Pediatrician will work to cut sexually transmitted diseases
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...on, Rosenbaum and colleagues provide thescientific foundation for a new clinical test that has the potential to dramatically reduce the death toll from sudden cardiacarrest. Their work focused on T-wave alternans, a heartbeat pattern that often appears on an ECG before a sudden cardiac arrest.Rosenbaum's team s...Major study finds effects of child care quality linger into the second grade
...high-quality child care in laying thedevelopmental foundation for every child to enter school ready to learn.I urge policymakers at all levels of government to redouble theirefforts to make quality child care opportunities available tohard-working American families." Dr. Richard Clifford, co-director of...Summer swimsuit research flash: thigh-reducing creams don't work
... better if onealso diets and exercises. A foundation grant from Florida Atlantic University to Marks and aPetroleum Research Fund grant administered by the American Chemical Society toHaky paid for the study. Other research on aminophylline and its potential to reduce fat byincreasing metabolis...Transplant Pioneer Thomas E. Starzl Most Cited Researcher In Clinical Medicine Over Past 17 Years
...mportant. This ranking proves that he haslaid the foundation for new discoveries in the field," said John J. Fung, M.D.,Ph.D., the professor of surgery and chief of transplantation at the Universityof Pittsburgh's Starzl Transplant Institute.......ehalf of Bill and Melinda," said WilliamGates Sr., foundation director. "Our family shares Columbia's vision of raisingthe standards of maternal care in developing countries. Dr. Rosenfield and his team here at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health are doing great work tobuild a program that will put in ...USC Historian Sifts World's Oldest Printed Medical Books For Clues To Riddle Of Gender
...h is defined on othergrounds, yin and yang are the foundation on which the language of gender rests." That foundation, Furth argues, was based on cosmology that linked humanreproduction and the creative powers of the universe at large. By appealing tocosmology as the source of bodily truth, Chinese medicine cha...Management Academy To Boost Training For Local, State Public Health Departments
...od Johnson Foundation in Princeton, N.J. The CDC's foundation willmanage the project. "By enabling improvements in public health management, the academy is designedto have measurable and meaningful effects on public health organizations and thecommunities that they serve," said Dr. William L. Roper, dean of the......itis B in San Francisco. Thisresearch provided the foundation for some of the earliest studies of the AIDSepidemic. A UCSF team at San Francisco General established one of the nation's firstHIV/AIDS units 15 years ago. It has developed into a comprehensive service withextensive programs in clinical care and r...Statistician Keeps Health Researchers Ahead Of The Curve
... Rice and Li-Ping Yang reported onthe mathematical foundation for this study in the December 1998 issue ofBiometrika. Working with data compiled in a Johns Hopkins School of PublicHealth study in Central Africa, the researchers looked at weight figurescollected from 328 infants born to HIV-positive mothers. The...University Of California San Francisco Dental School Launches Pilot Program For Pre-Dental Students
...nded through a grant byThe California Endowment, a foundation sponsored by Blue Cross/Blue Shield.The goal of the dentistry program is two-fold, UCSF officials said. One goal isto give students who have the potential to become successful dentists, but havebeen hindered by educational, cultural or social disadv...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...ents, thanks to a grant from a New York City-based foundation witha history of funding innovative projects in medical education.The Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation will give UCSF $712,000 over three years toestablish the program for doctors in the recently emerged specialty of hospitalcare, called hospitalists. Abo...Crystal Structure Of gp120 Reveals HIV In Action
... Dr. Sodroski: "This firststructure will provide a foundation for people to look at this protein as thebasis of a vaccine, and modify it to optimize it. It will stimulate a lot of newwork."...Scientific Foundations For Regulating Drug Product Quality
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