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DESCRIPTION provided by applicant THE MEMORY CARE NAVIGATOR A PROACTIVE GUIDE Memory loss is an increasing problem as our population ages causing a tremendous personal and societal toll in disability and cost Alzheimerandapos s disease AD the most common cause of dementia is the illness elderly Americans most fear and the only major illness with an increasing mortality rate Despite subs ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Medical errors are recognized as the cause of numerous deaths and even if some are difficult to avoid many are preventable Computerized physician order entry systems with decision support have been proposed to reduce this risk of medication errors but these systems rely on structured and coded information in the electronic health record EHR Unfortunately ...

SUMMARY This STTR Phase II proposal addresses the significant need for improved treatment options for patients with liver cancerthe fifth highest incidence of cancer in the worldBecause of the lack of symptomshepatocellular carcinomaHCCis detected at advanced stages inof casesfor which theyear survival rate isand atyears it isThe only curative option for advanced HCC is surgical liver resection an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Some of the most significant therapies that treat disease target nucleic acids Drugs that target nucleic acid include cancer drugs antibiotics and antivirals Combined these classes of drugs have annual sales worldwide of $ billion Antibiotics that target nucleic acids account for $ billion of the $ billion of sales annuall for all antibiotics an ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Self monitoring has been described as the andquot cornerstone of the behavioral treatment of obesityandquot Consistent self monitoring of energy intake is associated with improved dietary adherence and weight loss and maintenance The problem is that individuals are notoriously bad at self monitoring their intake and suffer from an underreporting bias The s ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The purpose of this Phase II STTR project is to develop a polymeric system for the combination delivery of two antineoplastic agents gemcitabine and paclitaxel Based on the successful results of the STTR Phase I award this Phase II proposal details the rationale and research plan for the synthesis and evaluation of in vivo efficacy of two novel macromolecula ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Heart attacks i e myocardial infarction or MI occur in more than million patients annually Advances in pharmacological therapy have dramatically improved survival following the initial MI Consequently the number of patients with previous MI continues to increase and as a result put in jeopardy millions of patients for development of heart failure I ...