Heart-failure patients benefit from pharmacist care
... The American Heart Association says more than 5 million people in the United States are in various stages of heart failure with total health-care costs exceeding $29 billion. The UNC study, published in the May 15, 2007 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, included 314 low-income patients with hear...Mailman School of Public Health researchers analyze air quality and weather changes by 2050
...nerable persons. With a population exceeding 21 million people in the greater NYC metropolitan area, ongoing urbanization puts a significant strain on natural resources and impacts air pollution levels and regional climate. The study highlights the value of modeling systems that quantitatively assess the ...Spanish project 'AmIVital' creates intelligent communication devices for elderly and disabled people
...ent of technological innovations, has granted a 20 million euro subsidy to the research and development project "AmIVital: digital personal environment for health and wellbeing". Seventeen Spanish top Information and Communication Technology companies and research groups participate in AmIVital. From the p...Counseling, coping skills could reduce arthritis disability
...s and cognitive behavior interventions." Over 43 million adults in the United States have an arthritis diagnosis and another 23 million adults report symptoms of arthritis, making the disease the leading cause of pain and disability in ...Martin F. Shapiro wins Herbert W. Nickens Award
...the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study, a $25 million national study of HIV care in the United States that developed the first probability sample cohort of the nation's HIV patients. This study documented many issues in HIV care, notably the pattern of dissemination of new therapies and the disparities...Scientists from the CIMA investigate a molecule for diagnosing hypertensive cardiopathy
...tients with this disease. In Spain, there are four million patients with this illness, a number that supposes fifty percent of the eight million patients with high blood pressure. The research on this cardiovascular illness was shared today d...ACP challenges Congress to make 'fundamental changes' in Medicare payment policies
...es employers that collectively employ more than 50 million Americans, primary care organizations that represent the physicians that provide primary care to the vast majority of Americans, and federally-funded community health centers that provide care to millions of low-income patients. Representatives of c...Major employers, physicians, stakeholders unite to revolutionize America's healthcare system
... Federally Qualified Health Centers which serve 16 million people in medically under-served communities throu... Wyeth, representing companies that employ over 50 million Americans, and the HR Policy Association representing the vice presidents of human resources of majo...Advances in brain research poised to dramatically change society
...a 22030 Why: In the United States, more than 5 million people are living with Alzheimer's disease according to the Alzheimer's Association. The number of people affected by this fatal disease will only increase over the next 10 years as early onset Alzheimer's begins to affect the baby boomer generation....Caring for the sick now a public health priority for developing countries
Of the 57 million people dying worldwide each year, 6 million deaths are caused by cancer and 3 million from HIV/AIDS, with the majority of both occurring in deve...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
...ths in women worldwide, resulting in nearly half a million diagnoses and 240,000 deaths each year. Every day ... Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than 20 million men and women in the US are infected with HPV, and more than six million new infections are reported...$10M grant to VCU to develop new cancer treatments
...al Cancer Institute has awarded a five-year, $10.7 million grant to Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers to develop a new form of radiation therapy that will enable the safe administration of more aggressive cancer treatments. The NCI's Project Program Grant, titled "Image Guided...NIH funding UIC brain tumor research
...t Chicago College of Pharmacy have received a $1.7 million five-year federal grant to develop a new approach to treat brain tumors. A hydrogel-based delivery system, similar in consistency to gelatin, has been developed to control the release of chemotherapy drugs that will kill glioblastoma multiforme, th...Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection
...." In the United States, there are more than 4.1 million people living with hepatitis C virus infection -- about 1.6 percent of the population. In 2007, it is estimated that 71,380 Americans will be diagnosed with some type of lymphoma, which will take 19,730 lives. The researchers note that this study w...Warts vaccine -- 1 of many in pipeline
...rmaceutical production centre, which received $100 million in last nights Federal Budget. The centre, called the Translational Research Institute, is planned to be a one-stop shop at the PA Hospital for medical research and health care, catering for medical discoveries, clinical trials and drug manufacture...Federal Budget boosts Australian health and medical research
Fifteen grants ranging from $5.3 million to $100 million will fund the development and expansion of medical research facilities across Australia, and the ope...$30 million boost to dementia research
...h Service, we have developed plans for a new $69.1 million building," said Professor Schofield."The Neuroscience Research Precinct will provide 11,000 m2 of research capacity and double thespace of the existing research facility projecting it into international prominence in the research arena."Projections i...Baby aspirin better for your health, University of Kentucky study says
...XINGTON, Ky. (May 9, 2007) " Nearly a quarter of a million Americans each year may be hospitalized with bleed...n is the most-used drug in the world. More than 50 million people, or 36 percent of the adult population in the United States, consume 10 to 20 billion aspirin...Home improvement warning -- Ladder-related injuries increasing in the US
...IRP) at Columbus Childrens Hospital, more than 2.1 million individuals were treated in U.S. emergency departments for ladder-related injuries from 1990 through 2005. That estimate exceeds an average of 136,000 cases annually. This is the first U.S. study to use national data to comprehensively examine nonfat...... vaccine has been estimated at approximatelyUS$800 million (LeadDiscovery Ltd, 2004). Professor Tindle said the importance of the research project was double-barrelled because,along with helping children, it included forming a new type of vaccine.The research group has developed a "recombinant" vaccine using...