AIDS toll in African heartland isn't always what people think
...Already indications are that agricultural policies focused exclusively on reducing labor demands for crops seem misguided. The impact of AIDS, the group has shown, is not always nor necessarily in the fields. "We feel very strongly that it would be a serious mistake to put all of the agricultural research r...UCI launches nation's first medical education program focused on Latino culture
...-its-kind program combines medical-school training focused on Latino health issues with post-graduate work in... health and homelessness, and research initiatives focused on health disparities. "We are very excited about this new program," Drake said, "and especially pro...Despite legislation, prompt payment for radiology services 'elusive goal' in New Jersey
...ared in the AJR. In the current work, the authors focused on unpaid claims, analyzing 48,217 claims submitted in February, June and October of 2000 to six major payers for 93 radiologists in New Jersey. The percentage of completely unpaid claims after the legal 40-day limit was 28%; after 170 days, the perc...Study: Too few doctors ask teens about smoking
...les from January 1997 to January 1999. The study, focused on individuals 11 to 21 years old, found that toba...percent had never smoked. This analysis focused on the high-risk, low-income population enrolled in the Medicaid program. Previous research has ind...Long history of missed opportunities plague Medicare prescription drug benefit
...blic Health. Over the decades however, lawmakers focused most of their attention on the even higher and more explosive costs of hospital services. For their analysis, Dr. Oliver and his colleagues researched hundreds of journal articles and news accounts related to Medicare and prescription drug benefits. ...Hospital standards for high-risk surgeries save lives
...rtic aneurysm repair. "Efforts should be focused on getting patients to the best hospitals as well as improving quality at all hospitals. It is not clear how many hospitals are making efforts to meet the Leapfrog standards for surgery, but there seem to be trends toward fewer patients undergoing hi...EDCTP welcomes G8 support for HIV/AIDS vaccine development
...e process and acting as a partner, facilitator and focused clinical trials service provider in Developing Countries....How brain gives special resonance to emotional memories
.... Said Cabeza of the findings, "Other studies have focused on the general enhancing effects of emotion on memory, and the evidence for the modulation hypothesis was disparate and inconclusive. Thus, this is the first direct evidence for the modulation hypothesis in humans." What's more, said Cabeza, "We also...Study measures risks of exclusive pipe smoking
... diseases have been well studied, few studies have focused on those who smoke pipes exclusively, and those that have were small and not able to consider confounding factors, such as socioeconomic status and alcohol use. To better estimate the risks associated with exclusive pipe smoking, Jane Henley of the A...Chronic diseases need global health attention
...es for healthy foreign investment. Coordinated and focused emphasis on chronic disease prevention with intensified attention to tobacco, unhealthy diets and physical activity, "is essential to address the enormity of the burden of those who now survive beyond childhood around the world," the authors conclude...Serono receives FDA approval for Gonal-f RFF Pen to treat infertility
...abolism and growth. Serono's research programs are focused on growing these businesses and on establishing new therapeutic areas. Currently, there are approximately 30 ongoing development projects. In 2003, Serono achieved worldwide revenues of US$2,018.6 million, and a net income of US$390.0 million, making...Chronic care medicine: Physicians say 'help!'
.... This may be because family practice training is focused more on outpatient care rather than acute care settings, Bass says. In addition, those who graduated from medical school within 10 years of taking the survey also were less likely to report inadequate training. "This finding indicates that some cha...Aspirin use associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
...cer epidemiology and prevention have traditionally focused on the identification and modification of lifestyle factors that may increase or decrease the risk of various cancers, much recent attention has been centered on chemoprevention, the use of chemical agents to prevent or inhibit the carcinogenic proce...Zengen reports positive phase I/II trial results of its peptide molecule for vaginal yeast infection
... 1999, Zengen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative products to treat and prevent infection and inflammation through application of its proprietary peptide technologies. For more information about Zengen, please visit: http://www.zengen.com ....OHSU vaccine and gene therapy institute receives $3.5 million for AIDS vaccine research
...s. Most of the HIV vaccine development to date has focused on weakened viral vectors designed to infect the vaccinated person only briefly, insuring that the vector itself does not persist and potentially cause problems. For example, current approaches for HIV vaccines include weakened versions of the smallp...Health care treatment differs by race
...ccount and still find deep differences. The study focused on three variables: whether patients were advised to take any pain-relief medication; whether prescription drugs were ordered; and how many medications were prescribed. Results were given for Hispanics, African-Americans, whites and Asians across sev...Twelve scholars to receive support to strengthen the field of geriatric social work
...e Faculty Scholars will conduct a research project focused on evaluating and improving the field of geriatric social work. This year's scholars will administer projects across a wide range of topics, from assessing the psychosocial needs of terminally ill elders to exploring the use of video-phones as a ge...A better death: Hospitals need systematic process to heed patient' concerns
.... "Past attempts to improve end of life care have focused on specific outcomes deemed important to doctors and hospital staff. The results were disappointing. To our knowledge this is the first evaluated attempt in a clinical setting to improve end-of-life care by combining rapid-cycle change and a patien...Improving health care for children with special needs
...medical home. The four participating practices all focused on improving different aspects of their medical home environment. In New Hampshire, Exeter Pediatrics Associates of Exeter, developed pre- and post-visit surveys to elicit parents' chief concerns and then assessed whether or not these concerns were ...Parent, guardian job loss may boost smoking among adolescent family members
...rs that harm their health." The longitudinal study focused on 2,016 students from 24 urban, ethnically diverse schools in Southern California who, when surveyed in the sixth grade, indicated that they had never smoked. A year later, as seventh graders, they were surveyed again. The wide-ranging paper-and-p...