First medication to target PCP addiction is reported by Arkansas researchers
... Owens presented his findings here today at the national meeting of the AmericanChemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Owens said his new technique uses monoclonal antibodies-identical copies ofanimal antibodies cloned and reproduced in the laboratory-to prevent or slow theentry of PCP ......raft success in Canada, andDr. Shackleton received national recognition for his contributions to theCanadian transplant community. In 1993, Dr. Shackleton came to Southern California to help breathe new lifeinto the whole-organ pancreas transplant program at the University of CaliforniaLos Angeles. He also pl...Study finds parental influence still important during adolescence
... A study at Ohio State University used a national dataset to track 1,725 children for five years, beginning whenthey were between 11 and 17 years old. The goal was to see how the influence of three important socialenvironment...Federal, private funding to establish inflammatory disease center at UNC
...isease and other disorders." UNC-CH is the national leader in identifying the connection betweenchronic gum disease and more debilitating conditions, he said. "Among the public and even medical professions, it's only starting tocome out that some oral conditions can have systemic consequences ...OSU Medical Center uses robotic heart surgery technique
...Vinci system as part of a national study that is required by the Food and Drug Administration before the surgery can be performed more routinely. More than 100 procedures utilizing the technology have been succ...Poor health is a major factor for early retirement, according to UCSF researchers
...olicy issuethat needs to be addressed at state and national levels," said Dorothy Rice,ScD, professor emeritus, UCSF Institute for Health and Aging and principalinvestigator of the survey. The survey, a supplement of the 1999 California Work and Health Survey (CWHS)examined work, health, and retirement issues......ed projectsthat have the potential to develop into national models and are designed toimprove health and health care for underserved and at-risk populations. In 1999,the RWJF LIFP program received more than 300 applications. Of those, 29 werechosen for site visits and only 18 projects were funded. The RWJF LI...'Revolutionary' treatment for birth defect improves survival of newborns
...ed babies "is revolutionary" whencompared with the national survival rate of between 50 and 60 percent. About ...s 80 percent -- stillsignificantly higher than the national survival rate, but 12 percent lower thanfor babies born at Shands. Kays' co-researchers in the landm......l societies whose members treat athletes, andmajor national professional and collegiate sports leagues. They are endorsed by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, theAmerican Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicin...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...s on the mind, tapping informationfrom three large national studies: The National Survey of Families andHouseholds; the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study; and the National Survey ofMidlife. CONTACT: Nadine Marks, professor of child and family studies, (608) 263-4020; marks@ssc.wisc.edu . Marks studies a broad v...U-M School of Public Health to direct national asthma program
...Michigan School of Public Health has been namedthe national program office of a $12.5 million Robert Wood Johnson Foundationcommunity-based project designed to improve the quality of life for childrenwith asthma. Asthma, which is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, is the mostcommon chronic disease...Indiana University Cancer Center receives National Cancer Institute designation
...sity Cancer Center has been recognized as apremier national center for the study of cancer and the development of newcancer treatments by the National Cancer Institute. As an NCI-designatedclinical cancer center, the IU Cancer Center will receive a five-year, $6.3million support grant. The grant bolsters the ...Wistar scientist receives Arthritis Foundation award
...in the Philadelphia area. Projectsare graded by a national peer review committee. Dr. McCracken was a long-timemember of the Arthritis Foundation board and past president of Medical Affairsof the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter. He practiced internal medicine andrheumatology for more than four decades. The A...... in the region and hasparticipated in three major, national clinical trials. According to Dr. Fontana, TMR is used extensively in Europe and Asia to relieveextreme angina, which is characterized by pain in the chest, arms, neck or backdue to insufficient blood flow in the heart. Since approval by the Federal ...Researchers join with treatment providers to improve drug abuse treatment
... Those proposals will bereviewed and approved by a national steering committee made up of researchers,treatment providers and NIDA representatives. Oregon treatment programs participating in this project include ChangePoint,CODA, Oregon Treatment Network, Kaiser Permanente Recovery Resources and OHSUBehaviora...It's high time we registered all clinical trials say editors of Lancet and BMJ
...t each year a vast financial investment is made by national funding agencies, medical research charities, and drug and device manufacturers in randomised controlled trials. The problem is, they say, that the process of undertaking research is "chaotic" and "..takes little account of concurrent research". Ano...WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A major seven-year national study on whetherweight control can slow the advanc...tatistics), will be principal investigator of the national coordinatingcenter of the Study of Health Outcomes of Weight loss (SHOW). The SHOW trial wil...Scientists grow heart tissue in Bioreactor
...lection, and help manage breast cancer in the national population at the same time." Right <FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">: Richmond extracts some breast cells from a liquid nitrogen dewar storing about half of the cell collection (the other half is in a separate dew...Cedars-Sinai pediatrician to receive award for his contributions to international child health
...rganization, and assisted inthe development of the national health program for newborns established in Cubain the mid-1980s. At the 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics Meeting in Washington, D.C., Dr. Solawill receive the 1999 E.H. Christopherson Award on International Child Health,due to his impact in decrea......ill discuss growing concerns overaircraft noise in national parks (3aNS5). Micah Downing of Wyle Labs willdescribe noise management plans being developed for national parks in SouthFlorida, such as Everglades National Park (3aNS4). -- Clearing Up Telephone Speech for...