University of Rochester spin-off secures $2 million in funding
...armaceutical customers and partners, as well as to expand its sales and research efforts. "We are extremely pleased with the results of the financing efforts and appreciate the strong validation of our business direction from the financial community," Totterman said....Eating walnuts with high-fat meals helps to protect arteries against short-term damage
...rol levels. This elasticity allows the arteries to expand when needed to increase blood flow to the body. "The inner lining of the arteries produces a substance called nitric oxide that is needed to keep the arteries flexible," Dr. Ros said. "When we eat high-fat meals, the fat molecules temporarily disrup...Pfizer to fund doctoral study fellowships, seminars in biostatistics at Rutgers
...th the Rutgers Biostatistics Institute, we hope to expand the number of students pursuing the field of statistics and prepare them to fulfill these essential roles. We also hope that the partnership will encourage and facilitate the exchange of ideas, expertise and learning opportunities between a center of...U of MN earns $7.9 million NIH grant to expand neuroscience research
... Minnesota Medical School. "Now we will be able to expand it quite a bit by creating an environment that all... creation of centralized infrastructures that will expand and facilitate neuroscience research by providing capabilities that are not easily achievable by ind...Three-dimensional, miniature endoscope opens new diagnostic possibilities
...nsional, high-definition images, which may greatly expand the application of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In the October 19 issue of Nature, the team from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at MGH describes their prototype device and a demonstration of its use in a mouse mode...ACP re-launches magazine for hospitalists
...spitalists" will become "ACP Hospitalist" and will expand to 12 issues per year. The publication launched in March 2006 as a bimonthly career guide for ACP's hospitalist members. "'ACP Hospitalist' has been so well-received that we decided to publish the magazine monthly and to focus on a broader range ...Targeted cancer drugs may work by disrupting balance of cellular signals
...ying these drugs' activity, information that might expand their usefulness to a broader patient population and address problems of resistance that can develop. The "oncogene addiction" theory proposes that the internal circuitry of tumor cells becomes so reliant on the oncogenic protein or the pathway it c...Teen girls make better health choices with intervention program
...king corporate support to continue the program and expand it into other schools. "This has been a great undertaking for all of us," said Dr. Ashton. "It's important to know how to work within school systems to implement initiatives such as Teen Esteem that address obesity and other pressing health problems...Firms covering large majority of nation's workers view health benefits as important recruitment tool
...ng to undertake administrative changes designed to expand coverage. For example, four-fifths of firms--both offering and nonoffering--stated they were very or somewhat willing to reduce an eligible employee's withholding tax by the amount of any available health insurance tax credit. Seventy percent of firm...Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
...erage more affordable, it will be more possible to expand coverage to the uninsured." says co-author Marion Danis, co-inventor of CHAT and head of the Section on Health Ethics and Policy at the National Institutes of Health. "When the public participates in designing basic benefit plans for the uninsured, ...UCLA cancer researchers develop quality measures for colorectal cancer surgery
...us interactions. The new quality indicators, which expand on a set of practice guidelines created by the National Cancer Institute in 2000, also detail the best post-operative patient management practices. "You can do the best operation in the world, but it doesn't mean much if the patient doesn't do wel...New family health history projects focus on Alaska Native, Appalachian communities
...e excited about the potential of these projects to expand the reach and impact of the Surgeon General's Fami... administers the projects. The new projects will expand upon what is being learned in NHGRI's Family History demonstration project at Brigham and Women's Ho...Extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans totaled $5.2 billion over fee-for-service costs in 2005
... Modernization Act of 2003, which were intended to expand the role of private plans in Medicare. "Medicare should carefully examine whether extra payments to Medicare Advantage plans are the best use of dollars for the beneficiaries the program is designed to serve," said Commonwealth Fund President Karen ...BioMed Central announces Journal of Medical Case Reports
...://jmedicalcasereports.com/ . "Case reports that expand the field of medicine are of interest and value to... board will consider unpublished case reports than expand the field of general medical knowledge. Examples could include reports of unusual side effects or ad...Planning for surge of disaster victims? Discharge the healthiest from every hospital, experts advise
...c.). But, concerned that staffing levels could not expand to care for so many new patients, the authors of the study, in the latest issue of the journal Lancet, say "disposition classification" is a must. "Without this sort of system in place, the worry is that a hospitals resources would be quickly overw...UCSF pharmacy school receives major grant from Amgen Foundation for Medicare Part D outreach
... Amgen Foundations grant allows for the program to expand in scope and extend statewide. Essential to the grant is the research needed to assess program success and make evidenced-based changes in the program as it unfolds "By harnessing the efforts of students across Californias seven pharmacy schools...Protein 'fingerprint' in spinal fluid could spot Alzheimer's disease
... Relkin said. "We hope to link into that effort to expand on these findings." The dream of a highly accurate Alzheimer's disease test that patients and doctors could use to diagnose illness and guide treatment is the ultimate goal. But the finding has important implications for current Alzheimer's research...Capture study shows safety of carotid stenting in 'real-world' setting
...enters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand coverage for carotid stenting. For now, Medicare coverage is available only for patients who are at high risk for surgery and have symptoms before the procedure, but not those who are symptom-free despite severely narrowed carotid arteries. CMS is no...... other technicians, thereby freeing pharmacists to expand their role in patient care areas to ensure the safety of the medication use process. Research studies led by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy played a key role in the decision to approve...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
... similar group option would be an effective way to expand coverage. Experts were less confident that the f...would be extremely or very effective strategies to expand coverage for the uninsured. Respondents from academia and research organizations believe that a sing...