Medical Research

London Telecom millionaire turning attention to philanthropy, medical research

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:04 GMT

Source: www.lfpress.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
He built a telecom empire from scratch, based on a hunch, hard work and lucky breaks. ...

Medical research impacted by continuing sequester

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:56 GMT

Source: data.msnbc.msn.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
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Medical research among healthcare professionals in England

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:37:15 GMT

Source: kingsfund.blogs.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Arthritis Research UK, AMRC, Breast Cancer Campaign and the British Heart Foundation commissioned ComRes to interview 392 GPs, nurses and hospital doctors. The results showed universal agreement among that the NHS should support Research into treatments for patients. However 91% of those surveyed identified barriers they had experienced to taking part in Research, including lack of time, funding, practical support and difficulties navigating regulation. Responses also highlighted the practical challenges to be overcome if the NHS is to become an innovative Research organisation driving improvements in patient care. AMRC - press release ...

Cholesterol levels not useful to ID kidney disease patients at risk for heart attack: U of A medical research (University of Alberta)

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:42:11 GMT

Source: wn.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
(Source: University of Alberta) In the mainstream population, high cholesterol typically pinpoints those at risk of heart attack. But recently published Medical Research from the University of Alberta demonstrates that cholesterol level testing failed to accurately predict which patients with kidney disease or weak kidney function were at high risk for heart failure. Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry researcher Marcello Tonelli and his colleagues just published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal,... ...

EGrover__LE published Open days to showcase medical research in Lincolnshire

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:50:00 GMT

Source: www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
People can find out about how Research and patient trials are contributing to care in Lincolnshire at open days this month. Lincolnshire Clinical Research Facility is running events for patients, staff and the public on Monday, May 20. Attendees will hear about what the centre does and how it is performing, take part in a mock trial and listen to patients who have taken part in the real thing. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) says it is at the "leading edge" of several... ...

How Much Are Universities Willing to Pay for Top Tier Medical Research Talent?

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:15:34 GMT

Source: www.mddionline.com --- Friday, May 10, 2013
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Besides political contributions, Sheldon Adelson donates millions for medical research

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:20:00 GMT

Source: www.lasvegassun.com --- Thursday, May 09, 2013
As casino mogul Sheldon Adelson buoyed Republican politicians with unprecedented riches, he quietly funded warfare on a decidedly apolitical enemy: cancer. ...

China-Africa joint medical research to deepen

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:36 GMT

Source: www.afronline.org --- Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Gaborone, Botswana – China will deepen joint Medical Research with Africa, particularly in training African Medical scientists. Ren Minghui, director-general of the Department for International Cooperation within the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, said Research and development is one priority area of collaboration being explored. “China can support Africa in technical areas of Research such as [...] ...

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:45:15 GMT

Source: www.charitynavigator.org --- Sunday, May 05, 2013
Discoveries that make a difference ...

Could Opening Up the Doors to the World’s Medical Research Save Us?

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:47:57 GMT

Source: thehealthcareblog.com --- Friday, May 03, 2013
By John Willinsky What if you had access to all of the Medical Research in the world? Or better yet, what if the physician treating your particularly complex or rare condition had access to the latest Research? Or what if a public health organization in your community could access that Research to inform policymakers of measures to advance public health? “Wait,” you may think, “can’t they already access that Research? Doesn’t the Internet make that possible?” While unfortunately the answer to the first question is “No,” fortunately the Internet can make such access possible. As it is today, most physicians and public health professionals have very limited access to health Research, almost all of which is published online. Only about a quarter of the Research published today ends up being available to those working outside of universities, where libraries subscribe to a good proportion of the Research journals. So, what are these health professionals missing? What difference to their work would access to Research make? Cheryl Holzmeyer, Lauren Maggio, Laura Moorhead and I seek to answer these questions with a new National Science Foundation study for which we are currently recruiting physicians and staff of public health NGOs. We seek to demonstrate the difference it makes to the daily work of these health professionals to have easy electronic access to all the biomedical and public health Research – or at least that large proport ...

Sequester Kills Medical Research Because Government Spending Is Bad

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:52:02 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Thursday, May 02, 2013
Sequester Kills Medical Research Because Government Spending Is Bad Sequester Kills Medical Research Because Government Spending Is Bad blog.ourfuture.org Republicans continually drone on about how “government spending” is so bad… Infrastructure, Medical Research, education, law enforcement… bad … “out of control” … “take money out of the economy” … etc. And so because we have to do something about “out of control spending” we have this sequester. A continuing seriesRead the full series All of the stated reasons for the sequester have gone away. The deficit is down by half as a percent of GDP, the study that justified it turned out to have the conclusions completely wrong, and Europe’s experiment with cutting government to boost the economy has shown this to be ass-backwards. History, on the other hand, has shown that we need to boost government spending and hiring to grow the economy during recessions and depressions. But hey, Republicans are not going to let facts get in the way of causing human ... ...

Sequester Kills Medical Research Because Government Spending

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:51:51 GMT

Source: blog.ourfuture.org --- Thursday, May 02, 2013
Republicans continually drone on about how “government spending” is so bad… Infrastructure, Medical Research, education, law enforcement… bad … “out of control” … “take money out of the economy” … etc. And so because we have to do something about “out of control spending” we have this sequester. A continuing series Read the full series All of the stated reasons for the sequester have gone away: The deficit is down by half as a percent of GDP; The study that justified it turned out to have the conclusions completely wrong; Europe’s experiment with cutting government to boost the economy has shown this to be ass-backwards. History, on the other hand, has shown that we need to boost government spending and hiring to grow the economy during recessions and depressions. But hey, Republicans are not going to let facts get in the way of causing human suffering and economic decline. Even many Democrats say “we need balanced deficit cutting” instead of hiring and stimulus. And here we are. So, how’s that sequester going? Here are a few headlines: Sequester Begins to Shut Down Medical Research … Science and Research hit hard by US sequester cuts … HuffPo: Sequester Impact On Medical Research Results In Cuts To Promising Projects … a group of 22 graduate students and researchers have been exploring ways to help repair the heart after it experiences trauma. … The National Health Institute informed the group at Temple that the $1.5 million gra ...

The South African Medical Research Council joins the AllTrials and tells us how...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:08:24 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Monday, April 29, 2013
The South African Medical Research Council joins the AllTrials and tells us how important it is to minimise publication bias. South African Medica Research Council | All Trials www.alltrials.net Tamara Kredo, acting manager of the South African Cochrane Centre at the MRC said: “The vision of the SA MRC is to build a healthy nation through Research. Unregistered clinical trials and unpublished, inaccessible results of Research pose a barrier to achieving this vision. The SA MRC has long supp... ...

OECD urges countries to harmonise clinical trial regulations to boost medical research and save lives

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:01:47 GMT

Source: www.oecd.org --- Friday, April 26, 2013
Increasingly complex and inconsistent clinical trial regulations are causing delays, raising costs and leading to a decline in the number of international trials conducted by academics for non-commerical purposes. ...