AScribe Medicine News Service articles from December 2006

AScribe Medicine News Service archives from December 2006

Study of Gene Transfer for Erectile Dysfunction Shows Promise, Researchers Say.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first human study using gene transfer to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) shows promising results and suggests the potential for...

Blacks' HIV Risk Dramatically Higher Than Whites Despite Safer Sex Lives; Population-Wide Prevention Is Vital, Study Suggests.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Young black adults are far more likely to be infected with a sexually transmitted disease, including HIV, than young white adults, even...

Report Recommends University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Move Forward With School of Public Health.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2006... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) should move forward in developing an accredited school of public health and work with other interested...

Perceived High Cost Deters Farmworkers From Eating Produce, University of California Study Finds.
December 1, 2006... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture FRESNO, Calif., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The perception that fruits and vegetables are too expensive helps explain why Fresno County farmworkers eat too few of these foods,...

Geisinger Nurse Has a Ventures Idea That's Taking Flight; Bucknell Students Assist in Prototype Development.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Bucknell University LEWISBURG, Pa., Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kevin Grimm, RN, thrives on the intensity of providing life-saving emergency care aboard a Life Flight helicopter based in State College, Pa. "Working in a space...

NIH Selects Purdue to Use Phi29 DNA Packaging Motor for National Nanomedicine Development Center.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A multidisciplinary Purdue research team will lead one of eight national nanomedicine development centers. The National Institutes of Health awarded the team...

Study Finds Going Online Helps Smokers Quit; Online Support Communities Helped 62 Percent Successfully End the Habit.
December 4, 2006... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- For smokers who count kicking the habit as their top 2007 New Year's resolution, going online might offer the key to success, according to new...

Expert on Safe Use of Over-the-Counter Cough Medicines Available to Comment on Embargoed Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Study.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Edelman Public Relations WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A. (Doctor of Public Administration), president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), is available for embargoed comment on the...

Statement From the Consumer Healthcare Products Association Regarding California Study of Cough Medicine Abuse.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Edelman Public Relations WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), regarding the study published today in the...

The Power of One: a Simpler, Cheaper Method for Cell Fusion.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's not easy to make one plus one equal one. But biological engineer Chang Lu has done just that with a new and cheaper method to electrically fuse cells - a...

National Effort to Improve Addiction Treatment Quality Moves Forward; Advancing Recovery Partnerships Working to Improve Addiction Treatment Success Rates.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has selected six state-provider partnerships to improve the quality of alcohol and drug addiction treatment in...

Planning for Surge of Disaster Victims? Discharge the Healthiest From Every Hospital, Experts Advise; Surge Capacity Scheme Influenced by Katrina and September 11.
December 6, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A nationwide blue-ribbon panel of health care experts recommends that hospital plans for a surge of disaster victims should begin with a strategy to empty...

Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Heighten Natural Anti-Cancer Activity.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sildenafil and other impotence drugs that boost the production of a gassy chemical messenger to dilate blood vessels and produce an erection now also show...

Expert Teams to Design New Solutions for Personal Health Records to Help Consumers Manage Their Health; 'Project HealthDesign' Selects Eight Teams to Design, Test Innovative, Consumer-Centered Personal Health Record Applications.
December 8, 2006... Byline: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today kicked off a landmark program to design and test bold ideas for how consumers can use information...

Computer Scientists Unravel 'Language of Surgery'; Data Collected From Robotic Medical Tools Could Improve Operating Room Skills.
December 8, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Borrowing ideas from speech recognition research, Johns Hopkins computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to...

National Conference on Caregiving: Tuesday, March 6, 2007, Chicago.
December 11, 2006... Byline: Family Caregiver Alliance SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Center on Caregiving at Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA), in partnership with the American Society on Aging (ASA), invites you to attend a dynamic...

Johns Hopkins Nursing Fall/Winter Issue Explores the Hopkins 'Brand'.
December 11, 2006... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins Nursing Fall/Winter 2006 investigates what it means to be a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON)....

Converging, Connecting, Creating: American Dental Education Association Fall Meetings Address Diversity, Access in Dental Education.
December 12, 2006... Byline: American Dental Education Association WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) held its first ever joint Fall Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland, Dec. 7-9, 2006, addressing issues of...

Burnham Institute for Medical Research Announces Affiliation With UC Santa Barbara; Burnham-UCSB now home to 'Vascular Mapping Center' founded by Burnham's Distinguished Professor, Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D.
December 12, 2006... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) has established an affiliation with the University of California, Santa Barbara led by...

University of Virginia Receives NIH Grant to Train Next Generation of Investigators in Kidney Disease Research.
December 12, 2006... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Kidney disease is a rapidly growing health problem in the United States, with more than 20 million people suffering from some chronic form of...

Cambridge Health Alliance Is One of Ten Sites in Nation Tapped to Help Hospitals Communicate Better With Patients of Limited English Proficiency.
December 13, 2006... Byline: Cambridge Health Alliance CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has been selected as one of 10 hospitals nationwide to participate in Speaking Together: National Language Services Network, a...

Growing Up in a Bad Neighborhood Not as Harmful as Expected, University of Colorado Study Finds in Denver, Chicago.
December 13, 2006... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- There's good news for children growing up in bad neighborhoods in a comprehensive study led by nationally renowned University of Colorado at Boulder...

UC Santa Barbara Social Psychologist Debunks Myths of Singles and Singlehood.
December 13, 2006... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The holidays can be a difficult time for single people. Friends and family, convinced that singles would give up their solo status in a...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Chosen to 'Rethink' How Personal Health Records Can Help Consumers Better Manage Their Health.
December 14, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been selected as one of nine teams nationwide to participate in a landmark program from the Robert Wood Johnson...

Stock Bubble Lessons Are Best Learned First-Hand, According to Stanford Business School Research.
December 14, 2006... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Investors who lived through the dot-com bubble are unlikely to forget it. But although the still-raw details of that era have been documented in...

Vanderbilt University Celebrates Mark Collie Chair in Diabetes Research.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center has announced the establishment of the Mark Collie Chair in Diabetes Research. The endowed chair, which will support...

Five Years Post-9/11, Survey Shows Most Consider Skyscrapers Safe.
December 18, 2006... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Five years after terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, a majority of respondents in a University of Florida study say they felt safe living and working...

U.S. State Health Officials Study Israeli Public Health Preparedness Practices.
December 19, 2006... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- State public health officials returned from Israel this week with new perspectives on responding to major public health threats and...

New Year's a Good Time for Taking Personal Inventory, Says Temple University Psychologist Frank Farley.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Temple University PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The end of another year is fast approaching, a time when many of us will make resolutions to lose weight or quit smoking. But instead of making resolutions which are...

Drug Labels Successful Only if Public Can Find and Comprehend Warnings, Duke Professor Says.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tuesday's Food and Drug Administration proposal to place stronger warning labels on certain over-the-counter medications is welcome news, but will be successful only if...

Consumer Healthcare Products Association Statement Regarding 'Monitoring the Future' Findings on Cough Medicine Abuse: Makers of Cough Medicines Take the Lead on Education.
December 21, 2006... Byline: Edelman Public Relations WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement by Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A., president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), regarding today's release of the National...

Consumer Healthcare Products Association President and Leading Physician on Issue of Cough Medicine Abuse Available to Comment on NIDA 'Monitoring the Future' Survey Results.
December 21, 2006... Byline: Edelman Public Relations WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Linda A. Suydam, D.P.A. (Doctor of Public Administration) president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), is available to comment on today's...

Dr. David N. Bailey Named Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; Noted Clinician, Researcher, Administrator to Oversee UC Irvine Medical Center, College of Health Sciences.
December 21, 2006... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. David N. Bailey, interim vice chancellor for health sciences and interim dean of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has been...

Estee Lauder's Conflicted Marketing Strategies.
December 27, 2006... Byline: Cancer Prevention Coalition CHICAGO, Dec. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Origins, one of the giant Estee Lauder companies, has recently launched a new line of cosmetic products. They are claimed to be "a totally integrative approach to...