Re-emerging field contributes to 10,000 patents yearly
...on a year patenting ideas, products, whatever that rely on some OR. This does not include the development costs incurred by the companies. I say this $100 million demonstrates that we are as relevant as any other business discipline. We just operate under a different intellectual model." Table: Number of ...Study identifies genetic fingerprint of healthy sperm
...By contrast with assessments of semen quality that rely on subjective physiological and morphological criteria, the methods outlined in this study provide a unique and objective opportunity to identify and diagnose idiopathic infertilities with spermatozoal mRNA fingerprints. The spermatozoal fingerprint ...What is the best way to fund the NHS?
...e rest of the world. Yet other countries in Europe rely largely on taxation and no western European country has changed from a tax based to an insurance based funding system, argue Martin McKee and colleagues. Retaining the ability to raise taxes from various sources, including investment income and comp...Puerto Rican women influenced more by quality of medical care than doctor's ethnicity
..., like low-income people in general, are forced to rely on public health insurance programs such as Medica... be important for the satisfaction of patients who rely on public facilities or who lack continuity of care. Women in these situations who see female physic...Sites chosen for public-private Osteoarthritis Initiative
...ping symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. The OAI will rely on the following centers and their principal investigators: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore; Marc Hochberg, M.D., M.P.H. The Ohio State University, Columbus; Rebecca Jackson, M.D. University ...Know your risk for hepatitis C virus
...o determine the genotype have been developed. Most rely on detecting sequences in the RNA that correspond to those of the six known strains of HCV. The simplest technique, termed the Line Probe assay (LiPA), involves immobilized HCV RNA sequences that are allowed to hybridize to RNA in the sample, with vi...Diabetes patients with low literacy more likely to have poorly controlled disease
...y reading creates a double bind. Diabetes patients rely on a number of tools to manage their disease and prevent serious health problems. For patients with low literacy, it's as though they have received the toolkit, but not the operating instructions," said Dean Schillinger, MD, UCSF assistant professor ...Medicare+Choice bills may stop exodus of plans, but are not likely to expand enrollment in HMOs
...aries, who make up 55 percent of M+C enrollees and rely on M+C plans because they cover drugs and other supplemental benefits. The authors found that M+C plans provided $6 billion in added benefits to enrollees in 2001 when compared to the Medicare fee for service benefit package. If M+C were completely e...Jefferson Lab/Hampton University partnership results in new medical instrumentation center
...hat is benign and what is malignant. Both devices rely on injectable solutions of radiopharmaceuticals, which are drugs that are labeled with radioactive isotopes. As the solution circulates throughout the body, it tends to accumulate in malignant cells. The congregated radiopharmaceuticals emit gamma-ra...Gene expression profiles predict survival of lymphoma patients after chemotherpy
...34 percent, and 15 percent. Currently, physicians rely on the International Prognostic Index (IPI) to evaluate patients with DLBCL. This predictive index is based on clinical factors including age, stage of the tumor, and the presence of disease that has spread outside the point of origin. While useful...University of Pittsburgh research shows combined PET/CT finds cancerous lesions standard CT misses
...he best, said Dr. Townsend. The tools most doctors rely on for this very important function may be missing a significant number of lesions. In the first study, Dr. Blodgett and his colleagues examined 15 women with ovarian carcinoma using both CT and PET/CT. In 12 of 15 cases, or 80 percent, PET/CT identi...Teacher-led sex education of limited benefit
...ry of SHARE should be explored. However, we cannot rely on sex education alone to improve young people's sexual health, they conclude....New natural method of family planning over 95% effective in preventing pregnancy, study finds
... do not want to become pregnant. And millions more rely on periodic abstinence as their primary form of family planning, but do not have a clear understanding of which days in their cycle they should avoid unprotected intercourse," said Victoria Jennings, PhD, Georgetown professor of obstetrics and gyneco...Prying eyes? Researchers can keep it confidential
...er review is what leads to the reports that we all rely on." Confidentiality is key because it can keep corporate power and pressure from tainting peer review. A paper, for instance, may unveil a cheap, effective cancer treatment, angering a pharmaceutical company that sells a more expensive treatment, B...Studies yield key insights in preventing destruction of insulin-producing cells
...e the ability to make insulin entirely and need to rely completely on injected insulin to maintain metabolic control. Those who received the antibody treatment also had better hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels, a reflection of average blood glucose over a 2- to 3-month period. "The goal of this trial was to...Columbia study finds differences in PSA, PSA density test measurements for Caucasian, Hispanic men
...hat he biopsies everyone, while some other doctors rely on the cutoff point in trying to avoid unnecessary biopsies.)There was also a significant difference in mean PSAD between Hispanics and Caucasians with malignant disease: 0.194 and 0.143, respectively. The study is the first to show that at similar ...Elderly colon cancer patients benefit from chemotherapy and surgery
...n younger people, the researchers surmise. Doctors rely on the medical literature tomake treatment decisions. Further, few clinical studies have been done that compare surgery with surgery and chemotherapy in the elderly population. Future clinical trials should not have upper age restrictions,Dr. Neugut ...Special Fulbright awarded to Vanderbilt ethnomusicologist
...thms to attract a crowd in small villages and then rely on straightforward, often graphic, lyrics to de-stigmatize HIV, debunk myths and overcome sexual and religious taboos. We can learn a lot from their example, he said. More information on Barz research, including sound and video samples of the womens ...Alcohol may hasten the progression of cancer
...t. Once fat reserves are exhausted, the body must rely more and more upon alcohol as an energy source. At the same time, alcohol depresses immune function, especially natural killer cells that are responsible for tumor cell elimination. This study shows that chronic alcohol consumption shortens cancer ......consult about illnesses, they don't always have to rely on the ER as the first and only option. Their patterns of care are getting closer to what we see among children with private insurance." The first study, led by research investigator Kevin Dombkowski, Dr.P.H., analyzed state Medicaid claims data from...