2005 Potamkin Prize goes to neurologists for research in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
... and rewards researchers for their work in helping advance the understanding of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Morris is the Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., and director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Wash...The right to live gives us a right to die
...cal treatment or those who draw up living wills - advance directives for doctors should a patient become incapacitated - are also exercising a right to die, says Professor Grayling. The same right becomes more difficult to apply when the decision to withdraw life prolonging treatmen...OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
...Health Care. "They are pleased to learn that their advance directive or POLST form can be scanned into the el...with the POLST form, OHSU patients also have their advance directives filed electronically with their medical records. This service is valuable for healthy adu...UPenn receives 2005 Templeton Research Lectures Grant
...erg stated, "This Lectureship Program will greatly advance the field relating religion and spirituality to the human mind. This program provides an opportunity for leading scholars around the world and at the University of Pennsylvania to explore in more detail than ever before this relationship and bring t...Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
.... The discovery, which is reported in the April 10 advance online section of Nature Genetics , proves that genes behind very rare inherited diseases can now be found, offering excellent opportunities to strengthen understanding of craniofacial and limb development, health and disease beyond the rare disease...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...ity School of Medicine. "Anything I can do to help advance the technology is great." This new technique has "turned on the lights in the surgical suites," said Peter Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, associate professor of cardiovascular medicine. Fitzgerald and his colleagues Scott Mitchell, MD, professor of cardi...NIST to host public forum on robot standards
...ndors and technology developers can collaborate to advance consensus standards for task specific robot capabilities and interoperability of components. DHS expects to use final standards to provide guidance to local, state and federal homeland security entities for the purchase, deployment and use of urban s...NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
...s network. This important data is used to further advance transplantation through various research initiatives. To support the quality assurance activities at the member cord blood banks, the NMDP provides outcomes data directly. The IOM recommendations, issued today in a report, "Cord Blood: Establishing ...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...ve the health of the city and develop new drugs to advance health internationally." Commercial and non-commercial trials are essential for medical practice to be taken forward and for new drugs to be developed. Volunteers who take part in such clinical trials usually feel they have made a major contribution....Variant in gene associated with telomeres predicts longer survival of deadly brain tumor
...fering the poorest hope of survival. "It is a real advance because we have never seen any genotype that can stratify glioblastoma multiforme patients into different treatment outcome groups like this," says Bondy. "Now we need to verify the finding, study the mechanism, and see if there is a way that these r...Press registration reminder ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
... Sweden. Press are encouraged to register well in advance via the ESC Online Services. ESC Congress 2005 ...or full details on the ESC Congress 2005, from the advance scientific programme to transport information, hotel bookings and social events, see the ESC Web Sit...Orqis Medical receives unconditional FDA approval for pivotal trial of percutaneous CHF therapy
... president and CEO. "Unconditional FDA approval to advance the MOMENTUM clinical investigation will allow us to discover its therapeutic potential." The Cancion CRS is the first therapy for congestive heart failure based on continuous aortic blood flow augmentation to the descending aorta. The MOMENTUM (M...Revised Bethesda guidelines effective at identifying patients at risk of colorectal cancer
...lled microsatellite instability. Although a great advance in the understanding of the molecular basis of HNPCC has taken place in the last decade, optimal selection of individuals for HNPCC genetic testing remains challenging. Virginia Pinol, M.D., of the University of Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues con...ASGE Foundation to hold first Crystal Awards Dinner
... country with a premier GI endoscopist or group to advance their training. The award assists in underwriting reasonable and customary travel and living expenses for a period of one to three months. Three awards are available annually: two for ASGE members in North America to travel abroad to an ASGE-member s...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
...r care and translational research, together we can advance scientific understanding of how the mind works in concert with the body to benefit cancer patients around the world." Under the leadership of Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., director of the Integrative Medicine Program and associate professor in the Departmen...CONRAD receives $24 million from Gates Foundation and USAID for HIV microbicide trials
... considerable resources required over the years to advance this leading hope for women to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy." The researchers hope that the completed trials will demonstrate a significant decrease -- at least 50% -- in HIV incidence among CS use...University of Kentucky researcher wins American Heart Association award
..., while the research and teaching programs work to advance cardiovascular care throughout the world....Doctor voices concerns over new NHS IT system
...ors show no ability to deliver a system that is an advance on existing services, says the author. "It is frightening that the political drive to implement the system is failing to take account of professionals' anxieties." Before allowing its delivery, clinicians from all backgrounds must demand a service th...Autism conference reports advances in early diagnosis, role of immune system and more
...eliably at 14 to 18 months of age. This is a major advance over current clinical practice, which diagnoses children between ages three and four. Immune System Although autism is considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence indicates that it may be a disorder of the immune system as well. For i...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
...ing of the breast scanner. "But the more important advance will be if breast CT does detect tumors earlier than mammography. The earlier and smaller a cancer is when it is detected, the less the chance that it has spread to the lymph nodes, lungs or bones, and the greater the chance for a permanent cure and ...