Understanding the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Decision-Making
...2005, the program has spent almost $300 million to fund nearly 200 projects in a range of medical topics, including combat casualty care and technology and infectious disease research. The researcher and his team recruited 40 volunteers with good sleep habits who agreed to live in a lab for six days. Fo...Doctors In US Lack Skills For The Diagnosis Of TB
...rt, Lung, and Blood Institute have been helping to fund a TB curriculum in medical and professional schools....Woman Pregnant with Conjoined Twins
...ncome assistance and the family has set up a trust fund to help pay for her frequent trips to Vancouver. NDP health critic Adrian Dix has said that Health Minister George Abbott should consider pitching in to help Simms pay for some of her costs. He said,"I'm hopeful the minister will look at this issu...Tougher Guidelines Needed To Prevent Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
...Medicine has asked for the Department of Health to fund an audit to get the number of times instruments are used. "Just knowing how many times instruments are used would be a huge help, but if the instruments were tracked, we could link them to patients and make sure they are not used again," said Dr Ga...India to Claim Bird Flu-Free Status Next Month
...asonable level of preparedness, the current gap in fund mobilisation was 65 percent. WHO Regional Director for the South-East Asia Region Samlee Plianbangchang said the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus had crossed over the species barriers and already infected humans in 10 countries. So far 231 human case...Cancer Hospice Opens New In-patient Unit
... Still another £1.8m has to be raised in order to fund the completion of the project. ...Medical Education in Australia Embroiled in Scandals
... students will borrow, scrimp and save in order to fund a $200,000-plus medical degree. If these students find that on graduation there are no intern positions available, it will be one of the greatest scandals in medical education." In his estimate, the time spent to seek approval for prescriptions, fr...MoU for HIV/AIDS Signed by Nigeria and Clinton Foundation
...ions, private corporations and also individuals to fund HIV/AIDS interventions as also other identified needs. The Nigerian government on its part is expected to regularly inform the Clinton Foundation of its priority areas in the effort to curb HIV/AIDS. As far as possible, the government is to facil...Health Care Costs Unaffected by Rebate
... per cent reported that they were forced to join a fund because of the 30 per cent government rebate, tax penalties and premium rises imposed on people each year without insurance. Fiebig said that it was these people who could just as well use the public health system as the private hospital system. He...Malaysian Indian Baby Suffering from Rare Disease, Pierre Robin Syndrome
Efforts are on to set up a trust fund for the treatment of a 14-month-old Malaysian Indi...tion of 2,000 Malaysian ringgits to set up a trust fund for Sreeram's treatment. (Source: IANS)...Research Fund for FSU to Eradicate Dyslexia
...g, and prevention of the symptom. The grant will fund the creation of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Multidisciplinary Learning Disabilities Center at FSU. The center, which will be one of only four in the nation, represents the NIH's flagship research program for learning disabilities. Dyslexi...Medical Center to Test Methods of Improving Cardiac Arrest, Trauma Survival
...as joined with other U.S. and Canadian agencies to fund the $50 million Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) and establish federal resuscitation research centers in 10 North American regions. The centers are expected to enroll as many as 20,000 total patients (15,000 with cardiac arrest and 5,000 wit...Same Genes Act Differently in Males and Females
...men interested in advancing women's health, helped fund the study. "Many of the genes we identified relate to processes that influence common diseases," said Yang. "This is crucial, because once we understand the gender gap in these disease mechanisms, we can create new strategies for designing and test...Sick Toddler Has Bone Marrow Transplantation
...er an extensive public campaign, the NHS agreed to fund the surgery. His parents found a German doctor through a website and he agreed to perform the surgery privately.The Eastern Health and Social Services Board agreed to give £100,000 for the operation after doctors agreed the kid had a chance. However ...Gujarat Prime Target For Pakistan & Kashmir-Based Drug Cartels
...s drug cartel as it is an easy source of income to fund their activities", he said. "However, now Gujarat is not just a transit point, it has become a target for drug suppliers operating from Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir", he added. "If we look at our seizure records in the past few years, the trend c...Effect of Prolonged Stay in Space Studied Using Fruit Flies
...nto space?’ NASA provided Kimbrell with a grant to fund the research, and Kennedy Space Center is providing a lab where von Kalm, Kimbrell and their colleagues will test the flies for two weeks after the shuttle returns. Scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center, Rice University and the University of...IDFC Private Equity Invests Rs 90 Crore In Manipal Health Systems
...estment was made by IDFC Private Equity Fund II, a fund managed by IDFC Private Equity. "We have acquired a minority stake in the firm and we will be part of it for a period of five years. We will also have an option to exit from this investment as the firm plans to go public," IDFC president & CEO Luis ...Phamac to the Rescue of Diabetics
... the rise in New Zealand. Hence Pharmac decided to fund for the new once-a-day insulin for those who have serious fluctuations in blood sugar level. // It has decided to give Insulin Glargine or Lantus at a subsidized rate from July 1. Murray Dear who is the president for the Diabetes New Zealand sai...YES Bank To Set Up India Health Care Fund
...ouse to set up a 75-100 million dollar health care fund catering to the Indian market within the next nine...nd-house, which is currently Europe-centric. "The fund will get into investment mode in Q4 this fiscal," YES Bank CEO and Managing Director Rana Kapoor tol......in New Zealand are welcoming a Pharmac decision to fund long-acting insulin, that has been available abroa... purchases drugs announced yesterday that it would fund the insulin, glargine, from July 1. It is also known by its trade name, Lantus. Wayne McNee, Pharm...