NIAID launches influenza genome sequencing project
...will also enhance pandemic preparedness efforts by publishing genomic sequences of emerging avian influenza viruses, allowing scientists worldwide to analyze the strains and begin development of vaccines against them. Dr. Giovanni notes that NIAID is working with collaborators who have well-defined collections ...Supporters of NIH policy see publishers' gambit as possible diversion
...s one is too little too late. It emerges from the publishing interests, not the patients, and will add only a select portion of taxpayer-funded research for public consumption. It is ironic that this limited experiment has only now emerged after a majority of public interest and patient advocates already have...Jefferson scientists find way to see breast cancer activity from outside the body
...and eventually, in other cancers as well. They are publishing their results testing for another cancer gene called MYC next month, and are studying other known cancer genes, such as K-RAS in pancreatic cancer....Society of Hospital Medicine selects John Wiley & Sons, Inc. to publish The Hospitalist Newsletter
...ety of Hospital Medicine (SHM) has announced a new publishing agreement whereby global publisher John Wiley & So...e every confidence that we can meet and exceed the publishing goals of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and continue to evolve the newsletter as the Society and ...The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and Blackwell Publishing announce partnership
...Blackwell Publishing are pleased to announce a new publishing partnership. The AANP has chosen Blackwell to pub...eason why more societies choose Blackwell as their publishing partner." Blackwell publishes on behalf of more than 600 academic association and professional soci...The history and controversy behind post-menopausal hormone therapy
...cies of questionable benefit. A critical analysis publishing in the recent issue of the Journal of Social Issues examines the back-story and key stakeholders--including the women who the authors say, "emerge as both willing participants and unwilling victims of the unintended consequences of these drugs." Post...New patient magazine from American Academy of Neurology to launch in April
...sociation of neurologists get into the business of publishing a magazine Neurology Now for patients and their caregivers? Patients are overwhelmed and confused by the barrage of inaccurate information from unreliable sources. Neurology patients and their families are also often overwhelmed and their physicia...Training could remove racial bias from police reactions
... among some officers, are not inevitable. A study publishing in the latest issue of Psychological Science finds that extensive training with a computer simulation where the race of a suspect is unrelated to the presence of a weapon can eliminate racial bias. Fifty police officers from Florida with two to thir...Society of Hospital Medicine to launch new medical journal
...he agreement represents the second phase of a dual publishing contract between SHM and Wiley following last month's announcement that Wiley had assumed publishing responsibilities for the Society's newsletter, The Hospitalist, beginning in January 2005. The chief...Three out of the four million newborn babies who die each year could be saved
...national level, which include, by the end of 2005, publishing national targets for reduction of neonatal mortality to be achieved by 2015. It also lists four action points for the international community, which include promoting greater accountability of national governments, international agencies, and non-gov...Tobacco industry pays scientists to challenge secondhand smoke's link to infant death risk
...ation of scientific results raises questions about publishing work funded by the tobacco industry," they write. First author on the study is Elisa K. Tong, MD, a postdoctoral fellow in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine. Co-author is Lucinda England, MD, a medical epidemiologist in the Division of R...Health care report cards may increase racial/ethnic disparities in bypass operations
...e American Heart Association. Several states began publishing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) report cards in the 1990s in an effort to improve the quality of CABG care in those states. Report cards are a state-level initiative, typically administered by a state's Department of Health. These report cards r...Hospitals may now be more willing to partner up with former adversaries
A study publishing in the latest issue of Health Services Research is one the few published evaluations of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO). Focusing on patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, resea...Consumers with disabilities empowered by American Disabilities Act
...years 1994-1998 in public transportation. A study publishing in the latest issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs is the first to present the perspectives of people with disabilities regarding the effectiveness of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The study asks those for whom the policy was design...