug delivery is probably lower than in this study." As the study designers expected, at all sites the prevalence of trachoma washighest in children-greater than 30 percent in children younger than 10 yearsold. Traditionally, children have been targeted for inter...Federal, private funding to establish inflammatory disease center at UNC
...ost as great a risk factor for premature labor and delivery as issmoking. Most ob-gyn physicians probably underestimate the importance of goodoral hygiene in making sure pregnant women go to term and give birth to healthychildren." A UNC-CH study published in the Journal of Periodontology in 1996 show...UK College of Medicine researchers study technologies to deliver drugs to the brain
...into the brain. The pump currently is approvedfor delivery of drugs directly to the fluid around the spinal c... pain, and severe muscle spasticity, aswell as the delivery of chemotherapy agents to treat colorectal cancer that hasspread to the liver. In support of...San Francisco, 28 September, 1999: The targeted delivery of Relenza results inhigh concentrations of the drug in the primary site of viral replication, thelungs, up to 24 hours after inhalation. It is also effective against A& B straininfluenza, and reduces complications requiring antibiotics. These are th...Researchers find elevated cholesterol is risk factor for preeclampsia
... Preeclampsia also increases the risk of premature delivery or may make itnecessary to perform an emergency cesarean, since delivery is the only real curefor the condition. In such instances, the baby faces the numerous risksassociat...Midwives would prefer a vaginal delivery Ninety six per cent of female midwives would opt for a vaginal delivery as their first choice of giving birth report two obstetricians in a letter in this week's BMJ. Cont......ents that can be used to block the pain of vaginal delivery orprovide anesthesia for a C-section. In a genera... aC-section was 191 pounds, the average of vaginal delivery was 182. "Weight alone isn't the best way to compare people, since obviously atall person ma...Nanomolecular 'smart bombs' seek and destroy cancer cells
...nthetic polymers called dendrimers will be used as delivery vehicles totransport anti-cancer drugs and sensing agents into cells, according to Baker. "Dendrimers already are used in many biological applications," he says. "Theyhave been shown to readily enter cells, and they have little toxicity when givenin...Duke team seeks novel vaccine strategy for HIV
...fected. Additionally, they plan to employ a novel delivery system that canbe easily used in underdeveloped nations. Project leader Dr. Bart Haynes, chairman of the department of medicine at Duke,believes that the team will develop a vaccine that can be delivered nasally andwould stimulate immune responses in...AAPS announces 1999 award winners
...obinson is a pioneer in the area ofcontrolled drug delivery with particular focus in the use of bioadhesivepol...rea of bioavailability studies and controlled drug delivery formulations. Dr. Nagai is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pharmaceutics at HoshiUniversity,...UI researchers find way to possibly improve effectiveness of gene transfers
... using a vector, often a disabled cold virus, as a delivery vehicle to supply cells with healthy copies of fla...Welsh explained. Researchers can either change the delivery vehicle (the vector) or change the recipient cell so viruses can bind to it. "Most of the effort has......61 women spent in labor and delivery -- 30 received PGE2 and 31 received a placebo gel, all as outpatients. The PGE2 or placebo was inserted into each woman's cervix via a catheter attached to a syringe. ...