Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Girl Scouts partner to promote oncology nursing careers
...and receptive to the information." End of the day evaluations showed an increased interest in pursuing the profession of nursing. Fox Chase Cancer Center was the first institution in the Philadelphia area to complete this program. "Through our partnership with the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania, we w...Mind-body connection in placebo surgery trial studied by University of Denver researcher
...rs. Robert Breeze and Curt Freed with neurological evaluations at Columbia University Medical Center in New York by Dr. Stanley Fahn and Dr. Paul Greene....Institute of Medicine Advisory: April 1 public briefing on safety of dietary supplements
... designed to help FDA set priorities and carry out evaluations even when data are limited, the report recommends that manufacturers and distributors be required by DSHEA to report adverse events to FDA in a timely fashion to facilitate safety evaluations. Not only do supplement manufacturers not have to conduct...Patients needing dialysis prefer 'peritoneal' method rather than hemodialysis
...imore, and colleagues conducted a study to compare evaluations of dialysis care by peritoneal and hemodialysis patients at the same dialysis centers after several weeks of initiating dialysis. The study included a survey at enrollment of 736 patients who started dialysis at 37 dialysis centers participating in ...U of MN research indicates why radiation therapy reduces bone cancer pain
...one pain model, imaging techniques, and histologic evaluations to understand the effects of radiation. The research demonstrated that a localized, single radiation dose decreased painful behavior and increased limb use, which was associated with a decrease in bone destruction and tumor burden. Treated mice d...'Ding' concussions require removal from the game
...prior to completing two post-injury neurocognitive evaluations the first at 36 hours post injury; the second at day 6 post injury. The evaluation tool used was the ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) system, a computerized battery of tests measuring neurocognitive functions such ...Study findings question COX-2 drug cost effectiveness
...ons, such as those found in the cost-effectiveness evaluations of COX-2s, is that they undermine the efficient al... researchers on the validity of cost effectiveness evaluations of new drugs. In a September Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy article they reported that economic m...Joslin announces first international affiliate in Bahrain
...ency, goals, and treatment recommendations for lab evaluations and physical examinations for diabetes and associated conditions. Recommendations for evaluation and management of A1C, micro/macroproteinuria, lipids and cholesterol, peripheral vascular, blood pressure, cardiovascular health, smoking cessation, ret......arch questions that should be addressed in further evaluations of this genetic variant as a putative contributor to human obesity. TITLE: The SLC6A14 gene shows evidence of association with obesity AUTHOR CONTACT: Pivi Pajukanta University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA Phone: ...Forest mapping from space supports Kyoto Protocol
...t the projects have provided to them so far, their evaluations and their perspectives for the future. Dimitri Lalas, Director of the National Observatory of Athens, and Deputy Head of the Greek Delegation will commence the briefings, followed by Jos Romero of the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and La...PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
...rostate cancer were also evaluated, although these evaluations were not the primary objective of the study. None (0) of 8 patients with vertebral or epidural metastases and without neurological symptoms developed neurological symptoms. Ten of 13 patients with bladder outlet obstruction and a bladder drainage c...Heart attacks rose at Brooklyn hospital after terrorist attack
...ecords for patients who received emergency cardiac evaluations during the same period in 2000. They found no differences in acute heart attack, cardiac arrhythmias, or unstable angina. The findings have sparked interest in exploring other possible adverse heart effects related to the psychological trauma of th...Better brain imaging helps surgeons avoid damage to language functions
...ing significant damage to language skills. Similar evaluations are conducted to determine if brain tumors can be removed without damaging areas of the brain critical to language and memory. Recently, McDermott, Watson and Ojemann began administering the fMRI false memory test to patients scheduled for brain sur...Intergenerational program has benefits for children, older adults
...der adults throughout the state of Kansas. And the evaluations of that program are showing that these interactions are valuable and meaningful to all involved. Bronwyn Fees, an assistant professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at K-State, is the program evaluator for the Personal Actions to ...Poorer performing Philadelphia schools have more undiagnosed asthma, Jefferson study finds
...ort of recommending mandatory screening, but hopes evaluations made about a student's academic performance and potential take into account possible health concerns such as asthma. "I'm suggesting that those kids that are at higher risk for asthma, and who are having problems in school should be tested," he says....Health of independent clinical trials in danger, scientist warns
... "Without a sponsor, trials to conduct independent evaluations and comparison of drugs will be forced to stop, and the only clinical studies in existence will be those run by the pharmaceutical industry." "It is vital that national authorities are made aware of this and help us to preserve independent investigat...Study shows pharmacist-physician partnership reduces health care costs, bad drug interactions
...sts agreed with the pharmaceutical care providers' evaluations in 94.2 percent of the cases and disagreed in only 2.2 percent of the cases."The decisions made by pharmaceutical care practitioners working in collaboration with physicians to provide drug therapy management services are clinically credible," the re...Rush researchers find effects of Alzheimer's disease may be influenced by education
...articipating in the study agree to annual clinical evaluations during the study and to brain donation and autopsy upon their deaths. "We are grateful for the remarkable dedication and altruism of this unique group of people," says Bennett. "I expect we will learn a great deal more from them as we look for insigh...Landmark antidepressant analysis demonstrated significant efficacy of Effexor®/Effexor XR
...hose treated with the studied SSRIs using standard evaluations including scoring seven or less on the 17-item Ham...ents, (p<0.001 for both). Additional remission evaluations used in the analysis included Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement (CGI-I) and Clinical Global Im...Obese women have thicker carotid artery walls, higher stroke risk
...its of their efforts might be evident in follow-up evaluations years later. Future studies should focus on whether atherosclerosis in obese women progresses faster than in women who are not obese, Rubba says....