125,000 Solutions to the Primary Care Shortage - Nurse Practitioners (NPs)
...this country - and those solutions are the 125,000 nps practicing in the United States today. For 45 years, nps have been meeting the primary and specialty ca...rtise and patient satisfaction. Many people choose nps as their primary care provider, just as others may...Tool Shows Promise for Measuring Productivity of Mid-Level Oncology Providers
...ment in gauging the impact of mid-levels, and that nps and PAs do seem to have a measurable effect on the...at NCCN. The authors noted that, as expected, nps and PAs in the surgical oncology specialty saw mor...nificant difference between the number of patients nps and PAs saw within each specialty except in the me...Practicing Clinicians Exchange Forms Partnership With Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
...ontinuing education focused solely on the needs of nps and PAs. It is estimated that 1 in every 10 ...mergency of too many patients and too few doctors. nps and PAs are instrumental in solving this crisis by...This has led to a primary care tipping point, with nps and PAs collectively numbering over 200,000, and i...American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Announces New Chief Executive Officer
...nge within the healthcare community. With our new CEO and our staff, we will be working diligently to be active participants in bringing the AANP and nps to the forefront of reforming health care in the U.S. While we will greatly miss Dr. Dempster, we will continue to promote patient centered high-qual...Practicing Clinicians Exchange Forms Partnership With National Fibromyalgia Association
...ontinuing education focused solely on the needs of nps and PAs. Fibromyalgia affects an estimated 10... of a PCE survey conducted in 2008 that found most nps and PAs desire and are in need of education on fib...mergency of too many patients and too few doctors. nps and PAs are instrumental in solving this crisis by...Practicing Clinicians Exchange Forms Partnership with CDC
.... Results of a 2008 PCE survey confirmed that most nps and PAs need education on new vaccinations and upd... in continuing education dedicated to the needs of nps and PAs, enhances the delivery of important healthcare information to nps and PAs. With the U.S. population aging and ...Celebrate 'Your Partner in Health - The Nurse Practitioner'
...er (NP) is being showcased November 9-15, 2008, as nps across the country celebrate more than four decade...ntry will acquaint local citizens with the role of nps as providers of high-quality, cost-effective, and ...agnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses, nps integrate health promotion, disease prevention, co...Brain Mechanism Can Turn Off Trauma of Bad Memories
...to situations that caused bad memories, the researchers found that blocking nps receptors in the amygdala made traumatic responses to bad memories persist longer. But when the mice were treated with compounds that activated the nps receptors, traumatic responses vanished sooner. The findings are publish...NPS Reports Successful GATTEX(TM) Extension Study
...iously Reported Phase 3 Results In October 2007, nps reported positive top-line results from the compan...eneration and repair of the intestinal epithelium. nps is also pursuing development of GATTEX as a possib...rotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants. About nps Pharmaceuticals ...Clinical Benefits Demonstrated with Low-Dose GATTEX(TM) in Phase 3 Short Bowel Syndrome Study
...it expects to pursue a pre-NDA meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss its potential plan for submitting a New Drug Application. nps is also pursuing development of GATTEX as a possible treatment for chemotherapy-induced gastrointestinal mucositis in cancer patients and necrotizing ...Southern Sierra Science Symposium planned for Visalia
...d at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, in the Sierra Nevada of California. During much of his career, David was a field research biologist with nps as well as USGS, studying species-habitat relationships and exploring the use of extensive field inventories combined with GIS for improved environmen...Cancer drug delivery research at Case Western Reserve University cuts time from days to hours
...ical engineering at Case Western Reserve, these Au nps have been used to treat mice with cancerous tumors. Once the Au nps have been injected into the tail, the Pc 4 is uplo.... "We can change the size and shape of the Au core nps and we can change the functionality of the PEG lig...Dry Tortugas show positive trends: Protected area slowly rebounding
...l census); 306 lobster; 80 coral-benthic - (plus another ≈ 250 on nps Vessel Fort Jefferson during the same time period) Number of dives on whic...captured = 72 Dives broken out by entity = UMiami 541; NOAA 515; FWRI 461; nps 63; REEF 76. Average dives per day = 86 Cumulative total bottom time = 1...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
... compromised by aircraft noise. In order to fulfill their mandate to protect natural, cultural, and historic resources, as well as visitor experience, nps has developed analytical tools to assess lost opportunities to hear and respond to the sounds of nature. At the Grand Canyon, efforts are being made...Studies suggest new brain protein may help in treating schizophrenia, insomnia and anxiety
...nd described animal studies showing how binding of nps to its receptors on the surfaces of neurons promot...w, at ICN 2006, Dr. Reinscheid's group reports how nps also can reduce the biochemical and behavioral sym...some 2 million Americans. Animals pretreated with nps before receiving a drug that normally induces psyc...Burrill Merchant Banking Advises NPS on Phase III Licensing Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Burrill Merchant Banking acted as exclusive financial advisor to NPS Pharmaceuticals on its recently-completed partnering of Gattex(TM) (teduglutide) with Nycomed. Under the terms of the agreement, NPS has licensed rights to Gattex outside North America to...Xanodyne Announces New Executive Team Members
...ement, marketing, compliance, and sales at major pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer and Parke-Davis. Ms. O'Connor joins Xanodyne from nps Pharmaceuticals where she served as Vice President, Finance. Previously, she was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Adams Respiratory Therapeuti...Stephen H. Friend, MD, PhD to Keynote at Defined Health's 9th Annual Therapeutic Insight Conference
... Kenneth M. Verburg, PhD , VP, PGRD Therapeutic Area Development Group Head, Pfizer Robert E. Ward, VP , Corporate Development, nps Pharmaceuticals Stephen H. Friend, MD, PhD , SVP & Franchise Head, Oncology Merck Research Laboratories, will present a keynot...NPS Pharmaceuticals Reports 2007 Financial Results
... In line with its new business plan, during 2007 nps retired a substantial amount of its debt and signi...ts totaled $161.7 million as of December 31, 2007. nps now expects its 2008 cash burn to be in the range ...o occur in 2008. For the fourth quarter of 2007, nps reported net income of $21.2 million, or $0.39 per...NPS Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Lehman Brothers Eleventh Annual Global Healthcare Conference
...Interested parties may access the webcast from the nps website, http://www.npsp.com . About nps Pharmaceuticals nps Pharmaceuticals is developing high value specialty...NPS Pharmaceuticals Announces Senior Management Changes
...cals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX). He will be succeeded by nps executive vice president and chief operating offic...me president and chief executive officer of NPS. nps chairman Peter Tombros stated: "On behalf of the nps board, I wish Tony much success in his new positio...NPS Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results, Revises Financial Guidance
...BEDMINSTER, N.J., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- nps Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPSP ) today repor...op GATTEX(TM) (teduglutide) outside North America, nps has now met or exceeded all of its key corporate m...ss Highlights and Revised 2007 Financial Guidance nps reported net income of $14.1 million for the third...NPS Pharmaceuticals Announces Approval of Cinacalcet HCl in Japan
...ent of secondary hyperparathyroidism. As a result, nps will receive a milestone payment plus royalties fr... the drug in Japan. Kirin licensed cinacalcet from nps in 1995 for development and commercial sale in Jap...f calcium in patients with parathyroid carcinoma. nps president and CEO Dr. Tony Coles stated: "We congr...