UNC expands national clinical trials of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's drugs
...iatry and neurology at the University of Rochester direct the Alzheimer's disease trials. Key investigators from UNC-Chapel Hill are Scott Stroup, M.D., M.P.H., and Diana Perkins, M.D., M.P.H. Other researchers involved in trial management are Joseph McEvoy, M.D., Marvin Swartz, M.D., and Richard Keefe, Ph....Rollins family gives $4.2 million to establish new Office of Public Health Preparedness at Emory
...iology in the Rollins School ofPublic Health, will direct the Office of Public Health Preparedness andResearch, which is being established on the strength of a $4.2 million gift from the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation of Atlanta. The formation of the office was inspired by the September 11 attacks on the World...NSF grant will enable UNC scientists to make child development research more useful
...velopment and not allow oversimplified accounts to direct our policies toward children," said Cox, the center director. "Because children exist in relationships in families, in neighborhoods, in communities and in cultures, all of which affect them, we need better research models that capture that complexit...A peptide whose absence leads to narcolepsy also might play role in pain sensation
...hypocretin neurons from the hypothalamus establish direct connections with the spinal cord and hypocretin changes the electrical activity of nerve cells in the dorsal part of the spinal cord that are involved in pain perception. The hypothalamus is generally considered to be an area of the brain that regula...Study shows caregiver and patient costs rise as symptom severity increases in Alzheimer's disease
...sease progresses, the costs to society in terms of direct health-care costs and loss of productivity of caregivers are astronomical, said Dr. Gary Small, lead investigator and Parlow-Soloman Professor on Aging, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, and director of the UCLA Center on Ag...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February (first issue)
...s for allergic asthma than does the currently used direct stimuli testsmethacholine and histamine. Stephen T. Holgate, M.D., of Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom, comments that a study by Gea de Meer, M.D., in the currentAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine show...Direct contracting health plan cuts costs, not quality
...Affairs, is the first scientific evaluation of the direct contracting health plan and suggests the plan may ...-term research is needed. Our study shows that the direct purchasing model works well and can control costs. It represents an innovative health care model for...Tackling the threat of nuclear terrorism
... explosion would kill 52,000 people instantly, and direct radiation would cause 44,000 cases of radiation sickness, of which 10,000 would be fatal. Radiation from fallout would kill another 200,000 people and cause several hundred thousand additional cases of radiation sickness. In the wake of such an attac...Brown researchers find new photoreceptor and visual system in the eye
...ells, discovered in the retinas of rats, and their direct pipeline to the brain. The cells send out nerve fibers which travel within the optic nerve and connect with the clock region in the brain. We think this population of cells plays a role in setting the circadian clock and probably in a variety of othe...Stroke teams double access to fast care without higher costs
...ents. The study revealed no significant change in direct hospital costs with the use of dedicated stroke te... those evaluated by a stroke team. Costs included direct costs/charges associated with admission. Length of stay was equivalent in both groups: 4 days in th...High homocysteine levels may double risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease
...d risk factors for dementia and AD. There was no direct association in this study between the serum levels of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 and the development of dementia among the participants. As the relationship between these B vitamin levels, homocysteine, AD, and cardiovascular disease continues to...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February (second issue)
...from pneumonia and aspiration were the most common direct lung insults causing ALI. Sepsis was the most common indirect insult. ARDS is a type of lung failure resulting from manydifferent disorders that can cause fluid accumulation in the lungs (pulmonary edema.)) Of the total admissions, 168 patients deve...Testicular cancer - cure rates now so high patients may be more at risk from treatment
...y at Villejuif in France, said it was now vital to direct research towards moderating side effects and towards finding a way of ranking different treatments in the order in which they may disrupt a patients future quality of life. "Long-term side effects of treatment need to be considered since patients who...Five-week antibiotic treatment may improve cardiovascular function
... says the benefit of the antibiotic might not be a direct result of the drugs ability to eradicate the patho...ally the same benefit as those with low levels. A direct anti-inflammatory action of the antibiotic has been suggested because azithromycin is in a class of ...Cancer patients emotional needs often undetected by oncologists
...nsultations, the patients asked an average of nine direct questions and gave an average of three indirect verbal cues signaling that they needed information or emotional support. Indirect informational cues included statement such as I really dont know much about the different treatments, and indirect emoti...The effect of laws mandating bicycle helmet use
...ced laws mandating the use of bicycle helmets in a direct attempt to lower the incidence of bicycle-related deaths, 75% of which are due to head injury. John LeBlanc and colleagues used trained observers to identify the rates of helmet use in Halifax before, during and after 1997, when helmet legislation wa...Most popular websites not necessarily of highest quality
...cate the public regarding quality measures, and to direct patients to sites of known quality, they conclude....Radical solutions needed to address health inequalities
...th inequalities in the NHS. Interest in the use of direct needs-based methods to allocate health care resources has been growing particularly with the recent release of a report to the Welsh Assembly. It suggested that a 'direct' morbidity-based approach to geographical resource allocation would promote mor...Cigarette ads target youth, violating $250 billion 1998 settlement
...azine spending in 2001, shifting their emphasis to direct mail, point-of-purchase displays and retail incentives. "That's a step in the right direction," said Garfield, "but we suspect it's a temporary business decision, not a lasting moral stand. A legal ban would close this avenue for reaching kids fore...Clue to women's greater knee injury risk in basketball, soccer, volleyball
...ercent sports-related, most occur when there is no direct physical contact between athletes. Writing in the March/April issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine, authors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill point to a particular risk factor for ACL injury in women: greater anterior s...