'Hedgehog' signal distinguishes lethal from localized prostate cancers
...eatment, the aggressive cancers, from a collection established by Hopkins' John Isaacs, Ph.D., killed the animals within 18 days. A low dose of cyclopamine gave the animals an extra week to 10 days, but at a higher dose, these aggressive cancers not only didn't metastasize, they actually disappeared and didn't r...Donald W. Reynolds Foundation awards UT Southwestern $12 million to continue Dallas Heart Study
...llion for its Donald W. Reynolds Center, which was established in 2000. In 2003, the foundation awarded four-year grants of $24 million each to Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University to establish centers at those institutions. As part of the Donald W. Reynolds Center program, UT Southwestern researcher...Many drugs prescribed for elderly Americans are risky
...ug classified as a "drug of concern," according to established criteria known as the Beers list. Of those claims, half were for drugs -- including the anti-depressant amitriptyline (Elavil, Endep, Vanatrip) and anti-anxiety drug diazepam (Valium) -- with potential for severe adverse effects in older people, the ...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...as come from. InSAR volcanic monitoring was first established using ERS data, producing interferograms showing Italy's highly-active Mount Etna appearing to 'breathe' between eruptions. And interferogram surveys of apparently extinct volcanoes along remote parts of the Andes have shown ground motion indicating ...Case Western Reserve's Flight Nursing Academy holds camp for nurses in air medical services
...nd MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland jointly established the nation's first academic program offering a degree to flight nurses. Graduates of this master's degree program at Case are eligible to take the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certificate exam. The academy is a partnership between the Bolton School ......are familiar with these medications, which have an established resistance and long-term safety profile reflected ...r FDA approval of EPZICOM include: CAL10001, which established the bioequivalence of EPZICOM with the medicines EPIVIR and ZIAGEN dosed separately. CNA30021, which...Why is Ian Kennedy's healthcare commission damaging NHS care?
...from THE LANCET to Ian Kennedy, Chair of the newly established UK healthcare commission). On July 21, 2004, the UK's Healthcare Commission--a new independent inspectorate chaired by the lawyer and ethicist, Ian Kennedy--published its annual performance ratings of National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in England. ...Lifelong career adds up to top honors for UH math professor
...nternational honor in the field of mathematics was established in 1968 and is only awarded every five years. Presented for notable applications of math made to mechanics or the engineering sciences in the five to 10 years preceding each award, the 2004 Theodore von Krmn Prize will be presented to Glowinski at t...Update on cholesterol guidelines: more-intensive treatment options for higher risk patients
...s (age 65 or above). High-risk older persons with established cardiovascular disease are included in the recommendations for intensive LDL-lowering therapy. "Although the update suggests that physicians use their clinical judgment to determine whether intensive LDL-lowering therapy is warranted in older pers...Tobacco sponsorship of Formula One must stop, say health experts
...cedented step, British American Tobacco (BAT) even established its own Formula One racing team, British American Racing, in 1999. This was a new development in the relationship between motor sports and TTCs in that the team was named after the sponsor, rather than the car manufacturer in contrast to, say, the Fe...Patients with severe depression improve using guidelines developed by UT Southwestern researchers
...depressed patients treated according to guidelines established by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas showed a significant improvement in patients' symptoms and medical outcomes. Called the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP), the guidelines, or algorithms, are a set of comprehensive ma...Countries need greater support and less stringent conditions if global fund goals are to be met
...plemented in four African countries. The Fund was established in 2002 as a mechanism to get additional resources to affected countries to control these devastating diseases. The findings, which appear in the Lancet, are based on interviews with 137 national level respondents. They reveal that the conditions set...Micro nano breakthrough conference planned for Portland, Oregon
... The Microproducts Breakthrough Institute was established last year and is aimed at commercializing nano- and microtechnologies into new products and companies. Many academic, industry and political leaders believe that Oregon is ideally positioned to become a national leader in nano- and microtec...Hospital standards for high-risk surgeries save lives
...gery. The coalition, the Leapfrog Group, established evidence-based quality standards for five surgical procedures that hospitals must meet to be on the group's preferred list. The Leapfrog Group is a coalition of 150 large public and private employers representing more than 40 million people and aimed...National Center for Children Exposed to Violence begins annual conference today
...ka, AK; and Providence, RI. The CD-CP Program was established in 1991 and formed the basis of the NCCEV, established in 1999. The program is directed by Steven Marans, the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychoana...National study shows 82 percent of U.S. homes have mouse allergens
...linical Immunology. The survey was conducted using established sampling techniques to ensure that the surveyed homes were representative of U.S. homes. The homes were sampled from seventy-five randomly selected areas (generally counties or groups of counties) across the entire country. The 831 homes included all...Health education PhD program ranked one of top in nation
... and USF outranked some heavy-weight and much more established institutions," he said. "No matter how you measure...ty criteria. Weighting for the ranking system was established by scholars and leaders in the field of health education....Two landmark studies show Taxotere (R) significantly improves survival in men with prostate cancer
...mg/m2 every three weeks plus daily prednisone, the established standard of care. The majority of the patients were over the age of 65. The SWOG 9916 study reported by Dr. Petrylak randomized 770 patients in the United States to one of two treatment arms: Taxotere® 60 mg/m2 every three weeks and estramustine...Studies show ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) has positive effects on various components of dyslipidemia
...ns and 123 were taking fibrates, both of which are established therapies to treat dyslipidemia. These patients were matched with controls that were not taking lipid-lowering drugs and all participants were given ACTOS (30 mg/day) for 16 weeks. Significant beneficial effects of ACTOS were seen on HDL ("good") cho...'Reduced exposure' tobacco products lessen carcinogen exposure, but medicinal nicotine better
...ation of tobacco products so that standards can be established for allowable toxin levels. This would allow the public to "be accurately informed about the extent to which they are exposed to tobacco toxins with the use of these products," the authors write....