Evacuation of elders during disasters to be addressed at GSA's upcoming annual meeting
...eds of the elderly in times of natural disaster, a panel of experts has been assembled for the closing sess...iovascular disease, and gall bladder disease. This panel explores the implications of rising obesity in the elderly and, in particular, elderly women. Paneli...Neurological disease raises risk of complications from flu
...ell as health care providers." The ACIP, an expert panel that advises the CDC on national vaccine practice, had previously designated nine groups of chronic medical conditions for which a flu shot is recommended. Among those conditions are asthma, chronic lung disease, heart disease, disorders of hemoglobi...New TNS study shows most Australian women are overweight
...alia in September using its managed on-line access panel which has 325,000 active members. Based on the sample size TNS is 95% confident in the accuracy of the results which have a margin of error of +/- 4%....Conference on health communication call for papers and panel proposals
...munication (KCHC) has issued a call for papers and panel proposals for its 2006 Conference: "Emerging Trend...role on the panel, and contact information for the panel chair. Deadline for abstract submission and panel proposals is Dec. 2, 2005. Acceptance notificati...Fish is good fish is bad. Balancing health risks and benefits
...the results. The Harvard Center convened an expert panel to help guide the process and advise on evaluation of the scientific literature. The overall decision-analytic approach was to identify the important health effects, assess the doseresponse relationships between fish consumption (or a constituent) an...Study finds government advisories on fish consumption & mercury may do more harm than good
...available evidence, the Harvard project convened a panel of experts, chaired by Steven Teutsch, a medical e...nd Prevention and now at Merck and Company. Other panel members included David Bellinger (Harvard University), William Connor (Oregon Health Sciences Univer...Study finds new type of silicone implant offers more natural looking breasts, low complication rate
... 2005, after the manufacturers presented data at a panel hearing, the FDA issued "approval with conditions"...ive silicone implants, has not yet received an FDA panel hearing....Australian Cancer Research Foundation announces biggest ever private grant
...he $5 million grant recipient will be decided by a panel of internationally recognised scientists, chaired by Professor Mathew Vadas and including Professor Sir David Lane. It will be awarded to an Australian researcher who provides the most compelling proposal for cancer research including potential cures...UK foot and mouth epidemic was a human tragedy, not just an animal one
...iversity Institute for Health Research recruited a panel of 54 individuals, representing a wide range of ru...workers and residents. Over a period of 18 months, panel members wrote more than 3,000 weekly diaries which were analysed along with in-depth interviews and ...Consensus panel calls for expanded role of needle biopsies, MRI and less invasive procedures
... diagnostic methods, according to an international panel ofbreast cancer experts convened at the Keck Schoo...changed the face of breast cancer," said consensus panel chair Melvin J. Silverstein, M.D., professor of surgery and Henrietta C. Lee Chair in Breast Cancer ...Independent panel to evaluate a chemical used in some plastics for hazards to human health
What: An independent panel of 11 scientists convened by the Center for the Ev...ndergo. Since the review of DEHP by a CERHR expert panel in 2000, approximately 150 new papers relevant to this evaluation have been published. Therefore the...Large tularemia vaccine contracts among new NIAID biodefense awards
...iocontainment Laboratory (RBL) program. In 2002, a panel of experts convened to provide guidance to NIAID on its biodefense agenda cited insufficient BSL-3 and BSL-4 space as a major barrier to research progress. As part of its response, NIAID established the RBL program to fund the design, construction an...Radiation dose reduction in liver cancer
A new digital angiography flat panel system reduces the radiation dose to patients unde...e study. That compares to 130-467 mGy for the flat panel system, he said. "In Japan, about one-third of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are treated b...Hebrew University receives its largest NIH research grant ever -- $5.6 million biodefense award
...ical trial of the toxin antagonist. The NIH review panel has termed the research unique in the world. Kaempfer, who is the Philip Marcus Professor of Molecular Biology and Cancer Research in the Department of Molecular Virology at the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, and his colleague, Dr. Gila Arad...Breast-feeding still best despite environmental chemicals in human milk
...ls or on chemicals in personal care products." The panel identified a number of recommendations for future surveillance and research, including: Determining levels of environmental chemicals found in human milk and infant formula (including water used to prepare formulas and chemicals from synthetic nipp...VCU researcher leads international team in developing guidelines for treating hydrocephalus
...r Parkinson's disease. The international advisory panel led by Anthony Marmarou, Ph.D., professor of neuro...with treatment. The five-member medical advisory panel was assembled in September 2000. The consensus guidelines were presented and reviewed by panels of ...Women heart attack sufferers face longer hospital delays than men, says new study
... questionnaire used was designed with input from a panel of experts and tested out during two pilot studies. Only patients who were admitted via the hospitals' casualty departments, who had a confirmed diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) and who were sent to the hospitals' coronary care uni...Toasty oat aroma influenced by presence of health-linked polyphenols
... compounds as measured by gas chromatography and a panel of trained human sniffers. The Penn State group... compounds as measured by gas chromatography and a panel of trained human sniffers. The Penn State group's analyses show that the polyphenols inhibit the ...'Heroes of Chemistry' honored for improving health, environment
...eir companies and the winners are chosen by an ACS panel in recognition of industrial work that has lead to the successful development and commercial sale of a technological product. "Heroes save lives and change things for the better," says ACS President William F. Carroll, Jr., Ph.D. "Through their inv...