Study helps define headaches of whiplash
...nics. The findings, based on research begun at the university in 1999, will help clear up the murky definition of whiplash--injuries to the head and neck most commonly suffered in rear-end vehicle collisions, said Dr. Shrawan Kumar, a professor of physical therapy and neuroscience at the University of Alberta. ...Drug-eluting stents adopted quickly, with early disparities
...treatment was provided, the researchers found that university affiliated or teaching hospitals and those with a higher volume of angioplasties were more likely to be using the newer stents. When the FDA gave its approval, it recommended that drug-eluting stents were to be used initially for fairly straightforwa...Rehabilitation professionals in nationwide survey cite barriers to assistive technology transfer
... Clarkson University, an independent technological university in Potsdam, New York, Good Shepherd designed a scientific survey aimed at rehabilitation professionals who are directly involved in the day-to-day work of technology transfer to determine if progress is being made in assistive technology transfer. S...FDA buys technology that identifies drug toxicity to heart
...mprehensive Analysis of Repolarization Signal. The university hopes to license the copyrighted software to drug ...called the congenital Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). The university keeps an international registry for LQTS, and follows thousands of families who have this inherited ...McMaster named Canadian Research University of the Year
...ams aren't the only winners. A research-intensive university such as McMaster links research and education. It means our students have more opportunities not only to learn from the very best, but to learn how to apply research skills and problem solving to their studies and their future careers." McMaster Uni...University of Pittsburgh researcher gets CDC grant to study youth violence
... Youth Study is Rolph Loeber, Ph.D., distinguished university professor of psychiatry, departments of psychiatry and epidemiology, at the University of Pittsburgh's Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Graduate School of Public Health. Dr. Loeber's findings on dynamics of youth violence have yielded nea...Hmong face high rates of some cancers
...ess and screening rates in the region's Hmong. The university and Hmong women's group have translated cancer information pamphlets into Hmong and developed and offered Cancer Awareness 101 and Cancer Awareness 201 courses to Hmong community leaders and medical interpreters. Every new Hmong family arriving in th...Lack of improvement 24 hours after stroke treatment associated with poor outcome at 3 months
...ents who received alteplase and were admitted to a university hospital from January 1999 to March 2003. Participants were recruited from two academic centers in a major city in Ontario and 33 affiliated hospitals from 7 counties. The researchers found that 111 (51.4 percent) of the patients had a lack of imp...National Institute on Aging Neuroimaging Initiative for Alzheimer's disease
... involved and too expensive for any one company or university to take on. The Initiative is being planned as a partnership among the NIA and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Food and Drug Administration; academic investigators; and priva...Lifelong career adds up to top honors for UH math professor
..., where he has enjoyed a long association with the university and has been instrumental in facilitating the exchange of post-doctoral and graduate students between the University of Jyvaskyla and the University of Houston a reciprocal relationship that has flourished over the past six to seven years. Glowinsk...UCI launches nation's first medical education program focused on Latino culture
...C Office of the President. "Through PRIME-LC, the university will launch a patient-centered program that is without precedent in U.S. medical education. We expect these graduates to directly and significantly benefit future generations of patients." The enrollment of PRIME-LC's eight new students marks the fir...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for July 6, 2004
...handwashing practices of 163 physicians in a large university hospital in Switzerland found an average of 57 percent followed standard hand hygiene practices (Article, p. 1). Internists (doctors of internal medicine) and medical students washed hands most often, while surgeons, anesthesiologists and critical ca...UCI center finds perchlorate may be acceptable in drinking water at higher levels
...rsity of California, Irvine is a top-ranked public university dedicated to research, scholarship and community. Founded in 1965, UCI is among the fastest-growing University of California campuses, with approximately 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students and about 1,300 faculty members. The third-largest em...Distinguished, outstanding, innovative optometrists receive honors from UH
...rated exemplary service to the community, college, university and profession." Miller is a dedicated scholar, whose research and teaching interest areas include the cornea, contact lenses and tear chemistry. He also has embraced an interest in expanding the scope of practice for the profession by developing ...Uppsala scientists behind acclaimed health site
...tool at the university, based on a decision by the university president. The PQL tool is available for free on the Internet, and it is also available in English. It is also sold to companies. The contest "eHealth Awards" is organized by the EU Commission, and the winners were chosen in Ireland recently as ...Medical College of Georgia to establish clinical campus at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
...s. Leaders from the state's public health sciences university and the Albany-based hospital today announced the creation of the Medical College of Georgia Clinical Campus at Albany. The two organizations are in the final stages of formalizing the agreement. The Albany Clinical Campus, which will be located at ...Bone contusion in knees of adolescents often occur without significant ligament or cartilage injury
...otal of 413 pediatric knee MRI examinations from a university and a private institution. Of this group, 13% (55 patients) had bone bruises without accompanying meniscal, ligamentous or cartilaginous injuries. According to Gregory Chalub, MD, one of the authors of the study, the results could impact treatment fo...Sleep apnea treatment could save lives & money by reducing auto accidents, according to researchers
...lary example of how the business community and the university can partner to make good things happen."...Iressa news backgrounder: Testing of smart drug expands at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
... EGF receptor site. Baslega, currently at a university hospital in Barcelona, Spain, met with Herbst - and Herbst, an oncologist trained in molecular biology, jumped at what he recognized as a huge opportunity to change lung cancer treatment. His chairman Waun Ki Hong, M.D., supported him. "I pursu...Studies compare hysterectomy vs. other medical treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding
...n, average age of 43 years, who were referred to 5 university hospitals in Finland for complaints of menorrhagia between October 1, 1994 and October 6, 2002. The participants were randomized to treatment with the LNG-IUS (n=119) or hysterectomy (n=117) and were monitored for five years. The researchers used t...