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...ort window of opportunity, perhaps a decade or so, exists to address the challenges of long-term care before demand for it is soaring all over the world. Governments everywhere must take the initiative now to configure or restructure long-term care, first by examining their social and ethical values and pub...Research reveals no benefit of rapid MRI over X-rays in patients with low back pain
...in leads to surgery, he said. But no more evidence exists that surgery successfully relives that pain than exists that imaging shows what causes it. "Community-based surveys show that virtually everyone is repeated...Moores UCSD Cancer Center launches human trial for prostate cancer vaccine
... vaccines," said Zanetti. "We use a machinery that exists and works optimally in nature. We don't have to manipulate the cells, which saves time and allows us to return a cell to the patient that is almost identical to what we received. And because the cell, like a tiny manufacturing plant within the body, ...C-reactive proteins: Should everyone be tested?
...sed prognosis of heart disease when elevated hsCRP exists with other risk factors. Other published materials have focused on the laboratory methods used for identifying hsCRP, and have expressed concern about results that stem from using different test methods to identify hsCRP. A Cardiac Risk Survey releas......the past decade. Despite this, a controversy still exists as to its equation of state (the relationship between pressure, density, and temperature). Resolving this issue is important for basic condensed matter physics and the design of laser-driven fusion experiments. The symposium will feature lectures by ...Innovations in hearing loss detection & treatment
...uwaiti and Swedish subjects suggesting that a need exists to further investigate differences between ethnically and geographically different populations to establish more encompassing gait reference data....JCI table of contents, 1 August 2003
...characterized by impaired energy balance and there exists an urgent need to develop new treatment options. ...to the role of HL in lipoprotein metabolism, there exists a novel mechanism whereby HL modulates the risk of atherosclerosis. TITLE: Hepatic lipase expression...Hot pepper chemical links tongue to heart
...irst to demonstrate that the 'hot pepper' receptor exists on the heart and may be responsible for triggering heart attack chest pain," said Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology, Penn State College of Medicine. "Until now, the capsaicin, or 'hot pepper' receptor, was only known for sensing h...UB begins groundbreaking study on 'net effect' on patients of HIV treatments, other drugs
...cal pharmacology research. "Considerable variation exists among individuals as to how AIDS drugs are absorbed, distributed and metabolized," he said, "but right now are all prescribed as though 'one size fits all,' according to fixed-dose regimens." In addition to looking at blood concentrations of drugs a...Health disparities between racial groups affect joblessness
...of the gap between men 55 to 64. A similar pattern exists for Native American men and for black and Native American women. Bound and his colleagues based their findings on a nationally representative sample population drawn from the 1990 U.S. Census. They documented strong associations between health and la...Penn study to determine why African-American males have worse outcomes from prostate cancer
...how these factors may influence the disparity that exists among African-Americans and men of other races. "There may be many factors that contribute to poor outcomes from prostate cancer among African-American men," said Rebbeck. "We hope to better understand the factors that contribute to these outcomes...Patient-centered approach just what the doctor ordered for healthcare industry
...tions when a patient-provider relationship already exists and better use of online technology can help better serve patients and providers. Serving when service is needed is an important aspect of Berry's patient-centered access plan. He says untimely service from a first-choice physician often sends patie...GP training should be extended
...erable new funding for the NHS, a real opportunity exists to design vocational training capable of producing the "fit for purpose" general practitioner required for the new NHS, they conclude....Brain maps perceptions, not reality
... establishing in 1957 that a map of the human body exists in the brain, with specific areas of the cortex processing information from different body areas. Researchers have long hypothesized this map is a topographic map of the physical body. "What is surprising about this paper is we found the cortical ma...1 in 3 injections given in developing countries is unsafe
...st, and the Western Pacific region. An urgent need exists to reduce the overuse of injections and promote injection safety to prevent unnecessary infections, conclude the authors....New life-saving heart attack medication identified
...ir physicians. As a result of VALIANT, today there exists two proven, effective therapies to preserve life after a heart attack." Data coordination and analysis for VALIANT were conducted by Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina, under the direction of Robert M. Califf, MD. This research ...Telemedicine and e-learning put communities in touch
...ch Senate in a move to address the imbalance that exists in terms of digital access - is hosting ESA Telecom's demonstration. The French Senate, in partnership with the ESA, is planning to hold a colloquium on the subject of 'Satellites and Bridging the Digital Divide' in Paris on 22 January. The aim is t...NIAID Ebola vaccine enters human trial
... percent of those infected. No effective treatment exists for this highly infectious disease, which causes extensive internal bleeding and rapid death. According to experts, vaccination is the best strategy for preventing or containing this deadly infection. A gap of two decades separated the first Ebola ep......L function. Currently no clinically available test exists that measures the inflammatory properties of HDL. Although the study used two new blood testing methods developed at UCLA, one of the methods -- called the cell-free HDL function test -- appeared to have greatest potential for clinical application gi...