$1.5 million awarded for palliative care research
...MD, professor and chair of Internal Medicine, will evaluate a palliative care model and system of care for Latino patients living with a serious cancer diagnosis. Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Judith E. Nelson, MD, JD, associate professor of medicine/Pulmonary and Critical Care, will research ways to im...LAP-BAND System surgery improves insulin resistance
...oimpedance. Fasting blood samples were taken to evaluate metabolic risk biomarkers, including blood lipids, insulin, glucose, cardiac C-reactive protein (CRP), fatty acids, homocysteine, hemoglobin A1 (HbA1c), ApoA1, and ApoB. Resting blood pressure was also measured. Insulin resistance was estimated us...Correlation between bile duct obstruction and ductal cancer found
...er progresses that can be used to rapidly test and evaluate novel molecular treatment strategies. Such strategies are badly needed for this understudied cancer, adds Dr. Sirica. The incidence and mortality of cholangiocarcinoma, the primary cancer of the bile ducts, is increasing worldwide. Some 3,500 new ...Dua anti-reflux stent relieves GI upper cancer distress
...ackflow into the bile ducts. Laboratory studies to evaluate the flow dynamics of this modified stent showed th...ysis of clogged standard and anti-reflux stents to evaluate the role of reflux of intestinal contents in stent clogging," Dua says. "We also hope to look at oth...Outdated policies are impediment for Americans with disabilities
...at all levels should support continued research to evaluate and improve the methods used for determining fair payments for health services. These methods should not provide incentives for health plans to avoid people with disabilities, and they should encourage the coverage of care needed to manage chronic h...Increasing survival of organ transplant patients by reducing time interval for transported organs
...PROCEED multi-center clinical trial in the U.S. to evaluate the safety and performance of the OCS for heart transplants. The PROCEED trials will take place at five centers, including University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh; Heart, Lung, and Esophageal Surgery Institute in Pittsburgh; UCLA Medic...ISHLT membership explores expansion of computer modeling system for organ allocation
...number of tests that must be performed in order to evaluate whether the recipient may in fact receive the orga...representation of ISHLT membership will convene to evaluate this new modeling system to determine its effectiveness and Leah Edwards, Ph.D., United Network for ...Physicians should be able to review performance rates before release
...ness must be integral to methods used by payers to evaluate requests for reconsideration. Decisions about the appropriateness of ratings should be thorough and responsive to the concerns of the physician. In responding to physicians with the results of a reconsideration appeal, payers should state their find...IOF and EU panel prepare osteoporosis audit
...urope. We need this new EU Osteoporosis Audit to evaluate current standards of osteoporosis management in Europe, said Professor Juliet Compston, chair of the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel. Professor Compston, who is an IOF Board member, added While some states have made remarkable progress in osteopor...UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results
... this phase 1/2 study is not designed to primarily evaluate efficacy. The patients in this trial represent the.... A larger phase 2 trial is certainly warranted to evaluate efficacy. Brem is a developer of the first approved local therapy for glioma. The UCSF clinical tr...Clinical studies evaluate potential treatments for mouth ulcers
...blood level of pimecrolimus are required to better evaluate its usefulness and safety compared with other therapeutic modalities." (Arch Dermatol. 2007;143:463-470, 472-476. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org .) Editors Note: Please see the articles for additional information, includi...Poor diet puts teenagers' health at risk
... 3800 secondary school students aged 1215 years to evaluate their food intake patterns. They found that the diets of a significant number of adolescents fell short of the recommendations outlined in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. "Teenagers need to be eating a variety of foods from the five food gr...MacroChem completes patient enrollment for Phase II trial of EcoNail for treatment of onychomycosis
...nd mycology. However, the Company will collect and evaluate 24-week interim data later this year. This trial was specifically designed, with the assistance of well-known onychomycosis experts, to address three important objectives: to assess early signs of efficacy, to maintain robust clinical endpoints in th...Study suggests use of stem cell transplantation is beneficial treatment of type 1 diabetes
...n changing the natural history of type 1 DM and to evaluate the contribution of hematopoietic stem cells to this change," the authors conclude. (JAMA. 2007;297:1568-1576. Available pre-embargo to the media at www.jamamedia.org ) Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including ...Combined imaging approach may provide better identification of difficult-to-diagnose brain clots
...niques, in combination with standard MRI scans, to evaluate a small subgroup of patients who have clinical and imaging features consistent with what is called partially recanalized chronic dural sinus thrombosis. This is a condition in the membrane surrounding the brain where blood flow has been partially ree...Latest IPCC report highlights need for integrated climate/human behavior models
...discovering how the Earth system works in order to evaluate the numerous ways that humans can adapt to climate change," says Kevin Noone, IGBP's executive director. The additional challenge is to model unpredictable human behaviour and merge this into deterministic Earth system models, explains Noone. Human...Approval to start US BTT pivotal trial
...tals in America. "The aim of the BTT trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the VentrAssist in patients on the heart transplant list whose heart deteriorates before a donor heart is available." "The target clinical performance of the VentrAssist in the BTT trial is for 75 percent of the patients ...New guideline for screening mammography for women 40 to 49 years of age
...al mammography trials, ACP reviewed 117 studies to evaluate the evidence about the risks and benefits of mammography screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49....Jefferson scientists find that plavix appears to be safe during and after heart bypass
...rse bleeding events." "The next step will be to evaluate the addition of clopidogrel in a prospective study," Dr. Whellan says....Clevidipine during heart surgery improves blood pressure control
...dy found that measuring a certain peptide can help evaluate dyspnea (shortness of breath) as heart- or lung-re...ergency and non-emergency settings to help doctors evaluate their patients likelihood of heart disease and treat accordingly." Dr. Mogelvang will present this...