The passing of the China Trade Bill on September 19, 2000, will create an increasing demand for highly trained leaders within the business and private sectors in China, according to the President of Webster University.
The number of physician assistant educational programs and enrollment inceased in 1999, while the demographics of the students and characteristics of the programs have remained about the same as in the previous year.
The American Academy of Dermatology is strongly opposed to an advisory panel recommendation to the FDA that would include Accutane on a list of drugs that can only be obtained by registered physicians and patients.
More than at any time in its 100-year history, the U.S. Forest Service is struggling to meet the many competing demands placed on it, according to a new book by the independent research organization Resources for the Future.
Director of the National Center for Natural Products Research, will testify Sept. 20 before a Senate subcommittee to urge congressional support for increased research into growing antimicrobial resistance and new drugs to combat it.
The United States agricultural research has increasingly been under attack from those who don't understand the importance or scope of modern agricultural research.
The American Psychiatric Association renewed its urgent call to Congress to end abusive managed care by enacting meaningful patient protection legislation, before the 106th Congress adjourns.
In a pioneering effort to bridge the chasm between mental and physical health care for Medicaid recipients and indigent patients, the University of Michigan and a local county have launched a new program that may become a model for the state and nation to follow.
Technology has come to play an increasingly important role in federal policy-making. IEEE Spectrum looks at the technology policy questions the next president will need to answer.
The National Soft Drink Association condemned a new caffeine study that questions the marketing practices of the soft drink industry as "fatally-flawed and professionally irresponsible."
A draft policy by the Office of Research Integrity that would require all research staff supported by grants from the PHS to undergo training in the "responsible conduct of research," is too broad, has a flawed approach and could be prohibitively expensive, said the president of FASEB.
Raising the FDIC's coverage limit to $200,000 should create more consumer confidence in the system, according to a University of Wyoming professor who is cited in an option paper released Wed. (Aug. 9) during a Washington, D.C., news conference.
Research scientists and experts on laboratory animal medicine are urging the USDA to replace its working definition of distress in laboratory animals with a definition similar to the one proposed by the National Research Council's Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
The failure to commit money and imagination to "e-medicine" has undercut the potential of using electronic technology to deliver health-care services to the elderly and poor, a University of Illinois law researcher says (Elder Law Journal).
The Associated General Contractors of America just this week released A Platform for Building America: Major Issues Affecting the Construction Industry to national political, business and industry leaders.
The Community Renewal Act of 2000 will provide relief in the form of zero capital gains rates, increased expensing for small business, employment wage credits, expensing of certain environmental remediation costs, and deductions for commercial revitalization of buildings.
The level of support provided by NIH for equipment and instrumentation is insufficient, according to a survey of NIH supported investigators conducted by FASEB.
The American Academy of Dermatology supports the FDA decision to extend the effective date for a sunscreen monograph that would cap the Sun Protection Factor of all sunscreens at 30.
American Rivers, the leading river conservation group, praised EPA for recognizing the critical importance of naturally flowing rivers to water quality in a report that finds only half of the nation's waterbodies meet federal water quality standards.
Top Chamber officials around the country favor using the Federal budget surplus to stabilize and fund the Social Security and Medicare programs, according to the most recent poll of chamber of commerce officials.
The National Sea Grant College Program Media Relations Office has made available on-line, in a print downloadable format (PDF), its 70-page "Sea Grant's Guide to Salmon Issues in the Pacific Northwest."
Stanford and Packard hospitals are dismayed that while the nurses' union was still at the bargaining table Friday, union spokespeople were informing the media that talks had collapsed.
The American Psychiatric Association urged the House Banking and Financial Service Committee to add strong medical record privacy protections to the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.
The American College of Radiology said a study in the June 12 NEJM grossly underestimates the value of double-contrast barium enema as a tool for preventing colon cancer.
The NSB is releasing its biennial report, "Science and Engineering Indicators 2000," to the President in a first-ever two-volume edition.
The AAMC endorses the legislation introduced today by Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Henry Waxman(D-Calif.), John Mica (R-Fla.) and their colleagues designed to significantly enhance the protections provided to patients involved in clinical research.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the National Health Council (NHC) collaboratively spearheaded development of the proclamation entitled "Clinical Research: A Reaffirmation of Trust Between Medical Science and the Public."
Likely Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush should choose a woman for a running mate. In an open letter to Bush, two Rhodes College political scientists explain how Bush will gain politically by doing so.
Neurosurgeons frequently report seeing patients who have not received timely and appropriate medical care because of the problems associated with the managed care system. The result has been needless delays in treatment and patient suffering.
Because neurosurgeons across the country report seeing patients who have not been appropriately diagnosed or properly referred for specialty treatment, the two major professional societies for neurosurgeons are calling on Congress to enact a meaningful Patient Bill of rights.
The American Psychiatric Association today urged House and Senate conferees to support meaningful patient protection in managed care; APA emphasized this is best embodied by the provisions of the Norwood-Dingell bipartisan patient protection bill now pending before the conference committee.
The American Psychiatric Association, in letters today from APA Special Counsel and Director of Government Relations Jay B. Cutler, commended Senators Domenici (R-NM) and Kennedy (D-MA) and indicated support for the senators' introduction of their new omnibus bill, the Mental Health Early Intervention, Treatment, and Prevention Act of 2000.
The American Psychiatric Association today criticized a television report, which implied that the field of psychiatry is driven by pharmaceutical companies; the report was labeled by the APA as inaccurate, misleading, and socially and medically irresponsible.
The National Science Board today issued a statement saying it is concerned about indications that heightened security concerns, especially at federal labs over the past year, are causing a growing difficulty in recruiting, hiring and retaining foreign-born and native-born minority scientists and engineers.
The American Psychiatric Association today voted to support the aims of the Million Mom March. Meeting in Chicago on the eve of the AssociationÃs 153rd Annual Meeting, the APA Assembly and Board of Trustees adopted the linked statement.
The American Psychiatric Association today commended the Southern California Permanente Medical Group for moving swiftly to ensure that all psychiatric patients are first seen and evaluated by a psychiatrist before the psychiatrist prescribes medication.
The leaders of science policy for Dow Chemical Company and the Chemical Manufacturers Association will discuss the chemical industry's plans for generic research at CIIT's Annual Meeting, Tuesday May 9.
The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons today urged OSHA to postpone the introduction of national ergonomic standards until there is enough research to establish clearer definitions of work-related injuries and effective prevention and intervention strategies.
The American Psychiatric Association today condemned the Kaiser Permanente San Diego psychiatric division procedure under which psychiatrists prescribe medications for patients they have not examined, when requested to do so by Kaiser psychologists, social workers, or family therapists, none of whom have medical training.
In a letter to Assistant Majority Leader Senator Don Nickles, the American Medical Group Association commented on provisions in two managed care proposals and what physicians would like to see in legislation relating to the Patients' Bill of Rights.
Tom Campbell (R-CA), sponsor of HR 1304, the "Quality Health Care Coalition Act," and Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate in California, will speak at the American Neurological Surgery Political Action Committee luncheon on April 8.
Senators need to protect the integrity of the Highway Trust Fund and oppose budget gimmickry.
Recognizing the vital importance of cultivating a technologically capable workforce, ASME International along with other engineering societies will meet with members of Congress to discuss K-12 science, math and technology education.
With health policy issues playing a major part in this year's race for the White House, the senior health policy advisors to the Gore, Bush, Bradley and McCain campaigns will speak at the University of Michigan on April 7 about their candidates' plans for reform.
Missouri has officially designated the life sciences industry as one of Missouri's Lead Industries for purposes of economic development and growth.
University of Wisconsin leaders said they were pleased with the Supreme Court's decision that public colleges and universities can use money from student fees to finance the campus groups of their choosing.
Investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed, life sciences research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be given the highest priority in fiscal 2001.
Associated General Contractors of America delivered testimony to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee stating that repeal of the motor fuel tax is nothing more than a political gimmick.
The American Association of Engineering Societies expressed appreciation for Congressman Nick Smith's efforts that lead to the inclusion of language in the House Budget Resolution establishing the NSF as a funding priority in FY 2001 Budget.
In written comments filed late yesterday, the National Soft Drink Association said the proposed Dietary Guideline recommendation to limit your intake of sugars is without scientific merit and should be withdrawn.
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