UCLA neurologist honored with American Heart Association's Stroke Council Award
...hicago. The Stroke Council Award recognizes and encourages those who actively work to integrate stroke and heart disease in clinical care, education or research. Individuals committed to promoting wider recognition of stroke in the cardiovascular community and of heart disease in the stroke community are rec...New family health history projects focus on Alaska Native, Appalachian communities
... is sponsoring a "Tell Us Your Story" contest that encourages families to order Utah's family history materials, learn about their family histories over holidays and submit their stories for a prize. Minnesota has developed a number of facts sheets about chronic diseases in which family history plays a major ro...Most US adults in favor of more balanced approach to sex education in schools
...ents, 57 percent disagreed that condom instruction encourages teens to have sex 87.4 percent of those who never attend religious services support comprehensive programs Among those who attend religious services more than once per week, 60.3 percent supported abstinence-only and 60.3 percent supported abst...Rare disease benefits from specialized clinic in Italy
...oach to diagnosis and management of angioedema and encourages the development in Canada of patient data registries and national programs of comprehensive clinics for rare diseases....Researchers seek to design first treatment for neuroAIDS
...ward death. MLK also regulates p38, an enzyme that encourages inflammation. Thus, MLK inhibitors could conceivably shut down affected immune cells before they trigger inflammation and prevent cell suicide. The new grant is a partnership between the University of Rochester Medical Center and the Center for Neur...$83.5 million NIH grant to Pitt establishes Clinical and Translational Research Institute
...nal science is rooted in a culture that values and encourages collaboration. As a university and a community, we have greatly benefited from our decades-long relationship with colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University, and through our extremely close affiliation with UPMC, we support and share a common commitmen...Mediterranean neurosciences in Albania
...earch performed in the Mediterranean countries and encourages a spirit of scientific collaboration that rises above strongly heterogeneous social-political situations that have always characterized this part of the world....Molecule helps cells plug leaks following lung injury
...ctivates a repair program, mediated by FoxM1, that encourages cell growth and restores the barrier integrity. "This suggests future therapies for acute lung injury that target this molecule could promote endothelial regeneration and the patient's recovery," said Malik, who is senior author of the paper....2006 Science-in-Society award winners announced
...old organization of science writers recognizes and encourages critical, probing works in five categories: newspaper, magazine, broadcast, Web and book. The award is considered the highest honor in science journalism because winners are chosen by panels of their accomplished peers and lauded for work that would ...CVD patients should be tested for chronic kidney disease
...althcare providers to routinely screen for CKD and encourages laboratories to report estimated kidney function using the MDRD formula in CVD patients. Many creatinine lab reports already use this equation as a part of the report. Albuminuria, high levels of the protein albumin in the urine, another sign of k...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, August 1, 2006
...a "mandated education program before donation that encourages adherence to allocation guidelines, yet ultimately preserves their freedom of choice." Editorial Writer Discusses IOM Report on Organ Donation and How to Increase the Supply of Transplantable Organs (Editorial, p. 224)....Identifying medical proxy should be part of routine medical care
...s and their loved ones. The nature of this process encourages continuing interchange, strengthens the patient's relationship with his/her physician and promotes continuity of care. "Advance care planning is not about documents -- it is about persons and their relationships," Lipkin said. ...UGA researchers find high rates of off-label prescriptions
...his medication is being used off label." Fincham encourages patients to be their own best advocate and to ask questions about the drugs their doctors prescribe. "There are legitimate uses for off label prescribing," he said. "But knowing this information sets up an opportunity for you to talk to your physic...ACP commends CMS proposals to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
... care for an increasingly aging population. "ACP encourages CMS to hold the line on its proposal at the end of the 60-day public comment period and include the proposed E/M work RVUs in the final fee schedule to be published by Nov. 1," Dr. Kirk concluded....Smoking, eating and thinking: New research on the brain, hormones, and behavior
...n physical and emotional responses, induces labor, encourages maternal behavior and promotes positive relationship interactions. This work establishes a new role for oxytocin in influencing food tastes and limiting intake of sweets. Whether oxytocin also plays this same role in humans is not yet known, but the ...ESA and Spot Image set precedence with data sharing
...nt with ESA giving an easy access to the SPOT data encourages the scientific community to get involved in the space sector. Under the framework of the GMES space component, ESA is responsible for providing access to National missions and other Third Party Missions through interoperable ground segment functiona...Rheumatoid arthritis drug linked to serious infections and cancers
...want to see it used safely." Dr. Matteson strongly encourages patients who are prescribed TNF-blocking antibodies for rheumatoid arthritis to be especially alert to symptoms of infection, to get their vaccinations, and to undergo cancer screening appropriate for their age and gender. Tim Bongartz, M.D., Mayo C...Human Factors research highlights ways to improve patient safety
...in his preface, "we hope that this special section encourages research, debate, new ideas, better theories, practical interventions, and useful findings to ameliorate errors in health care....The most significant factor in making the nation's health care system safer is the human element. And that is our busine...Health Partnership Act endorsed By American College of Physicians
...(ACP). "Federally supported state experimentation encourages innovation and allows for highly-debated, yet rarely-tested health reform proposals to reveal their strengths and weaknesses," ACP President Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP, wrote sponsor Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH) and original co-sponsor Sen. Jeff Bing...Latest issue of Alzheimer's & Dementia explores new ideas for cause, screening and risk factors
...eening policy for dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia encourages members of the scientific community to add their perspective by contributing short commentaries on this subject. "Perspective on a pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease." Allen D. Roses and Ann M. Saunders In this provocative article, Dr...