NHLBI Urges Americans To Take Control Of Their Hypertension
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...s to regulate in-office surgery that could havethe practical effect of prohibiting most dermatologists from removing basil cellcarcinomas in their offices. Over a 66-month period, the study found that dermatologistsremoved all traces of cancer in 93 percent of the tumors they removed.Non-derma...Clogged Neck Artery May Warn Of Heart Attack As Well As Stroke
...is in thecarotid arteries. The study findings have practical applications because obstructions in thecarotid artery can be viewed with ultrasound, a technique less invasive thanthose required for viewing the heart. "Because ultrasound is noninvasive, it is a safe and valuable way to obtaininformation about the...APA Annual Meeting Media Briefings Schedule
...givers. The launch of COPE, a new programproviding practical and useful information for understanding and coping withpsychosis-related disorders on a day-to-day basis, also will be announced. Sponsored by:Zeneca Pharmaceuticals/NAMI/ Burson Marsteller 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. "Experiencing Schizophrenia" ...Bioterrorism topic of first new nationally broadcast public health grand rounds session
...int resources are beingleveraged to accomplish the practical enhancement of capabilities for advancing the publ...h the UNC School of Public Healthin providing this practical and timely vehicle for improving our national public healthsystem." Registration for the program is ...Can a terminally ill person want to hasten death and be mentally competent?
...sychologists felt about this role and to study the practical problems in makingsuch judgements, psychologist Darien S. Fenn, Ph.D., of the Oregon HealthSciences University, and psychiatrist Linda Ganzini, M.D., of the Portland AreaVeterans Affairs Medical Center and the Oregon Health Sciences University,survey...New protocol to develop compound to treat disorders of the central nervous system is more efficient
...anel of experts chose the winners as demonstrating practical aswell as innovative ways to significantly reduce pollution at its sources. Thepanel is selected by the American Chemical Society, the world's largestscientific society, as part of its participation in the Presidential GreenChemistry Challenge.......d mother to her newborn that ismore affordable and practical than any other examined to date. Interim resultsfrom the study, sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and InfectiousDiseases (NIAID), demonstrate that a single oral dose of the antiretroviral drugnevirapine (NVP) given to an HIV-infected wo...Financial stress doubles periodontal disease risk
...dealt with their financial strain in an active and practical way (problem-focused) rather than with avoidance techniques(emotion-focused) had no more risk of severe periodontal disease than thosewithout money problems. "The good news is that many of the risk factors for periodontal disease, such aspoor oral hy...University of Pittsburgh study finds that simple test spots early signs of heart disease in women
...ication. Conversely, high HDLc levels resulted in practical immunity todeveloping significant coronary or aortic coronary calcification. In combination with high LDLc levels, cigarette smoking among women wasa powerful predictor of aortic and coronary calcification. Women with high LDLc levels and a low HDL...UI study indicates physicians' questions are often not pursued
..."Texts, in particular, often need to focus more on practical physicianknowledge," Ely said. "They often get hung up on citing clinical trials. Forexample, if a doctor has a question on whether to use treatment A to treat apatient, a text focusing on experiments and trials merely answers if treatment Aworks, no...World leaders, public health officials to meet at third annual conference on HIV/AIDS
...fromgrowing much wider in the future, by exploring practical solutions for access tocare and health services today, and by accelerating the pace of AIDS vaccineresearch, development and preparedness." During the three-day symposium, leaders from around the world will debate,discuss and present never before pu......efore be transformed from a fanciful legend into a practical tool formonitoring the condition of crops. (2aPA6) -- Reconstructing Vehicle and Engine Information from Formula 1 Sounds . Analyzing roadside sounds of Formula 1 vehicles during the 1998 Grand Prix ofSan Marino, Giorgio Rizzoni ( rizzoni.1@osu.edu...Decreased pain perception may help to identify hypertension risk
... mechanisms ofhypertension," said France. "From a practical perspective, hypoalgesia mayserve as a valuable method of identifying those at greatest risk for clinicallysignificant blood pressure elevations." The research was supported by the American Heart Association's National Centerand the Ohio-West Virgini......e inresponse. Lau said there are several potential practical applications of his team'sdiscoveries about PKR. For example: The agents that viruses use to inactivate PKR could be attractive targets fordrugs that would kill infected cells and stop persistent viral infections. Aprotein produced by Hepatitis C m...New book asks ethical questions about human subjects research
...s occurred?" Stein says. "We are looking at a very practical set of goals: to help researchers respect and work with subjects in the best possible way, to get the data they need and to connect their concerns with a new and different model of moral reasoning," Henderson says....'Chaos' theory empowers researchers to predict epileptic seizures
...eve such an advanced understandingof epilepsy. The practical applications of their work will likely have a lasting beneficial effect onmany people who suffer from epilepsy. "...AAPS announces AAPS PharmSciTech, the association's second online journal
...armaceutical excipient evaluation, with a focus on practical (industrial) applications to research-based efforts. Specialty areas to be covered include, but are not limited to: Preformulation Studies Formulation Strategies and Stability Assessment Design and Evaluation of Novel Drug Delivery Systems...AAPS co-sponsors FDA science forum
...oups, and the public to explore the scientific and practical issues related to the safety evaluation and risk management of FDA-regulated products. "Speakers and panelists at this forum will address emerging issues in the safety assessment of foods, drugs, biologics and medical devices," said David Pang, Ph.D....Studies: New imaging technique improves X-rays of breast tissue
...team still has a long way to go before they have a practical machine that can be used clinically but the researchers believe they are closing in on a big advance in medicine. "Obviously we can't bring everybody to the world's few synchrotrons for routine mammography, and so we have to make this technology cli...