Clinical Trials Units selected for newly restructured HIV/AIDS research networks
... affiliated clinical research sites is expected to reach $285 million during the first year of the awards. This also includes funding for previously existing CTUs and clinical research sites to continue their participation in ongoing studies for a period of time to ensure that there are no gaps in current ...National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research activities
...he CTSAs are expected to develop new approaches to reach underserved populations, local community organizations, and health-care providers, to ensure that health-care advances are reaching the people who need them. The CTSA consortium is led by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of t...Severe PTSD damages children's brains, Stanford/Packard study shows
...mental trauma often impairs the child's ability to reach social, emotional and academic milestones. "We'd really like to understand why some children are more resilient than others, and what the long-term effects of extreme stress are," said Carrion, who is the first author of the research, to be publish...Diabetes will be a bigger burden than predicted
...that the global diabetes prevalence in adults will reach 6.4% by 2030a 60% increase since 1995, and a 39% rise from 2000 to 2030. Lorraine Lipscombe (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada) and colleagues used population-based data from Ontario, Canada, to examine trends in diabetes ...What do we know about asthma in Africa?
... tract to the mouth, are swallowed, and eventually reach the small intestine. This journey takes about a week. (Photo: CDC) CONTACT: Matias Wjst GSF Natl Res Ctr Envir Health EPI/MOLEPI Ingolstdter Landstr.1 Munich-Neuherberg, Bavaria 85764 Germany +498931874565 m@wjst.de Buruli ulcer prevention ...Learning to prevent medical mistakes in caring for stroke patients
...isses, which are defined as an error that does not reach the patient, and 183 were adverse events. Of the 183 adverse events, 86 were preventable, 37 were not preventable, and 60 were indeterminate. Of the preventable adverse events, 37 percent were transcription/documentation errors, 23 percent were fai...Multislice CT speeds the diagnosis of chest pain in the emergency room
...CT. Even so, both the cost and the time it took to reach a diagnosis were significantly lower in the CT gro...o show a dramatic reduction in the time it took to reach a definitive diagnosis, even though in this small study we did not have the scanner operating 24 hou...Diabetes risk factors develop earlier in women than men
...ood glucose increases over time, even if it doesnt reach diabetic levels, should be screened more intensively for cardiovascular disease....New class of targeted cancer drugs shows promise in slowing progression of recurrent prostate cancer
...mately, we hope drugs like pertuzumab will help us reach the point where cancer can be viewed as a lifetime disease to be managed much like AIDS is looked at now. This would be major shift from the current paradigm for cancer treatment, and is a promising area of research. This study must be viewed cauti...Fixed versus growth intelligence mindsets: Its all in your head, Dweck says
...human-resources managers intent on helping clients reach higher levels of achievement. The journal Child Development released a paper Feb. 7 co-authored by Dweck titled "Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention." The resear...Cancer Patients Nationwide Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System
...trategic collaboration to significantly extend the reach of the Societys innovative Patient Navigator Progr... part in the program are strategically selected to reach those populations with the greatest need. Navigators at each program location provide access to in-...MIT graduate student wins $30,000 Lemelson-MIT student prize for life-saving inventions
...ed Rope Ascender, a fully loaded firefighter could reach the top of a 30-story building in only 30 seconds,...l Inventors In its ongoing effort to expand its reach and recognize outstanding up-and-coming inventors, the Lemelson-MIT Program is offering two new $30,...American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology relaunched
... committed to our scholarly mission, yet aspire to reach the largest possible audience while providing information-rich content. To accomplish this goal, we have redesigned the Journal both literally and philosophically." The official version of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology appears onl...Vasectomy may put men at risk for type of dementia
.... Certain malignant tumors produce antibodies that reach the brain and cause an illness similar to encephalitis, she noted. The next step in Weintraub's research will be to launch a national study to see if her results will be confirmed in a larger population. "I don't want to scare anyone away from g......nized by cells, showing the transporter the way to reach its goal, such as a tumor cell. To demonstrate th..." that in turn hook on to other patches. Once they reach a certain size, the patches bend around and close off to form hollow spheres, which can then be fill...Americans fear decline in US performance in math and science
...ley, president of Research!America. We ask them to reach out to Congress and make their voices heard. Research!America has been gauging Americans attitudes toward research for 15 years. For more Bridging the Sciences poll results, visit www.researchamerica.org ....HIV dementia alarmingly high in Africa
...uld have to be conducted before we know the global reach of HIV dementia, but this study sends a clear message that it exists in high proportions in sub-Saharan Africa and is an under-recognized condition that needs to be studied and treated," Sacktor says. Of the estimated 40 million adults and children...NIH-funded program co-directed by Mailman School of PH faculty to expedite clinical research process
...al world practice. We expect to see new approaches reach underserved populations, local community organizations, and health care providers to ensure that medical advances are reaching the people who need them."...HIV medical providers unite to advocate for patient care
... with the epidemic and bring these advances within reach of the soaring numbers of low-income, uninsured, and underinsured people with HIV/AIDS. Merceditas Villanueva MD, project director of the Title III Program at the Waterbury Hospital ID Clinic in Waterbury, CT, said the number of patients at her cl...$2.9M NIH grant expands successful parenting education program of Rush University
...help Rush University College of Nursing faculty to reach out to parents struggling with their children's behavior problems. The grant from the National Institutes of Health will be used to study ways of increasing participation in the Chicago Parent Program (CPP), a successful parenting skills program deve...