leaders 1 5

Tag: "leaders" at medical news

Aspirin Or NSAIDs Will not Prevent Colorectal Cancer

...e 50 and older for colorectal cancer. Task Force leaders stress the evidence on the merits of screening but urge caution on taking preventive medicine for colorectal cancer. 'Individuals taking high doses of aspirin or NSAIDs to prevent colorectal cancer should be aware of the potential harms and discuss t...

Hospital Equipment Unaffected By Cell Phone Use

... abandon their bans on cell phone use. Mayo Clinic leaders are reviewing the facility’s cell phone ban because of the study’s findings, says David Hayes, M.D., of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and a study author. Cell phone bans inconvenience patients and their families who must exit hospitals to...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

...amilies earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, our leaders are not tackling more fundamental challenges facing the nation’s child health system. According to the authors, the current system is failing to produce the kind of health outcomes that it could and should because it is powered by outdated logic, ...

U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul

...amilies earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, our leaders are not tackling more fundamental challenges facin...by conducting innovative research, training future leaders and health professionals, translating research into policy and practice, and serving local, national...

Abnormalities in Eye Movements and Attention can Predict Schizophrenia

...ia and Donald B. Rubin of Harvard University, both leaders in the application of new statistical methods to health-related problems. They applied a technique called finite mixture modeling to separate the research subjects into the two groups. For years, debate in the field has centered on whether risk for...

Treat Childhood Trauma by Building on Parental Memories of Loving Care

...nce: Children in Extreme Situations,” organized by leaders in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Randomized studies by Lieberman and others have shown that a treatment method developed at UCSF, called Child-Parent Psychotherapy, improves normal development for small children traumatized by the v...

Gene Test to Spot Adults Who Might Get Diabetes

...pe Froguel of Imperial College, London, one of the leaders of the study, said: 'The two major reasons why people develop type 2 diabetes are obesity and a family link. Our new findings mean that we can create a good genetic test to predict people’s risk of developing this type of diabetes. 'If we can tell ...

Researchers Complete Horse Genome Map

The leaders of the international Horse Genome Sequencing Project announced Wednesday that the first draft of the horse genome// sequence has been completed and is now freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe. The first...

Nepal's Most Influential Woman 'Critically' Ill

... her at least thrice, several ministers and senior leaders of the party have also gone to the hospital to enquire after her health. She is regarded as having great influence on the premier and her son, Dr Shekhar Koirala, has had a meteoric rise in the party in the last couple of years, which has reportedl...

Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal

... issues. One by one on Wednesday, key Democratic leaders made it clear that they would use their new majority status to block the measure even as Bush was set to travel to Lee's Summit, Mo., on Thursday to promote the plan. Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommitt...

New International Study to Test Exercise in Heart Failure Patients

...eneral practice,” Kitzman said. In fact, the study leaders have met with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the office that assesses whether there is enough proof that a treatment is effective and safe in order to be paid for by Medicare, to help ensure that exercise programs would qualify for Medicar...

One in Four Specialist Trainee Doctors 'Very Worried' About Future Job Prospects

... Writing in the journal, all three political party leaders endorse the provision of more specialist care in the community. Writing to the journal last year, the Prime Minister said: 'Improving services for patients in the community is high on our list of priorities. We have included a range of proposals o...

Bowel Cancer and Lifestyle Choices

...common. Says Professor Annie Anderson, one of the leaders of the study, "Research has shown a link between the primary development of bowel cancer and diet and lifestyle factors. Being overweight and inactive, for example, can increase its risk. There is some evidence out now that survival might also be in...

The Shape of Health to Come

...s and provide weekly telephone counseling. Study leaders will use social cognitive theory, which measures how individuals adopt and maintain behavioral patterns, in developing intervention strategies for participants. "By participating in the Steps to Health pilot study, I developed an increased awareness...

UNICEF Provides 1,000 ITNs to Help Combat Malaria Outbreak in Jamaica

...of members of parliament, councilors and community leaders in distributing the ITNs in affected areas. In addition, 6,000 containers of insect repellents will be distributed to communities in affected areas, Bullock-Ducasse said. The Jamaican Cabinet last month approved $450,000 to tackle an outbreak of m...

Gene Therapy for Hereditary Immunodeficiency Diseases

...r research groups, some of which are international leaders in their field, that examine the entry and persistence of gene therapy vectors in target cells. In spite of continued great difficulties with technical implementation, initial successes in somatic gene therapy are on the horizon, for example in tre...

Help of Minority Leaders Needed to Curb Polio: Ramadoss

...sday said the government was keen to interact with leaders of religious minorities to help curb the polio out..."We had held a number of discussions with minority leaders of Uttar Pradesh and the result was quite visible in the December round of the immunisation campaign...

Andhra Legislators To Undergo HIV Tests

...K. R. Suresh Reddy, Health Minister K. Rosaiah and leaders of various political parties Monday underwent HIV tests at a medical camp held for legislators in the assembly premises. The chief minister said all 295 members of state assembly should undergo the tests to set an example for others. "It is the res...

Pair of MicroRNA Molecules Controls Major Oncogene in Most Common Leukemia

...nt, he said. Researchers at Ohio State have been leaders in characterizing the role of miRNAs in cancer development. These small molecules are single-stranded RNA molecules that can act either as tumor suppressors or oncogenes. They can block transcription of genes by stopping them from producing messenger...

Indian American Donates $30 Mn to Healthcare System

... hired a renowned architect who is working with UH leaders and other health care experts to design a revolutionary complex that would provide a unique healing environment and is conducive to providing the highest quality of care. "The Ahuja Medical Center is one of the most exciting construction projects b...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10