Satellite survey enhances knowledge of Tuscan landslides
...003, the objective of the SLAM project has been to implement landslide mapping and monitoring services combining Earth Observation and in-situ data sources, tailored for the use of institutions involved in hydro-geological risk management. In Italy, the Ministry of the Environment is a national level SLAM us...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...are for such disparities, and the best methods to implement evidence-based guidelines so that all clinicians have the blueprint for treatment of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and such racial disparities can be eliminated. "If everyone is well aware of the evidence and treats every patient accordi...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...obilized, can be a powerful force that can help to implement changes through education, research and advocacy."Co-authors of the executive summary are Emelia J. Benjamin, M.D., Sc.M., and Rosalind P. Fabunmi, Ph.D....Women less likely to get quality heart attack care
...ort, raises an important question of how hospitals implement quality measures. Although the new data do not give insights into the factors that caused the gender difference, Jani and Eagle note that the female patients were on average older and more seriously ill, with more co-existing health problems, than t...Cockroach allergens have greatest impact on childhood asthma in many US cities
... country. The goal of the study was to develop and implement a comprehensive, cost-effective intervention program aimed at reducing asthma incidence among children living in low socioeconomic areas....Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
...ive from infancy, the knowledge could help doctors implement intervention approaches right from an early age....Northwestern Memorial Hospital receives $10 million commitment to support preeminent heart program
...ng it one of the first hospitals in the country to implement the "pain relief pump." All cardiac surgery patients at Northwestern Memorial now benefit from this innovative pump dispense system used to treat pain specifically after heart surgery by delivering non-narcotic numbing medication directly to the...Yale opens Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) in India
...lth in India. The training will be used to design, implement and evaluate a pilot intervention for promoting HIV secondary prevention and mental health among serodiscordant couples (HIVpositive males and uninfected wives) in India....Association publishes blueprint to strengthen stroke care from prevention through recovery
...s, he said. "That's why we need a system to better implement the advances that have been achieved," he said. "We tend to fixate on our own arena as either clinicians or administrators. We can each sharpen our own tools to advance stroke care, but until the many tools in the toolbox work together, we aren't o...Dartmouth awarded $21.8 million NSF grant
...sms of learning as well as build collaborations to implement learning techniques among K-12 students and teachers. This five-year award, which may be renewed, represents the largest peer-reviewed research grant ever made to Dartmouth College. "We want to build bridges between the researchers who study brain ...Simpler 'alphabet' guidelines for treating acute coronary syndrome reduce risk
...are lengthy and complex and therefore difficult to implement in the clinic and at home by patients," says Roger S. Blumenthal, M.D., associate professor of medicine, director of the Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center at Johns Hopkins, and senior investigator of the study, published in the Jan. 19 issue of ...2005: A critical year for action towards millennium development goals
...if we are to usher in a decade of high ambition to implement the goals. Developing countries need to make every effort to mobilise around the goals. Developed countries need to ask themselves if they should be more concerned with pointing the finger at the responsibilities of poor countries than with meeting t...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
... to benefit greatly from the hospital's ability to implement streamlined administrative processes, Hall pointed...orking on the project would be able to monitor and implement software updates for the hospital when needed," he said....Women In Government report on eliminating cervical cancer
...and older. They have created state task forces to implement the most recent knowledge, expertise and technologies in fighting the disease. "The key to defeating cervical cancer is to detect and treat the early cell changes before they become cancer. Most state-funded programs rely on the Pap test, which det...Complementary and alternative therapies and conventional medical therapies
...onsumers, and other stakeholders to amend DSHEA to implement quality-control standards for each step of the manufacturing process and to enforce more accurate labeling and disclosures and other consumer protections. In addition, the broader regulatory scheme for supplements should be revised to create incenti...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for brain cancer research from NCI
...cientists work collaboratively to plan, design and implement research programs focused on cancer prevention and control, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and survival....Size of myocardial infarct measured using MRI
...om GE Medical Systems, Waukeshas, Wis., who helped implement the computer software used for imaging analysis of infarct size by MRI. MRI is a coiled, mechanical device for taking real-time, three-dimensional images inside the body, including organs, muscles and joints, without the need for invasive surgery. ...Broad-based vaccination of wild mice could help reduce lyme disease risk in humans
... the researchers contend, to determine how best to implement a broad-based vaccination program. Also, study sites need to be monitored for strains that are not susceptible to the vaccine. Lastly, experiments will be conducted in which the vaccine is administered orally--the most logical way to vaccinate large ...Child health must become UNICEF's priority over next decade
...s of UNICEF, its decade-long failure to create and implement a strategy for child survival (the fourth Millennium Development Goal) and a call to action as the UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, begins the process to appoint a new leader in 2005. UNICEF's new leader will be appointed by Kofi Annan next year. T......f generics and low-cost brands. Plan sponsors that implement GenericsWork should see their generic fill rate in...ayments. In addition, more clients are choosing to implement step therapy programs, which require the member to try a lower-cost alternative, often generic, befo...