UGA receives $3.5 million CDC grant to create center in health marketing and health communication
...ontrol and Prevention (CDC) to create a new center aimed at improving the health of the poor and near poor living in the South through better health communication and marketing. The Southern Center for Communication, Health and Poverty will focus on reducing health disparities by discovering how the South...Ideal doses of IMRT defined to reduce treatment side effects for head and neck cancer
...." During radiation therapy, high-energy beams are aimed at cancer cells to destroy them by permanently damaging their underlying genetic material. Unlike standard radiation therapy, IMRT administers a radiation field that consists of several hundred small beams of varying intensities that pass through nor...Rapid restoration of immunity in immune-suppressed cancer patients using T-cell vaccines
... study to hone the development of a cancer vaccine aimed directly at tumors and other cancers," added June, who is also Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Penn's School of Medicine. Early Measures Prove Highly Effective Patients in the study were all given two pneumococcal vaccines one mo...Situation-specific policies can reduce antibiotic resistance in hospital and community care
...g were most powerfully changed if the intervention aimed to take account of local situations at the same time as educating prescribing physicians and patients . Indeed more complex interventions including one-on-one meetings with physicians, small group discussions or combinations of approaches were more l...Asthma home intervention cost-effective for inner-city children, research reveals
...y, a rigorous national collaborative investigation aimed at reducing the growing burden of asthma on U.S. children and health-care facilities. Although 937 U.S. children were enrolled in the study, the analysis was limited to the 800 for whom complete information was available. Other authors included Drs. ...Measuring certain enzyme activity in urine shows promise for detection of bladder cancer
...the low incidence of bladder cancer, and should be aimed at high-risk subgroups. Specifically, smokers have about a 3-fold increased risk of developing bladder cancer compared with nonsmokers," the authors add. "In conclusion, we believe that our telomerase activity urine assay, with the reliability verifi...Satellite survey of Elbe flood helps Swiss Re insure for disaster
...in Monitoring project within ESA's EOMD Programme, aimed at strengthening European and Canadian capacities for the provision of geo-information services based mainly on Earth Observation data. To find out more about using Earth Observation for flood mapping or further opportunities with EOMD, please contac...Implementing European Space Policy: Key ESA/EC agreement on Earth Observation data signed today
...ch they have a common interest developing services aimed at meeting the specific needs of end users (in particular in EU services) optimising access to support information for EC actions coordinating and providing technical support with regard to Earth observation activities within the European initiative ...Measure of obesity should be redefined to accurately assess heart attack risk
...Master University, Ontario, Canada) and colleagues aimed to assess whether other markers for obesity, especially waist-to-hip ratio, would be a stronger predictor of heart attack than the conventional measure of BMI in different ethnic populations. The investigators looked at BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, waist...Obesity measure should be redefined to accurately assess heart attack risk
...rsity and Hamilton Health Sciences, and colleagues aimed to assess whether other markers for obesity, especially waist-to-hip ratio, would be a stronger predictor of heart attack than the conventional measure of BMI in different ethnic populations. The investigators looked at BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, waist...Study finds low birth weight rates vary widely across US
...re little understood and public health initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of low birth weight have been largely unsuccessful. National rates of low birth weight have actually increased over the past decade, a trend that has both economic and health consequences. This study confirmed established ...The Molecular Profiling Institute, Inc. and IBM advance technology
...ofiling's joint effort to create a CDI solution is aimed at helping battle cancer by combining IBM's hardware/software expertise and MPI's genomics/clinical expertise. At this stage in the development, Molecular Profiling provides clinical data, modeling, and system testing. Molecular Profiling is also d...Study: N.C. parents want tobacco use prevention to become higher priority
...escent tobacco use," Goldstein said. The UNC study aimed at gauging, through telephone interviews, how parents of children under age 18 felt about tobacco-related issues. Some 1,450 parents or guardians completed the CHAMP survey. Half were male, 72 percent were white, 44 percent were college graduates, an...Rheumatic disease increases risks in pregnancy, Stanford study finds
...rty on other projects.) In this study, Chakravarty aimed to see how the pregnancy outcomes for these women would compare with the outcomes for healthy women and women with diabetes. "Nobody knew these numbers," she said. In autoimmune diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system turns ...Multilateral initiative on malaria seeks international effort
...search projects directed by African scientists and aimed at developing better tools for fighting malaria. These would include new drugs, vaccines, diagnostic tests, treatment strategies, and mosquito control techniques. "We're not asking for a quick fix here but an investment that allows us to establish a......ly fight off pathogens. Our continuing research is aimed at discovering how lead upsets the balance of cells charged with protecting us." Graduate student David G. Farrer, of the Department of Environment Medicine, who established that T cell function was targeted by lead, performed the laboratory work. Fa...... research done by Dr. Goldstein and his colleagues aimed to determine the incidence and severity of ARF in ...eviously thought of as a silent disease, the study aimed to prove that appropriate screening and management of high blood pressure in children can relieve a ...GSA confers 2005 Nathan Shock New Investigator Award to McGill University's Duque
... clinical and basic scientists. His objectives are aimed at defining the role of vitamin D in regulating the function of osteogenic cells and how vitamin D deficiency in the elderly might impact bone metabolism. The award was established in 1986 to honor Dr. Nathan Shock, a pioneer in gerontological resea...Two UT Southwestern researchers honored by American Heart Association
...rt Study, a multiyear, multimillion dollar project aimed at learning more about the hidden causes of heart disease and finding new treatments. She also directs the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development and is an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at UT Southwestern, She...Some foods and beverages could hold clues for future diabetes treatment
...atural ingredients in a new generation of products aimed at lowering blood sugar levels, according to USDA researchers. In test tube studies, the compounds, called polyphenolic polymers, increased sugar metabolism in rodent fat cells 20-fold. The study was conducted by the USDA's Richard A. Anderson, Ph.D....