Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
...me-cooked meal. He's excited about helping another country learn from the mistakes and experience of his own and keep it from following in the tracks toward obesity and inactivity. Dr. Gutin came to MCG in 1991 from Columbia University in New York. He earned a master's degree in physical education and a doct...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...surgery, the most common open-heart surgery in the country with more than 300,000 patients undergoing the procedure every year. The system, made by Novadaq Technologies, has been used successfully for several years in Asia, Europe and Canada, where Pelletier had used it on a number of occasions as a cardiac ...NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
...is the largest registry of cord blood units in the country (more than 40,000 units), an international cord blood registry and the largest Registry of marrow donors in the world (more than 5.5 million adult donors). Fourteen of the 20 U.S. public cord blood banks already participate in NMDP's network and lis...Cost-effectiveness of drugs may vary across borders
...ates of cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals from country to country. Data showed that the results seen in one country are not necessarily applicable in another and that decision makers need to interpret data from other...Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
...re too," she said, "but at least hospitals in this country have gotten better about helping women acknowledge a lost baby," noted Ct -Arsenault. "When a baby dies, giving the mother the baby's photo, footprints and handprints is much more routine. We have made progress. Now we need to recognize the impact o...Northwestern's cancer genetics program finds gene variants that greatly increase breast cancer risk
...er in New York are the only medical centers in the country performing clinical studies of the TGFBR1*6A gene. "In the near future, it will be commonplace for people to know what genes make them more susceptible to cancer, and we'll have many more options for preventing those cancers," says Dr. Pasche. Northw...Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
...pe, he added, is that these findings will help the country get more prepared for a possible bioterrorist attack. "We hope the findings in our study are never put to the test, and there's never an attack," Owens said. "At the same time, if this helps get people more prepared that would be a very good outcome....Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
...nly, unpredictably, indiscriminately, in one's own country or when travelling abroad. Regardless of whereabouts, it would be a pity if emergency treatment were useless. Getting this right is a global responsibility."...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...raining, or technical assistance in a PEPFAR focus country for at least one year, the report says. GHS also ...udent debt. Any participants who serve in a focus country could erase $25,000 of higher-education debt for each year of service completed, the report says. G...New study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
...ES enrolled men and women at 28 centers across the country between 1999 and 2000. Pfizer, Inc., co-sponsored the study and supplied study medications. "Although antibiotic treatment of patients with clinical coronary heart disease is not helpful, the ACES study was not designed to find the role of C. pneumon...ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
...tar honor is awarded annually to nurses across the country who hold a doctorate degree in their discipline and who are "nationally recognized for contributions to research in nursing, especially as it relates to African American health problems and issues." Thomas-Hawkins earned a Ph.D and Master's degre...Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
...cademy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter in the country for a total of 90 contenders. Hausmann's unprecedented win gave UH the distinction of being the first pharmacy college or school to capture back-to-back titles. At last year's APhA annual meeting, Michelle Edwards, a 2004 UH alum, won the contest,...Access to mammography may worsen
...ed report that fits the profile of the rest of the country indicates that our results are reflective of national trends," Dr. D'Orsi said. Situation May Get Worse The researchers reported that staffing shortages could have significant clinical implications in the early detection of breast cancer. With fewe...ASGE Foundation to hold first Crystal Awards Dinner
...ith the opportunity to train outside of their home country with a premier GI endoscopist or group to advance their training. The award assists in underwriting reasonable and customary travel and living expenses for a period of one to three months. Three awards are available annually: two for ASGE members in ...Study finds moderate hypothermia a safe treatment for traumatic brain injury in kids
...brain injury causes more children's deaths in this country than all other causes of death combined," said Dr. Adelson, who is the director of the Pediatric Neurotrauma Center at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. "There is no one thing that can effectively treat all cases of traumatic brain injury, but our h...Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
...tinues to rise in the most advantaged areas of the country at a greater pace than in the poorest areas. Among men, for example, the difference between the local authority with the lowest life expectancy (Glasgow City) and the one with the highest (East Dorset) has risen to 11 years. Since Victorian times, s...Connecting to cure spinal cord injury
...ill include world-renowned experts from across the country and at the U-M who will discuss SCI care and research on the following topics: Translating Research from the Laboratory to Clinical Trials, with Wise Young, M.D., Ph.D., director of the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neurosciences at Rutgers U...Breast CT reaches clinical testing: May improve on mammography
...sting. "A number of talented scientists around the country are working on the development of this new tool, and this friendly competition keeps us all working that much harder to produce results," Boone said. For now, women should continue to get mammograms as recommended by their physicians. "Although the b...Majority of parents don't actively limit children's media time
...completed research asking 1,800 parents across the country about the number of hours their children watch media, how often they restrict the time or content of their child's media usage, discuss program content with their children, and allow unlimited media viewing in their home. Media was defined as TV, vid......Wake Forest Baptist is one of a few centers in the country routinely viewing pediatric CT scans in all three planes. Barnes's co-researchers are Evelyn Anthony, M.D., Michael Chen, M.D., Louise Milner, M.D., and Susan Lie-Nelson, M.D., all from Wake Forest Baptist....