Product Quality Research Institutes (PQRI)
...compromising drug product quality. The institutes recommendations based on this research are expected to speed new drug approvals and reduce the industry's cost for pharmaceutical development. For additional information about PQRI, visit www.pqri.org. About AAPS PQRI is administratively managed by AAPS. AAPS is...FDA, drug industry and scholars find success in effort to tackle regulatory issues
...Blend Uniformity Working Group is expected to make recommendations to FDA by early next year on science-based changes...o regulations for blend uniformity testing. These recommendations will ensure that there is thorough mixing of the drug within the blend and dosage unit. Current reg...Groups urge Bush: rethink natural hazards approach
... and identify potential vulnerabilities. The other recommendations are to develop incentives for communities and st...al disasters,where each incident prompts analysis, recommendations forchange, and follow-through; work cooperatively with other nations to reduce vulnerabilityto hazar...Common heart failure drugs can be safely used at higher, more effective doses, study says
...lower, between 5 and 10 milligrams, he said. "The recommendations say doctors should work their patients up to 20 milligrams of lisinopril to get the full benefits of the drug. This study shows that a vast majority of patients can be safely titrated to these doses," Massie said. However, the higher doses of ACE in...Nursing profession must be reinvented to ease personnel shortages, according to UCSF report
...ich they work." The researchers made the following recommendations for improving the nursing work environment: Leade...ns should invest in the retention of RNs. Specific recommendations include elimination of mandatory overtime and the provision of greater financial rewards for experie......eph B. Martin, who convened the group. The groups recommendations address inconsistencies and gaps in policies described in a series of four articles in the November 1 JAMA and the November 30 New England Journal of Medicine that the group reviewed when they met in Washington, D.C. on November 27 and 28. In the wee...Feeling of hopelessness increases risk of dying
... eating well, exercising, following their doctor's recommendations and taking their medications as prescribed," Stern notes. "A better understanding of the mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon may help us to extend the duration and improve the quality of our patients' lives," Stern says. This study was funde....... The findings, which challenge existing treatment recommendations for peritoneal dialysis, should make it significantly easier for physicians to prescribe peritoneal dialysis and may also make it possible for many more patients to benefit from the therapy." Declining kidney function results in higher levels of to...More senior doctors needed to improve UK emergency care
...ce provision, and almost all the studies made some recommendations for improvement. The authors conclude that more middle and senior grade doctors are needed to improve the standard of care. This would allow more experienced doctors to participate in the care of most or all patients and would also allow junior staff...New recommendations proposed for safe use of herbal medications by patients having surgery
New recommendations proposed for safe use of herbal medications by pat...study gives patients and their physicians specific recommendations for when to stop use of herbal medications prior to surgery. In the July 11, 2001, issue of JAMA , ...Public schools may face shortage of speech-language pathologists
...ispanics and African-Americans." Among the reports recommendations is to create a common pool of bilingual speech and hearing specialists to serve as a resource for those who cannot speak English, she said Demand for speech and hearing services also is increasing because of the new emphasis on early intervention wi...This summer, Camp Calcium is where the boys are
...age 8 and 1,300 milligrams for ages 918, but these recommendations are based on research on adolescent girls. "There haven't been any studies to actually determine if that is true," Martin says. "It's important that we do these studies to determine if the dietary needs are the same for both genders." Determining th...University of Pittsburgh researcher provides first-ever definition of HIV-associated lipodystrophy
...protein A and B, and lipoprotein A. Dr. Kingsley's recommendations are based on clinical information gathered through the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), a National Institutes of Health-funded epidemiological study of HIV infection in homosexual men. The University of Pittsburgh GSPH is one of four sites natio...Green tobacco sickness 'highly prevalent' in N.C. farmworkers
...sed on study results the researcher team will make recommendations for ways to reduce green tobacco sickness among agricultural workers, Arcury said....Practical guidance for treatment of heart failure is launched
... of these concise, step-by-step practical clinical recommendations for the prescribing of ACE inhibitors and beta-blo... It is precisely for these reasons that these new recommendations have been published. Patients who are correctly treated for their heart failure often report a posit...Care of head injuries falls well short of recommendations
...of patients with head injuries falls well short of recommendations published two years ago, show two studies in Emergency Medicine Journal. Audits of the whole of the Eastern Region of England and over 200 accident and emergency (A&E) departments in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, pinpoint major deficiencies in ...30 years of fighting cancer: Forum discusses future of war on cancer
... Experts also will comment on just-released policy recommendations for prevention, treatment and funding priorities, proposed by the National Cancer Legislative Advisory Committee. Speakers include: -- The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, a leader in the passage of the National Cancer Act and current Chair of Research!Am...DFG to support twelve new Clinical Research Units
...6th October 2001. The DFG is thus implementing the recommendations of its 1999 memorandum on clinical research that are aimed at far-reaching improvements in clinical research in Germany. In the new plans, Clinical Research Units, which are now being funded jointly by the DFG and the respective local higher educatio...Pain, price, insurance delays for new vaccines concern kids' doctors
... care to have a seat at the table when vaccination recommendations are being formulated, and to see better coordination among manufacturers and insurers in the time between approval by the Food and Drug Administration, and the recommendation announcement." Though the survey took place before the current shortage of ...