New technique uses imaging technology to speed drug discovery
...ham Fenniri, assistant professor of chemistry, who directed the effort. The new method relies on the use of specially designed "beads" that can be easily identified using standard spectroscopic techniques or multispectral imaging technology. Fenniri and his group developed the beads and then incorporated them...Popular asthma drug inadequate when used alone, new study shows
...y cascade before it starts." A monoclonal antibody directed against another antibody, IgE,-- a kind of anti-missile missile -- is currently undergoing clinical trials, Lazarus said....More senior doctors needed to improve UK emergency care
...n about half of the studies. Other criticisms were directed at various aspects of service provision, and almost all the studies made some recommendations for improvement. The authors conclude that more middle and senior grade doctors are needed to improve the standard of care. This would allow more experience...Green tobacco sickness 'highly prevalent' in N.C. farmworkers
...mworker Health Program, said, "more effort must be directed toward preventing this occupational illness." Green tobacco sickness is caused by acute nicotine poisoning resulting from the absorption through the skin of nicotine from the green tobacco plants. The investigators reported that the incidence of gre...U-M, World Health Organization host telemedicine symposium
... and regulation. Presentations, panels and directed workshops will identify issues and propose strategies fundamental to the progress of telemedicine/telehealth, both nationally and internationally. "The University of Michigan Healt...Rx for drug dilemmas: Tailor the copayment to the patient
...ss than half of patients take their medications as directed by their physician. BBC's ability to produce low copays is important. But instead of just lowering the copays for everyone, Fendrick adds, the BBC model is based on lowering the financial bar most for those who can get the biggest "bang for the buck....Low-wage workers won't spring for health benefits
...elves would not want to pay their share. "Policies directed to increasing the supply of insurance are unlikely to have the intended effect unless coupled with policies to enhance worker demand for coverage," says authors Susan Marquis and Stephen Long of RAND, a nonprofit research organization in Arlington, ...US direct-to-consumer advertising ambiguous in communication of drug benefits
...cription-drug information in advertising campaigns directed to them, report Dartmouth Medical School/Veterans Affairs physicians. Pharmaceutical companies spent $1.8 billion on direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs in 1999. Drs. Steven Woloshin, Lisa Schwartz, both assistant professors and...Lack of trained staff and technical support exposes patients to increased risk of cancer progression
...t the best strategy to maximize the radiation dose directed to the tumour, while minimising that delivered to neighbouring healthy tissue. Stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) relies on extremely focused high doses of radiation. A stereotactic frame is placed on the patient's head to hold it in position and...Scientists succeed in blocking transmission of cell-associated AIDS virus
...Health, notes, "While considerable effort has been directed toward the identification of intervention strategies such as vaccines directed against cell-free viruses, there has been little effort to identify strategies for interrupting the ...Research shows way to boost morphine's pain-killing benefits
...cond exposure to a beam of non-burning laser light directed at the tail. Normally, rats actively flick their tails when they feel the heat. Rats given morphine showed much less sensitivity to the heat, but after four days, they became tolerant to morphines analgesic effect and flicked their tails, indicating ...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for February (first issue)
...truction while methacholine responsiveness is more directed toward diminished airway diameter. In hiseditorial, Dr. Holgate notes that a European Respiratory Workshop Report has included the AMP challenge as one worthy of serious further consideration as a more discriminating test for specific forms of airwa...Endurance athletes could benefit from surgical release of kinked leg arteries
... been acknowledged in the past. Surgical treatment directed at the kinking is less invasive and therefore a better alternative to vascular reconstruction in the major subgroup of athletes that appear to have only minor intravascular abnormalities. The incidence of these abnormalities in top athletes is high, ...ORNL helping make tomorrows soldiers all they can be
.... These include advanced fuel cells, exoskeletons, directed energy lethal and non-lethal weapons, and lethal robotics. The exoskeleton would augment the strength of a soldier and enhance mobility, speed, endurance, range and load-carrying capabilities. Immediate areas of focus are situational understanding, w...UNC, Wake Forest scholars work to reduce crimes against Hispanics in North Carolina
...ity and family medicine at Wake Forest University, directed the project, and Rebecca Elmore, research associate at the Center for Urban and Regional Studies, was project coordinator. Rohe served as principal investigator. Help also came from an advisory committee composed of Hispanics from each of the six com...Multimillion-dollar pain research center funded at Wake Forest
...l trials through the Piedmont Pain Control Center, directed by Richard L. Rauck, M.D., clinical associate professor of anesthesiology. Rauck said the center will concentrate on patients with a variety of pain, including lingering pain from back surgeries, industrial injuries that damaged a nerve, diabetic n...NIAID Phase III HIV vaccine trial to determine correlates of protection will not proceed
...2, the White House Office of Management and Budget directed the transfer of oversight and management for the DoD HIV Research and Development Program of USAMRMC to the NIH. NIAID, which has the primary responsibility for HIV/AIDS research within the NIH, will assume responsibility for this program beginning ...Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
...rities for care and creating easy-to-use reminders directed at doctors, nurses and even the patients themselves during the course of treatment. Information on the GAP heart attack project, and the heart failure and angina projects now under way in other regions, is available at www.acc.org. Samples of the too......mall twos. They found that, when WOs attention was directed to the large four, it took on the dark green color...e associates with four. But when his attention was directed to the small twos, the color suddenly switched to orange.The researchers also created figures in whi......of hospital admission, say the authors. Strategies directed at viruses and reducing exposure to allergens are needed, they conclude....