Younger children in the child welfare system could benefit from specialty mental health services
...eases in interagency coordination may lead to more efficient allocation of service resources to children with the greatest need and to decreased racial/ethnic disparities."...Encryption, data hiding and watermarking: Subject of new book by NJIT expert
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...he New Model of care allows doctors to become more efficient and more patient-centered." Macroeconomic financial models indicate the New Model also has important implications for system-wide health care spending. According to the report, widespread implementation of the New Model, because of its renewed focus ...Artery variations increase complication risk in liver transplants
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...t completely safe in terms of rejection, but seems efficient in terms of improvement of glucose tolerability," which could decrease long-term mortality due to cardiovascular disease. ...Social supports lessen effects of maltreatment on children vulnerable to depression
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...ted, and later proved, that tobacco smoke hampered efficient functioning of retinoids, and after a series of experiments, Lotan and Hong began to study whether retinoids could reverse precancerous changes in the lungs of former smokers. Thus, the first such chemoprevention trial of its kind was launched. In th...Study finds computer vignette to be effective way to measure quality of physician practice
...r via computer -- is an accurate, inexpensive, and efficient way to measure how well physicians handle their clinical practice, the study concludes. Research findings are published in the November 16 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. "As we investigate the quality of clinical practice, we know there's a t...Study pinpoints schizophrenia brain glitch
...y, outside the gamma band, which may indicate less efficient communication among neurons," said McCarley. "If the most efficient communication between assemblies of neurons is at 40 hertz, and the schizophrenics are using a lower...Study finds potential new cause of mental decline in old age
...idence to explain why mental function becomes less efficient with ageing. In the first study of its type in the world, a team at the University of Edinburgh found that worse mental function is linked with abnormally enlarged channels around blood vessels in the brain. The report, published in the Journal of N...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...ntegration with prion reduction for safer and more efficient blood processing. Sam Coker, PhD. Principal Scientist and Technical Director, Pall Medical: Results of new research on prion reduction by blood filtration technology: Scientific and Symposium presentations....New internet resource facilitates international HIV/AIDS healthcare provider training
...h location? With limited resources, it's much more efficient to adapt what others have already created. A cooperative, international database of HIV training materials on the internet can go a long way towards bridging the information gap," he added. I-TECH was established in 2002 as a collaborative effort be...Promising results for malaria vaccine trial
...e by 2010. In any case, the road toward a safe and efficient malaria vaccine being available and useable on a large scale, or even incorporated into an expanded programme of immunisation, will be long and chaotic. Thus, for many decades ahead, the expansion of preventive and therapeutic strategies, including t...Chest 2004 hosts world experts in pulmonary, sleep, and critical care medicine
...n the elaboration of a national health policy, the efficient utilization of resources in the delivery of health care, and the identification of possible future directions of the US health-care system. Medical Technology Panelists will review the implementation process for an electronic medical record syste...Denver physician patents minimally invasive technology for hair transplantation surgery
...toration, making the surgery more accessible, more efficient and more affordable for the millions of men and women who are candidates for hair transplantation surgery. A less invasive surgical option, the Harris SAFE System also minimizes the pain, healing time and scarring associated with hair transplantation...Attention to detail can make kids' hospital stays shorter, less costly & less frequent
...e results, they could provide higher-quality, more efficient and less costly care to many more children, the researchers say. The new study shows that the U-M team reduced the length and cost growth of asthmatic children's hospital stays, and their readmission rates, by using child-specific national data to...Smart lights, nonstick implants and 100th birthday of electronics at science & technology meeting
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...in medicines for plan members would prescribe more efficient once-daily doses for medications where Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dosing recommendations allow once daily doses. Doctors and a group of their patients were sent a letter detailing the benefits of changing from twice-daily to once-daily dos...Certain components of the brain's 'executive functions' are compromised early in abstinence
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... practices having reminder-recall capabilities, or efficient methods to handle the large volume of visits." The authors conclude: "Physician beliefs in vaccine effectiveness, feasibility, and perceived parental interest in influenza vaccine all made it more likely that they would implement this recommendation....