Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
..., coupled with improved, global deployment of data collection and performance improvement processes. Nanzan Educational Complex, working with its parent Nanzan University, developed an educational planning system to cope with alarming national trends in higher education. In Japan, the number of students enter...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...he physical testing component of the baseline data collection protocol. Dr. William E. Garrett Jr., professor of orthopedic surgery at Duke University and renowned for his expertise in ACL injury and sports medicine, is a consultant to the study. Upon entry into the study, academy cadets will complete a base...IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
...cally, although there were some problems with data collection and record keeping. However, IOM said those errors did not bias the results of the study: that single-dose nevirapine cuts the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV nearly in half. "The IOM panel was made up of some of the most highly respec...To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
...lems," he said. While Lin characterized the collection and review of such data as "very delicate," he said it serves as an important starting point for hospitals to find ways to cut costs and for physicians to begin sharing information on the optimal tests to run for each disease. The computer anim...2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
... entry. These may be selections from a series or a collection of stories representative of the entrant's coverage of the basic biomedical sciences. Books are not eligible. The work must have been published or broadcast in English between January 1 and December 31, 2005. The deadline for submissions is February ...Autism conference reports advances in early diagnosis, role of immune system and more
...he AGRE consortium (the largest publicly available collection of autism families). Using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), an instrument that rates 65 behaviors to measure the severity of a child's symptoms and social impairments, the scientists found that the SRS is a powerful tool to detect genetic loci...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May 2005 (second issue)
...responsiveness as shown from sputum induction, and collection and analysis of exhaled breath condensate. These indicators were used in an effort to predict either success or failure of steroid reduction. The researchers said that 30 of the 40 children, or 75 percent, tolerated at least a one dose reduction. T...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...re lacking details about exactly how risky the egg collection can be. "They were never told about the risk of in... for their unusual situation. In order for the egg collection to be ethical, the researchers say that women need to fully understand both the risks of donating eg...ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations
...to expand and update its internationally respected collection of Minimum Clinical Recommendations for the treatment of cancer ― a set of documents that provide up-to-date information free of charge for oncologists around the world. A new issue of ESMO's scientific journal, Annals of Oncology, is now avail...K-State researcher discovers compliments go a long way to improve body self-image in women
...women look in the mirror, they see themselves as a collection of body parts -- and they don't like what they see. Everywhere we look, we are bombarded by the media telling us how we should look and it affects our body image. Even cartoon characters are drawn a certain way, often sending an unrealistic message -...Day care settings are a significant source of indoor allergens
...e study. The researchers used a three-pronged data collection approach to evaluate allergens in each care facility, including administering a questionnaire to each manager, observing the room where the children spent most of their time, and collecting dust samples from that room. Dust was collected from up to ...Quality of care not necessarily better in hospitals that participate in quality improvement program
...luding providing educational materials, using data collection and feedback to track performance on quality indicators, and assisting hospitals in implementing systems changes (e.g., standing orders, clinical pathways.) In dollar terms, the QIOs are the federal government's largest initiative for improving the ...Thalidomide treatment proves better than conventional chemotherapy for multiple myeloma
... is that toxicity from chemotherapy not impair the collection of stem cells needed for the transplant. In that respect, patients in both the Thal-Dex and the VAD group were able to collect enough healthy stem cells for transplantation and there was no significant difference between the two. main side effect of...PLoS Medicine refocuses world's attention on the tsunami, six months on
...lth effects of the devastation. The special issuea collection of seven articles, many authored by experts from countries affected by the tsunamiasks provocative questions of the international health community, governments, policymakers, the press, and the broader public: Why were four times as many women kill...Low birth weight linked to psychological distress in adulthood
...berdeen Children of the 1950s study for which data collection was funded by the Medical Research Council. The researchers from the University of Bristol and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined the association between birth weight for gestational age and later adult psychological problems...Study: Vasodilators first choice for some heart patients
...ry (ADHERE) has helped coordinate and expedite the collection of data from more than 275 hospitals from across the country. The registry is the first of its kind to gather detailed information about patients with ADHF. Patients with a primary diagnosis of heart failure admitted to any of the participating hospi...NMR method rapidly solves 8 target genomic structures
...tein structures could be generated soon after data collection and then refined by manual data-analysis methods," said Montelione. Proteins also were supplied by a team led by Cheryl Arrowsmith, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto, and including Adelinda Y...UT Southwestern professor supports development of report cards on hospital infection rates
...tals time to develop, refine and validate the data collection system. Bad data is worse than no data at all, Dr. Siegel said. "Research is needed to identify the most meaningful metrics, determine the best way to report them, and access whether such reporting improves patient safety," the authors conclude. "The...Combination scanner may increase accuracy in detecting spread, recurrence of head, neck cancer
...ts development in 2000, PET/CT imaging has enabled collection of both anatomical and biological information during a single examination. The PET component picks up the metabolic signal of actively growing cancer cells in the body, and the CT provides a detailed picture of the internal anatomy that reveals the s...Researchers model avian flu outbreak, impact of interventions
...new information becomes available. By developing a collection of models, they can compare and contrast different interventions, leading to more accurate predictions. Other researchers involved in this work represent Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; the University of Hong Kong; the Ministry of H...