Case study: cross-cultural bioethics training program helps fight African 'brain drain'
...es or Europe, its often called brain drain. In the world of research ethics, at least one training program is causing the opposite effect. Now entering its eighth year of operation, the Johns Hopkins Fogarty African Research Ethics Training Program is the subject of a sweeping new case study published in t...New research spares children the pain of the needle
... School. The study is the first in the developed world to compare oral treatment versus intravenous (IV) treatment for children with community-acquired pneumonia, who are unwell enough to need admission to hospital. Professor Stephenson said: This is good news for children who hate injections; good new...Nepalese researchers identify cost-effective treatment for drug-resistant typhoid
...u has been termed the typhoid fever capital of the world as a result of this disease remaining so common. ... is a major problem in Nepal and in the developing world and drug-resistant strains are making it even more difficult to tackle," says Dr Buddha Basnyat, sen...Award winning book co-edited by Rutgers College of Nursing Dean updated with new information
...llance and control of emerging infections vital to world health. The first edition of this book won the Book of the Year award from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), which was also a Choice awardee. Lashleys other books have also received AJN Book of the Year awards, including the first and second...Weill Cornell Medical College announces gifts totaling $400M
...ients." "The health challenges that confront the world today are far bigger than these gifts," said Mr. Greenberg. "Our goal is to speed research discoveries from the bench to the bedside, where doctors can improve the quality of care for patients and the quality of life for all of us." "We are gratef...Advocates ask fashion industry to support braille clothing tags; talking Web site
...r will pitch their ideas to leaders of the fashion world during fashion week in Rome, July 9-13. The women will present their concept for White Cane Label at the Fashion for Good Roundtable in hopes of soliciting the kind of support that has brought attention to prominent causes like AIDS awareness, breast...Poker match pits an vs. machine in world first match
...,000 contest this summer. Polaris, the reigning world champion computer poker program, will challenge tw...yatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver B.C. "This is a world first, and, I hope, the beginning of something that will grow and become an annual event," said Dr. ...How to lose weight and not go hungry: HU researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
Jerusalem, June 6, 2007 -- Millions of people the world over suffer today from obesity, yet there is no magic bullet that has yet provided a universally accepted solution. However, a young researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem feels he has come up with a practical weight loss solution for the o...Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
...vincing. "Our results speak to the power of real world experience," says Carr. "Abstractions, literature, handouts are all great. But in the end, I think people respond more to visceral, emotional factors." Carr and Khodyakov based their analyses on data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS), a u...Advances in understanding bipolar disorder topics of press briefings June 7, 8
...er, held every two years, is the only venue in the world devoted exclusively to highlighting new research into understanding bipolar disorder, which affects both adults and children, devastates families, accounts for nearly half of all suicides in the United States, and costs billions of dollars in medical...QBI scientist looks at why stroke causes vision problems
...arietal lobe behave as if one-half of their visual world has simply disappeared," he said. To examine th...brain to integrate each new snapshot of the visual world into a coherent whole. The findings, published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences...The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $8 million to infectious disease investigators
...ing the underlying principles of how the microbial world interacts with the human host is of paramount importance. We are pleased to play a role in the expansion of knowledge in this important scientific field. Following are the 2007 award recipients, along with their institutions and research projects: ...Bias in statin trials, failure to control malaria, and more
... but it is practically useless in this part of the world because the malaria parasite has become resistant to it. As a developing country, Burkina Faso cannot afford to purchase ACT, so it must rely on support from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. However, Kouyat and colleagues ...Phase II study shows combination improves survival of metastatic melanoma patients
... "The clinical benefit may seem small, but in the world of melanoma where there is very little progress, this is certainly a strong indication that the combination of chemotherapy with an antiangiogenic agent may be a valid treatment strategy for these patients. But the only way to know this for certain i...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...w. The incidence of RCC is rising throughout the world with 208,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although patients with early-stage disease can potentially be cured with surgery, many will either experience a recurrence after surgery or have advanced or metastatic disease at the time of initial prese...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...w. The incidence of RCC is rising throughout the world with 208,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Although patients with early-stage disease can potentially be cured with surgery, many will either experience a recurrence after surgery or have advanced or metastatic disease at the time of initial prese...Gene variations point to why lung cancer drugs work better in Japanese vs. US patients
... to a patients genetic profile. Nobody else in the world has ever done this, with a common arm looking at genetic differences among ethnic groups, Gandara says. Researchers looked at DNA from 156 patients who received the chemotherapy drugs paclitaxel and carboplatin in a SWOG clinical trial and one cond...World first medical treatment announced by researchers
... that can affect children and young people. In a world first, the clinicians and scientists from the two universities have already treated one patient with promising results. Their preliminary data are published as a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine. This is the first time research into a ...Transformation for people with AIDS on the horizon
...l people with HIV. But within the next year, the world will probably see a remarkable transformation in the long-term prognosis for a generation of chronically ill adults with HIV they conclude....Papillomavirus vaccine could substantially reduce cervical cancer incidence
...lanta, Georgia, USA and colleagues from around the world formed the Future II Study Group to investigate th...e that vaccination is unnecessary in the developed world due to the effectiveness of cervical cancer screening strategies."...