http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:35:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2008, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 Biotethics, Biotech Policy, Regulation, and Legal Issues - GeneRef http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66975 Randomized controlled trials are considered the "gold standard" research method for assessing new medical treatments. But research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Trials shows that the design of a remarkable 93 percent of 2235 so-called Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:19:20 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66936 Panel physicians are increasingly offering individual health services to patients with statutory health insurance. This is documented by Susanne Richter et al. of the Department of Social Medicine, Lubeck University, in the new edition of Deutsches Arzteb Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:19:20 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66849 Are individuals, families, communities and employers getting their money's worth from US health care? That's the big question in the news today, pushed further into the spotlight by the Obama administration. Charles M. Kilo, M.D., M.P.H, CEO of GreenFie Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:19:25 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66840 The IOM Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research released its recommendations today for setting health-care priorities for research and funding by the U. government. Co-chairs of the committee, Harold C. Sox, MD, MACP, former president of ACP and e Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:19:19 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66829 ... The European Commission, which administers and monitors EU biotech policy for the bloc's member states, has said it will use the EFSA opinion as the basis for ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:21:02 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66830 ... The European Commission, which administers and monitors EU biotech policy for the bloc's member states, has said it will use the EFSA opinion as the basis for ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:21:02 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66820 ... The European Commission, which administers and monitors EU biotech policy for the bloc's member states, has said it will use the EFSA opinion as the basis for ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:21:02 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66821 ... The European Commission, which administers and monitors EU biotech policy for the bloc's member states, has said it will use the EFSA opinion as the basis for ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:21:02 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66819 Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have discovered a new brain mechanism involved in alcohol addiction involving the stomach hormone ghrelin. When ghrelin's actions in the brain are blocked, alcohol's effects on th Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:19:16 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66813 ... for the right to opt-outs for growing genetically modified (GM) crops, to cut through complex EU decision-making and end years of stalemate on biotech policy. ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:21:02 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66795 In this month's PLoS Medicine editorial, the editors argue that -- despite recent international objections -- access to clean water should be recognized as a human right. At the March 2009 United Nations meetings, coinciding with the World Water Forum, C Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:19:18 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66780 Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot. An instrument that measures the chemical composition and optical properties of aerosols in real time has Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:20:24 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66768 Since NASA researchers began assembling the Aerosol Robotic Network in the 1990s, the worldwide network of ground-based aerosol sensors has grown to 400 sites across seven continents. The trouble is that two-thirds of the planet is covered by ocean. And a Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:20:26 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66702 The two leading bodies representing GPs in the UK have backed a call by the Wellcome Trust for clearer guidance for GPs to ensure medical records can be safely used in research. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:19:19 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66671 Research from Canada's Center for Addiction and Mental Health featured in this week's edition of the Lancet shows that worldwide, one in 25 deaths are directly attributable to alcohol consumption. This rise since 2000 is mainly due to increases in the n Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:19:20 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66633 The American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society have released official standards for clinical trials and practice with respect to the assessment of asthma. The statement appears in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:19:20 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66618 Evidence suggests that outcomes in many clinical settings leave a lot to be desired, which means that research into quality improvement (QI) in clinical care has the potential to greatly improve the lot of patients. Now a study in the journal Medical Care Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:19:17 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66602 A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to minuscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:20:24 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66411 ... National GMO bans are the only area of EU biotech policy where countries can muster enough consensus under the bloc's complex weighted voting rules to secure ... Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:21:01 PST http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66383 The physical and mental health needs of juvenile offenders should be treated as a priority if offenders held in detention have any real hope of rehabilitation, according to new research from the University of Adelaide, Australia. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:19:18 PST