New study reports the risk perceptions of natural vs 'medicalized' childbirth
...ar ideal but do not plug into a natural childbirth network may, by default, settle for the status quo by laboring in a hospital birth suite."...University of Newcastle upon Tyne to lead UK Stroke Research Network
...en to co-ordinate a multi-million pound nationwide network of healthcare professionals to increase the amount... Clinical Research Network (UKCRN) initiative. The network will comprise a National Co-ordinating Centre, based in the University, and eight local research net...Anti-tumor activity also plays a critical role during eye development in the embryo
... the growth of pericytes. This blockage causes the network of blood vessels these cells nurture to degenerate...n front and the retina at the back of the eye. The network grows during the early part of eye development, after which the blood vessels die and the network di...Researchers model avian flu outbreak, impact of interventions
...of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) research network funded by the National Institute of General Medica... continuing to spread in Southeast Asia, the MIDAS network decided to model a hypothetical human outbreak of H5N1 in this region. "The pressing questions are...Ways to detect, thwart terrorist acts scrutinized during ACS national meeting
...ity are developing an easy-to-use, wireless sensor network that can be deployed throughout a city or region either permanently or for short periods. The sensors can detect nerve agents, assess radiation levels and monitor weather conditions. Information provided by the sensors could help law enforcement offi......ain, we propose that fear memory originates from a network of receptors, rather than one simple area," Zhuo says. "It is more complex than previously thought." The next step, according to Zhuo, is to determine how NR2B directly affects memory formation and storage in the brain. "While we know it exists in th...Breast cancer screening trial shows digital mammogram benefits
... performs even better," said Constantine Gatsonis, network statistician for ACRIN, professor of community health and applied mathematics at Brown, and an author of the New England Journal article. Because of its size and rigor, Gatsonis said, the study provides some of the best data gathered on the diagnosti...Digital mammography trial results announced
... National Institutes of Health, was conducted by a network of researchers led by ACRIN. "These results will give clinicians better guidance and greater choice in deciding which women would benefit most from various forms of mammography," said senior author, Etta Pisano, M.D., University of North Carolina at ...NASH clinical research network launches trial for treatment of liver disease in children
...in Baltimore provides coordination of the research network studies....Do the Europeans turn ill sitting up so late?
...spring 2005 a large European research and training network was establishedto investigate the causes and impli...rs from five countries, thus creating an efficient network where the special skills of each partner can be utilized. The network will provide funding for 24 do......er expansion of live donation. There is a national network already in place that matches deceased-donor kidneys with compatible recipients. "A similar system now needs to be in place for living donors," Montgomery said. A matching system for living donors is essential since about 36 percent of living donor-...Penn surgeons use completely robotic surgery to treat prostate cancer
...sharpens the visualization of the prostate and the network of nerves and tissue surrounding it. Additionally, by scaling down the motion of the robotic instruments, the surgeon can perform extremely precise, intricate movements during the procedure. For example, if the surgeon's hand moves five centimeters,...Federal grant to expand MCG pipeline programs for minorities
...twork will open its extensive health care provider network throughout rural Georgia so honor corps students can shadow a provider. The partners are helping make the new programs possible and unique, Ms. Sykes-Brown said. "We are looking forward to this statewide collaborative effort." Fort Discovery grant wr...EU benchmark study on mental disease in Elsevier ECNP journal
...lieve that the newly established interdisciplinary network which emerged from the "Size and Burden" is an important starting point for future coordinated and continuous high-quality mental health research, as well as better funding for research, training and education programmes." Nello Spiteri, Publisher o...UK government's privatisation plans for the NHS put patient welfare at risk
...ingly decentralised health system, a proliferating network of service providers and independent treatment centres, and hospitals built and financed by private money. Companies have already been drafted in to run surgical clinics; some diagnostic services are now private; and new out-of-hours primary-care ser...Colorectal cancer screening promotion fails to increase use by physician organizations
...f physician organizations in a single managed care network rather than individual physician practices. This top-down, directive-driven approach, which relied on POs to integrate provider and patient CRC screening education into their organizations, was evaluated in a randomized controlled trial. Analysis of ...New ASU center will assess societal implications of nanotechnology
...of innovation. The ASU center is the largest in a network of newly funded NSF activities on nanotechnology a...iversity and the University of South Carolina. The network will support research and education on nanotechnology and social change, as well as provide educatio...Physician pay-for-performance programs may produce little gain in quality
...an groups in the Pacific Northwest, the California network demonstrated greater quality improvement after the pay-for-performance intervention only in cervical cancer screening (a 3.6 percent difference in improvement). For all 3 measures, physician groups with baseline performance at or above the performanc...UGA receives $3.5 million CDC grant to create center in health marketing and health communication
...sabilities. At UGA, the center brings together a network of health researchers from the Department of Speech Communication and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as investigators from the Terry College of Business, the Institute for Behavioral Research and the Department of Soc...Research on premature birth boosted with $10 Million NIH grant
...Network for Preterm Birth Research. This five-site network will identify genetic and environmental determinan...etwork. "This multidisciplinary and multi-center network will be able to recruit a large and representative population of preterm births and utilize advanced...