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CDC lays out perspective on role of public health institutions in global health systems strengthening

April 19, 2012
In this article in PLoS Medicine's "Policy Forum," Peter Bloland of the Division of Public Health Systems and Workforce Development at the CDC Center for Global Health, and colleagues "set out the U.S. CDC's perspective on the role of public health institutions in global health system strengthening efforts," according to ...

Strengthening collective voice, influence of biomedical researchers in global health field

April 18, 2012
In this post in the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases' "End the Neglect" blog, guest blogger Jessica Taaffe, founder of Scientists for Global Health (SciGlo) and a postdoctoral fellow researching severe malaria immunopathogenesis at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, "discusses the importance of the biomedical community's ...

Strengthening the bond between policy and science

March 9, 2012
(University of Cambridge) One only has to be reminded of the BSE crisis and the MMR vaccine scare to recognize the importance of having policy informed by the best available science. Now, a collaboration of over fifty academics and policy makers from around the world have come together to agree ...

Strengthening The Intestinal Barrier May Prevent Cancer In The Rest Of The Body

February 22, 2012
A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University researchers suggests. It appears that the hormone receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) - a previously identified tumor suppressor that ...

Single approach to tackling NCDs, NTDs includes improving governance, strengthening health systems

October 18, 2011
In this "End the Neglect" blog post, Alanna Shaikh, a writer for U.N. Dispatch, follows up on her previous post in which she asserts that "there is a single approach that will help to fight both" non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), writing that in order to tackle ...

Bone-Strengthening Drug Gives Pain Relief In Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases

September 25, 2011
Many prostate cancer patients develop bone metastases, and controlling the pain these cause can be difficult. Now the first large randomised Phase III trial of a bisphosphonate drug in these patients has shown that a single dose of the drug is as good for pain relief as single dose radiotherapy, ...

Bone-strengthening drug gives pain relief in prostate cancer bone metastases

September 25, 2011
Stockholm, Sweden: Many prostate cancer patients develop bone metastases, and controlling the pain these cause can be difficult. Now the first large randomised Phase III trial of a bisphosphonate drug in these patients has shown that a single dose of the drug is as good for pain relief as single ...

Bone-strengthening drug gives pain relief in prostate cancer bone metastases

September 25, 2011
Stockholm, Sweden: Many prostate cancer patients develop bone metastases, and controlling the pain these cause can be difficult. Now the first large randomised Phase III trial of a bisphosphonate drug in these patients has shown that a single dose of the drug is as good for pain relief as single ...

Bone-strengthening drug gives pain relief in prostate cancer bone metastases

September 25, 2011
(ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation) Many prostate cancer patients develop bone metastases, and controlling the pain these cause can be difficult. Now the first large randomized Phase III trial of a bisphosphonate drug in these patients has shown that a single dose of the drug is as good for pain relief ...

Fighting Chronic Infections By Strengthening Fragile Immune Memories

August 22, 2011
After recovering from the flu or another acute infection, your immune system is ready to react quickly if you run into the same virus again. White blood cells called memory T cells develop during the infection and help the immune system remember the virus and attack it if it comes ...

Strengthening fragile immune memories to fight chronic infections

August 18, 2011
After recovering from the flu or another acute infection, your immune system is ready to react quickly if you run into the same virus again. White blood cells called memory T cells develop during the infection and help the immune system remember the virus and attack it if it comes ...

Strengthening fragile immune memories to fight chronic infections

August 18, 2011
After recovering from the flu or another acute infection, your immune system is ready to react quickly if you run into the same virus again. White blood cells called memory T cells develop during the infection and help the immune system remember the virus and attack it if it comes ...