Ultrasound Detects Pathology In Patients With Whiplash
...ersity. Kirsch, a co-founder and technical director at Ultrasound DiagnosticServices, has observed the benefits of ultrasound in the evaluation of spinaland paraspinal pathology during the past three years. The investigators have used ultrasound in more than 1,000 cases withpost-traumatic spi...Unique Interactive Health Kiosks Distributed In Michigan
...ictor J. Strecher , professor of public health and director of the Cancer Center's Prevention and Control Program. Kiosks will be set up in libraries, work sites, health clinics, shopping malls and other public areas, with a particular emphasis on reaching medically under-served individuals. Strecher gives ...Many Medical Screening Tests May Be Unnecessary.
... U-M Department of Family Practice and associate director for clinical bioethics in the U-M Program in Society and Medicine . Co-authors are Michael Fetters , M.D., and Mack Ruffin IV , M.D., both from the U-M Department of Family Medicine, and Laurence B. McCullough, Ph.D., of Baylor Medical College.......r training," says David A. Blake, Ph.D., associate director of the Robert W. Woodruff HealthSciences Center of...P. Hayes, Ph.D., associate professor and associate director for educationat the center. "Through this introduction, we hope to develop a network ofhealth care ...Some Good News In Treating Infection Common To HIV Patients
... of which were life-threatening. Kazanjian, who is director of the HIV/AIDS Program at U-M, says previous attempts to desensitize HIV patients have reported similar efficacies, but this study differs because patients were followed over a much longer period of time. Of the 19 patients who were successfully de...Benefits Of Annual Mammography Outweigh Radiation Risks Of Cancer
... Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, and director of the Breast Imaging Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, has found that the benefits of annual mammography far outweigh the risk of developing breast cancer from accompanying radiation exposure. Feig presented his findings this...... to coauthor the final report with Warren Luckner, director of research,Society of Actuaries. Conducted in three phases, the project began with a compilation andanalysis of literature on mortality improvement (Phase 1), continued with theseminar (Phase 2) and will proceed with new projections and a t...Cardiovascular Costs, Deaths Projected To Rise In 1998
...tacks and strokes," says Hill, who isprofessor and director of the Center for Nursing Research at The Johns HopkinsUniversity, Baltimore. Cardiovascular disease claimed 960,592 lives in 1995. That's 41.5percent of all deaths for 1995, or 1 of every 2.4 deaths. According to theNational Heart, Lung, an...Penn Researchers Initiate Ground-Breaking New Trials To Treat
...n. Stephen Hahn, MD, co-principal investigator and director of thePenn's Photodynamic Therapy Program, is a key collaborator inexploring new PDT protocols for cancer treatment. "Photodynamictherapy has the potential capability to selectively eliminatecancerous cells using light and photosensitizers," states ...American Heart Association Comment: Lancet (Jan. 24, 1998) Report
...at the benefits outweighed therisk, " says Fuster, director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount SinaiMedical Center, New York City. "The use of anticoagulation treatment is abalancing act; it appears they have found the right balance." Individuals with high blood pressure taking both drugs had the high...Survey Finds Acute Stroke Teams Gaining Prevalence
...ing alot, you can get better at it," says Alberts, director of the Stroke Acute CareUnit at Duke. "If you have a stroke team with a set group of staff, then thosepeople will see the vast majority of strokes and they will improve their strokecare." Gaining familiarity with stroke and the treat...Heart Attack Survivors Can Lower Stroke Risk By Taking Cholesterol-Lowering Drug, Study Says
...ofessor of medicine atDartmouth Medical School and director of the cardiac ultrasound laboratory atthe Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. The vast majority of strokes occur when the vessels providing blood andnutrients to the brain are blocked by cholesterol-laden plaque, which break...... Clark,M.D., associate professor of neurology, and director of the Oregon Stroke Centerat Oregon Health Sciences University, was lead researcher in a multicenterclinical trial of citicoline. Citicoline, manufactured under the brand nameCeraxon (TM) by Massachussetts-based Interneuron Pharmaceuticals Inc. has......ciate professor at Illinois Wesleyan Universityand director of Pre-Clinical Research at the Central Illinois NeuroscienceFoundation. "If you're more fearful of having a permanent disability than you are ofdying, you tend to listen very closely and learn to do things to prevent astroke," he says. ...Cardiovascular Disease Epidemic Threatens Developing Countries, Global Economy
... Reddy's co-author is Salim Yusuf, D. Phil., director of the division ofcardiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., Canada. Media advisory: Dr. Reddy can be reached at 011-91-11-685-2899. His faxis 011-91-11-686-2663. Dr. Yusuf can be reached at (905) 527-7327. (Please donot publish...Enhancing Night Visibility Using UV Technology To Be Tested On Virginia Tech's Smart Road
...ngus is co-director of the projectwith Gary Allen, director of the Virginia Transportation Research Council. ...ansportation Research," says Ray Pethtel,associate director of the center and university transportation fellow. "Theaward came to the Virginia because of the re...Research Trial To Test New Drug For Diabetic Neuropathy
...h the Penn State Geisinger Health System, and the director of the neuromuscular program at the Hershey Medical Center, which is one of five study sites throughout the country that are currently enrolling patients. "Currently there is not treatment for diabetic neuropathy. We can only treat the diabetes...Exercise, Classroom Instruction Cut Kids' Cholesterol, Study Finds
...ng Deng, a biostatistician in nursing; and project director Chyrise B. Bradley, research assistant professor of nursing. The study is part of the larger continuing Cardiovascular Health inChildren study, a unique effort in North Carolina to learn about improvingchildren's -- and later adults' -- heart......niversity of California San Franciscoand associate director of cardiovascular research at Genentech Inc. of So...hou, MD, assistant professor ofmedicine and acting director of the cardiac catheterization lab at UCSF,suggests that angioplasty is emerging as a treatment of c...Procter & Gamble Supports Yale University Collaboration For Public Health Training Throughout China
... Michael Merson, dean of Public Health at Yale and director of the Chinacollaboration, said: "Fundamental political and economic changes are presentingChina with not only many health risks associated with developing nations -- suchas infectious and parasitic diseases -- but also rising rates of diseasesassoc...