Ken Pienta MD new associate dean clinical & translational research
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- Ken Pienta MD new associate dean clinical & translational research
- Valley residents turn to clinical research in down economy
- Fibromyalgia patients sought for 12-week clinical study
- Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk
- State bailout helps AIDS program recover
- Tom Daschle’s Plan for Health Care Rationing How the new health …
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science funds 18 new pilot …
Ken Pienta MD new associate dean clinical & translational research
U-M Health System News MI
He is a two-time American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award recipient and he serves on the Boards of the Paget Foundation Bone and Cancer Foundation and Southwest ncology Group. Pienta came to the. He is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Valley residents turn to clinical research in down economy
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) AZ
These days people from all walks of life are volunteering for experimental drug studies to make ends meet in these tough economic times. "I’m in an obesity weight loss study" said Katrina Nelson 28 of Peoria. Nelson is one of a growing number of people supplementing their income in a down economy by volunteering for research studies. "It’s a great incentive" admitted Nelson.
Fibromyalgia patients sought for 12-week clinical study
Indianapolis Star United States
Hilligoss LPN CCRC is project coordinator for the Fibromyalgia Clinical Research Center. Contact Hilligoss at (317) 274-1755.
Vitamin D Deficit in Pregnancy Tied to Caesarean Risk
Washington Post United States
"In our analysis pregnant women who were vitamin D-deficient at the time of delivery had almost four time the odds of Caesarean birth than women who were not deficient" study author Dr. Michael Holick director of the General Clinical Research Center a professor of medicine physiology and biophysics and an assistant professor of medicine said in a medical center news release. He noted that previous research has linked vitamin D deficiency with proximal muscle weakness and suboptimal muscle performance and strength which may help explain the findings. The study was published online in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. More informationThe Nemours Foundation has more about.
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State bailout helps AIDS program recover
Honolulu Star-Bulletin HI
Cecilia Shikuma program director. "It’s been hard work but we’re very pleased" said the University of Hawaii professor of medicine. "I guess we’re still financially shaky but it’s allowing us to survive. " The Legislature appropriated $1.
Tom Daschle’s Plan for Health Care Rationing How the new health …
Reason nline CA
Most people don’t think it’s "rationing" when someone pays more for a bigger house a faster car or a fancy restaurant meal. In the health care context it means that some fortunate people are still free to choose to pay for treatments they and their physicians think may benefit them. The CB report makes it clear that comparative clinical research won’t significantly cut health care costs. The upshot is that Daschle’s Fed Health would be able to cut costs only by limiting access to care. Daschle wants to apply Fed Health’s cost-effectiveness recommendations to all federal health care programs (about 45 percent of all U. care expenditures).
Center for Clinical and Translational Science funds 18 new pilot …
The Rockefeller University Newswire NY
The CCTS established through funds from a 2006 Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health provided $365000 for 17 projects over the first two years of the program. The center’s Pilot Project review committee vetted proposals in the fall. The 2009 grant recipients are:Donna Brassil RN CCRC clinical research nurse facilitator Hospital Program Direction to compare the quality of blood samples obtained by two different methods of blood collection: intravenous catheters and venipuncture. visiting scientist Vincent A. Fischetti’s Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology to devise a system to screen potential subjects for a clinical trial that will test the effectiveness of a particular lysin in reducing surgical site infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
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