Posts Tagged ‘research’
Dr. Mike Roizen To Give Keynote Speech At Annual Meeting For The International Anesthesia Research Society
The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) announces that Dr. Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Center will deliver the T.H. Seldon Memorial Lecture, the keynote speech of the 2010 Annual Meeting for the International Anesthesia Research Society, to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr…
Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: High Cholesterol, Diabetes Lead Drug Spending For The Elderly
Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007 – about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medications for the elderly, according to the latest AHRQ News and Numbers…
International Anesthesia Research Society Funds $1 Million In Research Awards In 2009
The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) announced 10 grant recipients in 2009, committing over $1 million to anesthesia research and other projects that will advance the specialty of anesthesiology. Grant recipients include researchers, clinicians and educators from around the world who have provided outstanding contributions to the anesthesia community…
Health Policy Research Roundup: Length Of Hospital Stays, Analyses Of Obama’s Reform Proposals
Archives Of Internal Medicine: Hospital Cost Of Care, Quality Of Care, And Readmission Rates – This study compares patients treated for pneumonia and congestive heart failure (CHF) and finds that high-cost hospitals don’t always deliver better care…
Research Roundup: Financing Boomers’ Care; California’s Budget Cuts; Racial Disparities In Surgical Outcomes
Health Affairs: Chronic Conditions Account For Rise In Medicare Spending From 1987 To 2006 – “Medicare beneficiaries’ medical needs, and where beneficiaries undergo treatment, have changed dramatically over the past two decades…
Scorpion Venom Could Be An Alternative To Morphine, TAU Research Suggests
Scorpion venom is notoriously poisonous – but it might be used as an alternative to dangerous and addictive painkillers like morphine, a Tel Aviv University researcher claims. Prof. Michael Gurevitz of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Plant Sciences is investigating new ways for developing a novel painkiller based on natural compounds found in the venom of scorpions…
New Clinical Research Study Focuses On New Treatment Option For Hard-to-Diagnose Painful Bladder Syndrome
A clinical research study is being conducted for patients with Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome (IC/PBS), a chronic bladder disorder characterized by intense pelvic pain, urinary frequency-urgency, and pain during sexual intimacy. It is estimated that as many as 1.3 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with this disease and many more remain undiagnosed…
New Research Gives Insight To The Frequency Of ‘Doctor Shopping’ Occurring Within Prescription Monitoring Programs
Research presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s 26th Annual Meeting provides early published data analyzing information gathered from California’s prescription monitoring program, known as the Controlled Substances Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES)…
AAMC Commends The President For Supporting NIH Research And Medicare
AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following comments on the Obama administration’s FY 2011budget proposal: “President Obama’s budget blueprint includes some wise investments that will yield long-term benefits for the health of all Americans…
Walkerton Tragedy: 10 years of water contamination research leads to breakthrough
Studies of the victims of the Walkerton, Ont. tainted drinking water tragedy have led researchers to discover DNA variations in genes that increase the risk of developing post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome. The sheer scale of infection and the recording of the health of Walkerton’s citizens gave a team of researchers a unique opportunity to study the origin of this disorder.
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