States taking action to insure nation's 13.3M uninsured young adults
...e the poverty level). The analysis is based on the latest updated Census Bureau data, and is an update of a May 2006 Commonwealth Fund report. There are misconceptions that young adults dont have health insurance by choice, said Sara Collins, lead author and Assistant Vice President for the Future of Hea...Backache sufferers who fear pain change movements
...y feel like you've been run over by a bus." The latest findings are part of a larger study that also is tracking 100 subjects in Athens and Columbus, Ohio, for a year after their recovery from a back pain injury. This second piece, which will wrap up in May 2008, aims to confirm whether pain avoiders are...International symposium on fruit, vegetables headed for Houston
...ntists will meet in Houston Oct. 9-13 to share the latest findings. FAV Health 2007 - Fruits And Vegetables, that is will convene at the Omni Hotel Houston, Four Riverway, for the second international symposium on how produce affects human health, according to Dr. Bhimu Patil, director of the Texas A&M U...National quality agenda, payment reform, care integration keys to improving quality, patient safety
...care quality and patient safety concerns rise, the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders survey finds leaders united behind several key reform measures: more than half (56%) support the creation of a new public-private entity to coordinate quality efforts and form a national quality agenda; ...Journalists: Register now for CHEST 2007 in Chicago
...y arterial hypertension. Advance look at the latest products, technology advances, and information delivery systems featured in the exhibit hall with more than 150 exhibitors. One-on-one interviews with international authorities in all areas of pulmonology, critical care, sleep medicine, cardiology...Asia Pacific Family Medicine moves to BioMed Central's open access platform
...m, APFM will be able to break down barriers to the latest research in family medicine, and increase access to regional knowledge and best practices....New book guides boomers through retirement maze
...ding to the authors, the law often lags behind the latest fraudulent schemes. Hegland was motivated to write Alive and Kicking once he began teaching an elder law class at the UA. I began to realize that are so many complicated issues to think about when approaching retirement, and baby boomers would benef...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...annual meeting provides some of medical physicists latest innovations, which may be coming soon to a hospital near you. HOW TO COVER THE MEETING The AAPM meeting webpage ( http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM/ ) contains links to the full program. By the time of the meeting, the site's Virtual Pressroom (...STAMP system can help professionals to identify potentially violent individuals
...identifying possible flashpoints, according to the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing. Lauretta Luck, who carried out her research at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, points out that the STAMP violence assessment framework could have much wider applications than just hospitals. STAMP - whic...Advances in understanding bipolar disorder topics of press briefings June 7, 8
...onal Institute of Mental Health will discuss their latest findings in identifying changes in the brain chemi...cial report at 1 p.m., Thursday June 7. The latest information about bipolar disorder in children and the role of attention-deficit hyperactivity disor...Study identifies new regulator of fat metabolism
...o different disposition of the calories. In this latest paper, Maratos-Flier and colleagues studied mice that had been fed a ketogenic diet high in both saturated fat and unsaturated fat and practically devoid of carbohydrates. Despite the high fat content of this diet, the study animals maintained no...Snoring in children might be an allergic type disease
...ses and risk factors. The study published in the latest edition of the international medical journal, Pediatric Pulmonology has established children with rhinitis who were first born, were exposed to maternal tobacco smoke during the first year of life and/or who had asthma and/or eczema at age five years...Gene variations point to why lung cancer drugs work better in Japanese vs. US patients
...differences in key metabolism-related genes is the latest result from a seven-year collaboration between the Southwest Oncology Group and two clinical trials groups in Japan. Gandara, who leads lung cancer trial efforts for the Southwest Oncology Group, is director of clinical research at the University of ...Brain inflammation may be friend, not foe, for Alzheimer's patients
...nd clean up wounds in the brain. The work is the latest in a growing body of research that is trying to determine the exact role of inflammation in Alzheimers disease. OBanion notes that some studies have found that taking medications to squelch inflammation, such non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or ...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...it is a means to keep physicians up-to-date on the latest medical developments." So why are some physicians able to claim to be pediatricians without the proper training and certification" Freed says many state licensing boards allow physicians to self-declare their areas of expertise without verifying th...Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
...ual aspect of cold sensation. The finding is the latest of a series of discoveries led by the Julius lab o... of ion channels expressed on sensory neurons. The latest finding adds to the evidence, says Julius, that TRP channels are the principal transducers of therma...Leading prevention researchers meeting in Washington, D.C., May 30-June 1, 2007
...milies. More than 250 researchers will present the latest findings of their work, addressing a range of topics, such as: The tragedy at Virginia Tech has focused attention on what schools, families and students can do to prevent similar incidents in the future. Some answers may lie in research on pr...Pfizer Onocology press briefing scheduled during ASCO 2007 Annual Meeting
..., Pfizer WHY: Opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in cancer research. The one-hour event will feature presentations from leading oncologists on non small-cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, melanoma and thyroid cancer. WHEN: Sunday, June 3, from 6 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CDT WHERE...Elsevier partners with European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics
...reas. Each quarterly issue of EJMP presents the latest peer-reviewed clinical research on medical physics, complemented by expert reviews of critical topics in the field. Other features include conference papers, technical notes and book reviews. To read articles from the March 2007 issue free of charge...... FDA, and a comprehensive article published in the latest issue of CNS Drug Reviews provides a timely overview of the drug, its pharmacological properties, clinical efficacy, safety and toxicology. MS is a disorder that affects the central nervous system, with leukocytes (inflammatory cells) attacking th...