UI researchers find more natural method to possibly induce vascular growth
...nt from the National Institutes of Health supplied funding for the study,which recently appeared in the journal Circulation Research. Other scientistswho contributed to the study are Margaret D. Brown, Ph.D., a lecturer at theUniversity of Birmingham; Tommy Brock, Ph.D., director of pharmacology at TexasBiot......nks 13thamong public medical schools in direct NIH funding and 32nd in total researchfunding among the country's 125 medical schools....First brain cancer surgeries using new space-age probe are successful
...sconsin, the technology already existed. Now, NASA funding is helping us adapt this technology to treat cancer." In May, 20-year-old Katie Pedersen underwent surgery with the LED probe. She had turned to NASA-sponsored technology when she was out of options. Shehad endured six surgeries over 10 years...Study: foreign-trained physicians vital to poor, under-served patients
...vate, non-profit organizations thatreceive federal funding to serve poor people and others with little access toprivate doctors, particularly in rural areas and inner cities. They receivefunding through the Public Health Services Act and receive other public grants,including enhanced Medicare and Medicaid re...It's high time we registered all clinical trials say editors of Lancet and BMJ
...ar a vast financial investment is made by national funding agencies, medical research charities, and drug and device manufacturers in randomised controlled trials. The problem is, they say, that the process of undertaking research is "chaotic" and "..takes little account of concurrent research". Another are...Normal cellular enzyme becomes marker for Alzheimer's disease
...ist at the NationalInstitute on Aging, another NIH funding source for the work. "The isolation and in-depth analysis of GVD bodies could provide valuable cluesuseful not only for the diagnosis of AD, but in gaining a better understandingof the disease," said Dr. Snyder. Many researchers have been searching f...Yale cancer center to test cervical cancer prevention drug: NCI grant funds research
...oped by Janet Brandsma. The CancerCenter provided funding to keep the project going, and the result -- at the veryleast -- is a clinical trial."......ough a varietyof career development activities and funding for smaller pilot researchprojects. The five major research projects funded by the grant include: Animal Models to Understand Risk Factors for Treatment Resistance , led byMarina R. PicciottoPicciotto will study how the biological basis o...CWRU medical school announces $300 million campaign
...$129.9 million of NIH funding.It receives more NIH funding than any medical institution in the State of Ohio. Berger said the school has identified seven broad interdisciplinaryareas of research concentration upon which it will build for the future -- brainsciences, cancer, cardiovascular disease, em...Cocaine acts on central nervous system, causing vessel constriction, rapid heartbeat
...g Abuse and the U.S. Public Health Serviceprovided funding for the research....Study examines STDs among women-to-women sex partners
...ars. These findings helped to secure the firstsuch funding from NIAID to further investigate the true prevalence of variousSTDs among women who have sex with women, and the routes of transmission. The study so far has determined that women who have sex with other womenare at risk of spreading HPV, th...NIAID funds three Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Research Centers
...esearch awards totaling $1.9 million in first-year funding tosupport three Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Cooperative Research Centers. Thecenters will conduct broadly focused research addressing basic science, clinicaland epidemiological aspects of CFS, including its causes, characteristics andtreatment. C...Depression costs UK economy 2 billion a year, conference will be told
...and yet attracts a smallfraction of the healthcare funding of that calamitous disease. Moreover, thevast percentage of depressed individuals, most of whom are in the developingworld, suffer one of the most costly diseases yet have neither the opportunityfor diagnosis nor treatment". Topics under discussion ...Meharry-Vanderbilt partnership aims to address racial disparity in cancer outcomes
...core grant," which provides administrative support funding as part of its designation as a National Cancer Institute center. This designation, awarded to only 60 cancer centers throughout the country, recognizes excellence in cancer research, treatment and prevention. The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is o...Harvard Med. School report warns of world health threat
...points out that without at least $1 billion in new funding for TB treatment in the immediate future, MDR-TB will spread to all corners of the earth. "If new money isn't made available immediately the epidemic may become virtually impossible to contain," said Dr. Farmer. "It is only a matter of time before ...Preventive detention for people with personality disorder is wrong
...ys: "With their promises of new money and research funding they hope to bribe doctors into complicity in the indefinite detention of certain selected offenders." He adds "There is a crying need for mental health services for severely personality disordered individuals...The British Government's proposals lar...Study casts doubt that melatonin goes down as age goes up: Older buyers take note
...n mental disorders, the brain, and behavior. NCRR funding provides highly specialized research resources to biomedical researchers nationwide, including the sleep laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The NIH is the leading Federal biomedical and behavioral research agency....South Bronx adolescents don't feel safe at home
...ted States. The study was supported in part by funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.......buse (NIDA) today announced that it will raise its funding for research about club drugs and what to do about them by 40 percent, bringing the total committed to this important effort to $54 million. In addition, NIDA and four national organizations launched a multi-media public education strategy to alert ...Business and political leaders honored for their commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS
...e of their ongoing commitment and efforts tosecure funding for HIV/AIDS research and community programs. Mich...nt awards for continued efforts to secure HIV/AIDS funding atthe local, state, and national levels will be presented to San Francisco MayorWillie Brown, Congre...