Call for randomised criminal-justice trials
... of sufficient numbers of offenders, are needed to inform judicial approval or "licensing" of new criminal-j...n, yet they are denied a rigorous evidence base to inform judicial decisions. Basing the management of offenders on inferior study designs that are non-random...U-M team treating mouth wounds by engineering tissue grafts
...at is the precursor to moving into the trials that inform an FDA decision to approve a new medical treatment. Following successful completion of the preliminary studies, Feinberg plans to seek FDA approval for a larger clinical trial involving 50 patients. Feinberg is working with U-M Technology T...Millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at increased risk for type 2 diabetes
...ted a healthy lifestyle and made the commitment to inform my family and friends about the freedoms it can bring-- freedom from daily injections of insulin, freedom from blindness, and freedom from amputation," said Ms. Domingo. "My older relatives have diabetes, so I'm working hard to break the cycle of th...New research calls for schools to be more aware of head injuries
... education. At present, schools rely on parents to inform them about a TBI, and rarely receive information on possible long-term consequences. Only one third of teachers were aware that the child had received a head injury. Teachers reported that for 31% of children no one informed the school about th...Tony Blair launches UK's new global AIDS strategy
...t is my intention that this strategy will lead and inform global efforts to halt and reverse the spread of HIV and reduce the devastating impact of AIDS." Speaking later, International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said: "Our new strategy sets out how we will work with developing countrie...First proof that cutting Rx drugs due to cost harms health
...three years." Heisler hopes the findings will help inform policies on prescription coverage both before and during Americans' Medicare years, and shape the debate on whether short-term drug spending might lead to long-term savings by averting health problems. One proposal, championed by co-author and U-M pr...New way to tally death risk for heart patients could ease worry
...ation can help keep that risk low. "The idea is to inform practitioners, and help steer their decision-making, not to make the decisions for them," says Eagle. "Regional variations in medical practice are important and will always be present, but we hope that the broad GRACE population and the use of a key ...Full recovery after cell transplantation for treating leukemia or lymphoma can take 3-5 years
...ustment that takes three to five years. We want to inform patients and families. It's common when patients have cancer for families to say, okay, we're going to put everything we have into this and then when it's over things will be back to like they were. There is a wish to move on. The patient has that wi...Research aims to improve nation's health
...th through a range of projects which will directly inform policy-makers in Wales and beyond. The Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics brings together social scientists, ethicists and medical experts from the School of Social Sciences and Cardiff Law School at Cardiff University, and from the Depa...Three Harvard Medical School endowed chairs named simultaneously in sleep medicine
...cus on critical sleep disorder issues and helps to inform public policies aimed at decreasing sleep/alertness-related injuries and the costs associated with them. The endowment for each chair when fully funded, $2.75 million each, will greatly expand the capacity of the division to embark on creative avenue...Risk factors identified for persistent post-shingles pain
...cy of this prediction. Such research will not only inform efforts to prevent PHN and identify which patients may have the greatest need for preventive efforts, but will also increase our knowledge of the pathogenesis of PHN." Also, the increased risk of PHN in women, in addition to their life expectancy-ass...American genetic abnormality also discovered in the Netherlands
...f the four syndromes can help physicians to better inform patients about the progression of the disease. They can also use it to recognise the clinical picture in new patients at an earlier stage....Study: Many men take dietary supplements to prevent prostate cancer
... suggest that up to 71 percent of patients may not inform their physicians about their use of herbs, so it is important for patients and physicians to talk about the use of herbs in order to avoid potential problems." ...Exploring why disease affects people differently
...ical training in psychosocial disability. It will inform and deliver world-class evidence-based clinical training underpinned by cutting-edge research at all levels". Dr Peter Dewis Customer Care Director at UnumProvident said "We are very excited about this new partnership and I am confident that a numbe...Dental X-rays of pregnant women associated with low-weight babies
...ing X-rays duringpregnancy. Patients should always inform their dentists about any potentialpregnancy so that the dentist can postpone any elective dental X-rays untilafter delivery. Hujoel points out that the move toward digital radiographywill drastically reduce the radiation doses needed for current tech...NHS trusts putting safety of pregnant doctors at risk
...m clinical duties and night shifts as soon as they inform the trust of their pregnancy. This situation has resulted in several alarming incidents concerning pregnant junior doctors. One was attacked while attending a patient on a locked ward, while another was left with no back up when interviewing a distur...Supplement use growing among children and adolescents
...sidering the use of CAM practices, and they should inform their child's pediatrician of any herb or dietary supplement their children take. "Unlike drugs, herbal products have not been scrutinized by the FDA, so it is truly a case of buyer beware. Some herbs and plants may have beneficial effects as well as...Small uterine fibroids may be linked with increased risk of miscarriage, early study results show
...ating pregnancy outcomes. But research evidence to inform clinical care is meager," she said. Previous ultrasound studies of uterine fibroids were flawed because they used ultrasound databases including fibroids that doctors considered of concern, Hartmann said. Typically, these were fibroids of at least t...Unmarried women say they feel misunderstood in doctors' offices
...n the most recent issue of Women & Health and will inform the design of the next phase of the project. In ad...of women. "The results of our study can be used to inform a whole system of care," Clark said. "In order for health care professionals to care for women in th......genome sequence provides valuable opportunities to inform and study the organism's biology. And with an understanding of its biology, researchers are better positioned to find treatments that zero in on unique biological processes essential for the organism's survival....