Early-childhood intervention may improve well-being through young adulthood
...Funding such work will create a strong evidentiary foundation for improving intervention effectiveness and generate even greater policy support for quality preschool. Some will argue that the quasi-experimental evidence on quality components is so strong that we dont need randomized controlled trials to sort ...Weill Cornell Medical College announces gifts totaling $400M
...ft, Joan and Sandy Weill are not only securing the foundation of our great medical school at the cutting edge of research, they are also setting the course for unprecedented collaboration among scientists and researchers throughout Cornell University that is likely to contribute to the well being of generations...Report calls for new directions, innovative approaches in testing chemicals for toxicity to humans
...vironmental agents, building a stronger scientific foundation that can improve regulatory decisions to mitigate those risks, and reducing the time, money, and animals needed for testing. Implementing the strategy envisioned by the committee will require a substantial research effort to develop and validate ...NIAID releases MDR/XDR Tuberculosis research agenda
...rch priorities identified in the agenda build on a foundation of ongoing NIAID-supported TB research, which currently comprises more than 300 research projects worldwide. Diagnosing, treating and controlling the spread of TB has become increasingly complicated because of the HIV/AIDS co-epidemic and the emerg...High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act endorsed by American College of Physicians
... for addressing the critical need to have a strong foundation of primary care and generalist physicians to meet the needs of an aging population with more chronic diseases and to support a new model of delivering carethe patient-centered medical homethat will result in better outcomes for patients and more effi...New study reports hotel guests at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning
...isoning prevention, although the AH&LA educational foundation contracted with Schirmer Engineering (Deerfield, Illinois) to study CO risk in that industry. The AH&LA study made no specific recommendations regarding prevention of CO poisoning to guests, and concluded, AH&LA will continue to monitor industry-rela...Study supports activity of GEMZAR in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer
...ch will further study GEMZAR as a chemotherapeutic foundation for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer. ...esearch plan involving GEMZAR as a key therapeutic foundation for the treatment of breast cancer, said Allen Melemed, M.D., medical director, global oncology at L...Clinical data suggest potential versatility of ALIMTA-based regimens in lung cancer
...continued research on ALIMTA as a chemotherapeutic foundation with targeted therapies and other anti-cancer agen...resent data that show ALIMTA as a chemotherapeutic foundation to a variety of approved and investigational targeted anti-cancer agents, including bevacizumab (Ava...Women with breast cancer do not get potentially life-saving information, survey reveals
...results are distressing, they provide ESO with the foundation to develop new tools that will help doctors communicate more effectively with their patients regarding their disease and its treatment." Not surprisingly, women who were the most actively involved in the decision to start hormone treatment were p...UC environmental health chair recognized nationally for urologic research excellence
...ngs of the National Academy of Sciences that lay a foundation for the development of safer drugs treatments for these urological disorders. Ho holds more than $5 million in research grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense and Nation...Conception date affects baby's future academic achievement
... a hypothesis." "I believe this work may lay the foundation for some of the most important basic and clinical research, and public health initiatives of our time. To recognize that what we put into our environment has potential pandemic effects on pregnancy outcome and possibly on child development is a momen...Green tea compound suppresses factors causing cartilage, bone destruction in arthritis
...r. Ahmed believes these studies will form a strong foundation for future testing of green tea compounds in humans with rheumatoid arthritis....Green tea compound may be a therapy for people with rheumatoid arthritis
...at the outcome of these studies will form a strong foundation for future testing of green tea compound in humans with rheumatoid arthritis. ...How plastic is your brain? UH engineer seeks answers
...e of medication. It also will give scientists the foundation to conduct research into not just the plasticity of the adult brain, but also how that plasticity can be manipulated. "This research may yield new medicines and treatments that could help repair brain damage," he said. "First you have to underst...Majority of state Medicaid programs have or plan to have 'pay-for-performance' programs
...ublished today by The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation working toward a high-performance health system. Authors are from IPRO, a not-for-profit quality evaluation and improvement organization and The Kuhmerker Consulting Group, LLC, a health care consulting firm. "Medicaid is a major source of funding ...Global burden of childhood deafness overlooked
...of some important diseases, it is still a valuable foundation for improvement of the health of the underserved and one for which further refinements can be introduced, especially for disorders such as permanent hearing impairment in early childhood that are not presently or adequately addressed."...Aflac expands decade-long partnership with AACR
...(h.c.). "Not only do these awards provide a vital foundation for those just starting out in their careers, but they also help retain in cancer research some of the brightest scientists who might otherwise pursue careers in other areas of science." During a year of noteworthy anniversaries, Aflac increased th...Nancy Brinker and Lance Armstrong honored with Centennial Medals at the AACR 2007 Annual Meeting
...its hugely successful Komen Race for the Cure, the foundation and its 125 affiliates have invested nearly $1 billion dollars in breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment, making Komen aside from the federal government -- the single largest source of funds for breast cancer research and program...Study of US restaurants shows no healthier foods without healthier profits
... Health Foundation (PBH), a non-profit educational foundation that aims to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables and to foster a healthy food environment. Interviews were conducted by Technomic, an established foodservice research firm with access to executives at major restaurant chains. The restaura......hor uses examples from jazz to demonstrate how the foundation of improvisation in jazz can help inform the communication process of the medical encounter. The accompanying jazz pieces along with the article can be downloaded through commercial links at www.annfammed.org .Jazz and the 'Art' of Medicine: Improv...