Report finds new model of care can improve quality, lower costs and increase physician efficiency
...-owned, for-profit subsidiary of the AAFP, will be established in the first quarter of 2005. While the initial focus of the Practice Resource Center will be to support the pilot practices, future plans call for the Center to expand its service offering to family physicians across the country. In future phases, t...NIAID seeks applicants to lead revamped HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
... vaccines. The new network leadership that will be established through this process will direct, coordinate and conduct NIAID-funded HIV/AIDS clinical research both domestically and internationally. NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports the world's largest portfolio of clinical researc...Academy meeting examines the vaccine & avian influenza crisis
Effective vaccinations against influenza were established many years ago. However, lack of availability of vaccines and the potential for new influenza subtypes to spread in pandemics represent new challenges to global public health. To alleviate supply issues, some public health experts propose administe...Undertreatment spurs new arrests among drug ofenders diverted under California's Proposition 36
...osition 36. New programs often need time to become established and to operate as intended. Program outcomes could therefore change," he said. "Also, the study was based on several California counties, but not all. What we saw in these counties may or may not be true statewide." The UCLA research team examined tr...Federal funds given for regenerative medicine center
...involving Case, CCF and UHC. The Wright Center was established in 2003 through an investment by the State of Ohio as part of Gov. Bob Taft's Third Frontier Project. The Center institutions are nationally recognized in cell therapy for cancer and are rapidly translating new laboratory research into new therapies...Chernobyl disaster caused cancer cases in Sweden
...ated to the Chernobyl accident has previously been established in studies carried out in the former Soviet Union....years 1988 through 1996. There is a statistically established correlation between the degree of fallout and an observed rise in the number of cancer cases. The in...Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control receives elite recognition from PAHO/WHO
... of partnerships and collaborations that have been established by our faculty. The Institute is in a position to offer real and lasting approaches to control and prevent tobacco-related death and disease," said Jonathan Samet, director of the IGTC and chair and professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health'...Federal forum reports Americans aging well, but gaps remain
...m on Aging-Related Statistics (Forum). The Forum, established in 1986, is a consortium of 12 Federal departments and agencies that collect or use national data on older Americans, including population trends, health status, economic prosperity, and use of health care services. The goal of the Forum is to impro...'Plague and Fire' a tale of public health, imperialism, race relations, catastrophe
... just annexed the Hawaiian Islands but had not yet established a territorial government there. An epidemic of the legendary Black Death, which had killed millions of people in China and India during the late 1890s, arrived in Honolulu in December 1899. The interim white minority government quickly ceded absolute...St. Jude scientist wins International Society of Experimental Hematology award
...McCulloch and Till Lecturship and Award, which was established to recognize the contributions of younger investigators in the field. The award will be presented during the ISEH annual scientific meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, July 31, 2005, and comes with a $5,000 honorarium. Sorrentino was also invited by Nat...Prenatal alcohol exposure has effects far beyond fetal alcohol syndrome
...its than those seen with FAS. Whereas FAS is well established and easier to diagnose, it is not generally recognized that a child can be adversely affected by prenatal alcohol exposure without the characteristic facial features and growth deficits. Nonetheless, alcohol-exposed children with attention deficits ...Initiative yields effective methods for anthrax detection; RAMP and MIDI, Inc., methods approved
...C INTERNATIONAL. This DHS-sponsored project has established an infrastructure to support the development of standards and evaluation of biological and/or chemical threat agent detectors. AOAC INTERNATIONAL and DHS are working jointly to determine which detectors and methods for other chemical and biological ...Interventions can improve lifespan in patients with ischemic heart disease
A recent study using 2,467 patients with established coronary artery disease concluded that when medical facilities select interventional methods to lower cholesterol they experience improved morbidity and mortality in patients with Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) the leading cause of death in theUS. I...Low cost drug helps reduce deaths, repeat heart attacks
...tion to the broad range of therapies of proven and established value. It is the only treatment for a heart attack that has been convincingly demonstrated to reduce mortality in a single study over the last decade." Dr. Mehta said: "The reduction in mortality with Reviparin is truly remarkable since no other drug...Heart surgery patients receive less aggressive discharge care
...iac events and death and therefore incorporated in established guidelines for care of heart attack patients. The researchers said much room exists for improving the usage rates of these life-saving drugs among all heart patients, including those who received angioplasty. For example, the Duke team found tha...Implanted defibrillators cut heart patients death risk, some more than others
...ays Chan. "We need to ensure that patients receive established cardio-protective medications that can add to the benefit delivered by the ICD." But, he adds, in heart failure patients who don't have serious co-existing conditions and who are able and willing to keep up with their drug regimens, "Ther...News tips for Sunday, November 7, 2004
... married, is associated with reduced prevalence of established CVD risk factors," the authors said. 9 a.m. Abstract 3531 Adherence to ACC/AHA PCI guidelines equals better outcomes. A majority of cardiologists are following guidelines for angioplasty procedures to reopen blocked heart arteries that were iss...GSA confers 2004 Nathan Shock New Investigator Award to UTHSC's Marciniak
...e example of a geriatric oncologist. The award was established in 1986 to honor Dr. Nathan Shock, a pioneer in gerontological research at the National Institutes of Health, and a founding member of GSA. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following year. The Gerontolo...South Florida's Small wins The Gerontological Society of America's 2004 Margret M. Baltes Award
... In the nine years since receiving his PhD, he has established himself as an independent investigator and a leading figure conducting social/behavioral research on aging. The Baltes award is given to a person from any discipline in the social sciences. Only individuals who have received their doctorate within t...GSA confers 2004 Joseph T. Freeman Award to St. Louis University's Morley
...hed 19 books and 919 papers. The Freeman Award was established in 1977 through a bequest from a patient's estate as a tribute to Dr. Joseph T. Freeman, a leading physician and one of the Society's distinguished members and past presidents. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meet...