Multimillion-dollar pain research center funded at Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Better management of persistent nerve-injury pain through a better understanding of how pain medicines operate is the goal of a new $6.1 million research center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The Center for the Study of Pharmacologic Plasticity in...NIAID Phase III HIV vaccine trial to determine correlates of protection will not proceed
... and Budget directed the transfer of oversight and management for the DoD HIV Research and Development Program of USAMRMC to the NIH. NIAID, which has the primary responsibility for HIV/AIDS research within the NIH, will assume responsibility for this program beginning October 1, 2002. Both the NIH and USAMRM...Concerta approved for ADHD in first European market
... life. Medication is often part of a comprehensive management programme, including social, family and educationa...for Clinical Excellence as part of a comprehensive management programme for children with severe ADHD. Methylphenidate also is described as "usually the first ch...Severe symptoms, social functioning predict cancer patients depression
...alth care providers pay close attention to symptom management when treating cancer in older patients. Since the...tricably tied to their symptom experience, symptom management must be a foremost concern of oncologists and other health care providers, the authors conclude. The...New awards, expanded focus for Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group
...ased clinical trials sites, a statistical and data management center, and a coordinating and operations center. The PACTG has pioneered key trials evaluating treatments for children with HIV and has made great advances in reducing the rate of mother-to-infant HIV transmission in the developed world. The epidem...Radical solutions needed to address health inequalities
...alisation may reflect poorer primary and community management suggesting a need for a stronger public health focus' says Dr Asthana. 'Differences in treatment according to age and sex should also be investigated further to ensure that such differences are clinically justified. To this end more robust approaches...New index developed by Yale researcher to assess the risk of mortality in an elderly population
... who would benefit from early intervention or case management services; comparisons of treatment effectiveness or outcomes between patient groups, and evaluation of clinical performance or quality of care across health systems. Other risk assessment systems, she said, either do not apply to the elderly because ...Avoiding wishful thinking over new drugs more trials should be double-blinded say cancer experts
...table after taking into account changes in disease management over time," said Dr Fossati. This was what the research team found, although Dr Fossati stressed that results should be interpreted within the context of the limitations to the study, which was that they looked at only one drug (doxorubicin) in one c...Prozac is effective for depression...and hot flashes too
...rozac and Effexor, offer more hope for nonhormonal management of hot flashes. These antidepressants work to control various neurotransmitters in the brain. Some of those neurotransmitters are thought to be associated with hot flashes. This latest study included 81 women who had been treated for breast cancer or...Profiles of myocardial infarction among South Asian Canadians
... (43.4% v. 28.2%, p p. 717 Risk factors, hospital management and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in South Asian Canadians and matched control subjects S. Anand et al...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March (second issue)
...investigation, very careful surveillance, and good management of cases contributed to limiting the spread of MDR-TB in Los Angles County. They identified 946 contacts of the MDR-TB cases, with tuberculin skin test conversion documented in 58 (6 percent). This conversion percentage was considerably lower than ...Improving communications and support for doctors, patients and partners
...e from hospital. Recent advances in breast cancer management was identified by 65% of GPs as an area in which they required further professional development, and a massive 92% asked for a resource directory which listed available breast services in their local area. As a result of these findings, the Inner and...New study says people take mental stress to heart
... yet support specific recommendations using stress management as a therapy for cardiovascular disease....Guidelines lacking for patients hospitalized for heart failure
...ld standard of medicine" from which evidence-based management guidelines normally are derived, are lacking, says heart failure expert Mihai Gheorghiade, M.D., professor of medicine and vice-chief of cardiology at The Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. By contrast, there are many...Scientific society offers development sessions for industrial members
...ng research and technologies, and explore business management trends. Highlights: WHAT: Industry Pavilion 2002 WHEN: Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9, 9 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B1/B2, Booth 267 WHO: INTELLECTUAL...Managed care linked to reduced hospital admission rates in California
...es in hospitalization rates reflect better disease management strategies (one of the hallmarks of managed care), then managed care may have improved integration of inpatient and outpatient care, said Andrew Bindman, MD, UCSF professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics and senior investigator on the st...The Lancet Oncology and The Lancet Infectious Diseases
...ophagectomy for cancer of the oesophagus Clinical management of dyspnoea Mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma: where do we stand? Culprit and victim - DNA topoisomerase II Cancer causation: the Darwinian downside of past success? THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES ENOUGH TIME WASTED IN SOUTH AFRICA Th...Childhood sexual abuse proves top predictor for HIV infection in women
...y six months about her sexual behavior and disease management and tested her for new sexually transmitted diseases. Of the total women surveyed, UCLA researchers found that 49 percent were sexually abused as children, 43 percent suffered sexual abuse as adults, and 41 percent were or had been in physically viol...Patients needlessly suffering from chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting
...identify unmet training and treatment needs in the management of CINV. The survey highlighted that after hair lo... has clearly demonstrated an unmet need in patient management and nurse training." "The high incidence of CINV uncovered by this survey is clearly unacceptable. ...Study shows loosening managed care restrictions may improve doctor-patient relationship
... MD, PhD, associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For the study, the Dr. Forrest and his colleagues examined the patient-practitioner relationship, which is characterized by physician empathy towards their patients, communication between doctor...