'A virtual Katrina' of deaths every week in US due to racial health gap
...the health divide for the poorest and for minority communities across the US, the UK and other western countries....ng and exercise is only of limited benefit in poor communities where "parks and supermarkets are less common than fast food chains and stores selling alcohol." As ...Researcher says flu responders can learn from 1918 epidemic
... found, he says, should concern anyone. "Most communities were woefully unprepared for the health crisis they faced," said Higgins, who is focusing his research efforts on the ability of Pennsylvania cities to respond. "Those cities that passed muster, relatively speaking, had been building a strong medical...Leading groups offer NIH direct links to journals to make research access easy for public
...ep in fostering collaboration among the scientific communities and the public," Miller said. "We look forward to hearing back from Director Zerhouni and to meeting with him to move forward on an exciting partnership that would deliver enormous public benefits for generations to come." The nonprofit publishers si...Preventing pneumonia in children helps prevent pneumonia in older adults
...lose contact with vaccinated children or living in communities in which the vaccine is being used also have experienced reductions in pneumococcal carriage and disease caused by PCV-7 serotypes. In this analysis, the overall decline in invasive disease incidence was mainly due to a decrease in disease caused by ...Walking and sports linked with heart health benefits in Japan, too
...023 men and 42,242 women aged 40 to 79 years in 45 communities across Japan were given a questionnaire about their lifestyles and medical histories. The participants had no history of stroke, coronary heart disease or cancer. Through 1999, almost 2,000 participants died of cardiovascular disease. For this analys...Molecular Profiling Institute secures $7.5 million in Series B funding
...thologists as we deliver premier healthcare to the communities and the patients that we serve." Robert Lipshutz, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Emerging Markets and Molecular Diagnostics at Affymetrix stated that "We are pleased to be working with Molecular Profiling to accelerate scientific breakthroughs that w...Who's available to help in times of crisis and disaster?
...pon in times of disaster. In our post-9/11 climate communities across the US are working on their emergency preparedness and these findings suggest ways to mobilize this untapped resource....Asian immigrants in NYC not receiving HIV education at religious institutions
...olicy. "Religious institutions in Asian immigrant communities are very influential and in a unique position to c...onfront the challenges of the HIV epidemic for the communities they serve," Chin said. "The conversation about HIV is often nonexistent among Asian immigrants, and...Safety and quality study ranks Rush among the nation's best
...hancing excellence in patient care for the diverse communities of the Chicago area now and in the future."...'Smart' buildings to guide future first responders
...ll as the public safety and information technology communities to achieve both objectives. NIST researchers are studying how "intelligent" building systems can be used by firefighters, police and other first responders to accurately assess emergency conditions in real-time. One of the biggest problems faced by f...The Molecular Profiling Institute, Inc. and IBM advance technology
...agnostic testing and healthcare information to the communities and patients that we serve," said Jeffrey Mossler, MD, Vice Chairman of AmeriPath....Clinical decision system helps reduce inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing
...itants and 334 primary care clinicians in 12 rural communities in Utah and Idaho and a third group of 6 communities that served as nonstudy controls. The pre-intervention period was January to December 2001 and the p......itted to returning the benefits of research to the communities where the studies were conducted, including Ghana and Nigeria. Effective HIV prevention tools should be available to everyone, especially the volunteers who have helped by their participation in this study. Contraception trials of Savvy being conduc...Urban Britain is a recipe for heart disease
...nd the NHS should encourage all South Asian origin communities to make much greater use of medical services that screen for these factors whilst young, which could prevent a lot of unnecessary disease." There are some health benefits to the British lifestyle though, as the study found that smoking was less prev...The British National Space Centre and DMC join the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'
...f both natural and human origin strike the world's communities or wreak havoc on the environment. To date, the Charter has been activated more than 90 times. Recently, the Charter was activated after the October 8 earthquake in northern Pakistan and Kashmir which caused the deaths of more than 73 000 people. C...Making primary health care work: New research
...mportant drivers. Services for other marginalised communities in Australia were included in the research. South Australia's Care and Prevention Programme, which offers support and medical services to people living with or at increased risk of HIV, was examined. This group found the sustainability of the servic...SLU research on teen moms refutes conventional wisdom: Early motherhood may not ruin their lives
...e difficult childhoods and come from disadvantaged communities with poor schools so they start out with many strikes against them. There's little hope or support to finish high school or go to college. Becoming a mother is almost seen as inevitable. And once they become mothers, the lack of support for education......and to safeguard the privacy of individuals and/or communities affected by quarantine also should be part of pand...and to safeguard the privacy of individuals and/or communities affected by quarantine or other restrictive measures. 4. Governments and the health care sector shou...Families can alleviate 'time crunch' by working with, not for, professionals
...issues, having used the model to organize over ten communities over the past five years. The authors explain that in this model, "family professionals and citizens come together to tackle problems of mutual interest where every person brings a different kind of expertise."...Study provides first estimate of US population affected by Barrett's esophagus
...dy using nearly 3,000 residents of two neighboring communities in Northern Sweden. Patients were sent an invitation to participate in the study via mail and a health questionnaire. Following in-depth data collection and interviewing, 1,000 participants underwent an upper endoscopy to determine the presence of ...