(Baylor College of Medicine) Testing patient’s blood for two proteins or biomarkers that occur when inflammation is present could help doctors identify which patients are more likely to have a stroke, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online in the journal Stroke.
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(University of California - San Francisco) The UCSF School of Dentistry has received the largest grant in its history: $24.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to address socio-economic and cultural disparities in oral health.
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(DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) The slow natural restoration of hazardous sediments mired beneath the Puget Sound is progressing, but researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory warn that this recovery process may take 10 to 30 years longer than first predicted, because of increased urban growth and its associated untreated runoff.
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(University of Wisconsin-Madison) VistaGen Therapeutics and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell patents for the development and commercialization of stem cell-based research tools.
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(University of South Florida Health) Based on findings of a new study, researchers at the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Center conclude that MRI brain scans should be included as a diagnostic test for early Alzheimer’s disease.
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What are the current recommendations for antiviral use in the treatment and prevention of influenza?
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Drug safety relies on effective communication between all members of the patient care team and with the patient. Medscape Pharmacists
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(Boston University) Newton resident Linda Heffner, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston Medical Center and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine was recently named one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
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(American College of Physicians) Continuing its commitment to reforming the US health care system, the American College of Physicians has endorsed the National Priorities Partnership’s goals to eliminate harm, eradicate disparities, reduce disease burden and remove waste.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Bush administration made final its rule that would allow any healthcare worker to refuse to participate in a medical procedure or service on moral grounds.
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