A new direction: Integrating best-practices to improve food responses
...olicy at Tufts University. In a forthcoming policy briefing paper from FIC, as well as an article in the journal Disasters, Maxwell outlines emerging best-practice standards for areas including information systems, analytical tools, and strategic targeting. Information systems are essential for converting p...Advances in understanding bipolar disorder topics of press briefings June 7, 8
... in the press room will be (412) 325-6051. A press briefing will be held each day and will cover the following topics and research findings. Reporters wishing to participate in press briefings via telephone conference call should dial 800-860-2442 and reference the bipolar briefing. International participants...Institute of Medicine Advisory: Public health physicians
.... The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing beginning at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 6, in the Lecture Room of the National Academies building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Advance copies of the report will be available to reporters only beginning at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 5. THE ...National Academies Advisory -- June 8 public briefing on LANL groundwater protection
...ABORATORY -- will be released at a one-hour public briefing on Friday, June 8. DETAILS: 10 a.m. MDT at the Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave., Los Alamos, N.M. PARTICIPATING FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WROTE THE REPORT: LARRY W. LAKE (committee chair), W.A. Moncrief Centennial Endowed Chair in petrole...Even when child's cancer prognosis is poor, parent/physician communication can provide hope
... Cancer Institute study to be presented at a press briefing at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting on Sunday, June 3, at 7:30 a.m. CDT. Previous studies suggest that physicians are reluctant to give prognostic information, out of fear that it will destroy hope, said Jennifer Mack, MD, t...Herceptin does not increase heart failure in patients long term
...ings will be announced at the Womens Cancers press briefing at the meeting and published in Abstract LBA513 in the ASCO proceedings. The information we obtained from this study is essential to understanding womens risks for congestive heart failure associated with adding Herceptin to combination chemother...Flaxseed stunts the growth of prostate tumors
...t their results on Saturday, June 2, during a news briefing at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, in Chicago. The multisite study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, also involved researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina a...Muscle stem cells effectively treat urinary incontinence long term
...neering and Regenerative Medicine in Urology press briefing at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) in San Diego, and will be published in Abstract 1331 in the AUA proceedings. "This clinical trial is extremely encouraging, given that 13 million people in the United States, most...Study finds women less likely than men to have their cholesterol controlled
...lts of the study will be shared at a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on May 21, where the studys principal investigator and other experts in health care disparities will discuss clinical and policy recommendations for closing such gaps in care....ACP enthusiastically supports introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
...the American College of Physicians WHAT: Press briefing to discuss Health CARE Act WHERE: Cannon Terrace, Capitol Hill WHEN: Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. According to information from the Census Bureau, 44.8 million Americans lacked health coverage for all of 2005. Without insurance, c...Head and neck cancer vaccine targets proteins to create immune response
... abstract number 5113, will be included in a press briefing on cancer vaccines at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, April 14-18, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The researchers created the vaccine to target a tumor suppressor gene called p53, which is mutated in mos...Emergency Medicaid for immigrants goes to childbirth
...ent the results Tuesday (March 13) at a JAMA media briefing on access to care at the National Press Club. The researchers report that in North Carolina, the bulk of Emergency Medicaid spending pays for childbirth and pregnancy-related complications for women who do not have coverage for routine prenatal car...Uninsured often receive less medical care, take longer to improve after sudden health change
...ted the results of the study today at a JAMA media briefing on access to care at the National Press Club. The large and increasing number of uninsured individuals in the U.S. underscores the importance of knowing the health consequences of being uninsured, according to background information in the article....A new focus for health care reform -- realigning competition around patient value
...chool, presented the article today at a JAMA media briefing on access to care at the National Press Club. Dr. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, Ph.D., M.Engr., M.S., of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, examined the status of health care today, and propose a strategy for reform. The author...Virtual activities: Virtuous or perilous?
...aissance Parc 55. Rizzo will participate in a news briefing at 10 a.m. that day. EXPANDING THE LITERARY MIND...Renaissance Parc 55. He will participate in a news briefing at 10 a.m. that day....UCLA expert to discuss medical consequences of meth abuse at AAAS
...diction symposium will be preceded by an AAAS news briefing highlighting key speakers, including London, and their findings. WHO: Edythe London, professor of psychiatry and pharmacology with the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Science at UCLA. A neuropharmacologist, her primary research con...Penn addiction researcher presents talk on promising approaches in the treatment of drug addiction
... OBrien. OBrien will also participate in a news briefing featuring brief presentations followed by a Q&A se...nal Laboratory. Information presented at the news briefing and symposium is embargoed until 1 p.m. Pacific Time on February 15, 2007....America's health care inadequate
The 2007 American College of Physicians (ACP) briefing on the State of the Nation's Health Care will provide rationale for: Sweeping new policy recommendations to reform Medicare, Medicaid, S-CHIP, and other programs supported by the federal government. Patient-centered primary care -- a model...Telebriefing on NCI's Network of Clinical Proteomic Technology Assessment for Cancer Teams
...r 27, 2006 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT The media briefing is available to reporters via a toll-free conference line at 1-866-755-5928 (teleconference number: 7211683) in the United States and Canada....Health facility births key to substantially reducing maternal deaths worldwide
...rs published by The Lancet and launched at a press briefing in London today (Wednesday September 27, 2006). The authors warn that without political commitment and investment into such a strategy, substantial declines in maternal deaths are unlikely in the next 10-20 years, and the fifth Millennium Development...