Penn joins major NCI research initiative to advance breast cancer therapies
... isolation. In contrast, the MMHCC is based on the premise that more rapid progress can be made towards curing cancer by bringing together scientists from multiple, disparate academic disciplines to work synergistically in an interdependent manner. Our group embodies that principle." Specifically, the Penn ...Disaster funding needs radical reform
...e vulnerable to more extreme weather. Based on the premise that disasters are here to stay, funding arrangements need radical reform, say the authors. Central to this is the need for UN relief agencies to be funded by assessed contributions rather than having to appeal for money after each disaster. This wou...Colorectal cancer screening underutilized
...d colorectal cancer screening in older adults. The premise is mortality and morbidity is reduced when a premalignant growth, which is generally at an earlier stage, is detected and treated. Clinicians can use tests as simple as the fecal occult blood test (FOBT), which is the cheapest but least sensitive tes...4 million more health workers required to improve global health
...ing published by Harvard University Press. The key premise of the article and full report is that no amount of improvements in the development of new treatments and relative reduction in financial costs of health services can make the required impact unless there is a renewed investment in human resources--h...'Fatally flawed' legal analysis will not stand
...about that." "Their analysis is built on the false premise that NIH is making a change to copyright law. The fact is, in all cases, NIH grantees must give NIH a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license for the Federal government to 'reproduce, publish, or otherwise use' the material and to author...Researcher looks at racial identity as part of healthy lifestyle
...an civil rights leaders, he said. The basic premise is that different people are motivated by different things---what works to encourage one person to quit smoking or eat healthier might not resonate at all with another. Resnicow's study uses race as one dimension to understand personal motivation as ...Medical database agreement to enhance ACG risk adjustment system
...y morbidity, age and gender. They are based on the premise that the level of resources necessary for delivering appropriate health care to a population is correlated to the illness burden of that population. ACGs are used to assess provider performance, identify future high-cost cases and develop innovative ......desire to book a seaside holiday. By reversing the premise used in Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, UCL researchers established that the memory of an event is spread across different areas of the brain such as the hippocampus and the olfactory cortex - the smell gateway of the brain. In Proust...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2004 (first issue)
...? South African investigators have challenged the premise that tuberculosis generally results from a single strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by demonstrating that multiple infections are present in patients with active tuberculosis. The setting for their research was a site with a high infection rate. ...Study questions premise of impending US physician shortage
...alists. This evidence does not lend support to the premise that the current national supply of doctors is inadequate," said Dr. Weiner.He continued, "U.S. policymakers should deliberate carefully before concluding that expansion of medical training programs is warranted, especially given the huge taxpayer su...New CDC-funded HIV program at UNC integrates treatment with prevention
... More from HIV Prevention." The book's underlying premise is that "each new infection begins with someone who is already infected." Thus, prevention can be enhanced by also targeting the infected individual. "This is a total paradigm shift in thinking about prevention," Quinlivan said. "It recognize......vity can be so damaging. "Generally, we accept the premise that if you head the ball with proper technique, then your risk for brain injury is lower. However, we have to acknowledge that during a game things happen to make the heading situation less than ideal," said Webbe. "If you leave your feet, or are ch...The Lancet Neurology November press release
...at there are "major problems...with the scientific premise upon which the study is based". In a Reflection an.... The authors commentary reinforces the scientific premise of the ADAPT, and disputes the concerns raised by the PCHAG letter. Secretases as targets for the t...Strategies allow for drug-free transplants, report researchers at international congress
...the multi-step procedure that is based on the same premise as the newer approach to educate the cells to be tolerant of the foreign cells of the donor. All 43, including those off cyclosporine, have been free of rejection, and once the 11 remaining patients reach their one-year anniversary, they too will be...Tolerance for alcohol associated with family history
...l. Morzorati noted that the study was based on the premise that increased risk for alcoholism is related to genetic factors underlying individual responses to alcohol consumption. These results, she said, provide additional support for that premise....Alcohol tolerance associated with family history
...r. Morzorati noted that the study was based on the premise that increased risk for alcoholism is related to genetic factors underlying individual responses to alcohol consumption. These results, she said, provide additional support for that premise....Study quantifies cost-benefit of family interventions to prevent teen alcohol use
...ost ratio of $5.85 for each dollar invested. The premise behind each intervention was similar: to focus on intervention during the critical period of transition in early adolescence, to promote parent-child bonding, to encourage effective family functioning, and to strengthen the childs defenses against n...Study casts doubt that melatonin goes down as age goes up: Older buyers take note
...ericans who do, however, have responded to a false premise in the salesman's cry, according to results of a new study that contradicts the popular notion that melatonin levels in older people fall with age. In the study, National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantee Charles A. Czeisler, M.D., Ph.D. and colleag...University Of Wisconsin to launch center to study how emotions affect health
...ffect health,"Davidson says. "We will examine this premise from five different perspectives." -- One project will look at older women who have gone through a major lifechange to see what health-related correlations exist in those who handle thechange well and those who do not. -- A second study will examine...