21. November 2009 03:05
There are 18 separate tax hikes in the Reid-Obama healthcare bill. One of them caps the amount that can be deferred in Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) at $2500 per year (a similar provision was included in the Pelosi-Obama health bill and written about by Congressman Cathy McMorris-Rogers, R-Was., for National Review Online).
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18. November 2009 04:09
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a39a10/opportunities_in_h) has announced the addition of the "Opportunities in Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESCs) Products" report to their offering.
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11. November 2009 01:10
Academic Health Center scientists, physicians, and research centers have attracted 128 grants totaling nearly $35 million in federal stimulus money (as of Nov. 10) since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was approved in February 2009. This will result in a total economic impact of more than $105 million; according to the National Institutes of Health, $1 of research funding multiplies to more than $2 of goods and services in the economy.
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Posted in: Medical Condition News | Disease/Infection News
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Birth Defect, Brain, Cancer, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Cell, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Nicotine, Nicotine Addiction, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Smoking, Tobacco
7. November 2009 00:45
Results of an investigation conducted by University of Nevada, Reno researchers, public health officials and area physicians published this week in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, indicate that Washoe County experienced a cluster of a particular birth defect, gastroschisis, during the period April 2007 - April 2008.
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11. September 2009 02:35
VitaPath Genetics, a molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has closed a $6 million series A round of funding led by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. VitaPath was originally seeded by X/Seed Capital, which also co-invested in the Series A. Concurrent with the financing MDV's Michael Goldberg and X/Seed's Michael Borrus took seats on the company's board.
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9. August 2009 19:01
A genetic search that wound its way from patients to mouse models and back to patients has uncovered an unlikely gene critically involved in a common birth defect which causes mental retardation, motor delays and sometimes autism, providing a new mechanism and potentially improving treatment for the disorder.
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Posted in: Medical Research News | Medical Condition News
Tags: Autism, Birth Defect, Brain, Chromosome, Chromosome 3, Chromosome 6, Dandy-Walker Malformation, Genetics, Glaucoma, Hospital, Hydrocephalus, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics
27. July 2009 04:08
Breathing xenon gas can help protect the infant brain from damage caused by oxygen deprivation, but the xenon's high cost and scarcity has precluded its widespread use.
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9. June 2009 15:36
Gregg Duester, Ph.D., professor of developmental biology at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), along with Xianling Zhao, Ph.D., and colleagues, have clarified the role that retinoic acid plays in limb development.
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25. May 2009 06:06
QIAGEN today announced the launch of a novel product for extraction of free circulating fragments of tumor- and fetal-derived nucleic acids as well as viral nucleic acids in human blood. Scientists consider these DNA and RNA fragments to have great potential for the highly sensitive and non-invasive diagnosis of a wide range of diseases, including congenital disorders, malignancies such as colon and lung cancer, and infections.
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6. May 2009 20:38
Nausea and vomiting are telltale indicators of pregnancy, affecting more than 80 percent of future mothers. For a few moms-to-be, symptoms can become so severe that hospitalization is required.
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30. March 2009 18:11
A study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Paediatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer. The researchers also found that this period of increase risk correlated with increased levels of pesticides in surface water across the United States.
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5. March 2009 23:37
The Sher Institutes of Reproductive Medicine (SIRM) announced today the introduction of the world's first CGH-Risk Sharing Plan that guarantees qualified IVF patients a baby or offers a full refund of the clinic's medical fees.
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2. March 2009 22:34
A new study by physician researchers from Hasbro Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston has identified an increased prevalence in left-handedness in children with a congenital disorder known as hemifacial microsomia (HFM).
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2. March 2009 22:27
Children born to women who have low blood levels of vitamin B12 shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Trinity College Dublin, and the Health Research Board of Ireland.
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Posted in: Child Health News
Tags: Anencephaly, Birth Defect, Brain, Diet, DNA, Folic Acid, Nervous System, Neural Tube Defect (Anencephaly), Paralysis, Pediatrics, Pregnancy, Spina Bifida, Spine, Vitamin E, Vitamin K
26. February 2009 22:18
A system of opposing genetic forces determines why mammals develop a single row of teeth, while sharks sport several, according to a study published in the journal Science.
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Tags: Birth Defect, Bone, Cleft Palate, Dentistry, Embryology, Evolution, Folic Acid, Gene Expression, Genetics, Gum Disease, Implants, Speech, Trauma, Womb
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