Research by Mailman School of Public Health cites New Jersey's high healthcare costs
...s here in New Jersey," said Michael P. Riccards, a former college president who is the Institute's Executive Director. "With her papers, Sherry Glied will help generate the debate and discussion that is so important to policy-making in our state." The Hall Institute conducts and supports scholarly researc...Vitamin D, taxotere combination extends the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer
...ve the right concentration of calcitriol. Beer and former OHSU faculty member W. David Henner, M.D., invente...., the company formed to develop DN-101. Henner, a former OHSU faculty member, has since joined Novacea to play a key role in the development of the drug. ASC...Evacuation of elders during disasters to be addressed at GSA's upcoming annual meeting
...his session will be presented by Heinz Fellows and former Heinz staff members from a variety of different di...tatives from other civic engagement initiatives, a former director of a national service program, and a WHCoA Policy Committee member. Sunday, November 20 at ...New book on bipolar disorder targets 12 million affected Americans, families
...lations by popular television host Jane Pauley and former Chicago Bear football star Alonzo Spellman on their struggles with bipolar disorder have shed light on what was once a very hidden and misunderstood disease. A new book, Bipolar Disorder For Dummies (Wiley, 340 pages, $19.99) breaks down the barriers...Duke engineers developing ultrasound devices combining 3-D imaging with therapeutic heating
...ber 2003 IEEE ultrasonics symposium, Smith and his former graduate student Kenneth Gentry -- now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin -- described using a prototype device to first image and then raise the temperature of a tissue-mimicking rubber by 25 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperatur......Nov. 9. The discussion will include Susan F. Wood, former assistant commissioner for women's health at the FDA, and Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science. Recent criticisms from the scientific community claim increased politicization of science in a variety of public policy debates and decis...Aspirin & similar drugs may cut risk of esophageal cancer in people with Barrett's esophagus
... 14.4 percent among never users, 9.7 percent among former users (those who had used NSAIDs regularly for a year or more prior to joining the study) and 6.6 percent among current users (those who took NSAIDs at least once a week). Because this was a long-term observational study and not a clinical trial, the...Aspirin might prevent development of oesophageal adenocarcinoma
...3% (9.3-21.6) for never users, 9.7% (4.5-20.5) for former users and 6.6% (3.1-13.6) for current users. Dr Vaughan states "NSAID use might be an effective chemopreventive strategy, reducing the risk of neoplastic progression in Barrett's oesophagus"....International team of experts leads new stroke journal
... A Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and former recipient of its International Scholarship Award, he is widely published and a familiar face on the international conference circuit. Dr Peter Rothwell, Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of Oxford and Director and founder of the Cit...Cannabis-based medicine relieves the pain of rheumatoid arthritis and suppresses the disease
...is entirely different from recreational users: the former simply want symptom relief and the ability to go about their normal lives, and for them intoxication would be a distinct disadvantage; for the latter, smoking marijuana is infinitely more intoxicating than Sativex and is still easily available."...Exercise adds years to life and improves quality, researchers say
...l; psychology professor Ed Diener; and current and former graduate students Steriani Elavsky, Liang Hu, Gerald J. Jerome, James F. Konopack and David X. Marquez. The UI research indicated positive psychosocial and cognitive outcomes -- in effect, significant quality-of-life gains -- among participants who r...Sexually satisfied but feeling frumpy: It's body image, not 'the change'
...with an M.S. in health education; and Molly Carey, former project manager, of Tremin. The researchers used survey data collected by the Tremin Research Program in 1993. Tremin is one of the world's oldest ongoing research programs dedicated to studying women's health and menstruation. The responses cam...New prenatal resource center at North General Hospital to open with March of Dimes support
... Louis Sullivan, Prematurity Campaign chairman and former Secretary of HHS Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes Also present: 22 mothers and fathers of premature babies from across the nation...St. Mary's Hospital for Children joins March of Dimes to highlight risk of premature birth
... Louis Sullivan, Prematurity Campaign chairman and former Secretary of HHS Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes A patient family from St. Mary's. 22 mothers and fathers of premature babies from across the nation will be present...March of Dimes celebrates Prematurity Awareness Month
... Louis Sullivan, Prematurity Campaign chairman and former Secretary of HHS 22 mothers and fathers of premat... Louis Sullivan, Prematurity Campaign chairman and former Secretary of HHSDr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes...Study shows success and less risk in treating kids with heart rhythm problems
...a are being presented by Mohamed Al-Ahdab, M.D., a former member of the U-M team now at Children's Hospital in Boston. Fischbach, an assistant professor at the U-M Medical School, directs the pediatric electrophysiology laboratory at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, where children with abnormal heart rhythms ...The Gerontological Society of America bestows Robert W. Kleemeier Award to Duke University's Blazer
...ging. The award was created in 1965 in memory of a former president of the society whose contributions to the quality of life through research in aging were exemplary. The winner traditionally presents a lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting the following year. The Kleemeier Award Lecture is traditionall...Imperial receives Gates Foundation grant to develop new tests for managing AIDS treatment
...velop these much needed diagnostics. Dr. Batz is a former Senior Vice President of Research and Development ...velop these much needed diagnostics. Dr. Batz is a former Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Roche Diagnostics and has been involved with th...Mayo clinic study finds occupation and education influence risk for Parkinson's disease
...berta Frigerio, M.D., the study's first author and former Mayo Clinic research fellow. "These factors may be surrogates for a variety of exposures, physical activity, personality or socioeconomic status. Further studies are needed to interpret our findings." Demetrius (Jim) Maraganore, M.D., Mayo Clinic ne...... co-authored by Jessica Garay and Marnie Nausbaum, former Cornell undergraduate students who helped conduct the study as part of their senior honor theses and are now a dietitian and medical school student, respectively; Lori Neighbors, a Cornell doctoral student; and Diane DellaValle, a research dietitian ...