New study: Many local health directors unsure of authority to curtail smoking
...tobacco industry sponsored clean air bills, should expand exceptions to such laws and should ensure that public health advocates take full advantage of all exceptions."...American Academy of Neurology supports embryonic stem-cell research bill
...-July. S.471 and its companion bill H.R. 810 would expand the funding scope of the National Institutes of Health to include support for stem-cell research involving embryos no longer intended for use in fertility treatments. Last year the AAN approved a position statement that makes the case for passage of ...OHSU researchers help develop portable device to assist those combating balance disorders
...use integrated and interdisciplinary approaches to expand knowledge about how the brain and nervous system function. Their goal is to translate new knowledge into innovative ways to diagnose, treat, cure and prevent neurological diseases and disorders....SCAI news: Drug-eluting stents prove mettle in heart attack patients
...raft procedures. Surgeons are also finding ways to expand the use of arteries rather than veins for bypass surgery. More needs to be done, however. "We're treating more and more heart attack patients who have vein-graft blockages," he said. "The bottom line is, we need to look at new and better ways to rest...$1 million grant from John A. Hartford Foundation awarded to UCSF geriatric nursing center
... build on our strengths and accomplishments and to expand our reach to make use of resources throughout the Bay Area in carrying out our mission," said Margaret Wallhagen, RN, PhD, who will become director of the Center in January 2006. "As our senior population continues to grow, there is increasing demand...GroPep licenses technology to TGR BioSciences
...erty already held by TGR will allow the company to expand its growing commercial product range in the areas of gut and skin health." What is Oral Mucositis? Oral mucositis (mouth ulceration and inflammation) is an extremely painful side effect for many patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy for...University of Newcastle upon Tyne to lead UK Stroke Research Network
...on of patients and their carers in research and to expand the number of stroke trials to develop advances in the treatment of stroke patients from prevention through acute care and improving outcomes of rehabilitation. 'Advances in treatments developed in clinical trials of stroke will reduce the current u...Major NH&MRC grant will fund multidisciplinary research to improve the treatment of neuroblastoma
...oblastoma for over a decade. They will be able to expand their research using laboratory models of neurobla...lications. The funding will enable researchers to expand their groundbreaking work on the role of Multidrug Resistance-associated protein-1 (MRP1), the oncog...Treating individuals with substance-abuse disorders who have attempted suicide
...uring the last few years, there has been a push to expand treatment options into more outpatient settings, largely as a cost-containment measure. Once that started, people began to ask: 'well, if it seems to work in outpatient settings, why even provide inpatient treatment?' So the pendulum has swung from...New online atlas provides collective maps of human brain folds
... area and as a repository for adding new data that expand and fine-tune the atlas' maps. The creators hope it will be useful in a wide variety of research projects. Among other studies, PALS is already helping scientists understand how an inherited disorder changes the brain and how brain function adjusts ...Why are the best malaria drugs not being used in Africa?
...he development of drug resistance, and the need to expand access so that malaria is treated before it becomes severe, is also a formidable barrier, they add. All of these problems can only be solved through partnership between African ministries and regional and local international researchers, they write. ...Federal grant to expand MCG pipeline programs for minorities
...s received an $899,439 three-year federal grant to expand pipeline programs designed to increase the number ...onal Medical College Admission Test. "We wanted to expand our existing educational outreach programs and increase the number of competitive students in our he...Elsevier announces a publishing partnership with the Ambulatory Pediatric Association
...Editor. "Partnering with Elsevier will help us to expand the reach of our publication while maintaining its unique focus on multidisciplinary, whole-child health care and policy," Dr. Perrin commented. Ambulatory Pediatrics offers a unique focus on the research and educational base of academic general ped...Scientific societies applaud new milestone in bringing online research to the public
...ition will continue working with HighWire Press to expand the range and depth of science being made available to the public at no charge....Proteome Systems signs agreement with Prince Henry's Institute for Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Test
...groups with expertise in ovarian cancer to further expand its portfolio of ovarian cancer markers and clinically evaluate these for the development of a diagnostic test. Associate Professor David Robertson leads the team at PHIMR that has previously developed a test to diagnose ovarian cancer (Robertson et...Precision radiation therapy yields rare success for liver tumors
... P. Wilmot Cancer Center are leading the effort to expand shaped-beam radiation therapy originally designed to treat brain tumors to target metastatic liver tumors with pinpoint accuracy. Initial treatment results were presented this week at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's an...Viagra blunts effects of stress on the human heart
...ore widely known for helping genital blood vessels expand to maintain an erection and, more recently, as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, it has been thought to have little direct effect on the human heart. In the heart, sildenafil blunts the strengthened heart beat caused by chemically induced stres...Avoiding the 'Desperate Housewive's' syndrome
... a contributing factor." Professor Ussher hopes to expand on these themes in the current three-year study, funded through a prestigious Australian Research Council Discovery grant. "We're interested in hearing about women's experiences so we can identify the times when they feel vulnerable, angry or unable ...The Gerontological Society of America awards new Hartford Doctoral Fellowships
...e Geriatric Social Work Initiative, which seeks to expand the training of social workers in order to improve the health and well being of older persons and their families. It was created to help social work doctoral students overcome their greatest obstacles, such as limited teacher training and career guid...Studies clarify risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus
...cted with HCV. Taken together, the two new studies expand upon preliminary data from smaller studies of mother-to-child transmission of HCV. The larger of the two studies, conducted by the European Paediatric Hepatitis C Virus Network, involved 1,479 mother-and-child pairs enrolled at 33 centers in Italy, ...