Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
...ndon, said, "Cancer research has long been a major focus at Imperial, and collaborations with such prestigious international partners as M. D. Anderson will help to further strengthen exploration of cancer treatments as a key part of Imperial's research strategy." By working together, Imperial College and ...Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
...ream. "It makes us think that lyrics might be the focus of the memory," says Kraemer....Common anesthetics appear safe for developing fetal brain
...d that the laboratory's future investigations will focus on determining the upper limits of anesthetic exposure, as well as developing a better understanding of the combined effects of anesthesia and surgical manipulation on physiological changes in the fetus. His research group is also investigating the e...Computerized order entry systems can increase risk of medication errors
...f (N = 261; 88 percent of CPOE users); conducted 5 focus groups and 32 intensive one-on-one interviews with house staff, information technology leaders, pharmacy leaders, attending physicians, and nurses; shadowed house staff and nurses; and observed them using CPOE. Participants included house staff, nur......t, among other things, that IT-assistance programs focus primarily on the organization of work in an institution, rather than on the technology itself. "Computers do some things brilliantly, and people do many things brilliantly but substitution of technology for people is a misunderstanding of both," h...Gender gap for lung cancer rates narrowing
... This study reinforces the need for physicians to focus on women who are susceptible to lung cancer."...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...r, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy, a focus on between-group differences within racial/ethnic groups is also necessary to understand these differences in behaviors, according to background information in the article. The current study focuses on the variability within Hispanic adolescents in t...Common schizophrenia symptoms often overlooked by physicians, according to expert panel
...ment. "But we now know that by taking a long-term focus and tackling a broader range of symptoms, many pat...dication does not adequately help their ability to focus and concentrate. Among those taking antipsychotics, most (74%) also feel their current medication ...Study shows faces are processed like words
...ts were performed in which observers were asked to focus on a black dot, to the right of which was a letter...and facial features. In this case, observers would focus on a black dot. To the dot's right were lips that were fat or thin, or smiling or frowning. To the...New trials for counseling caregivers and patients with Alzheimer's begin
... City and rural Kentucky. A second new study will focus on helping people who are caring for a parent in the middle stage of the disease, when behavioral problems are most common, often the most difficult time for caregivers. "A parent at this stage is in many ways different from the person you used to kn...Telemedicine revolution is 'disappearing' from the NHS
...present highly selected patient groups. They often focus on 'hotel' aspects of care rather than important questions concerning patients' confidence about the diagnosis and quality of life. Concerns about security and confidentiality are rarely addressed." Some patient groups and clinicians say telecare ac...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
... programmes. Currently, child survival programmes focus on preventing pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, which are important causes of death, but after the first month of life. Lead author Dr Joy Lawn (Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children) comments: "Every year, 4 million babies still die in their first...Medical technologies may hinder rather than help newborn survival
... income countries with high institutional usage, a focus on quality of perinatal care is a priority, and health outcomes must be monitored rigorously. Doing the simple things better is probably the most cost-effective policy: increasing coverage of syphilis screening, making sure that unimmunised women rec...Men more likely to get screened for prostate cancer than colon cancer, U-M study finds
...e levels, and were smokers. Outreach efforts could focus on predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods or be combined with smoking cessation programs, for example. In addition to Carlos, study authors were Willie Underwood III, M.D., assistant professor of urology; A. Mark Fendrick, M.D., professor of internal m...Increasing physician volume requirement could improve mammogram accuracy, study concludes
...s of the Mammography Quality Standards Act and who focus less on screening, physicians who interpret 2,500 ...00 mammograms annually and have a higher screening focus have 50% fewer false-positive diagnoses (168 versus 320 per 2,500 examinations) and miss about one c...Fewer false alarms when mammographers have greater experience screening healthy breasts
...rgely cannot be changed. They chose, therefore, to focus their study on what physician characteristics coul...inimum number allowed by the Act and who have less focus on screening, physicians who focus on screening and who interpret 2,500-4,000 mammograms annually ha...Molecule important in cell construction also critical in learning and memory
...ehavioral measures of memory," Picciotto said. The focus of the study is long-term potentiation, which is a form of neuronal plasticity and may form the biological basis for some kinds of memory. Long-term potentiation refers to the fact that if two neurons in the hippocampus are active at the same time, t...Society of Hospital Medicine to launch new medical journal
...ecialty. Hospitalists are physicians whose primary focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. There are at present approximately 12,000 hospitalists nationwide, and this number is projected to more than triple by the end of the decade....African-Americans receive less aggressive heart attack treatment
... community entities. The Angelou Research Center's focus includes: multidisciplinary research on minority health issues, translating research into effective models of care, community outreach and promotion of underrepresented minorities in the biomedical sciences....New patient magazine from American Academy of Neurology to launch in April
...tes and also by subscription for home delivery. In focus groups sponsored by the AAN, neurologists said they needed more time and effort spent on patient education and public awareness. Neurology Now was developed in response to this need, and it will report on the latest advances in research and treatment...