Findings suggest 'HIV-1 replication without integration' may help HIV-1 persist in vivo despite the application of antiviral drugs
This study was supported by grants from NIH/NIAID: R01AI078783 (DNL) and R01AI093998 (DNL and DW).About New York University College of Dentistry--New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) is the third oldest and the largest dental school in the US, educating more than 8 percent of all dentists. NYUCD has a significant global reach and provides a level of national and international diversity among its students that is unmatched by any other dental school. http://www.nyu.edu/dental/ (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 26, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Ketamine, A Darling of the Club Scene, Inspires Next-Generation Antidepressants [Part 3]
Recent experimental research showing that ketamine, an anesthetic and club drug (Special K), can relieve depression quickly has intrigued a number of major pharmaceutical companies. Depression, it goes without saying, affects huge numbers and a fundamentally new and effective pharmaceutical approach to treating the disorder hasn’t emerged in decades.
The enthusiasm for ketamine is such that physicians, often working out of small clinics, have already started prescribing low doses of the generic anesthetic off-label for fast relief of le cafard—and drug companies are contemplating whether to get into the act by creatin...
Source: PharmaGossip - September 13, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Badge buddy residents work together on adverse reporting
"Every resident should know how to make an adverse event report," says Nate Margolis, M.D., a fifth-year resident training in New York University's Radiology Residency Program. (Nate is co-chair of the NYU School of Medicine’s House Staff Patient Safety Council.)Nate's right, of course, and indeed this is now a requirement of the ACGME, the governing body of residency programs in America:The Sponsoring Institution must ensure that residents/fellows have access to systems for reporting errors, adverse events, unsafe conditions, and near misses in a protected manner that is free from reprisal.But this capability is o...
Source: Running a hospital - August 28, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs
New Label-Free Technique Detects Single Proteins; May Open New Future in Clinical Diagnostics
Most diseases involve the increased or decreased production of specific proteins, but these molecules are so hard to detect that using them as biomarkers for clinical diagnosis of disease has been very limited. Being able to spot target proteins can significantly expand the capabilities of hospital labs and lead to early detection and treatment of cancer and all kinds of other diseases
Now researchers at Brooklyn’s Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have created the first label-free system capable of detecting single protein molecules, including biomarkers for cancer and other diseases that are ...
Source: Medgadget - July 31, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: in the news... Source Type: blogs
AMCAS deadlines
by Adminnaoum (Posted Sun Jul 28, 2013 10:26 am)Different med schools have different deadlines. Your AMCAS application should already be in. Here are some upcoming deadlines for specific schools (dates are from the AMCAS website - you should confirm these dates!):Aug 1 2013:University of Missouri Kansas City School of MedicineAMCAS Early Decision Program deadlineSept 30 2013:University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (M.D.-Ph.D.)University of Michigan Medical School (Regular M.D.)Oct 1 2013:Mayo Medical SchoolTexas A&M Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (M.D.-Ph.D.)Texas Tech University Health Sciences C...
Source: Med Student Guide - July 28, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Crack Babies Are Turning Out Okay
Major study concludes that crack panic was overblown.
In an excellent story for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Susan FitzGerald traces the fortunes of Philadelphia children enrolled in a study that began in 1989, at the height of the crack “epidemic” in the U.S. Headed up by Hallam Hurt, then the chair of neonatology at Albert Einstein Medical Center, a group began the in-vitro study of babies exposed to maternal crack cocaine use. One of the longest-running studies of its kind, the NIDA-funded research on 224 babies born between 1989 and 1992, half of them cocaine-exposed, the other half normal controls, was now coming t...
Source: Addiction Inbox - July 28, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Nurses and State Health Exchanges
This article originally appeared on Campaign for Action (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care)
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 22, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Access Advocacy Nurses Patients Policy Source Type: blogs
Addiction Trajectories: Book Review
This study of faith-based healing in the addiction recovery community forms one chapter of a new volume, Addiction Trajectories, edited by Eugene Raikhel of the University of Chicago and William Garriott of James Madison University.
What anthropologists can do for addiction science is document these sociocultural attributes of addiction. In a chapter on buprenorphine and methadone users in New York City and the five boroughs, Helena Hansen, assistant professor of anthropology and psychiatry at New York University, finds that buprenorphine users live in predominantly white, high-income neighborhoods, tended to have college...
Source: Addiction Inbox - June 25, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dirk Hanson Source Type: blogs
Scant data on seizure drugs for women's genital pain | Reuters
Although doctors sometimes prescribe anti-seizure drugs to treat chronic pain in the vulva, just a handful of low-quality studies have examined the drugs' effects, according to a new review.
Based on these studies, "it's very difficult to make definitive statements on efficacy," said Dr. Raphael Leo, the study's author from the State University of New York at Buffalo. "Certainly, more investigation is warranted."
Still, "I think that there is promise" for the use of anti-seizure medications, he added.
Chronic pain in a woman's genitals, also called vulvodynia, affects as man...
Source: Psychology of Pain - June 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Professor nemeroff goes to london
THREE STRIKES AND …Professor Charles Nemeroff is being honored today in London. He will deliver a high profile lecture at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, a component of The University of London. IoP and its associated Maudsley Hospital have long been at the forefront of psychiatric research in Britain. The occasion today is the establishment of a new program on mood disorders, and Professor Nemeroff’s topic will be “The Neurobiology of Child Abuse: Treatment Implications.” He will be introduced by Professor Allan Young and the vote of thanks will be proposed by Professor Sir Robin Murray, a fo...
Source: Health Care Renewal - June 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: University of London Institute of Psychiatry Charles Nemeroff King's College London Sir Robin Murray Allan Young Maudsley Hospital Carmine Pariante Shitij Kapur Bernard Carroll Source Type: blogs
June 2013 Man of the Month: Dr. Michael Barr
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an innovative delivery model at the heart and center of health care reform legislation. It focuses on delivering higher-quality, cost-effective primary care, particularly for patients with chronic health conditions. This month, DW recognizes a leader in the PCMH movement, Dr. Michael Barr. Dr. Barr, a nationally recognized expert, has worked in the movement and an influential player leading policy development and advocacy for the PCMH in health reform efforts. For June’s Man of the Month, DW sat down with Dr. Barr and spoke with him about his work in the field.
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Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - June 12, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Man of the Month Source Type: blogs
The 5 Greatest Personal Development Strategies That Actually Work
There are thousands of different strategies and ideas on how to improve your life.
But how are you supposed to know what really works? By these three metrics:
Your personal experience (what has worked for you before?)
Science and research of how humans grow and change (how does change generally work?)
Others' experience (what has worked for others?)
Only you can know the first part, but I'm here to help out with numbers 2 + 3. In my experience, and through all the research I've done on neurological studies, and through all of the case studies I know, these are the five greatest personal development strategies that ac...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - June 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: sguise Tags: health and fitness motivation psychology self improvement success resources Source Type: blogs
Narrative Matters: Navigating The Coverage Maze In Pennsylvania
In the May Health Affairs Narrative Matters essay, two graduate students describe their fight with the bureaucracy to gain coverage for their son under the Children's Health Insurance Program, and they express the hope that provisions of the Affordable Care Act will cut the red tape. The article, "To Cover Their Child, One Couple Navigates A Health Insurance Maze In Pennsylvania, is by Ari Friedman, a fifth-year medical-doctoral student in health economics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School, and Tara Mendola is a sixth-year graduate student in comparative literature at New ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: All Categories Children Coverage Health Reform Innovation States Source Type: blogs
Innovation, Technology and Health
We all know that the world of technology is changing at a rapid pace, but what happens when you bring new, innovative minds into the field? Mashable looks at three of the inventions that came out of the New York University's yearly Entrepreneurs' Challenge. Two of the three featured in the article showcase digital health technologies in the works.
Co-developer Doug Kanter developed a diabetes management system. By imputing one's diet and exercise into a mobile app that then connects with the blood sugar levels, those with diabetes can better manage their health.
Oculogica is an innovation that shows small movin...
Source: ePharma Summit - May 8, 2013 Category: Medical Marketing and PR Tags: ePharma Summit Telemedicine Heatlhcare Innovation Technology and healthcare Source Type: blogs
"Incidental Finding": No Symptoms and Rarely Dangerous: Now What??
Discussion Blog)
Source: Bioethics Discussion Blog - May 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Source Type: blogs
