Asthma home intervention cost-effective for inner-city children, research reveals
...f the Inner-City Asthma Study, 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 au...NSF grant to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia bridges academic research, child safety innovation
...uth, and young adults. "It's exciting to see this collaborative spirit not only between industry and academia, but also among our founding industrial members, who are putting children's safety ahead of competitive interests by supporting CChIPS," said Steven M. Altschuler, M.D., president and chief executive offi...Recommendation for public health nurses to be more population focused
...away from direct service provision and toward more collaborative and population or community-focused intervention. A recent study published in Public Health Nursing looked at public health nursing in one state ( Wisconsin) and the extent to which the practice of public health nursing has changed in accordance with...Global health histories: A symposium at NIH
...titioners in order to spark new understandings and collaborative relationships. "Traditionally, the history of medicine and health has tended to focus mainly on the history of Europe and the Americas," says Elizabeth Fee, Ph.D., Chief of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine. "The 'G...Safety and quality study ranks Rush among the nation's best
...ght to address areas of under performance A highly collaborative partnership between physicians, nurses and other care providers Strong and passionate leadership According to a report published by UHC: Top-performing hospitals have made it clear that they are in the business of caring for patients. Quality care d...Fatherhood possible for many testicular cancer survivors, study finds
...ients in the United States will require a national collaborative effort that identifies and collects, on an ongoing basis, longitudinal information on the health status of these men."...GSA confers 2005 M. Powell Lawton Award to Yale University's Tinetti
...er research into practice is evidenced by her many collaborative efforts with top health and safety organizations, such as the Centers for Disease Control, the National Council on the Aging, and the Home Safety Council. At Yale, she has built one of the foremost geriatric clinical epidemiology research and trainin...... and among health care institutions. It calls for collaborative approaches that set aside traditional values of self-interest or territoriality among health care professionals, services or institutions. Stewardship Those entrusted with governance roles should be guided by the notion of stewardship. Inherent in ...Feeling fat in the festive season? It's all in your mind
...the journal Public Library of Science Biology. The collaborative study led by UCL (University College London) used a trick called the Pinocchio illusion to scan people's brains while they experienced the sensation that their waists were shrinking. The study reveals which parts of the brain are involved in body ima...Coherent, robust performance measurement system needed
...e health care quality and patient safety through a collaborative process in which multiple stakeholders agree on a strategy for measuring, reporting, and improving performance at the physician level. ACP is pleased that the starter set of performance measures proposed by the IOM comprise the AQA's 26 'starter' cl...Telephone-based care improves quality of life for those with anxiety disorders
...irst to evaluate the efficacy of a telephone-based collaborative care intervention for anxiety disorders in a primary care setting, garnering results that could have far-reaching impact on how patients in all types of communities urban, suburban and rural can be helped. "Collaborative care" involves care manager...Percentage of North Carolinians lacking health insurance rises, UNC study shows
...center.unc.edu under "What's New?" The work was a collaborative effort of the N.C. departments of health and human services and of insurance, the Sheps center and the N.C. Institute of Medicine. A grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services enabled researchers to examine N.C. data on the uninsured...AMN107 has potent activity in leukemia resistant to Gleevec
... cancer's distinct molecular signature. The collaborative study was led by M. D. Anderson and included the University of Frankfurt and Heidelberg University in Germany, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Quest Diagnostics and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation....UCI receives major grant to develop 'gene signature' for prostate cancer prognosis
...he National Cancer Institute awarded nationwide to collaborative research groups to explore how information derived from comprehensive molecular analyses can be used to impact the care of cancer patients and ultimately improve outcomes. For more information, see www.cancer.gov ....Agreement signed on milk bioactive products
...alisation company for the IMB, has signed this new collaborative research agreement with MG Nutritionals to harness the bioactives of milk in what should be a major step forward in Australian biodiscovery. CEO of IMBcom Dr Peter Isdale said the agreement set the foundation for the discovery of new bioactives. He...New UK guidelines significantly widen criteria for heart disease and stroke prevention
...ive treatment. The evidence based guidelines are a collaborative effort from the British Cardiac Society, the British Hypertension Society, Diabetes UK, HEART UK, the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society and the Stroke Association. For the first time, the guidelines focus on cardiovascular disease as a whole, rathe...State board-disciplined physicians more likely to have shown unprofessional behavior in med school
...raduate from medical school." Papadakis noted the collaborative nature of the research, saying, "This study brings together the licensing and disciplinary branch of the medical system, represented by the Federation of State Medical Boards, with the medical schools, so that we can all help patients in the long run...Internal medicine organizations survey internists on maintenance of certification
...gh society affiliation. ABIM and ACP will continue collaborative efforts to provide periodic surveys assessing the impact of continuous MOC enhancements for diplomates....MCG gets technology to help optimize medicine dosage
...y of Baylor. Dr. Foster will help Dr Wang lead the collaborative initiative. MCG psychiatrists will first use the technology, which has fairly broad applicability to drugs they most often prescribe, in patients who have experienced side effects from drugs or who develop them.......mmitted to the continued support of innovative and collaborative research on obesity and its concomitant health problems. Recognizing the urgent need for increased action to counter the problem of obesity in this country, Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director of the NIH, established the NIH Obesity Research Task Force...