New endovascular prosthesis is promising for non-surgical treatment of TAAs
...e and his team are a part of a nationwide referral network that has also implanted endovascular prostheses into approximately 600 patients diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysms, the 13th leading cause of death in the United States. Dr. White, a graduate of the State University of New York Upstate Medic...Treatment for behavioral disorders in children with autism
...(RUPP) network, which is funded by NIMH. The RUPP network is composed of research units devoted to conducting studies to test the efficacy and safety of medications commonly used by practitioners to treat children and adolescents (off-label use) but not yet adequately tested....Medication effective in treating children with autism
...nstitute at Johns Hopkins University. "This study network enabled five universities to pool their resources and locate a large number of children with the same conditions and carry out a protocol in a uniform way," said Aman, a professor of psychology and psychiatry in Ohio State's Nisonger Center for Menta...Drug targets brain circuits that drive appetite and body weight
...lated anorexic effects with activity patterns in a network of neurons in the brain. Researchers targeted the arcuate nucleus (ARC) region of the hypothalamus, where pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons receive serotonin directly and signal to regions associated with regulating energy. "Our study has linked ...University of Washington developing AI caretakers for Alzheimer's sufferers
...residents' needs. The project partners envision a network of digital devices and wireless sensors in the wa...te Care to develop the system, which uses a sensor network embedded in the home of the user. Elite Care's Oatfield Estates is the development site. The facil...U-M Depression Center receives $750K gift from Eli Lilly Foundation
...hey need, and sow the seeds for a potential future network of depression centers across the United States. T...ter, the model program for establishing a national network of state-of-the-art depression centers. Their novel approach enables more doctors to more effectivel...Students join scientists in search of asthma triggers
...hool System. The BSSN will be the first city-wide network ever established to monitor small-scale changes in... layer of atmosphere over a metropolitan area. The network will be scientifically and geographically supported by a full-scale Sun Photometer located on the ro...A strong primary care system is good for a nation's health
...lth has demonstrated that the stronger a country's network of primary care providers, the lower the health care costs and the better a population's health are generally. Primary care physicians are those who establish long-term personal relationships with patients and coordinate their overall care. The study...Bone microarchitecture can significantly deteriorate in one year
...ows that trabecular architecture -- the structural network inside bone -- can deteriorate in just one year in early postmenopausal women. This is an important new finding as the loss of trabecular architecture occurred despite the fact that these women had only modest bone mineral density (BMD) loss. In th...Eastern Washington hospitals deploy new Bridge technology to enhance patient safety
...hwest Health Services (INHS), a Spokane-based INHS network that includes Sacred Heart: "We feel very comfortable introducing this affordable, easy-to-use, robust technologywhich we helped Bridge developto other hospitals in our network." In addition to clinical effectiveness, CIOs like Galusha look for ease ...Adaptive optics technology provides powerful tools for eye doctors
...he University of California, Santa Cruz, and has a network of partners that includes academic institutions, national laboratories, and companies in related industries. In 1998, Williams and Austin Roorda, then a postdoctoral researcher at Rochester, used an adaptive optics ophthalmoscope to obtain the first ...Columbia Health Sciences professor named 2002 Soros Advocacy Fellow
... Open Society Institute (OSI), part of a worldwide network of charitable organizations created and funded by noted philanthropist George Soros, is a private grant-making foundation that, among other things, promotes public interest and service values in medicine; assists marginalized groups around the world;...New pathway for treating hypertension-related kidney failure studied
...ey disease results in a breakdown in the extensive network where thousand of tiny filters called glomeruli connect to tubules that carry excess salt, water and toxins out of the kidneys so they can be excreted in the urine. As Dr. Imig looks over an image of a damaged kidney, the sclerosis and inflammation i...Buszaki neuroscience research published in current journals 'Science' & 'Nature'
...et a better understanding of how an immature brain network develops over time, Buzsaki's research appearing in the journal Science, "Correlated Bursts of Activity in the Neonatal Hippocampus In Vivo," reveals findings that have possible implications for a newborn's brain. Buzsaki collaborated with Xavier Le...Progress and future directions for management of hepatitis C
...el urged the establishment of a hepatitis research network that would conduct research into the natural history, prevention, and treatment of hepatitis C. Studies to determine the efficacy of alternative medicines are also needed. The panel also recommended the development of strategies to better prevent, ...Northeastern's CenSSIS announces research agreement with ART Advanced Research Technologies
...RT is the first international business to join the network of CenSSIS business partners, which include Raytheon, Mercury Computer Systems, The MathWorks and Lockheed Martin. "ART's optical imaging technology will be the cornerstone in the validation of the sophisticated physics-based information extraction t...NIAID expands vaccine testing network
... new contracts that will expand and reorganize its network of university-based sites conducting clinical tria...nse and vaccine safety. Established in 1962, the network is a national resource for vaccine development. VTEU investigators have tested and advanced vaccines...First quarter 2002 prescription drug spending: Higher again, but rate of increase drops
..., while also using Express Scripts for both retail network and mail pharmacy services. Because of the unique demographics and drug coverage for Medicaid recipients and for Medicare beneficiaries receiving drug coverage through Medicare Plus Choice plans, data from these two groups are excluded from the stud......mages from anywhere in the world by logging onto a network through the Internet. More importantly, physicians will have the images and reports available to them instantaneously in their offices and throughout the hospital, which will improve communication and patient care. The agreement will bring two cutti......of all, all doing the dirty work. Now imagine this network as mobile made ready in a matter of minutes and modified for use in a massive search and rescue scenario, the likes of which we saw for instance, sadly, on September 11th. This is the aim of Allen Moshfegh at the Office of Naval Research. His envis...