New heart disease risk score will help minimize health inequalities
...t it is a more appropriate estimate for the UK and will help minimise health inequalities. The study comes as the governments drugs watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, recommends that people with a 20 per cent chance of developing heart disease over the next 10 years sho...Cancer on the agenda of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency
...ropean meeting on health care issues, where cancer will be an important part of the agenda. The Round T...ating a European Health Strategy, this Round Table will address crucial issues in terms of the EU health agenda, such as facing specific health problems, he...K-State researcher working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber
...eriorates," Alavi said. "We're hoping this process will increase some of the properties of the flour. The foods might have a better physical quality." The researchers worked with the bakery science lab at K-State's department of grain science and industry to produce cookies and tortillas made with bran-...Wesley Research Institute study targets pharmacists to help diabetes sufferers
...al glucose meter uploads during the day. The study will then determine whether lifestyle advice from pharm...all health. It is hoped that the year long study will lead to new Australia-wide treatment standards for Type 2 Diabetes where patients and pharmacists wo...Holograms make for better vision tests
...astigmatic subjects. The results of that research will appear in a future issue of OSAs journal JOSA-A. Paper "Holographic multivergence target for subjective measurement of the astigmatic error of the human eye," Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 13, pp. 1926-1928. Abstract In subjective refra...UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
...nd he hopes other cardiologists and their patients will insist that scanner manufacturers resolve problems with the software to produce the most accurate results. For patients who have recently had a PET-CT and been diagnosed with coronary artery disease, Gould recommends they seek a second opinion and ...LSUHSC awarded designation resulting in improved patient safety and outcomes
...ry, LSUHSCs Level 1 Accredited Education Institute will serve the entire region. The vision of the ACS Ac...vel 1 Accredited Comprehensive Education Institute will improve patient safety and health outcomes. According to the American College of Surgeons, the goal...SAGE to publish British Journal of Infection Control
... SAGE and the Infection Control Nurses Association will both be working together to provide an essential r...ons. The ICNA believes this publishing partnership will allow us to strengthen and grow the reputation of the BJIC as a respected professional journal of va...Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...and advocates for the kind of research ethics that will actually work in their own countries. The case study reveals that Johns Hopkins Fogarty Bioethics trainees return to Africa well-equipped for the practicum and subsequent work. While at The Johns Hopkins University, trainees attend three intensive ...Anti-gay hate crimes widespread
...ntified gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. The study will be published in the Journal of Interpersonal Viole...imes, as well as the need for victim services that will help to alleviate the physical, economic, social and psychological consequences of such crimes, Here...Hib vaccine: A critical ally in Asia's effort to reduce child deaths
...o the market very soon and prices for this vaccine will be coming down in the very near future. Now is the time for additional Asian countries to make this important addition to the EPI programs. I commend the GAVI Alliance and the countries of Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bhutan fo...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...oads that it considers rural.Millions of Americans will be driving this holiday weekend, and they would be wise to carefully consider these findings before they do, said CERS Director Lee Munnich, Jr., of the University of Minnesotas Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Americas rural byways seem so tran......on a 3-0 count? These are among the questions that will bring a new strategic dimension to baseball as ope... on Statistics and Operations Research in Baseball will be a meeting of the baseball, industrial, and academic worlds. The focus is on how Statistics and Op...'Cars' imaging reveals clues to myelin damage
...ineering; and Cheng. "The findings of this study will help us to identify key steps in the progression o...d Center for Paralysis Research. "This information will also facilitate the design of pharmaceutical interventions that slow down or even reverse the develo...UCLA, Italian chemists move closer to solving Lou Gehrig's disease mystery
... All of us who work in the field hope our research will lead to a treatment of ALS, Valentine said. What we really want is to diagnose and prevent ALS before its onset. Were still a long way from that, but were making progress....New research spares children the pain of the needle
...e injections; good news for parents whose children will spend less time in hospital; good news for paediat... children and good news for the NHS, as fewer beds will be occupied and the treatment is cheaper. Dame Helena Shovelton, Chief Executive of the British Lu...Emergency department guidelines enhance quality patient care
...lications, such as with inserting a chest tube, it will provide motivation for them to improve, says Wrigh... with using CPQE tools is low. But hes hoping that will change as they continue trying to prove the system actually works. The shift from relying on memor...AstraZeneca announces SYMBICORT is now available in the US
... launch of SYMBICORT, millions of asthma sufferers will have a new choice of fixed combination therapy to help achieve control of their asthma, said Chris OBrien, MD, PhD, senior director, Medical Science, AstraZeneca. Asthma is one of the most serious chronic diseases in the U.S. It is estimated that ...Students with symptoms of mental illness often don't seek help
...t the same issues at 12-15 universities nationwide will begin this fall, Eisenberg said. At U-M where t...veloped a mental health assessment instrument that will be used by a national network of counseling centers, conducted a stigma reduction campaign called "R......as been much recent interest in how nanotechnology will impact the field of medicine. Unfortunately, a num...imer nanoparticle systems, added Baker, since this will allow the direct delivery of drugs to the target cells. The researchers are currently conducting fur...