HHS awards $10.4 million to fight AIDS on three continents
...his project will allow the sites to participate in evaluations of novel therapies and vaccines for both HIV and TB as they are developed. The project is supported by a consortium of Cambodian and U.S. agencies and the French Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA (ANRS). HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Tre...Initiative yields effective methods for anthrax detection; RAMP and MIDI, Inc., methods approved
...e specificity of the RAMP was also demonstrated in evaluations to confirm that it would not cross react with non-Bacillus anthracis bacteria. To judge the accuracy of the data generated, AOAC organized 12 laboratories nationwide to assess the RAMP's performance using identical samples. The RAMP test performed ...Study of trends in celiac disease
...College of Gastroenterology. Findings are based on evaluations of patients from 1952 to 2004 who had celiac disease, a condition where patients cannot tolerate gluten, a protein in foods containing wheat, rye and barley. This study looked at a large group of 590 patients with a diagnosis of celiac disease estab...Pediatricians need more training on environmental health
...onmental health issues. The study reviewed ongoing evaluations of medical and nursing training programs. Previous studies have shown that pediatric residency and undergraduate medical and nursing education programs do not routinely include comprehensive pediatric environmental health training in their curricula....Mayo Clinic finds ketogenic diet may be started as an outpt treatment for children with epilepsy
...ing inpatient, outpatient and emergency department evaluations since 1935. In the study, records were reviewed of 37 patients who underwent the ketogenic diet as outpatients and 17 as inpatients. There was no evidence that inpatient initiation of the ketogenic diet was superior to outpatient initiation wit...National Institute on Aging Neuroimaging Initiative for Alzheimer's disease
...lood and urine samples will be collected. Clinical evaluations will also be done to allow researchers to correlate biomarkers with neuropsychological and behavioral data. In addition to Dr. Weiner, this enormous effort will be led by Leon J. Thal, M.D., University of California, San Diego; Ronald Petersen, M.D.,...Smallpox vaccine can be diluted and still be effective, expanding supply if needed
.... Subjects also participated in one- and two-month evaluations and a six-month phone interview. Of all the vaccinated individuals, 99.4 percent had successful vaccinations, defined by a vesicle or pustule at the inoculation site six to 11 days after injection. For subjects receiving an undiluted vaccine (n = 113...Long term benefits of health care require greater emphasis
As healthcare costs keep increasing, so economic evaluations of (new) health care interventions play an increasingly important role in policy decision making. An ongoing debate in this field is how to value the future health costs and outcomes compared to the immediate costs and outcomes of health care interve...Why is Ian Kennedy's healthcare commission damaging NHS care?
...e. As a consequence, your commission is publishing evaluations that are obscure, unrepresentative, unreproducible, unaccountable, anti-scientific, misinformed, tendentious, and unjustified. In a word, they are untrustworthy. You say that your system of performance measurement will change. But not until after 200...Parents can provide accurate reports of their children's ADHD symptoms
... clinical trials of ADHD medications that included evaluations from both parents and teachers. The identified three randomized trials examining either standard or long-acting medications for pediatric ADHD. In all three studies, reports from parents were as accurate as those of teachers in evaluating ADHD sympt...Incentive-based intervention with nutritional component improves health status of children in Mexico
...it is one of the few well-controlled effectiveness evaluations of large-scale programs that showed positive effects on nutrition and that also promises to support informed program improvements," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2004;291:2563-2570. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )....Distinguished, outstanding, innovative optometrists receive honors from UH
...ard by both faculty and students, and his teaching evaluations are consistently well above the college average," said Earl Smith, dean of UH's College of Optometry. "He has demonstrated exemplary service to the community, college, university and profession." Miller is a dedicated scholar, whose research and t...Health care treatment differs by race
...rescribe by listening to their patients. If their evaluations are being affected by racial stereotypes, Kposowa said, "a lot of people go about their daily lives in (unnecessary) pain." Kposowa, an immigrant from Sierra Leone, said he was surprised by the differences among the races in back-pain treatment in t...Protein marker predicts possible heart damage after chemotherapy
... to use this marker to guide them in their cardiac evaluations and treatments of high-dose chemotherapy patients," Cardinale said. Co-authors are: Maria T. Sandri, M.D.; Alessandro Colombo, M.D.; Nicola Colombo, M.D.; Marina Boeri, M.S.; Giuseppina Lamantia, M.D.; Maurizio Civelli, M.D.; Fedro Peccatori, M.D.; G...Diabetics at significantly higher risk for Alzheimer's disease
...age of 5.5 years. They received detailed clinical evaluations annually, including neuropsychological testing of five cognitive "systems" commonly affected by aging, AD, and other dementias - episodic memory (memory of specific life events), semantic memory (general knowledge), working memory (ability to hold an...Diabetes linked to increased risk of Alzheimer's in long-term study
...age of 5.5 years. They received detailed clinical evaluations annually, including neuropsychological testing of five cognitive "systems" commonly affected by aging, AD, and other dementias episodic memory (memory of specific life events), semantic memory (general knowledge), working memory (ability to hold and...... symptoms and also subjecting patients to invasive evaluations or treatments. The authors also pointed out a paucity of strong evidence on the value of screening programs for many conditions. "The future will require prospective studies on the efficacy of screening and surveillance to prevent the morbidity and ...Diagnostic tests are more accurate than estimates suggest
...o resource and other implications. Thus diagnostic evaluations carried out in routine practice may mask the accuracy of tests."...Kadian alleviated chronic pain in patients unsuccessfully treated with well-known therapies
... (Q12h) dosing was withheld until week two. Final evaluations occurred at week four. Patients' assessment of pa...r, Q12h dosing was withheld until week two. Final evaluations occurred at week four. About Non-Surgical Orthopaedic & Spine Center, P.C. Non-Surgical Orthopaedi...Louisiana enacts prescription privileges law for psychologists
... mental health services." "A number of independent evaluations of the training like that required by the Louisiana law have clearly demonstrated that psychologists can be trained to prescribe safely and effectively," says Newman. "In fact, the most comprehensive evaluation of training provided to psychologists i...