NPSF makes safe use of pharmaceuticals a national health priority
...earch on medication use; and to provide additional education for health care professionals. The Committee will be lead by Louis Diamond, M.B., Ch.B., NPSF Program Chair, and staffed by Eleanor Vogt. Members of the Committee include Stephen Fried, author, Bitter Pills; Henri R. Manasse, Jr. Ph.D., Sc.D., R.P...Elderly population may drain resources from paediatrics
...de them with security, material goods, first class education and enriching experiences, says Hall. Children born to younger mothers and who grow up in poverty on the other hand may become part of an "underclass" he claims. The number of women over the age of 30 who seek financial help for their disabled child...Lack of private health insurance increases risk of dying, study finds
...studies have highlighted the effects of income and education on mortality and both of these factors also have important links to heath insurance, according to three sociology professors in Colorado, Texas and Florida. Income reduced the risk of death because it is used to purchase health insurance and product......tional organizations launched a multi-media public education strategy to alert teens, young adults, parents, ed...r much-needed research, we are using a multi-media education strategy that includes a specially-designed website--www.clubdrugs.orgto get the word out across the...Brains of those in certain professions shown to have more synapses
...rnold Scheibel of UCLA found a correlation between education and neuron branching inanother brain region, a finding that would support the synapse data. "Because humans learn anenormous amount of information during development, there is good reason to think that they store thisinformation in the form of new s...Cigarette smoking among American teens
...ted with social class, as measured by the parents' education level, notes Johnston. But those differences had narrowed considerably by 1990, according to the long-term data for high school seniors. Now those social class differences appear to be re-emerging. At 12th-grade there has been very little decline...Study: Productivity can be increased even as baby boomers retire
...ation, he says. However, what is needed is worker education and capital investment. Dr. Brown, a professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, will report on his research at Retirement 2000, a conference sponsored by the Society of Actuaries, Feb. 23-24, Washington...Eastman gives Clemson University $38 million fiber technology
...it. "This fiber research will not only impact the education of future engineers and scientists, but could inaugurate a new chapter in the industrial growth of South Carolina," said Thomas M. Keinath, dean of the College of Engineering and Science. "Universities have always generated intellectual capital, but......became, says Markel, the "gold standard of medical education in the United States." Likewise, the U-M was one of the first institutions to require a medical clerkship in which students were responsible for direct patient care under faculty supervision. The U-M began routinely accepting women, Asians, Jews an...U-M health leaders offer an innovative framework for keeping academic medicine viable
...ur commitment to integrating medical practice with education and research," says lead author Gilbert S. Omenn, ... employers and patient populations. Innovation in education and research Initiation of a Biological Sciences Scholars program to recruit the best young facul...NHLBI funds asthma coalitions to improve care among high risk populations
...This project aims to develop a multifaceted asthma education intervention for primary care providers, their off...N This project will provide comprehensive asthma education to school staff and students in Indianapolis's elementary and middle schools and Head Start programs...How psychology helps improve medical decision making
...s. This challenges the usual assumption in medical education that the process of knowledge acquisition for decision making increases linearly as a function of expertise. Research into decision-making strategies of expert physicians has shown that they use data-driven heuristics when solving routine problems. T...Cranfield pioneers back pain research
...tioner." "Early diagnosis should allow effective education and rehabilitation and hopefully prevent long term disability. We hope that the ability to look at the characteristics of patients who have had technically adequate operations but poor clinical results may help us avoid problems of patient selection ...New study underscores effectiveness of methadone maintenance as treatment for heroin addiction
...dy); a series of 14 1-hour, weekly substance abuse education classes; and 4 weekly individual therapy sessions. This group also received 6 months of aftercare services that included weekly individual and group psychotherapy and liaison services with the criminal justice system, medical clinics, and social ser...Hospital stays of three days for uncomplicated heart attack
...repared to handle the critical initial testing and education of these patients in an outpatient setting." ...Conference to examine nutritional supplements, medicinal herbs for managing health problems
...s the schools of nursing and pharmacy. Continuing education credit is available for doctors, nurses and pharmacists who attend the event. Registration costs range from $275 to $385. Call Jane Radford at (919) 962-2118 or e-mail her at jane_radford@med.unc.edu for more information....UNC-CH study finds N.C. outpatient heart rehabilitation programs mostly under-used
... counseling, aerobic exercise, weight training and education about work, drugs, weight loss and other healthy practices, she said. Researchers did not investigate inpatient cardiac rehabilitation efforts since those are short-term, lasting only as long as patients are hospitalized. People who could benefit f...Hospitals vary in provision of wellness services
...s, support groups, community outreach, and patient education services. Eighty-one percent worked with other providers or public agencies to assess the health status of their communities. The study also found that community benefit is part of nearly all (96 percent) of the general hospitals' missions. H...... in 1932, is a singular resource for mental health education and affordable mental health services in the Chica...ea. The Institute currently has three postgraduate education programs and a fellowship program, and sponsors 20 workshops and seminars every year. The Institute'...