Heart Rhythm Society publishes final recommendations for heart patients
...idelines with feedback from regulators at the FDA, representatives from industry and patient advocacy groups. Additional feedback was received from a public comment period that ended May 30, 2006....Second-generation antipsychotic medications appear to offer little advantage over older drugs
..., health care professionals, researchers, industry representatives and other stakeholders. Policy change may eventually be warranted, but potentially polarizing decisions are best delayed until thoughtful public deliberation gives a chance for comprehensive review, consensus building and shared understanding."...Progesterone shows promise as treatment for traumatic brain injuries
...vely impaired, their family members or other legal representatives were asked to give proxy consent for enrollment in the study. Four out of every five patients (80 percent) enrolled received intravenous progesterone, and one of every five (20 percent) received placebo. Patients, family members, doctors nor study st...Astrolab Industry Day to showcase European research technology on ISS
...n Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The event is open to representatives from industry involved in the development and installation of European ISS research technology, and for interested media. The day will highlight European technology on the International Space Station (ISS), which is either currently in use on the S...Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
...e Connector. Although the Connector board includes representatives from "stakeholder" groups, it may benefit from seeking further public input into the plans it designs before finalizing them, the authors say....ESA's first Swedish astronaut to fly to the ISS
... local live event for the general public and media representatives is being arranged for the launch itself....Researchers suggest new direction for development of psychotropic drugs
...gy. The panel of academic, industry and government representatives concluded that several factors have impeded the development of novel treatments for mental illness including: incomplete understanding of the impact of mental illness on the brain; continued skepticism of results from animal models for certain disord...Public meeting Jan. 4 on research priorities on EHS aspects of engineered nanoscale materials
...iative (NNI). The NSET Subcommittee is composed of representatives from agencies participating in the NNI. The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office provides technical and administrative support to the NSET Subcommittee in its work and is the coordinator for the January 4 public meeting....New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...t and advocacy groups. Elected officials and media representatives were excluded. The online survey was conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of The Commonwealth Fund and focused on Congressional priorities. The survey was completed online by 289 experts. "When this many of our nation's health care experts, w...Model language unveiled to help clinical researchers disclose financial conflicts
...cus group testing and multiple rounds of review by representatives of Institutional Review Boards, the COINS project team has unveiled the following generic disclosure for situations in which a financial interest exists but does not present a measurable risk to a research participant. ***The person leading this m...National Inventors Hall of Fame announces 2007 inductees
... reviewed by the Selection Committee, comprised of representatives from national science and technology organizations....Preventive Medicine 2007 to feature research and practice findings to improve public health
...services. A variety of government and industry representatives will offer solutions to worksite needs at the Preventive Medicine 2007 Tradeshow. Topics to be discussed during the meeting will fall into five major areas: public health practice, clinical preventive medicine, healthcare quality improvement, prev...M.D. Anderson collaborates with Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria
...ter for Research on Minority Health (CRMH), joined representatives from the Ministry of Health, National Hospital, the Nigerian Medical Community, Nigerian Medical Association (Abuja Branch), Nigerian Teaching and other Tertiary care hospitals and the Nigerian Cancer Society to discuss cancer management, early detec...USP signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council
...m a working group consisting of an equal number of representatives from both organizations. The working group will develop annual plans related to MOU objectives....American College of Physicians commends MedPAC support for physician-directed care coordination
...pushback from constituents and their Congressional representatives in areas that are scheduled to receive lower updates, greatly politicizing the process of setting updates. In its letter, ACP proposed an alternative pathway for eliminating the SGR that replaces it with a new methodology that will provide positi...National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research activities
...ruce Pihlstrom will moderate a panel discussion of representatives from CTSA awardees, with a view toward informing the oral health research and education community about the ways in which the dental community has successfully participated in this initiative. Thursday, March 22 9:00 am 1:00 pm, Symposium, Es...National experts and nonprofit organizations call to end FDA user fees and to improve drug safety
...n the federal government, PDUFA is negotiated with representatives of fee payers in this case, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Under this arrangement, the risks of drugs already on the market receive little attention, and FDA has very limited resources to conduct post-marketing dru...IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis to be held for first time in Asia
...demiologists, pharmacists, pharmaceutical industry representatives and media professionals. ...Drug company sales visits influenced doctors, study finds
...ost half of sales visits by pharmaceutical company representatives advocating the use of the drug gabapentin led to d...16 visits to 97 physicians by pharmaceutical sales representatives from 1995 to 1999. The forms were collected by a market research firm and became available to the re...Did drug reps encourage doctors to prescribe gabapentin for nonapproved uses?
...ed "detail" visits to doctors made by drug company representatives can involve promotion of drugs for non-approved, "...sco based their study on visits to doctors made by representatives of the company Parke-Davis between 1995 and 1998 to promote the drug gabapentin. In the USA, befor...