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University Of Houston Diesel Testing Center Teams With State Transportation Agency To Cut Emissions
The Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center at the University of Houston, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to test a system designed to reduce emissions produced by construction vehicles.
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Maryland ICU Patients Connected To Remote Critical Care Staff, Improving Qualtiy And Safety
Maryland intensive care patients will now be connected by voice, video and data lines to specialized physicians and nurses at a tertiary care referral center 130 miles away. A year after announcing six, independent Maryland hospitals, with a $3 million grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, were joining together to provide state-of-the-art critical care to their patients, the first hospital, Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, Md., is fully online with the sophisticated care system.
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Pope, Obama To Hold Meeting After G-8 Summit
Pope Benedict XVI has agreed to meet with President Obama at the Vatican on July 10, according to White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs, the AP/Boston Globe reports. The Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesperson, on Wednesday said that the pope will hold an afternoon meeting with the president and first lady Michelle Obama after the conclusion of the Group of Eight industrialized nations summit meeting, a break with a Vatican tradition of holding midday meetings. The AP/Globe reports that the Vatican "clearly sought to accommodate" the president"s schedule, an indication that Benedict is interested in meeting with Obama despite his support for abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research.Some U.S. bishops have publicly attacked Obama"s support of abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research, which has fueled anticipation of a meeting between the president and the pope. Most recently, dozens of bishops denounced the University of Notre Dame"s decision to invite Obama to deliver its commencement address and receive an honorary degree. However, L"Osservatore Romano, the Vatican"s daily newspaper, said that Obama"s speech showed that he is looking for common ground on issues related to abortion. Obama also received a positive review from the newspaper after his first 100 days in office. An editorial in the paper said that Obama had not confirmed the "radical" direction on ethical questions he had discussed as a candidate (Simpson, AP/Boston Globe, 6/24).
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Screening Of Second Primary Colorectal Cancers In Cancer Survivors: Cost-Effective Strategy

To suggest a feasible economic strategy for second primary colorectal cancer screening of cancer survivors in Korea, A research group constructed a decision-analytic model, compared cost-effectiveness results of cancer screening in male cancer survivors. All non-dominant strategies were those using colonoscopy in both cancer survivors and the general population, and more strict and frequent recommendation of colonoscopy, colonoscopy every 5 years and every 3 years, could be considered as economic strategies for male cancer survivors. The recent improvement in cancer survival due to early diagnosis and advances in treatment has raised the issue of second primary cancers in cancer survivors after their primary treatment. The age-standardized incidence rate was about 4 times higher for second primary colorectal cancer (CRC) than for first primary CRC in Korea. However, until now, there have been few recommendations and economic evaluations of CRC screening for cancer survivors. A research article recently published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this problem. To suggest a feasible economic strategy of second CRC screening for cancer survivors in Korea, authors constructed a decision-analytic model, and compared the cost-effectiveness results of cancer screening in male cancer survivors. All non-dominated strategies were those using colonoscopy in both cancer survivors and the general population, and more strict and frequent recommendation of colonoscopy such as COL5 (screening every 5 years) and COL3 (screening every 3 years) could be considered as economic strategies for male cancer survivors. The major barrier to promoting colonoscopy as a primary CRC screening tool is the lack of manpower to deliver colonoscopy to the public in Korea. In these human-re limited settings, it is important to identify the most vulnerable population who has the most potential to receive the benefits. In younger cancer survivors aged 40 years old, COL5 might be economically feasible, while COL10 is usually recommended for the Korean general population aged 50 years old. Therefore, at least for cancer survivors, CRC screening should be covered by the Korean national health insurance scheme and screening methods using colonoscopy should be recommended as a primary screening strategy for CRC in this population. Reference: Park SM, Kim SY, Earle CC, Jeong SY, Yun YH. What is the most cost-effective strategy to screen for second primary colorectal cancers in male cancer survivors in Korea? World Journal of Gastroenterology 2009; 15(25): 3153-3160 http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/3153.asp Correspondence to: Young Ho Yun, MD, PhD, Division of Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu-dong, Ilsangu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 411-769, South Korea. Lin Tian World Journal of Gastroenterology


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