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Combating DVT and PE: Critical recommendations

Three critical recommendations from a national workshop have been released to address deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), a growing public health problem estimated to affect nearly 1 million Americans each year.

10 Mar 2010

Imaging tools may help address challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care: Study

New preliminary data from a pilot study in the Netherlands indicates that imaging tools may help address the most challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care as identified by the hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its expert witnesses last week: to treat or not treat, AdMeTech Foundation's President and CEO Dr. Faina Shtern said today.

10 Mar 2010

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March

Throughout the month of March, visitors to Rockefeller Center in the heart of midtown Manhattan will get an unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease.

10 Mar 2010

Stryker's Orthopaedics division to feature two of its latest hip systems at AAOS conference

Stryker Corporation's Orthopaedics division announced today that it will feature two of its latest hip systems at this year's annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons conference being held in New Orleans – the Rejuvenate Modular Primary Hip System and the ADM Mobile Bearing Acetabular System with X3.

From Stryker 10 Mar 2010

Genetic basis unknown in many children with mental retardation and developmental delays

Researchers from four laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities recently identified a previously unrecognized genetic disorder.

10 Mar 2010

Alison Walker selected to receive ASH-AMFDP Award

Alison Walker, MD, has been selected to receive the ASH-AMFDP Award, and will begin her research in acute myeloid leukemia in July of this year. The award, designed to help increase the number of underrepresented minority scholars in the field of hematology, is the result of a partnership between the American Society of Hematology and the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

10 Mar 2010

Early administration of metformin can prevent long-term complications of diabetes: Study

The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

10 Mar 2010

Risk-free psychological treatment can be better alternative to drugs in treating women with low sexual desire

According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low sexual desire.

10 Mar 2010

2010 Max Planck Research Award for Dr. Timothy Bromage from NYU College of Dentistry

New York University College of Dentistry's Dr. Timothy Bromage has been selected to receive the 2010 Max Planck Research Award. Dr. Bromage will collaborate with Dr. Friedemann Schrenk of Frankfurt's Senckenberg Research Institute to research the microanatomical structure of bones and teeth, and the links between metabolic states, growth rates, life spans, and biological features such as sex and body size.

10 Mar 2010

Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now launched in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

The Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now, a campaign to increase screenings and prevent the nation's second-leading cancer killer, launched today in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March.

10 Mar 2010

Researchers to collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia for stroke

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and UTHealth's Medical School will collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia (brain cooling) for stroke to date.

10 Mar 2010

U.N. official addresses increasing drug addiction in developing countries

The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday warned of an impending "health disaster facing developing countries if wealthy nations fail to control drugs," Agence France-Presse reports. During a speech delivered in Vienna, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa pointed to "increasing use of heroin in East Africa, cocaine in West Africa, and synthetic drugs in the Middle East and South East Asia as warning signs" of a growing drug problem in impoverished nations (3/8).

10 Mar 2010

Winners of NMSIS scholarship award

Two winners have been selected for the Promising New Investigators Travel Scholarship Awards given annually by the Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Information Service (NMSIS).

10 Mar 2010

Opinions: Don't slow fight against HIV, TB, malaria; U.S. focus on women, girls

In a BusinessDay opinion piece, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Michel Kazatchkine reflects on the organization's progress and impact on global health outcomes since its creation in 2002, as detailed in the organizations' 2010 annual report. Kazatchkine writes, 2010 "will be a decisive year; the world will be reviewing progress on the millennium goals. But this is also the year of the fund's replenishment. The results of that will decide where the world will be in 2015 with regard to the millennium goals."

10 Mar 2010

Senator Bond recognized for providing leadership on health care policy issues

Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO) has been recognized for providing important leadership on health care policy issues and working to increase access to vision and eye health care by doctors of optometry from his state and their national organization, the American Optometric Association.

10 Mar 2010

New York Times examines millennium villages in Africa

The New York Times examines development and health improvements in Sauri, Kenya, which was the first Millennium Village in Africa, a project conceived by economist Jeffrey Sachs, which aims "to show that tightly focused, technology-based and relatively straightforward programs on a number of fronts simultaneously - health care, education, job training - could rapidly lift people out of poverty."

10 Mar 2010

Obesity linked to increased risk of cancer recurrence and death

It’s long been known that obesity is linked to increased risk of developing colon cancer, but now researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients who have already been diagnosed and treated for the cancer.

10 Mar 2010

SMISS launches online series of CME-accredited education modules for spine surgeons

Since its founding in 2007, the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS) has become the pre-eminent professional society for MIS surgeons. On March 1, 2010, the organization’s educational activities expanded dramatically with the launch of SMISS Highlights, an online series of CME-accredited education modules that are free of charge for spine surgeons.

10 Mar 2010

UCSF prevention experts release Positive Prevention Toolkit for HIV/AIDS caregivers

UCSF prevention experts have released the Positive Prevention Toolkit, a collection of resources designed to enable HIV/AIDS caregivers to provide prevention messages when interacting with HIV-positive patients. The goal is to help patients modify their behavior to reduce risk and decrease the spread of HIV.

10 Mar 2010

Medical miracles more likely, but at what cost?

The Fiscal Times reports on medical miracles and their place in the national health care reform debate with a likely subheading: high health care costs.

10 Mar 2010

Education News and Research

Combating DVT and PE: Critical recommendations

Imaging tools may help address challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care: Study

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March

Stryker's Orthopaedics division to feature two of its latest hip systems at AAOS conference

Genetic basis unknown in many children with mental retardation and developmental delays

Alison Walker selected to receive ASH-AMFDP Award

Early administration of metformin can prevent long-term complications of diabetes: Study

Risk-free psychological treatment can be better alternative to drugs in treating women with low sexual desire

2010 Max Planck Research Award for Dr. Timothy Bromage from NYU College of Dentistry

Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now launched in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Researchers to collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia for stroke

U.N. official addresses increasing drug addiction in developing countries

Winners of NMSIS scholarship award

Opinions: Don't slow fight against HIV, TB, malaria; U.S. focus on women, girls

Senator Bond recognized for providing leadership on health care policy issues

New York Times examines millennium villages in Africa

Obesity linked to increased risk of cancer recurrence and death

SMISS launches online series of CME-accredited education modules for spine surgeons

UCSF prevention experts release Positive Prevention Toolkit for HIV/AIDS caregivers

Medical miracles more likely, but at what cost?

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