SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
...itted to greater safety," said Barrett Toan, chief executive officer of Express Scripts. SOS Rx Campaigns The SOS Rx coalition's work is two-tiered, aiming to produce both behavior changes in consumers through education efforts and institutional changes within the health care system through advocacy. Con...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
... behalf," said committee chair Richard E. Behrman, executive chair of the Pediatric Education Steering Committee of the Federation of Pediatric Organizations, Palo Alto, Calif., and clinical professor of pediatrics at both the University of California, San Francisco, and George Washington University, Washingto...First national sleep conference March 29-30 explores sleep's role in public health
...difficulties with problem solving, and deficits in executive function. Such performance problems have serious consequences for safety ? from drowsy driving crashes (which have a fatality rate and injury severity level similar to alcohol-related crashes) and public transit incidents including airline crashes, t...Brain Science Institute at Columbia University established by Kavli Foundation gift
... function," states Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., CUMC executive vice president and dean of the Faculty of Medicine. "The Kavli Institute will spearhead neuroscience as a priority in our strategic planning at Columbia University Medical Center." The first director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columb...Physician assistant profession ranked third fastest-growing profession
...ore employers are hiring PAs," said Stephen Crane, executive vice president and CEO of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). "The U.S. government is predicting what we're already seeing an increasing number of PAs in the U.S. labor force, who work directly with an increasing number of patients...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: March 2004
...d pounds. However, Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter executive editor Larry Lindner notes that those people who have eaten more earlier in the day by eating a full breakfast may not feel the need to eat as much as the day progresses. According to Lindner, who is also an instructor at the Friedman School of Nutri...Depression on College Campuses conference
...and parents get involved," says John Greden, M.D., executive director of the U-M Depression Center, the only center in the nation devoted to research, treatment and education on all forms of depression. "We hope this conference will once again bring all of these key players together for a practical outcome." G...U of M researchers a step further in Type 1 diabetes treatment
...k and cost of the procedure", Richard Insel, M.D., executive vice president of research at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation....Award-winning research affirms use of hypnosis in eliminating pain
...a genotype that predicts performance on prefrontal executive (supervisory) cognition and working memory tasks. ...lving an active inhibitory process of supervisory, executive control by the anterior frontal cortex interacting with and modulating other parts of the brain. In ...Combination therapy significantly delays progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia
... alone, said Dr. John McConnell, UT Southwestern's executive vice president for health system affairs and lead author of the study. The clinical trial involved more than 3,000 men and 20 major medical centers across the United States and is the largest study of its kind ever conducted. Use of finasteride alone...Combined drug therapy prevents progression of prostate enlargement
...he paper. McConnell is a professor of urology and executive vice president at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "For the first time, MTOPS has given us benchmarks to identify men who are probably headed for surgery and may benefit most from combination therapy," said Leroy M. ...National study seeks cause of baffling, fatal disorder called multiple system atrophy
...of San Diego, California have a similar story. An executive secretary, mother of two and a skiing enthusiast, Suzanne began to have trouble pronouncing words at work. That was 11 years ago, when she was only 45. Although she also had some difficulty skiing that winter, both she and Ron brushed it off. ...Major advance in chemotherapy in breast cancer
...r patients," said Susan Braun, president and chief executive officer of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. "The Komen Foundation strongly supports educating patients and physicians about the scientific benefits, as well as the high quality of patient care, associated with well-designed clinical tria...... 'boss of the brain,' responsible for what we call executive functioning telling the brain and body what to do...clearest picture of what was going awry with their executive function." "There is a partial malfunctioning of this 'boss of the brain' in ADHD," said Dr. Courvoi...NYU Child Study Center to honor Larry Summers, President of Harvard and Ann Tenenbaum and Tom Lee
... Silvercup Studios; Edgar Bronfman Jr., future top executive of Warner Music; and NYU Child Study Center Board members; Brooke and Daniel Neidich; Alice and Thomas Tisch; Arthur Carter, publisher, The New York Observer; Mickey Drexler, Chairman and C.E.O, J. Crew & Co.; Gary Cohn, Managing Director and Co-Hea...First peer-support helpline for people concerned about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
...isk of developing the disease," says Sue Friedman, executive director of FORCE. Friedman, a breast cancer survivor and carrier of BRCA2 mutation, founded FORCE in 1999. "This helpline meets the growing need for more personal and informed support beyond what is available through other telephone lines and web...Senator Jon S. Corzine pledges support to NYU Child Study Center
... Previously he served as co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs. In addition to his dedication to the Child Study Center, he has given support to numerous educational, healthcare, social service and cultural organizations. He is a member of the board of trustees of the New Jersey Perfor...Increasing number of physician assistants handle more than 190 million patient visits in 2003
...e in all medical specialties," said Stephen Crane, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. "With the intensive training required for t...New test may diagnose heart disease risk better
...id Dr. Alan Fogelman, senior author, professor and executive chair, department of medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The study examined several groups of people. The first det of patients had symptomatic coronary disease despite HDL cholesterol levels that were more than twice the American ave...Binghamton University, RPI and Infotonics Center team up to form national packaging power
...w alliance is so exciting said Duncan Moore, chief executive officer of the Infotonics Center. "While microsystem devices have been researched and prototyped," Moore said, "very little packaging research has been developed to serve this high-growth market. We are about to change that. We expect this initiativ...