Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...their modest $15-a-month salaries generate little profit for the state. Except, that is, for the dozens of stars who have been allowed to accept foreign contracts since the 1990s under a program to cut defections. The Cuban state collects about 80 cents of every dollar they make from their foreign teams. ...Innovation prize finalists announced in 'Science of Better'
...t highlights innovations in organizations that are profit and non-profit, in the U.S. and across the world, and frequently identifies unfolding trends in business and government. This is the 34th year of the prestigious competition, which has recognized techniques that have changed our technical and busines...'EuroVacc 02' HIV vaccine trial begins in February 2005
...otential vaccines. The EuroVacc Foundation, a non profit organization, was created in 2002 as an evolution of the network. The EuroVacc Foundation aims at facilitating European collaboration in vaccine development, coordinating European efforts and raising funds for fundamental and clinical research so as ...A global treatment for iron deficiency
...opment of Sprinkles on a cost-recovery basis. Any profit from royalty fees on the technology transfer of Sprinkles is currently donated to The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation. "By developing Sprinkles as a cost-effective and simple strategy to fortify foods in the home," said Professor Zlotkin, ...NIAID seeks applicants to lead revamped HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
... Any domestic public or private organization, profit or nonprofit, can apply under the leadership RFA. These organizations include universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, divisions of state and local governments, and eligible agencies of the U.S. federal government. A pre-application...Leading tobacco manufacturer conceals links to tobacco research facility
...ed evidence which might undermine their ability to profit from an addictive drug--one that continues to cause extreme human suffering."...Promise for helping adults with dyslexia
...dults are not, as may have been assumed, unable to profit from remedial practice," wrote the researchers. "In fact, the same strategies that are effective in teaching children phonological awareness skills are helpful in adults. Further, they are accompanied by neural changes known to underlie reading remed...Stanford to test effects of drug widely used for pediatric hypertension
...r big pharmaceutical companies," said Drover. "The profit margins are extremely low. And that means someone else now has to pay for the investigations that the companies never did in the pediatric population." Under the 2002 law, that "someone else" is the federal government. Thus far, the FDA has created a...Cancer research in Europe: A 'foundation' for the future
...e common, such generous support is crucial for non profit societies like ESMO to be able to meet their responsibilities." Full details of the ESMO Foundation's activities will be revealed during the 29th ESMO Congress in Vienna....Antibiotic use on swine farms increases efficiency, profits
...-head finishing barn, researchers found, realize a profit of 59 cents per pig in annual returns. "Antibio...wer data, she said, suggests that productivity and profit estimates may be somewhat higher, though still not as high as those found in the Iowa State research...Trends in private Medicare+Choice plans provide warnings for Medicare debate
...ver marketing and administrative costs, and make a profit while at the same time pricing their products below the costs of traditional Medicare. Out-of-Pocket Spending for Medicare+Choice Beneficiaries in Poor Health Varies Considerably, 2002: Seven Sites. Los Angeles: $2,133 New York City: $3,454 Long Isl...Brain imaging study reveals interplay of thought and emotion in economic decisions
...n reject what they see as unfair offers, foregoing profit and denying a windfall for the other player. In their study, the Princeton researchers asked people to play the ultimatum game while the receiver's brain was being scanned by functional magnetic resonance imaging, a technology that allows researchers...Pharmaceutical industry still failing health needs of less-developed countries
...nnovative drugs to marketing of products that keep profit to a maximum in high-income countries." He adds: "Access to important drugs by low-income countries is generally agreed to remain grossly inadequate. Some international manufacturers have responded to this crisis by sharp reductions in prices of som...Funding source has impact on conclusions of clinical trials
...uthor conclusions in clinical trials funded by for profit organisations are more likely to favour experimental intervention than trials funded by not for profit organisations reveals a study in this week's BMJ. As the BMJ is one of a few journals which requires...U.S. for-profit hospitals show higher mortality rates than non-profits, analysis shows
...earchers point to pressure to achieve the expected profit for investors as the probable cause of this increa...ls are rewarded based on meeting or surpassing the profit margin," said Devereaux. "Senior administrators get big salaries, and for-profit organizations also ...Tobacco industry strategies for influencing European community tobacco advertising legislation
...way in which the industry can be allowed to make a profit in a declining market. The idea that the public-health establishment should sit down and settle an agreement with the tobacco industry rendered that establishment divided and indecisive in the USA, and is likely to do so again. Nevertheless that expe......If we can reduce health risks, we can increase the profit margin," said George J. Pfeiffer, founder and president of the WorkCare Group, Inc., in Charlottesville, Va. Pfeiffer is an internationally recognized expert in work-site health promotion. He has developed employee health and productivity initiative...Expert calls for common sense, science in national response to medicinal herbs
...se of lack of patentability and subsequent assured profit margins," Tyler said. "Because they often owed their activity to multiple ingredients, many of which remained unidentified, they were difficult to standardize. Uniformity of action was practically unattainable." Digitalis, valued as a remedy for con...First brain cancer surgeries using new space-age probe are successful
...rtunity to perform experiments in spacewith future profit potential and real-life applications on Earth. "This technology has been successfully used to further commercialresearch in crop growth," said Mark Nall, manager of NASA's Space ProductDevelopment Program, part of the Microgravity Research Pro......cial necessity to develop a drugthat will return a profit on the investments needed to obtain FDA approval andthen covering the cost of marketing that drug. An interview with former congressman Berkley Bedell (D-Iowa), who helped foundthe Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCAM) of the Nati...