Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
...ive weeks post stroke. Stroke outcomes database joins patient information from several sources, pg 77 This study describes the creation of a stroke database that pulls challenging to assemble patient information that is potentially very useful for improving care to veterans. The Integrated Stroke Outco...Dartmouth awarded $21.8 million NSF grant
...rstanding of the human learning process. Dartmouth joins Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington in this effort. Lynne E. Bernstein, the NSF program officer for the Dartmouth center, said, "CCEN is coordinating research in four content areas -- language, science, read...Brenner Children's Hospital named to NIH Pediatric Heart Network
...hildren with heart problems." Brenner Children's joins Boston Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and other leading academic medical centers who are part of the network. Researchers will conduct clinical trials to find the best treatment methods for children suffering from heart cond...Study confirms ICDs more effective in preventing sudden cardiac death than medical therapies
...to referrals and a multidisciplinary approach that joins physicians, nurses and a range of other medical specialists and caregivers from Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Radiology from evaluation to follow-up. Patients benefit from the latest minimally invas...Anniversary of one of the largest hepatitis A outbreaks in the US brings experts together
... being provided by GlaxoSmithKline, a company that joins NPI in its commitment to help reduce the incidence of hepatitis A in the U.S....American College of Chest Physicians to offer developing nations free access to medical journal
..., the peer-reviewed journal of the ACCP. The ACCP joins a group of 45 top medical journal publishers in the Health InterNetwork: Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) that provides free or low-cost access to more than 2000 scientific publications for over 1000 health and research institutions in the wor...Hopkins' Peter Agre receives 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry
...ity, adds: "The world-wide Johns Hopkins community joins with the school of medicine in congratulating peter for his laboratory's great achievement." Since a 1992 paper in Science by Agre and Hopkins physiologist Bill Guggino, Ph.D., which documented the discovery of the very first water channel protein, ...Obesity can be harmful to your child's mental health
...es, they say. The American Psychiatric Association joins others in the medical and public health community in calling attention to the mental health impacts of childhood obesity--a burgeoning public health crisis in the U.S. A study at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey found that obese...Society lauds FDA menopausal hormone therapy information campaign
... -- The Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR) joins other health organizations today in praising the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) menopause information campaign, designed to help women make informed decisions about using combination hormone therapy (estrogen and progestin) in the wake of ...Research reveals no benefit of rapid MRI over X-rays in patients with low back pain
...ult of this randomized controlled trial, rapid MRI joins the ranks of appealing innovations that have proved illusory. ... The results reported by Jarvik demand careful reflection before anyone rushes to develop a more rapid MRI. Why is it so important to define the anatomy of the lumbosacral spines of pat...Important information to consider about non-systemic cholesterol lowering agents
... a new compound (with no outcomes data as of yet), joins themarket. What all of these compounds have in common is that they areabsorbed into the blood stream. Attached here for your review is some information about WelChol(colesevelam hydrochloride). WelChol is non-systemic (i.e., it is notabsorbed and...U-M Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative gets $1 million from CDC
... with the Association of Schools of Public Health, joins a nationwide network of academic centers in public health preparedness, including Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University and the University of California-Berkeley. "Our goal is to help the state of Michigan and the nation evolve a public health...United States to host World Sight Day celebration October 10
...ederal government's National Institutes of Health, joins the Lions Clubs International, Lighthouse International, and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness to host World Sight Day with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 2002. Eve Slater, M.D....Practical stress management program found to improve health of people with type 2 diabetes
...lls that carries oxygen to the cells and sometimes joins with glucose and what is measured to determine if a person has type 2 diabetes. By the end of one year, 32 percent of the stress management participants had HbA1c levels that were lower by one percent or more. By contrast, only 12 percent of the co...Time-release stimulant effective for once-daily treatment of ADHD
...ly effective for four hours. This new formulation joins other long-acting stimulants, such as extended-release methylphenidate (Ritalin), in giving patients with ADHD a greater choice of medication. The report appears in the August issue of Pediatrics. "Long-acting stimulants are very beneficial for chi...Scientists find biological key to 'wasting syndrome'
...ule to a protein called C/EBP beta, which normally joins DNA in the nucleus of the cell to make other proteins, such as albumin. Central to the researchers finding was that this extra phosphorous causes the C/EBP beta to shuttle out of the nucleus into the cytoplasm, where transcription from the albumin ...UCSF researchers move in on role of brain's naturally occurring marijuana
...other parts of the brain, as well. "Cannabinoid joins a small group of molecules identified as fast retrograde signals in the nervous system. As such, it provides a tool for sorting out the roles of various classes of inhibitory interneurons, whose roles we're just beginning to understand," he says....New Technique Induces Growth Across Spinal Cord Injury
... to the spinal cord. One axon, thecentral branch, joins the spinal cord and travels to the brain; the other, theperipheral branch, travels out to the extremities. If the peripheral branch ofthese cells is injured, it regenerates; if the central branch is injured, itdoes not. Because two branches of the sa......ector ofReproductive Genetics in November 1998. He joins Dru E. Carlson, M.D., who hasserved as director of the division since 1990. Like Dr. Carlson, Dr. Williams iscertified in obstetrics and gynecology, maternal-fetal medicine (a subspecialtyof obstetrics and gynecology), and medical genetics. Dr. Willi......t if taken duringpregnancy. The drug, misoprostol, joins an international list of approximately24 medications proven to cause birth defects. The research is reported in theJune 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "Our research determined that misoprostol causes a congenital facial paralysiskno...