Leaders In Endocrinology Convene Summit To Discuss Regulatory Burdens Facing Clinical Researchers For the past two days, clinical research leaders in endocrinology as well as other scientific and clinical disciplines have been meeting in Bethesda, MD to discuss regulatory impediments to clinical research and to identify recommendations for best practices aimed at balancing patient protections with researchers' ability to perform studies.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Orleans Health Officials Should Examine 'Ways To Speed Up Process' Of Distributing Ryan White Funding, Editorial Says "Six months is a long time to wait if you're fighting a disease like HIV/AIDS or if you are an agency that works to help those patients," a New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial says in response to the recent announcement that the distribution of $7 million in Ryan White Program funding to city HIV/AIDS agencies has been delayed by six months (New Orleans Times-Picayune, 11/10).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Genetics Of Breast Cancer Studied Using New Technique A new technique to study genetic changes that can lead to breast cancer could be one step closer. The University of Nottingham has received £15,000 from the charity Breast Cancer Campaign to fill in one of the research gaps identified by the country's top breast cancer experts in a recent study carried out by the charity.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPredicting Heart Attacks In People Considered Low Risk By adding the results of an imaging technique to the traditional risk factors for coronary heart disease, doctors at Baylor College of
Medicine in Houston found they were able to improve prediction of heart attacks in people previously considered low risk. The findings are being presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in New Orleans.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHoward Dean Stepping Down As DNC Chief, Could Be Considered As Obama's HHS Secretary Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D) will not seek a second term as chair of the Democratic National Committee when his term expires in January 2009, but has been "mentioned in Washington circles" as a potential HHS secretary under President-elect Barack Obama, the New York Times reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy Calculates Black Lives Lost Because Of Racial Disparities In Blood Pressure Control A new study published in the Annals of Family
Medicine suggests that the lives of 8,000 blacks could be saved each year if their blood pressure was controlled to the average level of whites, the AP/Albany Times Union reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGrowth And Generation Of Brain Cells Stimulated By Stem Cells From Monkey Teeth Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered dental pulp stem cells can stimulate growth and generation of several types of neural cells.
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