New grant fulfills wish of late Baltimore Orioles team photographer
... Paul Nghiem, M.D., Ph.D., will enhance efforts to educate the public, patients, and physicians about Merkel ...derstanding of this deadly disease, allowing us to educate physicians to help ensure that patients get the best treatment possible. The funds will be used to e...Program announced to improve care in developing areas for patients with blood disorders
...ims to recruit and support physician volunteers to educate and train health-care providers in those countries on the treatment of patients with blood disorders. This unique program will cover the management of a full range of blood disorders, from the many forms of anemia (including those associated with m...Shoulder tapping -- Young males are most willing to purchase alcohol for underage youth
...e youth, law enforcement agents may either cite or educate these adults, said Toomey. Media publicity surrounding these campaigns may also help to educate/warn the general adult population. However, given that only eight percent of the general adult population agreed to purchase alcohol for our requesters,...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...a national leader in efforts to reach students and educate them about resources available, Eisenberg said. The University recently developed a mental health assessment instrument that will be used by a national network of counseling centers, conducted a stigma reduction campaign called "Real Men, Real Depres...New survey uncovers how insomnia affects job performance and safety
...ffective treatments exist for insomnia. We need to educate people about the risks of insomnia, have them seek treatment when appropriate, and use effective behavioral and medication interventions to improve their insomnia....Columbia dentists to improve oral health in sub-Saharan Africa
...ge. They also will develop a prevention program to educate mothers about caring for the oral health of their young children. Treating and preventing oral health problems is one spoke in the wheel of improving conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, said Dr. Syrop. By improving their health, we enable this popula...Access to alcohol among middle school children
...st of alcohol-related problems. It is important to educate parents about the consequences of alcohol use at a young age and try to prevent them from being their childs primary source of alcohol." comments the lead author. ...Steps needed to reduce smoking in the US
... goal over the next two decades." The desire to educate youth and limit their access to tobacco underlies many of the committee's recommendations because of the high rate at which teens start smoking. Most smokers start before they turn 18, and the rate of daily smoking among high school seniors has hove...Hepatitis B patients' understanding of infection and treatment deficient
...ns caring for hepatitis B patients that we need to educate our patients more about risk factors, modes of transmission and expectations regarding antiviral therapy, said Dr. Steven-Huy Han, associate clinical professor of medicine and surgery in the division of digestive diseases at the David Geffen School o...Diagnostic tests for malaria underused in Zambia
...oderate transmission zones, emphasizes the need to educate health center staff on the rational use of artemisinin-based combination therapy, which will require strengthening the availability of malaria diagnostics and enhancing quality control measures so that health care providers will have confidence in th...New doctors' test kit to help prevent debilitating osteoporosis
...e of Medical Research are developing a tool-kit to educate doctors on osteoporosis and provide them with a focussed set of effective, easy-to-use risk factor tests that will lead directly to preventive programs designed to reduce the risk and impact of the condition. Garvans Professor John Eisman said the ...Majority of herb users don't follow evidence-based indications, researchers find
... and other health professionals should proactively educate consumers and advocate for public health policies that would disseminate evidence-based information regarding the appropriate use of herbs, Dr. Bardia says. To generate their findings, physicians culled information from a 2002 National Health Inter...Drama can help educate and motivate, research shows
...idence that drama can be an effective mechanism to educate and motivate," said Howlett, who was team leader f... project involved creating and producing a play to educate the Durham, N.C., community about substance abuse issues and to encourage involvement in substance a...Physicians should be able to review performance rates before release
...nce measurement auditing process, the College will educate its membership about the appeals process and encourage its membership to use it judiciously to avoid frivolous appeals. ACP is willing to engage in a multi-stakeholder process to promote an appeals process that is fair and reasonable for both physic...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 4, 2007
... collaborations between academia and industry, and educate the next generation of researchers, according to the article. Although nanotech center initiatives are generally less than 15 years old, the numbers have been increasing, with estimates placing the total, including those under NNI, at more than 120...Few surgeons routinely refer breast cancer patients for reconstruction, U-M study finds
...are in several ways. In this case, it would better educate patients and allow them to more fully participate in their choices regarding their health care treatment," Alderman says. ...Undergrad: Mothers in African study undereducated on diarrhea
...." Mediratta's research, focusing on how best to educate Ethiopian mothers so that they can prevent and manage diarrheal diseases in their children, was funded by a Johns Hopkins Provost's Undergraduate Research Award. One of 45 PURA winners this academic year, Mediratta, a junior, will present the resul...What prevents doctors from counseling their patients to lose weight, exercise and quit smoking?
...lf of the doctors said that they don't get paid to educate their patients and 40% found it difficult to integ... maintains a healthy lifestyle will be more apt to educate his patients; a doctor who doesn't will be more reluctant. "There is a difference between treating a...Medicare payment cuts will accelerate primary care collapse
...se programs will undermine the nation's ability to educate and train primary care physicians. The program is essential to address impending shortages of primary care physicians and to deliver care to the nation's most vulnerable communities. "Congress should review the President's budget requests and ass...Americans fear decline in US performance in math and science
... workforce, we must retool our education system to educate our young people in math and science more effectively and nurture the innate abilities of all young people, regardless of gender or race, to enter a STEM field of study," said Arden Bement, Jr., PhD, director, National Science Foundation. "In additio...