Eye care for refugees, the displaced discussed at UH
...2020 Initiative." The 5:30 p.m. presentation will focus on "Eye Care in Refugees, Displaced and War Affected Populations Lessons Learned and Unmet Needs." Both lectures will be given in room 2300 of the J. Davis Armistead Building. Vincent worked abroad for several years in Latin America, Africa, the...New insights into muscle adaptation to exercise
... adaptation is still not clear and will become the focus of the group's continuing research. The findings from the current study, however, are providing important temporal and spatial clues to the adaptability process. "Our data suggests that angiogenesis is one of the key early steps in skeletal muscle ad...New medication dramatically decreases congestive heart failure in African-American patients
...d to the group taking placebos. By narrowing the focus of the study to a specific group of patients, Dr. Yancy said, the researchers could better assess the medicine's efficacy within that group. The findings, he added, provide strong evidence BiDil can slow the progression of heart failure in addition t...Cancer researchers seek to predict tumor growth
...tive Cancer Biology Program (ICBP). Each site will focus on different targets with one overarching mission:...Director, Division of Cancer Biology, NCI, "is the focus on building predictive cancer models, and not just analyzing data." The ICBP centers also will serv...Rehabilitation professionals in nationwide survey cite barriers to assistive technology transfer
...for Improving Technology Transfer To heighten the focus on improving patient outcomes and quality of life, Ms. Gammon offered a series of recommendations, which were drawn from the collective opinions of survey respondents, Clarkson University researchers and physical therapists and from examples of ongoi...It's time to allow people to die at home with dignity
...tiatives have been undertaken in primary care that focus on end of life care. Furthermore, the new general medical services contract has not prioritised palliative care. These changes will greatly affect care for dying people and may increase the number of hospital admissions, they add. However, one import...TIGER Workshop puts focus on space for African water management
...sources management in developing nations, its main focus on Africa. Since its launch last year, a number of ESA water-related Earth Observation projects have already been started. Then this summer saw the TIGER Announcement of Opportunity, making Envisat and ERS data freely available for African hydrolog...National survey shows few physicians elected to Congress
...ive for public service. Physicians are trained to focus on patient care, not policy, they speculate, while lawyers are trained in law and have traditionally assumed roles in public service. Salaries in Congress are comparable to those in medicine, with the average family practitioner earning $139,000 per...New scientific advances in gastroenterology
...ice management. Presentations at the meeting will focus on new challenges gastroenterologists face in patient care and advances in preventing and treating digestive diseases. Highlights of topics to be addressed include: Pregnancy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This 20-year study examines the e...Nicotine dependence & psychiatric disorders
...This report fills that gap and points to a need to focus smoking cessation efforts on persons with nicotine dependence, especially those with co-occurring alcohol and drug use disorders or other comorbid psychiatric conditions." The NESARC is a representative survey of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalize...NIAID launches program to improve medical tools against emerging infectious diseases
...the basic mechanisms of immune function is a major focus of our biodefense research agenda," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "The information generated by this program will deepen our understanding of how components of the immune system defend against certain infectious agents, enabling res...Dana-Farber receives CDC grants to develop health promotion/prevention programs in the work place
...ssor at Harvard School of Public Health. "We will focus on the worker's knowledge and concern about the dual threat of occupational hazards and smoking." This study extends the work of the Organized Labor Tobacco Control Network, created in 2001 by DFCI, with seed financial support from the American Leg...NIH awards OHSU $4 million biodefense contract to study tuberculosis
...to emerging infectious diseases. OHSU's team will focus on tuberculosis and will use cells from TB patients whose immune response has been successful at keeping the disease under control. The goal is to use this information to help create TB vaccines that can provide the same protection to others. More t...Psychotherapy, meds best for youth with obsessive compulsive disorder
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...blic health research in the future. The group will focus on public health issues to ensure that all people, regardless of race, culture or income, live in a safe, healthy environment. "To address issues like obesity, intentional violence, health disparities and bioterror threats, you need to gather people ...Appendix rupture in children associated with race and health insurance status
...reduce the incidence of appendiceal rupture should focus on prehospital care. The findings of disparate care by race and health insurance status are troubling. A public health paradigm with concentration on access to care and quality-of-care issues as well as family and physician education might facilitate...Elderly experience long-term cognitive decline after surgery
...in the elderly population, has become an important focus of research, since improved surgical technique and better anesthetic agents are making surgical mortality less of a medical concern. "As we routinely and successfully operate on older and older patients, the key issue becomes not only lengthening the...Six new Roybal Centers for Applied Gerontology established by National Institute on Aging
...earch. The Centers, principal investigator, and focus are: Indiana University, Christopher M. Callaha... will develop tools for patient management, with a focus on physician and patient interaction. Princeton University, Daniel Kahneman, Ph.D. Princeton wi...