Largest Survey of Its Kind Finds That People With Psoriasis Are at Risk for Other Medical Conditions

...es. Sponsored by the National Psoriasis Foundation every August, Psoriasis Awareness Month is dedicated to raising awareness, educating the public and dispelling myths about psoriasis. For more information, go to www.psoriasis.org . About the National Psoriasis Foundation The National Psoriasis F...

The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education Launches Integrated Rebranding Operation

... hundreds of thousands of individuals in schools, community organizations and businesses. Through its outreach, the foundation's programs are aimed at dispelling myths and minimizing fears about breast cancer while filling the critical knowledge gap that exists about maintaining breast health. ...

Gold's Gym Debunks America's Most Common Fitness Myths

... routine. In addition, metabolism will slow down and hinder the ability to burn as many calories, which results in an increase in body fat. dispelling myths and providing accurate information is all part of Gold's Gym's mission to help people achieve their individual potential through fitness. For mo...

Advances in Medical Technology Identified as a Primary Driver of Increased Costs

...g facts about health care costs in America. The report identified the primary drivers of increased health care services and health insurance premiums, dispelling the notion that insurer profits are the primary drivers spiking costs. The May 2009 Institute report, titled "What's Really Driving the Increase...

WellPoint Institute of Health Care Knowledge Releases Report on Health Care Costs

...titute of Health Care Knowledge today released a report detailing the primary drivers of increased health care services and health insurance premiums, dispelling the notion that insurer profits are fueling spiking costs. The May 2009 Institute report, titled "What's Really Driving the Increase in Health Care Pr...

Partners in Policymaking Graduates New Generation of Disability Leaders

...eynote speaker during the graduation ceremony and will highlight the important role that Partners play in furthering the disability rights movement by dispelling myths and stereotypes about disability that historically have led to isolation, exclusion and oppression of people with disabilities. On the eve...

Pregnant Women With Epilepsy Should Avoid Valproate

...old women they can't have children if they have epilepsy," she said. "By using a rigorous, scientific approach to come up with these guidelines, we're dispelling a lot of those myths." For example, the guideline authors found that women with epilepsy don't have a significantly increased risk of having a cesa...

Survey Shows Many Want to Donate Organs, But Few Do

...brain-dead person to recover from his or her injuries. "There is a real crisis taking place with regards to organ availability in this country, and dispelling commonly held misperceptions and increasing the public's trust of the donation and transplant system is paramount when it comes to solving it," said P...

While the Majority of Americans Express Interest in Organ and Tissue Donation, Too Few Take Steps to Register as Donors

...o recover from his or her injuries. "There is a real crisis taking place with regards to organ availability in this country - and dispelling commonly held misperceptions and increasing the public's trust of the donation and transplant system is paramount when it comes to solving it," said P...

While majority of Americans express interest in organ and tissue donation, few register

...in dead person to recover from his or her injuries. "There is a real crisis taking place with regards to organ availability in this country and dispelling commonly held misperceptions and increasing the public's trust of the donation and transplant system is paramount when it comes to solving it," said P...

Dispelling in Medical Technology

Celladon Corporation Announces Presentation of First-in-Human Gene Transfer to Treat Heart Failure at the 12th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene Therapy

...YDICAR(R) (AAV1/SERCA2a), from rodent studies to the ongoing Phase II clinical trial, has yielded valuable insights for the entire gene therapy field, dispelling many myths and revealing strategies to enhance vector uptake in humans with numerous applications." While conventional drug therapies have improv...

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UCR researchers propose minocycline as a promising drug for patients with Fragile X syndrome

...he clinical trial (scheduled for early 2009) at Surrey Place Centre Fragile X Clinic in Toronto, Canada, the UCR-led study "will go a long way towards dispelling the idea that mental impairment cannot be treated." "The work could lead to the first treatment that actually targets the underlying defect in Fra...

Vaginal reconstruction not needed for most inter-sex females, Hopkins study shows

... dispelling a common myth, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Childrens Center say vaginal reconstruction should be a matter of preference for most teens or adult...

Novel protein complex enables survival in hostile environment

...n of the methanogens. These organisms have often been thought to be very limited in their metabolic capabilities. The current study goes a long way to dispelling this simplistic view and greatly extends our knowledge of their versatility." Methanogenesis is a microbial process in nature that produces methan...

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SEKAB Agreement: More Verified Ethanol to Europe

...ion is monitored and verified by independent quality assurance companies. dispelling anxiety The verified ethanol should help dispel the anxiety regarding the...dustry and the unpleasant campaigning against the Brazilian ethanol thereby dispelling doubts about its climate, environmental and social consequences," says Ande...