Report recommends immediate improvements for Arizona's Pandemic Preparedness Plan
... recommends that the Arizona Department of Health: strengthen its communications strategies, especially by identifying a single, reliable, trustworthy spokesperson; clarify overlapping responsibilities between itself, other state agencies, and county health departments; integrate local and state law enforcement...SAEM endorses Institute of Medicine report on the future of emergency care in the US
...e the critical care crisis. Such physicians would strengthen the prehospital > emergency department > ICU critical care continuum, and improve the care of critically ill patients. ...Pneumonia can be treated effectively in nursing homes, reducing transfers to hospital
... gained through health research can save money and strengthen our health care system."...Poaching nurses from developing world not the answer to US nursing shortage
... new, Congress should be creating ways to fund and strengthen the nursing infrastructure in the USA, thereby developing a local workforce. Higher wages, better working conditions, and support for teaching positions are, in the long term, more effective, and possibly even more cost-effective, solutions. At the v...New biomarkers for improving treatment of spondylarthritis
...oint. To affirm these findings and strengthen their clinical application, the researchers also found that the same synovial features showed a highly different standardized response means between SpA patients receiving effective treatment and control patients. In validation analyses with indepen...Millennium development goals ignore health of indigenous people worldwide
...ect on their cultural fragility and to protect and strengthen their essential, foundational place in human society."...Include Indigenous communities in MDGs or watch them die a slow death, experts warn
...ect on their cultural fragility and to protect and strengthen their essential, foundational place in human society". Disappearing, displaced and undervalued a call to action for Indigenous Health worldwide by Carolyn Stephens, John Porter, Clive Nettleton and Ruth Willis, will be published later this month as ...Procedures beat meds to help patients fight obesity, GERD
... part of the stomach around the lower esophagus to strengthen the control valve to decrease the upflow of stomach acid to the esophagus. Researchers selected 98 chronic GERD patients who required long-term therapy. Researchers randomly divided the patient sample into two groups; one group initiated treatment w...Lilly Foundation gift to Indiana University Cancer Center
...recruit nationally recognized cancer scientists to strengthen the research initiatives and progressive care available in Indiana. "The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and Lilly employees are committed to improving the quality of cancer care and the quality of life for cancer patients," said Sidney Taurel, Eli ...Studies unclear whether spinal cement procedure improves back pain
...sity of Memphis. The goal of both procedures is to strengthen crushed or compressed vertebral bone in people with osteoporosis and multiple myeloma patients who suffer from severe bone tumors. "In principle, such treatment may prevent further fracture or collapse of the bone," the ECRI authors say. Compression...Health Partnership Act endorsed By American College of Physicians
...low for evaluation of reforms that are designed to strengthen and support the role of primary care physicians in delivering high quality, efficient care to patients." The legislation gives states the flexibility to test a variety of diverse reform options while still requiring important protections. In her l...The Allergan Foundation donates $2 million to advance eye research and treatment
...est donation ever to ophthalmology -- will further strengthen the department's research agenda and clinical care...al partnership we share with Allergan will further strengthen our position as an innovative center of excellence in ophthalmology that will improve lives in Orang...2006 European eHealth Conference and Exhibition unveils in Malaga, Spain
...as supported these eHealth conferences as a way to strengthen the exchange of experiences between political officers, experts and other stakeholders in the field of eHealth. This year's conference ensures the continuity of the previous conference editions 2005 (Tromso, Norway), 2004 (Cork, Ireland) and 2003 (B...Webcast: Media coverage of health
..., journal editors and communication specialists to strengthen news coverage of health research. The colloquium will also be available as a live webcast at: www.hsph.harvard.edu A steady drumbeat of front-page controversies, surprises, and scandals over the past two years--Vioxx, obesity-related mortality rate...AAMRI welcomes Canberra's fresh commitment to medical research funding
... commitment to building on what we already have to strengthen our credentials for groundbreaking research in Australia." The Grant Review, set up by the Government, in 2004 recommended significant increases in funding for health and medical research via the NHMRC....JK Rowling and the MS Society Scotland fund a new MS Research Centre
...evastating condition. Scientists in Edinburgh will strengthen links with other international and UK MS experts to push forward understanding of the disease. A major donation from Harry Potter author JK Rowling will help combat Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a disease which affects one in 500 Scots. Funding for the 2...Hormone use linked to increased breast cancer risk among black women
..."These results based on data from U.S. black women strengthen the evidence that use of estrogen alone and estrogen with progestin increases the risk of breast cancer and that the association is stronger among leaner women," the authors conclude....Feds' infectious diseases strategy must be broader than biodefense, say ID physicians
...es. IDSA also supports several other steps to strengthen infectious diseases legislation, including: Granting a "priority review voucher" to a company that develops a qualified product. The company can use that voucher to speed FDA review of another product, or it could sell the voucher to another compan......ciple comes into play whenever exercise is used to strengthen bones and muscles. The UI team used a computer-controlled device to deliver defined, measurable doses of load (about 1.5 times body weight) to the tibia (lower leg bone) in one leg of each participant. The electrical stimulation protocol followed nor...