Neurology Now, patient magazine of American Academy of Neurology, wins national award
...remiere issue, published in April 2005, featured a cover story about actress Teri Garr who has been living with MS for several years. The summer issue will feature Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his efforts to "strike out" amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease...4D proton therapy, radiation-resistant tumors, interpreting medical images
...release begins by containing information on how to cover the meeting, then describes the President's Sympos...s news release are designed to make it possible to cover meeting highlights from your desk. For assistance in contacting researchers and setting up intervie...Hopkins AIDS experts issue warning about global efforts to provide drug therapies
... public outcry led Life magazine to feature on its cover a picture of a child rejected for treatment, prompting the committee to attempt to change its criteria toward a psychological assessment. With liver transplants, patient selection was plagued by different interpretations of who medically benefited mo...Sunshine mapping from space means brighter solar energy future
...only around 200 solar-energy-measuring stations to cover all of Europe and Africa in the official networks affiliated to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Measuring from above using satellites provides a wide-area, objective and cost-effective solution. Research by MeteoSwiss has shown that sat...New study examines characteristics of women with an aggressive form of breast cancer
...ata from cancer registries across the country that cover about 26% of the U.S. population. The authors calculated that IBC comprised about 2% of all breast cancer cases and that women were diagnosed with IBC at an average age of 58.8 years--about 3 to 7 years younger than the average age of women diagnose...American Society of Hematology partners with major health organizations to launch patientINFORM.org
...uture, patient INFORM will extend its services to cover a wider range of medical conditions. Visit www.patientINFORM.org for more information....Early prostate cancer screening may reduce mortality rate
...among the half of Canadian provinces that does not cover the costs of PSA screening tests. Guidelines for physicians in Ontario recommend that men over 50 should be informed of the health risks and benefits of early screening by their family physician.......ntibiotics. The research, which is featured on the cover of the July 17, 2005 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, focused on the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus and the characteristic yellow-orange color for which it is named ("aureus" is Latin for "golden"). Among the deadliest of ...New proton therapy, breast CT clinical trials, radiation-resistant tumors
...s scheduled to describe professional sessions that cover topics of public policy interest, such as new procedures designed to reduce medical errors and ways to improve preparedness for radiological emergencies. Then, four speakers who represent some of the world's top experts in medical physics will presen...Are some medicines so good they should be free? In diabetes, the answer may be yes
...jected that the new Medicare drug plan, which will cover about one-third of the cost of the drug, will increase usage from 40 percent to about 47 percent. The researchers based their model on the drug called lisinopril, a generic ACE inhibitor sold as Zestril or Prinivil that costs around $200 to $300 per...CryoSat environmental testing over preparations for shipment to launch site about to begin
... provide conclusive evidence of rates at which ice cover may be diminishing as a result of global warming....Livelihoods under siege in Darfur
...nflict." In their report, Young and her colleagues cover six broad areas--security, land, livestock, markets, labor migration, and international humanitarian response--as they provide detailed recommendations for structural changes at the international, national, and state levels. They say these changes wi...Book 'Asbestos and Fire' explores risk trade-offs
...e that lacks a national health insurance system to cover the related medical costs. Maines also is the author of the controversial 1999 book "The Technology of Orgasm: 'Hysteria,' the Vibrator and Women's Sexual Satisfaction," which won the Herbert Feis Award from the American Historical Association....Breath of the dragon: ERS-2 and Envisat reveal impact of economic growth on China's air quality
... many important issues to deal with, such as cloud cover and the highly variable reflectivity of the surface, as well as having the absorption or emission of stratospheric and upper atmospheric species situated between the troposphere and the instrument. "First with GOME and now much better with SCIAMACHY...Funding for South Australian health research
...how some good examples of care. The research will cover the whole spectrum of health and social care problems in our communities, from aged care to people with chronic illnesses. "If it's useful for health professionals to be talking to each other, when is the best time and how do we do that? We believe ...Kids at risk of TV / videogame seizures - Experts release new recommendations on reducing risk
...lished in full on the Epilepsy Foundation website, cover factors such as light intensity, flicker, contrast, duration and pattern, and the technical parameters within these factors that are most likely to provoke seizures in susceptible individuals. Accompanying the report in Epilepsia is an article on th...Polar explorer delivers rare snow-depth data to ESA for CryoSat validation
...s specific to the location. The line would usually cover thin ice, pressure ridges and a vast patch of soli...meters. We punched our snow probe through the snow cover until it touched ice. We would read out the thickness, shouting out the depth to the team member wri...CryoSat launch will be blast from the Cold War past
... CryoSat to measure thickness trends in marine ice cover and land ice sheets. CryoSat weighs in around 700 kg, so Eurockot, with its launcher able to deploy payloads of up to 1950 kg in mass into low-Earth orbit, successfully bid for the flight contract. After CryoSat, Eurockot will also be launching ESA'...Drug resistance testing in treatment-nave HIV patients is cost-effective
...e testing, and some insurance companies do not yet cover it, but the practice of resistance testing at initial HIV diagnosis has gradually increased. "We're hoping that this study makes it part of standard care," said Dr. Sax.......e performed on the Breeze stage before the thermal cover and ventilation system are added. Then, on Saturday 1 October, the Breeze carrying CryoSat will be rolled out to the launch pad where it will be mated with the lower two stages of the Rockot launcher. Once locked to the launcher, the engineers will ...