Test project of patient-centered medical home model endorsed by American College of Physicians
...Florida chapter governor, said. The PCMH has great promise for overcoming many of the challenges including quality, patient satisfaction and overall cost of our healthcare system. We are pleased to have the opportunity to contribute toward solutions both immediately in Florida, and longer-term throughout t...Metabolic study in mice could lead to 'good cholesterol' boosters
...capable of modifying the pathway, which could hold promise as new good-cholesterol-boosting drugs. ...UIC researchers to develop new drugs to fight bioterrorism
...e for Advanced Pharmaceutical Sciences holds great promise and potential for all humankind."...Green tea holds promise as new treatment for inflammatory skin diseases
Green tea could hold promise as a new treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and dandruff, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Researchers studied an animal model for inflammatory skin diseases, which are often characterized by patches of dry, red, flaky skin c...W.M. Keck Foundation announces 2007 class of Distinguished Young Scholars in medical research
...f Young Scholars who clearly exhibit extraordinary promise for future research and academic leadership. Under the program, each grant recipients sponsoring institution receives an award of up to $1 million to support the scientists research activities for a period of up to five years, as well as to enable th...Health reform bills could improve quality and efficiency, but fall short of national plan
...o change Medicares payment structure hold the most promise for health care savings and quality improvement. The first installment of the analysis of health care bills, released in March 2007, analyzed and compared leading health care bills to expand health care coverage. That analysis indicated that several...U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
...research and confirmation of the new concept shows promise because the quality of life for AIDS patients hinges on low costing medication and minimal side effects, Wang said. Its huge, he said. This concept could lead to a replacement for the cocktail treatment....The future of biofuels is not in corn
...s policy for years to come. While the politicians promise that America will be driving on switchgrass-based ethanol instead of gasoline in the next decade, the majority of the subsidies will go to corn-based ethanol refiners in the near term. The groups made recommendations on U.S. biofuels policy includi...Threats to hope -- Desperation affects reasoning about product information
...elieve what we want to believe about products that promise to help even if the arguments dont come from credible sources. Hope is threatened when people lose confidence that what they yearn for is possible, and this loss may result in a range of seemingly irrational behavior. Specifically, consumers inter...Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
...e procedure. One new technology showing particular promise is CBCT implemented on a surgical C-shaped arm. Research at the University of Toronto, headed by Jeffrey Siewerdsen ( jsiewerd@uhnres.utoronto.ca ), in collaboration with clinical researchers at the University Health Network and at Siemens Medical ...AstraZeneca announces SYMBICORT is now available in the US
.... The U.S. availability of SYMBICORT holds great promise for millions of Americans that suffer from asthma, said Tony Zook, president and chief executive officer, AstraZeneca U.S. The addition of SYMBICORT to our respiratory portfolio reinforces AstraZenecas commitment to developing new, effective treatme...Future therapies for stroke may block cell death
...one deacetylase inhibitors they have designed show promise for pancreatic cancer, while yet another, in work performed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, may be effective against malaria. "This is a new area of drug discovery for the 22nd century," Kozikowski said....Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
...forward in developing telesurgery, which holds the promise of many new efficient and cost-effective ways of providing advanced healthcare services, says project leader Reiza Rayman....Rochester spreads knowledge of cancer-related fatigue
...lasses of drugs called psychostimulants have shown promise in open-label trials. Further research is needed. -- Non-drug remedies. A growing body of evidence shows that exercise and support groups help people with cancer fatigue the most. Additional studies into nutrition therapy, yoga, mindfulness stress r...UCLA researchers develop new nanomaterials to deliver anti-cancer drugs to cells
...many anticancer drugs. Silica nanomaterials show promise for delivering camptothecin and other water-insoluble drugs, Tamanoi said. We have successfully loaded hydrophobic anticancer drugs into mesoporous nanoparticles and delivered them into human cancer cells to induce cell death. The beauty of our fi...Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
... of mice and diabetic monkeys had previously shown promise for FGF21 therapy as a means to lower blood sugar and lipids and stave off weight gain. Mammals survive periods of nutrient deprivation by shifting from carbohydrates to so-called ketone bodies as a primary fuel source. Ketone bodies are produced f...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...er of ongoing studies also demonstrate therapeutic promise in several other tumor types. The most frequent...vanced disease. Although high-dose IL-2 has shown promise with durable complete remissions observed in 7% of patients, toxicity has limited its widespread use...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...er of ongoing studies also demonstrate therapeutic promise in several other tumor types. The most frequent...vanced disease. Although high-dose IL-2 has shown promise with durable complete remissions observed in 7% of patients, toxicity has limited its widespread use...New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
...n early stage of development but hold considerable promise for overcoming many of the limitations of permanent metallic implants." They add: "The initial patients treated with these devices will need to be followed up closely and for a long time. Whether bioabsorbable stents signal the threshold of a new e...Syphilis screening, lithium fights neurodegeneration, monoclonal antibodies against avian flu
... would save babies from syphilis Lithium shows promise in mouse model of devastating neurodegenerative disorder Monoclonal neutralizing antibodies show promise against avian flu Human Herpes Virus 6B is associated with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy HIV...