Category: Health
University of Maryland snags grant for biotech center
May 5th, 2005The University of Maryland is going to be at the forefront of research examining the forces driving the competitiveness and complexity of the nation's biotechnology industry.
With a $250,000, three-year matching grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundati… more »
Pacemakers Continue to Prove Their Worth: 21st century twists improve performance, experts say
April 22nd, 2005It may be nearly a half-century old, but the cardiac pacemaker just keeps on ticking, pepping up desultory hearts quietly and efficiently. The advent of the implantable battery-powered pacemaker is considered one of the singular medical achievements of t… more »
Cost effectiveness of nurse led secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease in primary care: follow up of a randomised controlled trial
March 26th, 2005Objective To establish the cost effectiveness of nurse led secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease based on four years' follow up of a randomised controlled trial.
Design Cost effectiveness analysis.
Setting 19 general practices in… more »
GlaxoSmithKline receives unanimous favorable recommendation by FDA Advisory Committee for Boostrix: Vaccine candidate against pertussis (whooping cough) – A disease children are routinely vaccinated against but which is still on the rise in the United States
March 15th, 2005GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) today announced that its booster vaccine candidate, BoostrixTM [Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine, Adsorbed (Tdap)] received a unanimous favorable recommendation from the Vaccines and Re… more »
Guaranteed Future Pain and Suffering: The Recent Research on Drug Price Controls
March 9th, 2005According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s recent survey research, most Americans say they favor price controls on prescription drugs.[1] But the good news is that there is a rich professional literature on the history and the disastrous consequences… more »
Many Newborns Could Easily Be Saved, Researchers Say
March 3rd, 2005Each year 4 million babies around the world die in the first month of life. More than half the deaths could be avoided with simple measures such as cutting umbilical cords with sterile blades, prescribing antibiotics for pneumonia and keeping newborns wa… more »
Drug-coated stents: Basics vie with bells, whistles for cardiology cash
March 2nd, 2005Stents are tiny metal scaffolds inserted in the artery after angioplasty -- a procedure in which a little balloon is used to clear out plaque that can trigger a heart attack.
While stents keep arteries open, they can, paradoxically, increase the risk… more »
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