In the United States in 1996, an estimated 44,560 women died of breast cancer, and 184,300 new cases were diagnosed. Advances in space technology are now making significant improvements in the imaging technologies use...
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In the United States in 1996, an estimated 44,560 women died of breast cancer, and 184,300 new cases were diagnosed. Advances in space technology are now making significant improvements in the imaging technologies used in managing this important foe. The first of these spinoffs, a digital spot mammography system used to perform stereotactic fine-needle breast biopsy, uses a backside-thinned CCD developed originally for the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer. This paper describes several successful biomedical applications which have resulted from collaborative technology transfer programs between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health (OWH). These programs have accelerated the introduction of direct digital mammography by two years. In follow-on work, RTI is now assisting the HHS Office on Women's Health to identify additional opportunities for transfer of aerospace, defense, and intelligence technologies to image-guided detection, diagnosis. and treatment of breast cancer. The technology identification and evaluation effort culminated in a May 1997 workshop, and the formative technology development partnerships are discussed. (C) 1998 International Astronautical Federation. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Innovative state programs and possibilities for an effective national program. Uncompensated-care systems, Medicaid expansion, state subsidies for private insurance, and employer-mandated health insurance.
Innovative state programs and possibilities for an effective national program. Uncompensated-care systems, Medicaid expansion, state subsidies for private insurance, and employer-mandated health insurance.
Emergency physicians have a duty to advance the care of pediatric patients in the emergency medical services (EMS) system. This policy resource and education paper, designed to support the American College of Emergenc...
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Emergency physicians have a duty to advance the care of pediatric patients in the emergency medical services (EMS) system. This policy resource and education paper, designed to support the American College of Emergency Physicians policy paper "The Role of the Emergency Physician in Emergency Medical Services for Children," describes the development of the federal EMS for Children Program, the importance of the integration of EMS for children into EMS systems, and the role of the emergency physician in EMS for children.
Allegations of lax safety procedures and flawed management in a clinical cancer trial have cost four researchers and administrators their jobs at the University of Oklahoma. They have also led to a temporary shutdown ...
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Allegations of lax safety procedures and flawed management in a clinical cancer trial have cost four researchers and administrators their jobs at the University of Oklahoma. They have also led to a temporary shutdown of 75 clinical trials at the university's Health Science Center in Tulsa and a sweeping overhaul of the school's process for approving human experiments. University officials emphasize that none of the roughly 100 patients involved in the 3-year-old study of an experimental cancer vaccine was known to have been harmed, and that most trials will soon be restarted.
In fulfillment of its legislative mandate to update existing toxicological profiles, the Agency for Toxic Subtances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released an updated version of the Toxicological Profile for Mercury in ...
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In fulfillment of its legislative mandate to update existing toxicological profiles, the Agency for Toxic Subtances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released an updated version of the Toxicological Profile for Mercury in April of this year (1999). As part of an extensive peer review process to ensure the scientific merit and credibility of this profile, ATSDR assembled a panel of experts in environmental health, mercury, and health risk assessment in Atlanta, Georgia on July 20 and 21, 1998 to review the draft version of the Mercury Profile developed following the Public Comment Period which lasted from October 17, 1997 to February 17, 1998. During the two-day meeting, this panel, which included key investigators from the Iraqi, Seychelles, and Faroes Islands studies, as well as representatives from other federal partner agencies and the academic and private sectors, conducted open, free-ranging discussion concerning the various aspects of mercury toxicity and the interpretation of the large data base available for mercury and its compounds. ATSDR's proposed responses to public comments was also a significant focus of discussion. The following is a summary report of the proceedings of that meeting. The contributions of the expert panel were instrumental in ensuring the quality of the final profile, and are gratefully acknowledged.
Dr. Lasagna was unable to attend the workshop in person, and therefore delivered his remarks by videotape, in the assumed role of the newest “Secretary of Human Experimentation” at the Department of Health, Educatio...
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Dr. Lasagna was unable to attend the workshop in person, and therefore delivered his remarks by videotape, in the assumed role of the newest “Secretary of Human Experimentation” at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare addressing a public television audience. There is no difficulty in sensing the serious truths underlying the satire in his address.
The US government's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) launched its new antidrug media campaign in July 1998. The campaign is likely to increase awareness of the youth drug problem, but shortcomings in...
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The US government's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) launched its new antidrug media campaign in July 1998. The campaign is likely to increase awareness of the youth drug problem, but shortcomings in the campaign's early implementation raise questions about its potential for changing behavior. Shortcomings include: a) The first wave of ONDCP's television advertisements are focused on reinforcing problem awareness but do not model skills or provide other information necessary for behavior change;b) the campaign provides insufficient focus on promoting drug treatment and citizen involvement in local prevention activities, including political action;c) the campaign is being implemented without a major new investment in drug-treatment programs or community-based prevention programs;a) The campaign does nor substantively address alcohol and tobacco, which pose a clear threat to health and serve as a "gateway" to illicit drug use;and ef the first wave of television advertisements use exaggerated fear appeals, a strategy shown by research rarely to be successful. Only time will tell whether the ONDCP media campaign will succeed or fail. Using past research as a guide, there is legitimate reason for concern that the campaign will not live up to expectations.
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