Hartford Institute sponsors SNAPP initiative to bring best practices to non-geriatric nurses
...ng at New York University's Divisionof Nursing has launched SNAPP, the Specialty Nursing Activities PartnershipProgram for Care of Older Adults, an initiative to bring requisite knowledge andelderly nursing care skills to where it is needed most-- in the hands ofnon-geriatric nurses who care for the older pop......work of HIVresearch clinicians supported by NIAID, launched a multicenter study known asACTG 362. The purpose of the study was to determine if an adequate response toHAART--defined as a sustained rise in CD4+ T cells from less than 50 to morethan 100 per cubic millimeter (mm3) of blood--protected HIV-infecte...Visionary physician pioneers alternative clubfoot treatment
...d. The new University of Iowa Health Care website, launched this month, will link together physicians and parents via an electric chat forum. The clubfoot site, www.uihealthcare.com/DeptsClinicalServices/Clubfoot/, is linked to University of Iowa Health Care's internationally recognized Virtual Hospital web ...NPSF makes safe use of pharmaceuticals a national health priority
... the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has launched an initiative to reduce the risk of medication error. The Pharmaceutical Safety Initiative, led by the NPSF, focuses on redesigning medication practices so that every patient can use medications more safely. According to Eleanor Vogt, R.Ph., Ph.D....... In addition, NIDA and four national organizations launched a multi-media public education strategy to alert teens, young adults, parents, educators and others about the dangers of club drugs such as Ecstasy, GHB and Rohypnol, which are often used at all night raves or dance parties and have potentially life-...Bristol-Meyers Squibb submits NDA for new formulation of once daily videx(R)(didanosine)
...X tablets for once-a-day dosing; concurrently, BMS launched a 200 mg tablet which simplifies dosing to two tablets once a day. Patients must take at least two of the appropriate strength tablets to provide adequate buffer to prevent gastric acid degradation of VIDEX. VIDEX tablets are the first and only on...Rush conducts nationwide study to find genetic markers for depression
The National Institutes of Mental Health has launched the largest psychiatric genetic study ever attempted to investigate how recurrent depression is passed along through families. While depression is known to be genetically transmitted, discovery of the specific genetic sequence would offer new hope f...Media coverage of new drugs is often misleading
...eceived. Alendronate, better known as Fosamax, was launched in 1995 for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. Pravastatin, or Pravachol, was introduced in 1991 as a cholesterol-lowering drug for cardiovascular disease. Aspirin was included because it was an off-patent drug and has been shown to prev...Minister Of Health launches Canadian Institutes of Health Research
...e 7, 2000 -- Allan Rock, Minister of Health, today launched the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and announced Dr. Alan Bernstein, the first President and the new Governing Council. The Minister also announced more than $ 65 million in programs to bu...Millennium, Aventis Pharma form novel alliance
... euro 21 billion (US $ 21.65 billion). Aventis was launched in December 1999 through the merger of Hoechst AG and Rhône-Poulenc S.A. Aventis Pharma AG is the pharmaceutical company of Aventis S.A. Aventis Pharma is dedicated to treating and preventing human disease through the discovery, development, ma...Silver-coated catheters cut infections & may save money, analysis finds
...st risk of infection. The study's authors have now launched a prospective study to see if the predictions produced by the simulation come true in practice. "We can't say that silver-coated catheters are a silver bullet," says Sanjay Saint, M.D., MPH, an assistant professor in the U-M Department of Internal ...ARICEPT better tolerated than Exelon in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers disease
...CEPT is the lead compound in this alliance. First launched in the United States in February 1997, ARICEPT has been well received in the Alzheimer's disease community with more than 394 million days of patient use worldwide, and more than 1.2 million people in the United States have received a prescription fo...Common hearing test for newborns may be wrong up to a third of the time
...isk and low-risk babies. Kileny and his colleagues launched their study in part to evaluate which test UMHS should use. Already, they had shown in a 1999 study that ABR tests could spot hearing loss reliably and cost-effectively in infants whose family history, birth conditions or medical problems put them at......ulfate, the National Institutes of Health recently launched a $6.6 million dollar study. The study aims to recruit more than 1,000 patients at nine centers across the country. Cedars-Sinai began recruiting patients in December 2000. Patients who volunteer to participate in the study will be examined and hav...Columbia presbyterian to participate in accord diabetes study
...resbyterian Medical Center and allied institutions launched an eight-year randomized trial to compare medical treatment strategies to control blood sugar and blood pressure or blood cholesterol in people with Type 2 diabetes and high risk of cardiovascular events. The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk i...NHLBI to launch sleep and children education campaign
...featuring Garfield the Cat as "spokescat," will be launched at a special event at the Capital Children's Museum in Washington, DC. This five-year national initiative is designed to educate America's children their parents, teachers, and health care providers about the importance of adequate nighttime sleep...NHLBI launches sleep & children education program with Garfield the Cat as "Spokescat"
...nal Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) today launched a major five-year educational initiative to reach young children their parents, teachers, and health care providers with the message that adequate nighttime sleep at least nine hours each night is important to their health, performance, and safe......ees participate in the work-place wellness program launched in September. --ADAPTING HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 TO THE WORKPLACE The Healthy People 2010 report issued last year by the Surgeon General and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outlines prevention goals and objectives to be achieved by 2010. The...Physicians miss opportunities to improve care for oldest asthmatics
...es Management System Asthma Project. This project, launched by researchers at Hopkins and other institutions, has information from 6,612 sicker-than-average asthmatic individuals about their gender, race, education, symptoms, medication use, health care access and satisfaction, and physician specialists. All ......500 people in more than 20 countries. Aventis was launched in December 1999 through the merger of Hoechst AG and Rhne-Poulenc S.A. Copies of this release or any recent release are also available at the U.S. Web site, or by calling 800-207-8049.Please see full prescribing information for Actonel for addition...