Biotech breakthrough in islet cell replacement for type 1 diabetes
...engraftment and organ rejection. "The collective efforts of the investigators in this extraordinary collabo...ndings and expect that they will be helpful to our efforts to find a cure." Specifically, the grant will fund efforts to develop nano- and microscale biomater...Latest Public Policy & Aging Report forecasts possible US labor shortage
...populations and pension shortfalls. She highlights efforts by the European Union to encourage employment targets of 50% for workers aged 55-64, with only four of fifteen nations having attained this goal as of 2003....Black and Hispanic patients wait longer for heart attack treatment
... Eliminating disparities might best be achieved by efforts to improve quality at poorer performing hospitals and ensuring that all patients have access to high-quality hospitals." ...Expensive new meds increase drug expenditures in the North Carolina Medicaid program
...ption drug expenditures, they authors suggest that efforts should be undertaken to improve appropriate and cost-effective prescribing. They note that prescription drug expenditures are the most rapidly growing component of total health care expenditures, and the widespread growth in prescription expendi...UCI's Brain Imaging Center chosen to help advance nation's Roadmap for Medical Research
... so pleased to have the opportunity to combine the efforts of experts from several fields to tackle the mysteries of illnesses such as schizophrenia," said Dr. Steven G. Potkin, professor of psychiatry and the Robert R. Sprague Director of the Brain Imaging Center. "Working with experts from the U.S. and Can...VA study finds rural veterans in poorer health
...l of Public Health, validate recent and ongoing VA efforts to expand health care for rural patients. "We need to think about veterans who live in rural settings as a special population, and we need to carefully consider their needs when designing healthcare delivery systems," said study leader William B. We...DMS offers guidance on educational research
...rves as a guide for other schools to enhance their efforts in building a strong foundation in research about improving medical education," said Nierenberg....Teenage smoking still 'worryingly high': Girls twice as likely as boys to puff away
...ned more than two years on, researchers argue that efforts such as this need to be repeated at more regular intervals if they are to have any long-term effect.For the latest study, 1134 young people aged 15-16 took part, of whom 809 were in the previous group. More than half of the 15-16-year-olds questioned...'Hedgehog' signal distinguishes lethal from localized prostate cancers
...provided the basis for drug companies' very active efforts to develop new mimics of cyclopamine." Right now, prostate cancer is evaluated largely by levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) circulating in the blood. However, the ranges associated with various potential diagnoses -- non-cancerous growth, can...Federal policy has failed to prepare nation for possibility of bioterrorism
...ed a smallpox shot. This low figure comes despite efforts by Washington and some state governments to persuade doctors and hospital personnel to be vaccinated voluntarily. The latest figures indicate that the volunteer program has virtually stalled -- only 25 new vaccinations were administered nationwide t...Chicken pox vaccine saves $$, protects whole population
...able populations, and shows that federal and state efforts to achieve this vaccination are working," says Davis. Looking forward, Davis and his colleagues will continue to assess the national chicken pox hospitalization patterns for 2002 and beyond, to see what has happened as vaccination rates have risen a...Vietnamese doctor to receive human rights award from NY Academy of Sciences
...that Dr. Que was chosen because of his "unwavering efforts to improve the daily lives of people in Vietnam an... medical clinic, where he became well know for his efforts on behalf of the poor, especially from rural areas. In the late 1970s, he challenged the government...Highlights of the September Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...students finds that 60 percent have made conscious efforts to lose weight. In response to the question "Have you ever tried to lose weight?" 36.5 percent of the boys said yes, compared with 73.6 percent of the girls. The study, conducted by researchers at California State University Los Angeles, surveyed ...New survey reveals surprising insights into parental attitudes toward teenage sexual behavior
...l as advocating on behalf of adolescents. Advocacy efforts are supported through local, state and national public and private efforts to develop comprehensive, acute, chronic and preventative health services for youth. The Society pu...UW to lead most comprehensive study of air pollution and cardiovascular disease
...rtain times. The new study will make unprecedented efforts to pinpoint the air pollution exposures of people ...on the effects of air pollution, and contribute to efforts to prevent heart disease in the future, the researchers hope....Friedman School of Tufts: Policy Points
...e be able to turn the tide. Food commercialization efforts must also be altered so that companies can succeed without contributing to the obesity pandemic." "Agricultural and economic policies must be integrated with nutrition and public health policies," he continued. "The food seller's interest an...Tony Blair launches UK's new global AIDS strategy
...nounce $280.3 million (150m) towards international efforts to support and protect orphans. I am also announci...ion that this strategy will lead and inform global efforts to halt and reverse the spread of HIV and reduce the devastating impact of AIDS." Speaking l...Seeing the same physician regularly leads to better preventive care
...k P. Doescher. "Our research provides support for efforts to reverse this trend."...Will the insured sacrifice to help cover the uninsured? New study suggests yes
...cover the uninsured." She suggests that grassroots efforts to engage the public in debates about the uninsured may want to draw on the CHAT model. Goold and CHAT co-inventor Marion Danis, M.D., of the Section on Ethics and Health Policy of the National Institutes of Health, have seen their board game and it...... validate the system, researchers will focus their efforts on New York state, with the view to making the sys... a full adult within seven to nine days. Previous efforts to link climate information and mosquito vector management have failed for a variety of reasons, Har...