Meharry-Vanderbilt partnership aims to address racial disparity in cancer outcomes
...rd work that has led to this collaboration and the quick results that the alliance has achieved," Jacobson said. As a group, African-Americans face a disproportionate burden from cancer: African-American men have the highest incidence rates of prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer compared t...U-M School of Public Health to direct national asthma program
...heir quality of life is compromised. There are no quick fixes for theseserious problems, but supporting children with asthma so that they remainhealthy will require collaboration and commitment of the whole." The number of new cases of children and adults with asthma has more than doubledin the past two d...Obesity drugs not a quick fix for achieving weight loss
...rives many patients to look to drugs as a possible quick fix." The Food and Drug Administration has approved nine obesity drugs to date. Eightwork by altering metabolism in the brain to suppress appetite and keep patientsfrom feeling the need to eat. The ninth and newest, called Xenical (orlistat),prevents......yimportant in its use with exercise testing: when quick and accurate collectionof cardiac images is imperative." The conventional two-dimensional method, which has been used for thepast two decades, cannot accurately measure the volume of an irregularly shapedheart, and often requires multiple ...Success of plasma centers could hurt Red Cross, study finds
...ther students," Anderson says. Anderson is quick to say that his findings don't mean paid plasmadonation should be eliminated. Research suggests the world's demand for bloodand blood products cannot be met solely by relying on voluntary blood donations.Instead, Anderson says nonprofit and for-profi...Abgenix Reports Positive Survival Data From A Phase II Trial Of ABX-CBL In Graft Versus Host Disease
...pedXenoMouse technology, which it believes enables quick generation of highaffinity, fully human antibody product candidates to essentially any diseasetarget appropriate for antibody therapy. Abgenix has collaborative arrangementswith multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies involving its XenoMo......ing," he added. "The whole process was so easy and quick -- I was inand out of the lab in about an hour and a half. It's amazing to have somethingdone to your heart, and be home in a couple of days!" Cedars-Sinai is one of approximately two dozen sites in the U.S. performing theprocedure under an instituti...New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
...to prevent it in thedistant future. So we did some quick calculations and decided that takinghis medicines made him the equivalent of four years younger. Ever since,he has taken them religiously." In exchange, the banker steered Roizen to the work of Chicago economistMilton Friedman, who won the 1976 Nobel...Study Finds Clot-Busting Drug Ineffective Or Even Harmful If Not Used Soon After A Stroke
...line is it should not be used after three hours. A quick response canmake a life or death difference for these patients."...UNC-CH Studies Show Medicine Can Reverse Osteoporosis From Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
...tientsbecause they had severe osteoporosis, needed quick attention and had similarcharacteristics that would make the study more reliable, Aris said. Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. produces Pamidronate, which isadministered intravenously. An oral drug known as Alendronate came on the marketless tha...The Visible Humans: Coming Of Age
...tal exams. Within six months, we hope to make this quick and easy colon cancer detection method available for physicians and their patients nationwide. It should increase widespread screening for this major killer of Americans, while simultaneously saving over $1 billion annually." Prostate cancer and br...Jefferson Researcher Finds New Digital X-Ray Technology May Cut Costs And Improve Patient Care
...can also be stored in the computer for easy and quick access by physicians. Digital X-ray technology would also allow hospital radiology departments to see more patients and cut down on repeat examinations. In time, hospitals could have totally filmless radiology departments, Dr. Shaber no......ost and patient outcomes," Mark said. "It combines quick decisions about use of interventions, a moderate use of those procedures and fewer hospital days. How much this is due to the influence of more managed care in that part of the country, we can't say." After dividing the country into U.S. census re...