Wolfowitz is the wrong choice for the World Bank
The nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank is the wrong choice and should be r...nisation, but his is an inflammatory nomination to head the world's most influential multilateral development organisation, a post that requires acute polit...Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
... (OA) knee pain. The exploratory study involved a head to head comparison of applying the lidocaine patch 5% (Lidoderm) or taking celecoxib (Celebrex) 200 mg per d...Patients newly diagnosed with HIV are more likely to enter outpatient care with case management
...a study site. "This is the first trial to compare head to head the typical passive referral with a time-limited employment of case management." In addition to Emo...OHSU scientists test medication to treat involuntary weight loss
..." said Alan C Foster, Ph.D., Neurocrine Fellow and head of Neurocrine's neuroscience group. Neurocrine is a San Diego-based company that is developing medications related to weight regulation. "We hope to advance an optimized molecule into the first stages of human clinical testing later this year." "...Recovered king of beasts returns to his home, thanks to unique operation
...orry is that the impressive mane which covered his head before the operation will return and cover any traces of our surgical work."...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
...among those with blood, central nervous system and head and neck cancers. The lowest rates of quitting were among survivors of uterine, female breast, prostate and thyroid cancers. Short notes, "Today, most cancer patients can be very hopeful for a good outcome and a continued ability to work. But sur...WISE study starts in Toulouse: 60 days of bed-rest for terrestrial female astronauts
...st of two campaigns have been lying in bed, tilted head down at an angle of 6 below horizontal, so that their heads are slightly lower than their feet. This position results in physiological changes that also occur in astronauts during space flight. The study will assess the roles of nutrition and combine...Costs of antidepressants could have funded effective alternatives
...erapists. Between 1991 and 2002, prescriptions per head for all antidepressants increased almost three-fold and the total cost (adjusted for inflation) increased by 310m. These costs could have been used to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy to 1.54 million patients, more than a third of the adults in th...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
...g saves lives," says Gerald L. Andriole Jr., M.D., head of the Division of Urologic Surgery at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "Our study follows about 75,000 men, half of whom we are screening, and half of whom are getting conventional care. By comparing groups over the long term, we wi...Failure to count Iraqi casualties is irresponsible, say experts
...n an uncertain situation, being based on an actual head count instead of extrapolation. In the current security climate, more accurate research is not feasible." Professor Klim McPherson, public health epidemiologist at Oxford University, and instigator of the statement, said: "Basically this is a respons...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
...atient's bedside, control movements of the robot's head and even zoom in to take a closer look at the patient or bedside monitors. "The RP-6 robot will increase doctor access for patients, their families and hospital staff, and UCLA is excited to test the newest addition to our intensive care team" Martin......al School of the University of Athens, where he is head of biomaterials research. Dr. Eliades is the leading international authority on the application of a very wide range of spectroscopic and electron optical methods for the chemical analysis of dental biomaterial surfaces. Among his spectroscopic achi...2005 Oral Medicine and Pathology Research Award
...he Editor of the journal Oral Diseases. As the new head of the first new dental school in Australia in nearly 60 years, he will be instrumental in developing programs that are extremely innovative, not only in dentistry, but also in oral health therapy and dental technology. He is recognized international...2005 Geriatric Oral Research Award
...l complications of systemic diseases, particularly head and neck cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes, rheumatological and renal diseases. Since most of these conditions affect the elderly, Dr. Meurman's findings have had significant implications for the identific...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...h and one of the study's primary investigators and head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the.... Warren Mason, a lead investigators in Canada and head of the neuro-oncology unit at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Torono, Ontario/Canada. "This study ...New treatment options for some difficult cancers improve survival and quality of life
...lt cancers," said Edward Levine, MD, professor and head of surgical oncology at Wake Forest Baptist. The positive results of these studies support the need for further evaluation of the use of IPHC and surgery in the treatment of other metastatic cancers of the abdomen.......voice in the Nordic region and internationally. As head of the Academy of Finland, he has made sure the organisation was rigorous in its setting up of clear strategic goals as well as in its scientific evaluation work and investments in elite research. Professor Vihko began his research career at Karolins...$4 million grant boosts University of Michigan campaign for a new children's hospital
...-M Regent David Brandon and his wife, Jan, and U-M head football coach Lloyd Carr and his wife, Laurie. The figure includes more than $400,000 in "M GO BLUE for Mott" wristband sales. The Mott campaign to build a new children's and women's hospital is part of the University-wide $2.5 billion Michigan Diff...NASA awards $9.8 million NSCOR grant to UT Southwestern to study effects of space radiation exposure
... of the NSCOR, professor of radiation oncology and head of the molecular radiation biology division; and Dr. Michael Story, associate professor of radiation oncology. "The implications of radiation in space on the human body are not well understood, and this grant will enable us to examine the consequenc...Treatment guidelines for kids with bipolar disorder published
...es at Ohio State University; Boris Birmaher, M.D., head of the Children's Mood Disorders Center at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh; Karen Dineen Wagner, M.D., director of the division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston; Robert...