Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
... Such obstacles to health require pediatricians to expand their roles to include that of advocate, not just for the individual but for the population of children as a whole."...Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
...termine the extent to which pediatric CAM use will expand as a result of having insurance coverage."...ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
...ive catheterization. The proposed guidelines also expand the limitations of previously established contraindications to transplant, such as age, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, renal insufficiency and cancer history. "There are many issues to consider. A lot has changed just in the past few years,...In years preceding medicare eligibility, many older adults at risk of being uninsured
...outcomes, and urgent policy measures are needed to expand coverage for this group."...Chemical library aids in developing drug system for nerve damage
...mathematical model together provide a good tool to expand the usefulness of these approaches. '"One interesting thing we've found in this work is that it appears the activities of the drugs that we're delivering vary with the affinity of the binding site," she said. "We're not sure if that's a function of ...Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
...als going on in the city and the project is set to expand further on these innovative developments. Health Minister, Andy Kerr said: "I'm delighted to attend the launch of Glasgow Biomedicine to promote the excellent standard of clinical trial work in Scotland. An expansion of our clinical trials in Scotlan...Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading
... who had not. "This study supports our decision to expand the use of Fast ForWord," says Paul Vallas, CEO of theSchool District of Philadelphia, "and we are looking forward to continued success as more students are able to take advantage of the products." Tallal is actively involved in developing and expand...Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...th professionals often carry, this incentive would expand the overall pool of candidates. BROAD COLLABORATION NEEDED Smooth, quick transfers of talented people to the targeted nations would be vital, the committee said. To that end, adequate funding would be needed to foster innovative, long-term partner...10 years before malaria vaccine is ready for widespread use
...eady for widespread use and emphasises the need to expand the use of existing control methods. Brian Greenwood (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) and colleagues state that prevention and treatment of malaria could be greatly improved with existing methods if increased financial and labour...Orqis Medical receives unconditional FDA approval for pivotal trial of percutaneous CHF therapy
...y announced conditional FDA approval in January to expand the MOMENTUM clinical investigation from 8 to 40 research centers nationwide. "The Cancion CRS offers the promise of an exciting new percutaneous therapeutic modality to treat patients suffering from CHF," said Ken Charhut, Orqis Medical's president...The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
...onic conditions) by using public media channels to expand patient involvement in care."...Direct-to-consumer advertising may influence physicians' prescribing decisions
...onic conditions) by using public media channels to expand patient involvement in care. Furthermore, physicians may require additional training to respond appropriately to patients' requests in clinically ambiguous circumstances."...'Fickle' enzyme helps protect, but also can promote heart failure, animal study shows
...rtfolio of natural effects includes the ability to expand coronary arteries, which improves blood flow, and to help regulate the strength of the heart's contraction, notes cardiologist David Kass, M.D., a specialist in enlarged hearts, or hypertrophy, and a professor at The Johns Hopkins University School o...Community efforts can reduce alcohol fatalities
... more actions to restrict alcohol availability and expand treatment," explains Dr. Hingson. Other Fighting Back communities implemented between two and six actions. The researchers found that Fighting Back communities that undertook concentrated alcohol interventions experienced significant declines in alc...M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
... M. D. Anderson to answer key cancer questions and expand yoga research to produce more tangible results that the scientific community would view as solid medical evidence of the benefits of these types of mind-body interventions." M. D. Anderson recognizes the growing body of research indicating that relax...Politicians bury their heads in the sand while global flu threat mounts
...ys Dr Higson. Pharmaceutical companies should also expand the manufacture and supply of relevant drugs, he argues, and GPs and other prescribing practitioners must prepare for the practicalities of dealing with an epidemic or pandemic of influenza. Avian flu is now a true threat to the world's population, D...Study calls for earlier use of ICDs in patients diagnosed with cardiomyopathy
...e diagnosis. Therefore, these findings could help expand the number of patients who benefit from this life-saving therapy." Details of the overall trial on which these new findings are based have been previously published. The Defibrillators in NonIschemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) t...Professor criticises medicine's 'blind spot'
...at patients' symptoms more effectively, we need to expand the scope of scientific medicine to investigate a wider range of causes and treatments. That is, we need a science of what was previously thought to be the 'art' of medicine, In order to do this, we must accept the subjective experience of the patien...Surgery to treat vocal-cord spasms shows high success rate
..." said Chhetri. "This suggests the procedure will expand as an important therapeutic technique for treating spasmodic dysphonia." "Our next step will be to recruit and study more patients to better understand how and why the surgery is effective," he added. "We want to identify what causes spasmodic dysph...Ultrasound images transmitted over phone allow real-time diagnosis of patients in poorer countries
... The next step is to use satellite in an effort to expand bandwidth and speed file transfer, he said. "Our objective is to use technological advances in places in the world, such as in Yugoslavia, where they are not readily available," said Dr. Popov. This pilot study was a first step to achieving that goa...