Nations only National Healthcare Outreach Mapping Center established
...stitutes ofHealth. The IU School of Medicine is an international leader in medical informatics and health care outc...am of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, an international effort to create a worldwide database that combines global mapping, texts and images....New study shows ropinirole slows the loss of dopamine function in Parkinsons disease
Researchers at Emory University and a group of international collaborators, using positron emission tomography ...s is measured in PET imaging. This multi-site, international trial is called "Requip as EArly therapy versus L-dopa", or the REAL-PET study. Emory University, u...Call to action to tackle global health impact of child prostitution
...NGOs, governments, and UN agencies to establish an international campaign against child prostitution. Brian Willis ...ted with HIV. Barry Levy comments: "A coordinated international campaign is needed to prevent child prostitution, provide services to children who are prostituted u...Bethesda 2001: A revised system for reporting pap test results aims to improve cervical cancer
...ther countries. To date, more than 20 national and international societies have endorsed Bethesda 2001....New study explores pulmonary rehabilitation in women with emphysema and chronic bronchitis
...t-for-profit biomedical research institute with an international reputation for scientific discovery, the training of physician-scientists and the provision of community service programs. It is an affiliate of both the UCLA School of Medicine and the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and has an annual budget of $58 mill...ASM conveys support for NIH/CDC appropriations
...for a potential bioterrorism attack, and a growing international presence in combating infectious diseases. Full copies of the recommendations and ASM testimony on NIH and CDC appropriations can be found online at http://www.asmusa.org/pascr/public1.htm . ...Vitamin D gets an A+ for treating heart disease
...men got the standard recommended daily dose of 400 international units contained in multivitamin tablets. During an average follow-up period of nearly 11 years, 420 of the women died of coronary heart disease (CHD). Women who used vitamin D supplements had 31 percent less risk of heart disease death as those who ...New oral medication halts blindness in AIDS patients
...l." In clinical trials with 160 AIDS patients, the international team of researchers found the pills, called valganciclovir, to be as effective as the traditional intravenous treatment. CMV retinitis is the leading cause of blindness among patients in the late stages of AIDS. While the infection originates from a ...International Thiamine (Vitamin B-1) Conference at Rutgers Newark
...d to specific human metabolic disorders. The last international thiamine conference was convened in 1996 in Blaubeuren, Germany. Approximately 80-100 researchers from around the globe will present their research during the four-day meeting at Rutgers-Newark. Vitamin B1, or thiamine, is converted by human cells to...Drug reduces risk of acute rejection in kidney transplantation
St. Louis, April 29, 2002 An international study led by researchers at Washington University ...ejection, a method known as induction therapy. The international team found that patients receiving the drug Thymoglobulin (anti-thymocyte globlulin) had two and hal...Lasers light way to 3-D imaging in Purdue lab
... as CLEO, is considered one of the most important international gatherings for researchers in fields involving lasers and opto-electronics, which merges optics with electronics. CLEO is sponsored by the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer...Emory vaccine study in South Africa achieves significant reductions in pneumonia
...the vaccine. Keith P. Klugman, M.D., professor of international health in Emorys Rollins School of Public Health and professor of medicine in Emory School of Medicine, was principal investigator of the study. He presents the results at the 3rd International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases in A...A caring mother is a childs best defence against drug culture
... freely available, researchers have found. But the international study, led by Newcastle University in England, concluded that having a caring mother was the single most important factor in preventing youngsters from taking drugs. The study, funded by the European Commission, found that 14 and 15 year-olds were fa...UCSD faculty elected to membership in prestigious professional organizations
...Institute for Diabetes in La Jolla. The AAAS is an international society composed of nearly 4,000 of the world's leading scientists, scholars, artists, businesspeople, and public leaders. Additional UCSD faculty elected to the AAAS were Theodore Groves, Ph.D., professor, and Mark Cachina, Ph.D., professor, Depart...Special Fulbright awarded to Vanderbilt ethnomusicologist
...is considered the flagship of the U.S. governments international educational exchange programs. What began three years ago as a traditional research trip documenting indigenous, male-dominated music traditions in the Lake Victoria region of Central Africa, took an unanticipated turn when Barz was confronted by wom...HIV vaccine research is 'best hope' for controlling AIDS pandemic
...e held throughout the United States and at several international sites. This year's events emphasize education and outreach by the research sites, include media events, tours of research facilities, lectures and receptions to honor volunteers. For specific information about events in specific areas, contact: B...American Medical Women's Association honors Dr. Marianne Legato with 2002 Women in Science Award
... association functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve womens health. The Woman in Science Award was first presented by the American Medical Womens Association in 1993. Previous recipients are: Nanette Kass Wenger, M.D. (1993); Suzanne ...Some patients are candidates for combined heart bypass, lung transplant surgeries
...presentation today (May 20) during the 98th annual international conference of the American Thoracic Society. The researchers analyzed the clinical records of the first 350 lung transplants performed at Duke and found that 18 patients had severe coronary artery disease and received either bypass surgery (12) or a...CONVINCE trial results unveiled at annual hypertension meeting
An international hypertension study of more than 16,000 patients found that patients treated with three-year sustained blood pressure control with extended-release verapamil (COVERA-HS) or standard of care therapy (atenolol or hydrochlorothiazide) had similar inciden...Depression predicts quality of life for lung transplant patients
...presentation today (May 20) during the 98th annual international conference of the American Thoracic Society. Their report is the first analysis of data being collected on patients awaiting lung transplants enrolled in a five-year, $2.6 million trial funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. The tr...