RAND panel identifies key components of public health emergency preparedness
...d individuals to prevent, protect against, quickly respond to and recover from health emergencies, particular... increase the country's ability to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies. ...International study finds ways to maximize effective responses after terrorism incidents
...ed regularly were able to successfully and quickly respond to events. For example, in London they practice "Triage Tuesdays," where every Tuesday responders triage every patient as if they were involved in a mass casualty event. An important part of Scene Security is ensuring that people are who they say ...Studies highlight 'real world' use, safety of drug-eluting stents
... (Presentation Number: 2414-7) Patients who do not respond to medication that inhibits the function of blood platelets face three times the risk of developing dangerous blood clots, or thrombosis, inside a drug-eluting stent when compared to patients who are responsive to the drugs effects. These findings su...Loperamide therapy for acute diarrhea in children
... PLoS Medicine discuss how medical journals should respond to the findings of this study and what needs to be done to ensure that published systematic rev iews are of good quality . Citation: Moher D, Tetzlaff J, Tricco AC, Sampson M, Altman DG (2007) Epidemiology and reporting characteristics of systemati...Infection detectives use disease 'fingerprints' to track common infections in children
...ectious agent. "We are genetically programmed to respond differently to different infections. We have developed the tools to understand that," said Dr. Octavio Ramilo, professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern and lead author of a study appearing in the March edition of the journal Blood . "Infectious ...Men more likely to benefit from clot-busting stroke treatment
...are potential biological reasons why women may not respond as well as men to tPA, including the possibility t...these findings, and to determine why women may not respond as well as men to the treatment."...Most children in US hospitals receive medicines off-label
...esses. "Critically ill children may have failed to respond to conventional therapies and may receive drugs off-label because they have no approved options," said Dr. Shah. The authors point out that, while physicians may sometimes have no alternatives to treating children with off-label medications, the p...Antidepressants improve post-stroke 'thinking outside the box'
... that is, those mental abilities that enable us to respond appropriately to unfamiliar or complex situations,...ments in executive function and may not be able to respond well to non-routine situations. This impairment may affect rehabilitation efforts. The UI team in...Cost control measures limit patient and physician choice in psychotropic medications
...ation. However, in many plans patients who did not respond to one of those drugs faced a substantial hike in copayment (to an average of $38) in order to try a potentially more effective drug. Coverage of drugs for ADHD was more restrictive....46-year-old man receives first temporary total artificial heart in Northeast US from Penn
...who have both sides of their heart failing, do not respond to other treatments and are at imminent risk of death. Research has shown that patients receiving the device, called the temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) and manufactured by CardioWest (SynCardia Systems, Inc.), have almost twice the survival...Panel presents Agricultural Biosecurity & Sustainability Strategies at 2007 AAAS Meeting
...ck against natural or weaponized pathogens, and to respond to such pathogens, are needed to ensure economic and food security, as well as human health. A panel of experts will discuss the status of current domestic and international agricultural biosecurity measures and needs for their enhancement at the ...Public health and pandemic flu preparedness to headline Preventive Medicine 2007
...overnments in collaborative efforts to prepare and respond to pandemic flu. Following that discussion, RADM Kenneth P. Mortisugu, MD, MPH, Acting Surgeon General, and Jon Krohmer, MD, deputy chief medical officer for the Department of Homeland Security, will be in attendance to discuss an all-hazards appr...Gene expression test reveals ER and HER-2 status of breast tumors
...mic index predicts how an ER-positive patient will respond to hormonal therapy. A prospective clinical trial will soon open at M. D. Anderson to use these tests to recommend treatment for patients with newly diagnosed stage I-III breast cancer. In the Lancet Oncology paper, they employed an Affymetrix m...Mimicking how the brain recognizes street scenes
...t mimics as closely as possible how cortical cells respond to simple stimuli like the ones that are used in the physiology lab," said Serre. "The fact that this system seems to work on realistic street scene images is a concept proof that the activity of neurons as measured in the lab is sufficient to explai...Important mechanism identified in the formation of blood vessels
... start to treat tumour types that do not currently respond to anti-angiogenic drugs," says Mats Hellstrm, one of the scientists involved in the study. The researchers have found that Dll4 signalling determines how many sprouts bud off from the parent vessel. This principle is critical to the number of bran...Flu experts call for mandatory shots for health care workers
...health authorities should have enough medicines to respond to a pandemic on hand ahead of time. New drugs need to be developed. Currently available antivirals are only moderately effective, and resistance to them is emerging. Improve diagnostic tools. Influenza shares symptoms with a wide range of other il...HIV medical providers unite to advocate for patient care
...will advocate for funding for medical providers to respond to the full scope of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. People with HIV very often have complex medical and other needs that can make treating their HIV disease more difficult. More than half of Dr. Villanuevas patients are infected with hepatitis C. One in five...$2.9M NIH grant expands successful parenting education program of Rush University
... real-life situations to teach participants how to respond to such common situations as children throwing tantrums in public, demanding attention when the parent is busy with a household task, or resisting going to bed at night or getting up in the morning. "It's much easier to learn when you see parents li...Response to anti-HIV therapy improved if treatment begins six months after preventive regimen
...g, which may make it less likely that a woman will respond to nevirapine if she needs it later, as part of a ...remaining mutants multiplied, mutant HIV would not respond to nevirapine when it was used later as part of a multi-drug regimen to treat HIV infection. In man...Penn researchers demonstrate ability of new therapy to treat severely elevated cholesterol levels
... Patients who suffer from homozygous FH typically respond poorly to standard drug therapy and have a very high risk of premature cardiovascular disease. Homozygous FH is caused by loss-of-function mutations in both alleles of the LDL receptor gene. It is a rare form of hypercholesterolemia affecting approxi...