Research by Mailman School of Public Health cites New Jersey's high healthcare costs
...amatic innovator it has taken a series of steps to expand coverage and has experimented with a variety of strategies to keep costs down," observes Dr. Glied. Particularly, she points to the state's hospital assistance program as a worthy innovation, targeting funds directly at needy patients rather than a...Measurement and standards issues in telemedicine
...nce--is a rapidly developing field. It can greatly expand the scope and quality of health care for patients in rural locations, maximize the effectiveness of health-care professionals, and help hold down health-care costs. As the capabilities and use of telemedicine have grown, however, a number of potentia...Resonance Health Goup patent for diagnosis of liver fibrosis
...ate clinical need, the new test will significantly expand the company's market opportunity, whilst leveraging off infrastructure and resources already in place for the commercial roll-out of FerriScan." Resonance Health currently has a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) open to eligible shareholders. In light of th...Major EU grant to develop cancer-fighting cells
... very exciting area and one that we are seeking to expand further in Manchester; we are already building a new Gene Therapy Centre funded by the Christie Appeal and are hoping to recruit other leading researchers in this field." Caroline Shaw, Chief Executive of the Christie Hospital said; "This is fantasti...New antibody profiling technique to test for lung cancer
...al use. In context, tumor-associated antigens may expand the range of non-small cell lung cancer markers. Consistent with the knowledge that an antibody response to a single protein is unlikely to be a universal marker, we have been exploring methodology for efficiently identifying and measuring multiple ...Drug compound restores youth to aging arterial cells in elderly hypertensives, Hopkins study shows
...stiffening and reduced capacity of the arteries to expand in response to stress are common effects of aging that occur when the crosslinks form in the body's key structural proteins, such as collagen, or when AGEs interact directly with enzymes that regulate blood flow. Crosslinking effectively carmelizes t...Strategic plan to accelerate Australian drug development
...om the Queensland State Government will be used to expand TetraQ's capability with the refurbishment of laboratory facilities fitted with state-of-the-art equipment. In 2006, TetraQ will seek Good Lab Practice (GLP) accreditation, making it one of the few Australian groups qualified to perform toxicology s...Scientists unlock solid tumor treatment genetic secrets
...f biochemical pathway. If true, this would further expand the range of potential strategies for treating solid tumors. HIF is unstable and cannot work well when the cell contains a normal amount of oxygen. But when oxygen levels are so low they stress the cell, HIF becomes stable and binds to specific gen...Lack of research hampering efforts to provide health services to homeless people
...earch involving homeless people hampers efforts to expand services and improve uptake. This lack of data must be addressed if homeless people are to share the same health advances enjoyed by society in general. With warnings of a severe winter ahead, the challenge is not to greet homelessness with heartless...Mutations in HRAS gene sequence confirmed in patients with Costello syndrome
...HRAS gene sequence. To confirm this connection and expand the understanding of the possible cause of Costello syndrome, researchers, led by Karen W. Gripp of A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, performed mutation analyses on 40 North American and European patients. The researchers id...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for December 2005
...airs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VA) to expand its internal medicine residency program. TWO CEDARS-SINAI PHYSICIAN GROUPS NAMED IN RANKINGS OF CALIFORNIA'S BEST FOR PATIENT SATISFACTION, PREVENTIVE CARE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY Cedars-Sinai Health System's two physician groups that provide primar...Percentage of North Carolinians lacking health insurance rises, UNC study shows
... data on the uninsured, identify policy options to expand coverage and develop cost estimates for those options....WHO must prepare health ministries for trade liberalisation
..., WHO has an important role. It should continue to expand support for health ministers through guidance on international standards for health-related goods and services; advice on trade rules from a public-health perspective; provision of tools to assess the possible implications of trade agreements; and co......support which would allow the company to carefully expand the number of European hospitals implanting the VentrAssist LVAD. Ventracor's CE Mark Trial is aimed at obtaining approval to sell the VentrAssist TM in the major market of Europe. Dr Sutton added Ventracor continued to focus on achieving key mile...Gender plays role in religious sensitivity for medical students
...effects on medical care). The researchers want to expand the research to determine why the impact of training designed to the support patients' spiritual and religious needs differs in male and female medical students. "Is this gender disparity related to cultural norms, the same norms that look down upo...Toward the future of cancer prevention
...fare better with treatment than others? Now expand these questions into other tobacco-associated cancers such as those that occur in the bladder, kidney and esophagus, and to other non-smoking related cancers such as melanoma, brain, prostate and lymphoma, and that gives you an idea of the mission th...Patients and researchers differ on perception of remission from depression
...termine whether mental health professionals should expand their definition of remission beyond symptoms of depression," Zimmerman says.......rther work has been carried out to standardize and expand this methodology....MCG gets technology to help optimize medicine dosage
...n the list for participating in clinical trials to expand its use to other categories of drugs and exploring...onal studies to further define standards that will expand the use of this type of technology." CYP450 is a major subset of metabolizing genes, and the Roche t...Medicaid matters to children: How Medicaid can help drive quality improvement in pediatrics
...ive states the flexibility to cut benefits but not expand them," said Professor Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Effectively, she added, with the federal government giving states more authority, Medicaid coverage is moving "toward a pre...