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Despite significance advances in anti retroviral treatments HIV associated neurocognitive disorder HAND remains prevalent and can affect a broad range of everyday activities An effective brief cognitive screen that could be implemented in busy HIV clinics where clinicians have limited time to provide care for patients with complex medical psychiatric and cognitive conditions has the poten ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Pulmonary drug delivery has emerged as a noninvasive alternative route for the treatment of lung diseases asthma COPD CF and lung cancer In order to obtain the desired level of effectiveness and safety of the inhaled drugs an appropriate deposition on the targeted region and subsequent absorption in the targeted region is vital Multiscale multidisciplin ...

Project Summary Abstract Every year approximately severe mistreatments happen in radiation therapy Radiation therapy lawsuits rank in the top third of all medical specialties with an average of $ per claim settled or litigated The current method for detecting treatment errors is by a weekly patient chart check where each treatment record is manually reviewed on a weekly basis Thi ...

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT Among men prostate cancer is the most common non skin cancer and second leading cause of cancer death with over new diagnoses expected in Approximately of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime Current treatment options for prostate cancer however have sub optimal incidences of side effects that have a significant impact on pa ...

ABSTRACT Diabetes is the leading cause of nontraumatic lower extremity amputations in the United States Diabetic foot ulcers DFUs are responsible for more hospitalizations than any other diabetic complications Currently even the best available treatments achieve only a healing rate for these wounds and this healing is often only temporary with a chance of recurring Our company has ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The goal of the Phase I study is to determine the feasibility of piloting a low cost Real Time Location System RTLS for use in healthcare based on a novel technology known as Near Field Electromagnetic The proposed QHealth system promises to support a number of healthcare applications such as equipment management workflow optimization hand hygiene complian ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant ParaTechs Corporation aims to provide researchers with advanced technology and methods to simplify procedures for laboratory animal models While actively supporting efforts to `reduce replace and refineandapos animal use ParaTechs provides safe and efficient alternatives for surgical procedures We have already brought to market a nonsurgical embryo transfe ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant According to the CDC in ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and in the US approximately patients died of ischemic heart disease It is well established in clinical practice that recanalization of he infarct related artery IRA using percutaneous coronary intervention PCI enhances myocardial salvage and outcomes in pa ...

Abstract The objective of this study is to develop a novel predictive in vitro model for personalized responses to CFTR directed therapeutics This proposal responds to RFA HL Human Cellular Models for Predicting Individual Responses to Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Directed Therapeutics Cystic fibrosis CF is a life shortening genetic disease caused by loss of ...

Smoking is the most common preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States Each year smoking causes the premature death of over Americans and $ billion of economic damage Effective treatment is possible but barriers to its implementation limits the success rate of smoking cessation in the general population to about Notably reward based incentive smoking cessat ...