HIV and ID doctors oppose ideologically driven STI prevention policies
...sal. Furthermore, US law requires the $15 billion program providing AIDS relief to developing countries to allocate one-third of its prevention funds to abstinence-only education. However, there is very little credible, peer-reviewed, published scientific evidence that abstinence-only sexual health educati...Explosion of child obesity predicted to shorten us life expectancy
...wig, who directs the Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) program at Children's Hospital Boston. Obesity is known to increase risk for heart disease and cancer, and the surge in childhood obesity has already triggered an unprecedented rise in type 2 ("adult") diabetes in children. "The tsunami of childhood obesi...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
... to Joanne Tornow, the National Science Foundation program manager who oversees Reenan's work, "These findings provide dramatic evidence that intron sequences, which were once thought to serve little purpose of their own, are functionally important in the accurate expression and regulation of these genes. Wh...Community-based care beats standard clinic in lowering heart
...s. After one year, patients in the community-based program were two times more likely than the traditional cl...hanced primary care attended the smoking cessation program or used the YMCA exercise facilities. Patients at the community-based clinic were more likely to r...Cardiologists underestimate racial and ethnic disparities in care
... The American Heart Association already has such a program in place: Get With the GuidelinesSM (GWTG), a quality improvement program focused on patients with ischemic heart disease, stroke or congestive heart failure. It has been s...Blacks less likely to get expensive, newer heart treatments
...an ongoing, voluntary national quality improvement program at more than 400 hospitals nationwide. The review showed that black high-risk patients were typically younger, female and more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, and renal insufficiency than white patients. Black patients ...Helping answer needs by developing specialists in autism
...ping Specialists in Autism (HANDS in Autism). The program was established with a $468,000 grant from the Cen...an Health Partners, creating an intensive training program that will initially be geared to teachers, administrators and other personnel in local school distri...Simple blood test may help to predict cardiovascular risk in older women
... www.archinternmed.com .) Editor's Note: The WHI program is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Md. Dr. Margolis received support from an award from the NHLBI. Co-author Annalouise R. Assaf, Ph.D., is an employee of Pfizer...AACC and The Endocrine Society partner to promote patient education
...orders. "We are very happy to launch the Endorser program with The Endocrine Society," said AACC President M...are very proud to become a part of this successful program and look forward to helping AACC and its partners reach out to the millions of people who haven't ye...Treating depression helps slow physical decline in older adults, study shows
...te-life depression by a collaborative stepped-care program in primary care may interrupt this downward spiral." In an accompanying editorial, Duke University's Dan Blazer, M.D., Ph.D., noted the bench-to-bedside practicality of this research. "The findings of the IMPACT study are prime for translation int...Neurobehavioral function during coma, stroke rehabilitation effective for elderly
... a vocational and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program to help people with schizophrenia disorders overco...nts enrolled in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation program were asked to walk with their primary therapist on the first and third day, and weekly thereafter, u...Finances, not having a dentist are primary barriers to seniors receiving needed dental care
... Advocacy, Referral, Education and Service (CARES) program in the UB dental school, is lead author. Seniors participating in the study, accessed through senior-citizen centers and nutrition centers across the eight counties of Western New York, were 71 percent female, 88 percent Caucasian and 66 perc...Philanthropist Paul F. Glenn launches labs for aging research at Harvard Medical School
...f our cells lies an evolutionarily ancient defense program that can be activated by so-called "longevity genes" which ameliorate the cellular damage that causes death and disease. Activation of these genes in genetically altered worms and flies has been shown to produce healthier, longer lives. Buoyed by ca...Houston meeting kicks off collaboration to advance cancer research
...greement calls for the establishment of a research program focused on identifying new molecular targets for cancer diagnosis and treatments that the two institutions will carry out over the next few years. Both are internationally renowned for their commitment to and excellence in translational medicine, whi...2005 H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award
...blications, and has maintained a vigorous teaching program in Dental Public Health....2005 Award for Basic Research in Biological Mineralization
...search (AADR) and director of a $5.5 million NIDCR program project grant investigating the molecular basis of...rd. In 2000, Dr. MacDougall initiated the outreach program called "Dental Student Training in Academics and Research (DSTAR)", an early-intervention program ta...Northwestern Memorial Hospital honored with one of the nation's top awards for quality
...he successful integration of a process improvement program using industry-leading methodology from Six Sigma, DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control). More than 500 employees have served on project teams which have implemented more than 40 improvement initiatives ranging from clinical programs, transp...End AIDS drug waiting lists, HIV care providers tell policymakers
... Ryan White CARE Act, the nation's primary federal program dedicated to providing care and support for people...xpansion of the AIDS Education and Training Center program to help train the next generation of HIV medical providers. Access to medical providers with approp...News tips from the 2005, 54th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
...cans, the researchers adjusted the device's pacing program and lowered MRI sequence energy levels to see if the scan affected the settings or caused any other kind of problem, such as heating of the electrical leads and surrounding tissue. All patients and devices were closely monitored during the scans, so...Cockroach allergens have greatest impact on childhood asthma in many US cities
...ement a comprehensive, cost-effective intervention program aimed at reducing asthma incidence among children living in low socioeconomic areas....