Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
...oyed based on several criteria, including specific priorities that have been identified by each country's health ministry in conjunction with federal PEPFAR teams already on the ground; the availability of people with the required skills; and the readiness of institutions to host corps participants. They would...Number and quality of kidney transplants much greater if national matching program adopted
... patients and doctors will be able to choose which priorities are highest for the patients in the system, added ...For example, individual patients can set their own priorities based on distance they are willing to travel or on the quality of the kidney matched to them....Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
...onal KPD program." "Determining optimal allocation priorities and algorithms is absolutely crucial to the smart proliferation of KPD in the United States and the prevention of a haphazard system that diminishes the impact of this promising approach to the organ shortage," the researchers write. "We believe that...Some primary care residents feel unprepared to provide preventive counseling
...ters in patient visits that have so many competing priorities and time constraints." The study examined data from a comprehensive survey of medical residents taken in 1998 with the support of the Commonwealth Fund Task Force on Academic Health Centers. The overall survey compiled responses from more that 4,80...Other highlights in the May 18 JNCI
...development. Participants also identified research priorities and resources. Contact: National Cancer Institute Press Office, 301-496-6641, NCIPressOfficers@mail.nih.gov Also in the May 18 JNCI: Iodine Deficiency, Supplements Affect Thyroid Cancer Risk in Children Exposed to Radioactive Iodine: http://ww...Children need better cancer drugs, says expert panel
...o speed up the drug development process by setting priorities to determine which pediatric drugs should be tested among the limited pool of children with cancer. It also recommends initiating pediatric trials earlier than they typically begin....Cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries not being adequately addressed
...list chronic diseases, including cancer, as health priorities on their agendas." The increasing pediatric cancer death rate in countries with limited resources is especially tragic because strategies exist that could be used to ensure wider access to effective cancer treatment, according to Raul C. Ribeiro, M....New report calls for recovery units to boost surgery survival rates
...h existing resources and involve mainly a shift in priorities over how budgets related to surgery are allocated. "The effect of major surgery on the energy reserves of a patient is equivalent to running a half-marathon for a fit person, which is why it is crucial to assess a patient's fitness for surgery. We'r...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...lations receive in funding decisions. The funding priorities of governments have traditionally been acute, life-saving care, while long-term care, rehabilitation care, and mental health have been "grossly under-funded," the study says. Socially or economically disadvantaged or mentally ill patients require ap...Could reality TV save academic medicine?
...he public were in charge. They determined research priorities through game shows or citizen's juries and students received most of their training from expert patients. But scientific advances were subject to fads and there was little regulation of health information. In the final two scenarios, academic medicin...National Academies news: Coeur d'Alene Superfund site
...es where zinc is leaching into groundwater and set priorities for removing or stabilizing these materials, the committee said. Locating and removing the largest sources of lead-contaminated sediments in riverbeds especially those likely to be carried downstream should be a priority as well. The agency's pla...Standardized guidelines improve outcomes in stroke care
...prospective registry was designed to help identify priorities for quality improvement. Its data includes all patients diagnosed with a suspected stroke or TIA (mini stroke), at admission or discharge, who were admitted to one of seven medical institutions in California, including UCSF Medical Center....Program may improve physicians' knowledge about diseases caused by bioterrorism agents
... poor, and adds physician education to the list of priorities the government should undertake to prepare for what many see as an inevitable event. The Internet can be used to distribute a curriculum to teach physicians to diagnose and care for patients exposed to or infected with a likely bioterrorism agent. Ea...Hospitals that follow guidelines save lives
...and patients to remember to pay attention to these priorities in care every time, we insure that the patients ge...the country will use a system to guarantee the key priorities of care for every patient with an acute coronary syndrome, such as early reperfusion and correct med...Preventing chronic diseases - need for concerted action
...reatment of cardiovascular disease should be major priorities on both the national and pan-European level. The mission of the ESC is to 'improve the quality of life of the European population by reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease'. To achieve this mission, we have called upon both medical and poli...UNC wins eight top NIH 'Roadmap' grants, more than any other university in the country
.... The program provides a framework for NIH funding priorities and represents an attempt to make the country's medical research system more efficient and productive. UNC will receive $11.6 million under the program and another $3.9 million to fund the first year of the newly established Carolina Center of Nanote...Biotechnology has failed to live up to its promises
...ethodological criteria, suggesting that commercial priorities come before the sound development of drugs in the interest of patients. The promises of biotechnology substances to be more effective and less toxic than conventional drugs have been only partially fulfilled, they add. Many of the substances produced...Research on premature birth boosted with $10 Million NIH grant
...id the network is one of the major efforts and top priorities of the Institute. The goal of the network is to obtain an understanding of the pathophysiology of preterm birth, discover target molecules and diagnostic biomarkers and aid in innovating and implementing strategies for premature birth intervention. ...Mayo Clinic study: People with heart failure at significant increase for death from stroke
...and that stroke prevention should be among our key priorities for patients newly diagnosed with heart failure," says Veronique Roger, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who led the study. The occurrence of a stroke among patients with heart failure resulted in a large increase in the risk ...European Science Foundation warns nanomedicine benefits will be lost without major investment
...ommendations on future research trends and funding priorities and the organisational and structural changes needed at national and European level to ensure success. The ESF report found that nanomedicine is already delivering significant benefits through new diagnostics, imaging agents and even nanomedicines ...