Tropical medicine: A brittle tool of the new imperialism
... "partnership forum" three years after opening its doors to announce yet another opaque system of rich-world patronage. Third, physicians should protest against policies that hurt efforts to improve the health of the poor, such as the discriminatory US trade embargo on science editing (see p 1160). And fin...New grant addresses minority nurse shortage
...eloping Diverse Diamonds Project" (DDDP) will open doors for those whose "financial, academic and personal" circumstances limit their educational pursuits. To help these individuals, two full-time nursing faculty members will work with Schaefer to develop a set of "culturally sensitive activities" to supp...DMS offers guidance on educational research
...f pharmacology/toxicology. "We hope that it opens doors for other medical institutions." Several factors account for the caliber of education research at DMS, according to the article. For example, the Medical Education Investigation Review Committee adheres to a formal process to ensure that, while ...Dartmouth Medical School receives $1.6 million in AIDS funding
...nt allows the decade-old organization to close its doors while ensuring a legacy of continued emphasis on the needs of HIV-infected children throughout the world. "For 10 years, we have been making grants that directly impacted the lives of HIV-infected children in the U.S," he said. "Happily, during that ...Stanford study questions accuracy of ads for body scans
... had been completed, some centers had closed their doors but 48 more centers had opened. In addition to Illes, the authors of the latest paper are Dylan Kann, in Stanford's Program in Human Biology; Kim Karetsky and Phillip Letourneau at the Center for Biomedical Ethics; Thomas Raffin, MD, profes...High levels of airborne mouse allergen in inner-city homes could trigger asthma attacks
.... "They can do this by sealing cracks and holes in doors and walls, thoroughly disposing of all food remains, and having pest exterminators treat their home." In the study, Matsui and colleagues collected air and dust samples from the bedrooms of 100 inner-city children with asthma and found 84 percent of...Brain activity prior to treatment flags vulnerability to antidepressant side effects
In a finding that opens new doors to determining susceptibility to antidepressant side effects, researchers at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute report that changes in brain activity prior to treatment with antidepressants can flag patient vulnerability. Published in the April 2005...