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University Of Miami Receives Grant To Improve Maternal And Infant Health In Haiti
The University of Miami (UM) School of Nursing and Health Studies has received a $98,000 grant from the Pan American Health and Education Foundation (PAHEF) for an initiative designed to address issues of maternal and infant health in Haiti. Financed by PAHEF from a fund created through the generosity of the People of Taiwan, the program will assist the Haitian Ministry of Health in addressing one of its foremost national objectives: the reduction of maternal and infant morbidity through increased access to family planning, pregnancy care, and labor and post-partum health services.

Neurointerventionists Expand Research To Quality Of Life In Aneurysm Patients Following Minimally Invasive Coiling Treatment
Since the groundbreaking 2002 ISAT International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) which ultimately was halted due to overwhelming evidence that minimally invasive coiling (an endovascular therapy) was, on average, superior to traditional surgical clipping in the treatment of brain aneurysms many studies have continued to prove the short and long-term viability of this procedure. Further technical refinements for coiling are underway all over the world.
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Does Peripheral T-Lymphocyte Subpopulations Correlate With Hepatitis B Virus Load?
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a dynamic process with variable biochemical, virological and histological profiles at different stages of the infection, depending on host and viral factors. Furthermore, this profile may change at a variable pace over time. The correlation between detection of T-cell response and HBV load in chronic HBV infection remains unknown. In each of the clinical stages of chronic HBV infection, whether the composition of T-cell subpopulations is different and relates to viral load. Thus characterization of T-cell profile is relevant to improved understanding of chronic HBV infection and the design of antiviral therapy.
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Wave Medical-Clinical Decision Support Now In Hand And Just A Touch Away

Health professionals need to look no further than their iPhone to support them at the point of care. Wave Medical, who provides clinical decision support applications to general practitioners, nurses, emergency doctors and medical students has recently expanded its mobile platform offering to include the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch. Now all healthcare professionals can easily access any of Wave Medical"s specialty-focused clinical decision support applications through iPhone"s innovative platform. With thousands of international drug names, dosing and medical calculators, disease profiles, illustrations and a powerful drug interactions generator, Wave Medical"s fully integrated content enables quick navigation through the clinical decision process. Heavy textbooks are no longer the only reference physicians consult in their daily clinical decision routine. Now the most up to date clinical decision support content is available on their iPhone, in hand and right at their fingertips. "The introduction of the iPhone has now opened up the health professionals" imagination of what a handheld device can do for them. In Wave Medical"s case, the incorporation of our applications turns a handheld device into a powerful clinical decision support tool," says Wave Medical Managing Director, Philip May. Each Wave Medical application is specialty-focused providing general practitioners, nurses, emergency doctors and even medical students with the best point-of-care tool designed just for them. Wave Medical applications promote quick and accurate decision-making by the health professional, saving costs and improving patient care. Wave Medical


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