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LongROAD project launched to improve safety and mobility needs of older adults

In the coming decades, the population of older adults in the United States will reach unprecedented numbers. By the year 2029, more than one in five Americans will be over the age of 65. And most of them will continue driving. To understand their safety and mobility needs, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has launched a five-year, $12 million Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) project with Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and six other institutions.

13 Jan 2015

New study finds prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among teens who have never smoked

Many teens who have never smoked are being exposed to the health dangers of tobacco. A new study by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with East Tennessee State University, the Indian Institute of Technology and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, estimated the prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure worldwide among teens who had never smoked, and found that one third of those teens are exposed to secondhand smoke inside the home.

13 Jan 2015

eLearning effective for training health professionals, say Imperial researchers

Electronic learning could enable millions more students to train as doctors and nurses worldwide, according to research.

13 Jan 2015

State and federal prisoners not receiving adequate mental health care

A significant portion of state and federal prisoners are not receiving treatment for mental health conditions, according to research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health.

12 Jan 2015

Injectable hormonal contraceptive appears to increase HIV risk in women

Women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as Depo-Provera or the birth control shot, have a moderately increased risk of becoming infected with HIV, a large meta-analysis of 12 studies involving more than 39 500 women published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has found. Other forms of hormonal contraception, including oral contraceptive pills, do not appear to increase this risk.

12 Jan 2015

Biogen Idec, Columbia University Medical Center form $30 million genomics research alliance

Biogen Idec and Columbia University Medical Center have formed a $30 million strategic alliance to conduct genetics discovery research on the underlying causes of disease and to identify new treatment approaches. As part of this agreement, a sequencing and analysis facility and shared postdoctoral program will be established at Columbia to support collaborative genetics studies.

11 Jan 2015

New UCLA study sheds light on why some people develop PTSD

Why do some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA discovery may shed light on the answer.

11 Jan 2015

Researchers to explore physical, psychological effects of ultra-endurance running

In the upcoming Race Across USA, ultra-endurance athletes will run a marathon a day as they cover 3,080 miles from California to Maryland.

8 Jan 2015

H&P Labs announces licensing agreement to develop oral drug therapy against Ebola

H&P Labs Inc. announced an agreement with Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital to license two classes of compounds in order to develop an oral drug therapy against Ebola.

8 Jan 2015

Debiopharm receives FDA Fast Track designation for anti-infectious agent Debio 1450

Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track designation to its anti-infectious agent Debio 1450, a highly potent antibiotic specifically active against all Staphylococcus species.

8 Jan 2015

Study highlights public health significance of depression among U.S. adolescents

A recent study published in the January 2015 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry underscores the important public health significance of depression among U.S. adolescents.

7 Jan 2015

Johnson & Johnson begins Phase 1 trial of preventive Ebola vaccine program

Johnson & Johnson today announced the start of a Phase 1, first-in-human clinical trial of a preventive Ebola vaccine in development at its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies.

6 Jan 2015

Low alcohol consumption, plant-based diet reduce risk of obesity-related cancers

Low alcohol consumption and a plant-based diet, both healthy habits aligning with current cancer prevention guidelines, are associated with reducing the risk of obesity-related cancers, a New York University study shows.

6 Jan 2015

Most Americans unaware of the positive benefits of folic acid

Each year, more than four million women in America give birth and 2,600 infants are born with neural tube defects.

6 Jan 2015

Geographic information systems provide real-time surveillance of disease outbreaks at mass events

Infectious diseases are one of the many health issues that worry the organizers of mass gatherings, such as the Hajj and the World Cup.

6 Jan 2015

Vitamin B counteracts levels of DDT in women who are more likely to get, stay pregnant

Women who have adequate levels of B vitamins in their bodies are more likely to get and stay pregnant even when they also have high levels of a common pesticide known to have detrimental reproductive effects, according to new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research.

5 Jan 2015

Healthy Nordic diet reduces expression of inflammation-associated genes in adipose tissue

A Nordic study led by the Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Eastern Finland discovered that the health-promoting Nordic diet reduces the expression of inflammation-associated genes in subcutaneous adipose tissue. In overweight persons, the expression of these genes reduced without weight loss.

5 Jan 2015

Johns Hopkins scientists create statistical model to measure proportion of cancer incidence

Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many tissue types, caused mainly by random mutations that occur when stem cells divide.

2 Jan 2015

Synthetic Biologics doses first patient in SYN-004 Phase 1b trial to prevent C. difficile infection

Synthetic Biologics, Inc., a developer of pathogen-specific therapies for serious infections and diseases, with a focus on protecting the microbiome, today announced that enrollment has initiated and the first patient was dosed in a Phase 1b clinical trial of SYN-004, an investigational oral beta-lactamase enzyme for the prevention of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection, antibiotic-associated diarrhea and secondary antibiotic-resistant infections in patients receiving intravenous (IV) beta-lactam antibiotic therapy.

31 Dec 2014

Study finds that binge drinking can significantly disrupt immune system

Binge drinking in young, healthy adults significantly disrupts the immune system, according to a study led by a researcher now at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

30 Dec 2014

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LongROAD project launched to improve safety and mobility needs of older adults

New study finds prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure among teens who have never smoked

eLearning effective for training health professionals, say Imperial researchers

State and federal prisoners not receiving adequate mental health care

Injectable hormonal contraceptive appears to increase HIV risk in women

Biogen Idec, Columbia University Medical Center form $30 million genomics research alliance

New UCLA study sheds light on why some people develop PTSD

Researchers to explore physical, psychological effects of ultra-endurance running

H&P Labs announces licensing agreement to develop oral drug therapy against Ebola

Debiopharm receives FDA Fast Track designation for anti-infectious agent Debio 1450

Study highlights public health significance of depression among U.S. adolescents

Johnson & Johnson begins Phase 1 trial of preventive Ebola vaccine program

Low alcohol consumption, plant-based diet reduce risk of obesity-related cancers

Most Americans unaware of the positive benefits of folic acid

Geographic information systems provide real-time surveillance of disease outbreaks at mass events

Vitamin B counteracts levels of DDT in women who are more likely to get, stay pregnant

Healthy Nordic diet reduces expression of inflammation-associated genes in adipose tissue

Johns Hopkins scientists create statistical model to measure proportion of cancer incidence

Synthetic Biologics doses first patient in SYN-004 Phase 1b trial to prevent C. difficile infection

Study finds that binge drinking can significantly disrupt immune system

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