Emory Doctors Discuss "Killing Heat" In This Week's NEJM
...ment, control can be best achieved by applying the principles of public health," say authors Arthur Kellermann, M.D., and Knox Todd, M.D. "Sentinel surveillance, public education, outreach to vulnerable individuals, and enlisting the help of the entire community can save lives." Older adults living alone and ...'Bathtub' Equation Aids Diabetes Research
...st thinking about the numbers and using some basic principles allowed usto learn something of the physiology that no one ever considered, and thatno one had ever seen, because when cells die, the 'debris' is quicklycleaned up," she explains. Mathematical models provide the basis for much of Finegood's research ......ndians and Alaska Natives, applying thereinvention principles of government reform promoted by Vice President Gore andconducted in a partnership with tribes and Congressional leaders." CONTACT: Jo Ivery Boufford MD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of PublicService; tel 212-998-7438; fax 212-995-4161; e-m...... theresponsible application of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental problems. ESA publishes four scientific, peer-reviewed journals:Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs, and ConservationEcology. Information about the Society and its activities is published in theS...Duke Physicians: Clinicians Have Ethical Obligation To Consider Alternative Medicine
...cineeducation, said it is important to examine the principles of care common to bothconventional and alternative treatment. Clinicians following conventionalmedicine rely on scientific method in making decisions about appropriatetherapy, while practitioners of alternative medicine treatments, such asacupuncture...American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists Announces 1998 Award Winners
...sko, Ph.D. Dr. Jusko has evolved many theoretical principles related to reversiblemetabolism and moment analysis in pharmacodynamics, particularly related toirreversible and indirect responses. His current research emphasizes the PK/PDof corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs. Dr. Jusko is Professor ofPha...WFU And IntraVec To Develop Innovative Cancer And HIV Treatments
...far broader applications. "The cellularengineering principles discovered by Dr. Chen are applicable not only for HIVinfection, but also for any disease where prevention of the cell surfaceexpression of a protein would have therapeutic significance," she said. Tobia added that she expected Chen and Brenn......catalytically-active form of RT may reveal general principles about how viral polymerases work.......ar to natural tooth enamel. "Beyond that,the same principles that nature uses to make enamel might also be applied tocreate novel synthetic materials," Dr. Fincham says. Tooth enamel begins to form in the human embryo when a specialized layer ofcells, called ameloblasts, in the embryonic tooth bud secretes ame...Viagra Prescribing Will Be Based On Financial Rather Than Clinical Reasoning
...an no longer fund an NHS according to its founding principles of comprehensiveness, universality and access based on need, but has made a decision that will at least ensure consistent access across the UK. Although the BMA has campaigned vigorously for increased NHS funding, it has also stated that if the gove...Novel neural net recognizes spoken words better than human listeners
...le user.Potentially, the system's novel underlying principles could have applications insuch medical areas as patient monitoring and the reading of electrocardiograms. In benchmark testing using just a few spoken words, USC's Berger-Liaw NeuralNetwork Speaker Independent Speech Recognition System not only best...Institute publishes "Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment"
...re professionals and the generalpublic. Among the principles and concepts spelled out in this guide, Dr. Leshne...g of drug abuse. It is hoped that these treatment principles willserve as a foundation for replacing ideologies about drug addiction withscience-based treatment,...Poorer people worse off after heart attack
...pose of the study was to test medicare'sunderlying principles of universal access and equity by measuring the outcomesof heart attack patients from different socioeconomic backgrounds. "We are still uncertain what is driving these differences," says coauthor Dr.David Alter, a cardiologist and researcher at ICE...Revalidation - The international experience
(Revalidation in the United Kingdom: general principles based on experience in general practice) (Revalidation is the answer) A collection of articles in this week's BMJ , pp 1180 - 92, describe the processes of revalidation in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Professor ...New book asks ethical questions about human subjects research
...oader, King says. "Challenges to traditional moral principles have been sounded across a broad sweep of academic disciplines, echoing a wide variety of intellectual efforts to discern and define new ways of understanding moral issues through consideration of their complex social, cultural and political contexts...Chemists take new approach to fighting resistance
...s of concept, and many applications on these broad principles are possible in the future developments of anti-infective agents," Dr. Mobashery says....New understanding of a key control mechanism in the brain
... in the January 2000 issue of Science, reveals key principles underlying the design and function of this inhibitory system. By repressing the level of activity in neighboring neurons, inhibitory neurons (I-neurons) prevent the brain from quickly spinning out of control into hyper-excited states or full-blown e...Cancer summit launches global commitment to improve cancer care, research and treatment
...nst Cancer requires that signatories commit to the principles and practices outlined in the historic document. Each article focuses on a particular element of cancer prevention, treatment or care including protecting patient rights, increasing the commitment to basic and clinical research, improving access to ......match it or reduce it. He suggests a number of principles towards managing demand and gaining capacity - such as clearing system backlogs, reducing the number of queues and predicting future demand - and highlights organisations that have successfully improved access by adopting these approaches. For instan...7,500 pharmaceutical scientists to explore therapies for new millennium
...the future. The forum will provide feedback on key principles of "best practices" that should be considered for inclusion in the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) draft PK/PD guidance. More than 450 companies will exhibit at this year's Exposition, October 30 - November 1 at the Indiana Convention Center in ...