Impact of fondaparinux tested on most serious heart attacks
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. "In people with heart attacks, we don't yet know whether antithrombotic agents add to the benefit of existing therapies," said Sal...Technologies diagnose coronary disease in one heartbeat
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. One-Beat Whole Heart Imaging Using the 2nd Spec 256-Multislice CT: First Clinical Data (Abstract 2914-117) The 2nd Spec 256-Mult...Studies compare stents and cardiac procedures for long-term survival
...g for practicing cardiovascular interventionalists sponsored by the American College of Cardiology in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Nine-Year Clinical Outcome of Coronary Stenting Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Significant Proximal LAD ......n. According to a workshop on lung transplantation sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, key priorities for the advancement of transplantation include: expansion of the donor pool, accurate prediction of and effective treatment for primary graft dysfunction and BOS and the development of ...U-M study: Program to boost elderly flu vaccination could save lives
...-effectiveness of a hypothetical 10-year federally sponsored flu vaccination promotional program aimed at the elderly. The program was designed to mimic the intensity of a direct-to-consumer advertising campaign, making it stronger and more expensive than a typical government public health promotion program. T...Cystic fibrosis research could benefit from multi-functional sensing tool
...dent Justyna Wiedemair. In the ATP study, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and done in collaboration with Douglas Eaton at Emory University's School of Physiology, the Georgia Tech team used the multi-scanning biosensors to study ATP release at the surface of live epithelial cells (cells...Friedman addresses UN-sponsored African workshop on E-Governance
...articipating this week in a nine-nation conference sponsored by the Southern African Capacity Initiative (SACI) of the United Nations Development Program in Maseru, Lesotho, March 27-29. Friedman will deliver a talk and play a lead role in a meeting at which nine Southern African countries will consider h...Bird-flu vaccine works at high doses; Focus turns to ways to stretch vaccine supply
... vaccine available to more people. The studies are sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the Federal agency leading the effort to create a vaccine against bird flu. NIAID is currently testing the vaccine in people 65 and older and in young children. It's also sponsoring studies...Pigment is focus of macular degeneration research
...ent a way to measure it. Dr. Nolan's latest study, sponsored by his Fulbright scholarship and Dr. Snodderly's lab, is looking again at 50 people age 20-60 with no major visual problems to precisely measure macular pigment and surrounding anatomy. Measurements can be taken quickly and painlessly, without even d...Researchers find why prostate drug increases likelihood of heart failure
...-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute and conducted from 1994 to 2002, a test of doxazosin was stopped early because subjects taking it proved to be at substantially increased risk for heart failure. Nonetheless, according to Simpson, a v...Feds' infectious diseases strategy must be broader than biodefense, say ID physicians
...ld, he said. Appearing at a congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Dr. Blaser noted that a bill she has introduced includes many of IDSA's recommendations to resolve problems in the antimicrobial and anti-infective market, as outlined in the Bad Bugs, No Drugs report. Among the recommen...The corporate sponsored creation of disease - Press Release from PLoS Medicine
The corporate sponsored creation of disease--"disease mongering"--turns he...g years will bear greater witness to the corporate sponsored creation of disease". The special issue, say Moynihan and Henry, is a call for the global health co...Numerical processing similar in children and adults, brain scans reveal
...rain Imaging and Analysis Center. The research was sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, the John Merck Fund and Duke. "Lots of previous behavioral studies have shown that pre-school children can do basic math tasks before they ever get any formal math training ...WHI updated analysis: No increased risk of breast cancer with estrogen-alone
... those taking combined hormone therapy. The WHI is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. The new analysis is published in the April 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Over an average of about 7 years of follow-up, stud...NFL team physicians to host conference on football injury prevention and conditioning
...edicine professionals. This conference is jointly sponsored by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), the National Football League Physicians Society, and the National Athletic Trainers' Association, and is supported by the National Football League. A press room with high-speed Internet...ARVO keynote speakers to explore worldwide vision research collaborations
...auderdale, Fla. The ARVO/Alcon Keynote Session is sponsored by the ARVO Foundation for Eye Research through a generous grant from Alcon Laboratories. Dr. Sieving has led NEI to increase the opportunities for international collaborations around the world. ARVO and NEI held a series of workshops in India and ...University of Utah to help build bionic arm
...rt of the Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 project sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA said in a news release that it wants to "revolutionize prosthetic devices for amputee soldiers. Over the next four years, researchers will create a mechanical arm that has the properties of a bi...The hunt for a hepatitis C vaccine is under way at Saint Louis University School of Medicine
...gastroenterology and hepatology). This research is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and Chiron Corp. Hepatitis C virus is a blood-borne infection that causes approximately 10,000 deaths annually and is responsible for almost half of the 4,000 liver transplants each year. The CDC estimates medica...Webcast: Media coverage of health
...rt of a colloquium series on Mass Media and Health sponsored by HSPH's Center for Health Communication in collaboration with the School's Division of Public Health Practice and the Office of Communications. The colloquium will be held in the School's Kresge Building, Snyder Auditorium, 677 Huntington Ave., Bos...International Congress of Neuroendocrinology in Pittsburgh June 19-22
... Bridging Neuroscience and Endocrinology is being sponsored by the American Neuroendocrine Society and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Media are invited to attend. The scientific program includes six plenary lectures, 24 symposia and more than 300 poster presentations covering both clinical ...