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Students with ADHD less likely to finish high school graduation: Study

Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - the most common childhood psychiatric condition in the United States - are less likely to finish high school on time than students with other mental-health disorders that often are considered more serious, a large national study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine has found. The study found that nearly one third of students with ADHD, twice the proportion as students with no psychiatric disorder, either drop out or delay high school graduation.

28 Jul 2010

New funding made available to tackle common cause of food poisoning in the UK

Up to £2 Million is being made available today to tackle the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK - Campylobacter. Three of the UK's main public funders of food safety research have come together to invite research proposals to find out more about the organism and how best to control it. To provide safe and nutritious food for a growing world population it is important to reduce the incidence of food poisoning. Campylobacter species are responsible for more than 300,000 cases of food poisoning a year in England and Wales.

28 Jul 2010

Astellas extends non-exclusive license agreement with Regeneron for VelocImmune technology

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. announced that Astellas has extended through 2023 the non-exclusive license agreement that allows Astellas to utilize Regeneron's VelocImmune® technology in its internal research programs to discover fully human monoclonal antibody product candidates.

28 Jul 2010

NCKU engineers and physical therapy experts develop rehabilitation robots

Prof. Ming-Shaung Ju of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, has developed rehabilitation robots by integrating the experience of physical therapy experts at NCKU Hospital, opening a new road for stroke patients' rehabilitation.

28 Jul 2010

Research presents theoretical model that predicts HFE values of organic compounds

Drug delivery inside the body is a complicated process. Compounds travel through a maze of aqueous solutions, lipid membranes, and barriers between the blood and tissues like the brain. Research reported in the American Institute of Physics publication the Journal of Chemical Physics presents a theoretical model that accurately predicts the hydration free energy of a wide variety of organic compounds.

28 Jul 2010

Research on impact of BCL2 markers on breast cancer tumours

A new predictive marker which could help doctors to decide whether breast cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy has been identified by a team of scientists.The study, part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday), shows for the first time how this molecular marker has been singled out as an independent factor in examining a breast cancer patient's tumour.

28 Jul 2010

NICE publishes new guideline to help improve care, treatment for patients with CUP

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has published a new guideline which should help to improve care for thousands of patients with advanced cancer that has spread from an unknown primary location.

28 Jul 2010

Insuring your health: 2 important pocketbook questions

In her latest Kaiser Health News consumer column, Michelle Andrews writes about two of the biggest health overhaul pocketbook questions for seniors (7/27).

28 Jul 2010

Clinicians in rural hospitals demonstrate high standard of care to patients: Study

Smaller, rural hospitals may be quicker and more efficient at implementing surgical safety initiatives than their larger, urban counterparts, and are capable of providing a standard of surgical care that is at par with major hospitals that provide a comprehensive array of care services, according to an 18-month series of studies led by researchers from the University of Louisville Department of Surgery.

28 Jul 2010

Gottlieb collaborates with Loyola Cancer Care to deliver world class university hospital expertise

Cancer patients at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, located on the Gottlieb Memorial Hospital campus, are now being seen by Loyola University Health System physicians.Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center offers patients the convenience of a community hospital and the expertise of a world-class university hospital.

28 Jul 2010

CPRIT awards UH $2.4 million for new multidisciplinary research

The University of Houston (UH) received a $2.4 million grant to fund the most promising young cancer researchers who are working at the cutting-edge of a new multidisciplinary approach to fighting cancer.The award is part of the latest round of grant disbursements from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), which oversees the state's new billion-dollar war on cancer. It is UH's second CPRIT grant, and the first in the science and engineering fields.

28 Jul 2010

PhRMA asks FDA to be more straightforward on safeguards it wants to fight drug risks

The pharmaceutical industry trade group PhRMA said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration should do a better job of explaining additional safeguards it mandates against certain drugs when it issues warnings, Reuters reports.

28 Jul 2010

What steps should be taken when medicine can't save a life?

Writing for The New Yorker, Atul Gawande explores the central medical issues involved in treating patients with terminal conditions. He asks the question: "[I]f you were the one who had metastatic cancer—or, for that matter, a similarly advanced case of emphysema or congestive heart failure—what would you want your doctors to do? The issue has become pressing, in recent years, for reasons of expense.

28 Jul 2010

Morphine blocks new blood vessel and tumor growth: Study

Current research suggests that taking morphine can block new blood vessel and tumor growth. The related report by Koodie et al, "Morphine suppresses tumor angiogenesis through a HIF1α/p38MAPK pathway," appears in the August 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology.

28 Jul 2010

Alcohol consumption reduces risk of rheumatoid arthritis: Study

Drinking alcohol may reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis according to new research published today. It is the first time that this effect has been shown in humans. The study also finds that alcohol consumption reduces the risk of developing the disease, confirming the results of previous studies.

28 Jul 2010

Research findings provide new insight into skeletal development

Too little of a protein called neogenin results in a smaller skeleton during development and sets the stage for a more fragile bone framework lifelong, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.

28 Jul 2010

Regeneron second-quarter total revenues increase to $115.9 million

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2010. The Company reported a net loss of $25.5 million, or $0.31 per share (basic and diluted), for the second quarter of 2010 compared with a net loss of $14.9 million, or $0.19 per share (basic and diluted), for the second quarter of 2009.

28 Jul 2010

New York Times examines questions left unanswered by microbicide trial

The New York Times examines a set of questions raised by news out of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 last week that a microbicide gel containing the antiretroviral tenofovir used by women before and after sex helped reduce their risk of HIV infection by 39 percent.

28 Jul 2010

Integral Molecular receives patent for Lipoparticle membrane protein technology

Integral Molecular, Inc. today announced the issuance of a key patent covering its technology for deriving high concentrations of membrane proteins. The patent, issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, covers the core composition of Integral Molecular's Lipoparticle technology, a novel cell-free format for deriving highly-concentrated membrane proteins for antibody development, drug discovery, and biomedical research.

28 Jul 2010

Merck signs non-exclusive license agreement with LabCorp for commercialization of genetic test

Merck announced a non-exclusive license agreement with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings for the commercialization of a genetic test that may help predict the response of patients with Hepatitis C virus infection to peginterferon alpha-based therapy.

28 Jul 2010

Research News and Research

Students with ADHD less likely to finish high school graduation: Study

New funding made available to tackle common cause of food poisoning in the UK

Astellas extends non-exclusive license agreement with Regeneron for VelocImmune technology

NCKU engineers and physical therapy experts develop rehabilitation robots

Research presents theoretical model that predicts HFE values of organic compounds

Research on impact of BCL2 markers on breast cancer tumours

NICE publishes new guideline to help improve care, treatment for patients with CUP

Insuring your health: 2 important pocketbook questions

Clinicians in rural hospitals demonstrate high standard of care to patients: Study

Gottlieb collaborates with Loyola Cancer Care to deliver world class university hospital expertise

CPRIT awards UH $2.4 million for new multidisciplinary research

PhRMA asks FDA to be more straightforward on safeguards it wants to fight drug risks

What steps should be taken when medicine can't save a life?

Morphine blocks new blood vessel and tumor growth: Study

Alcohol consumption reduces risk of rheumatoid arthritis: Study

Research findings provide new insight into skeletal development

Regeneron second-quarter total revenues increase to $115.9 million

New York Times examines questions left unanswered by microbicide trial

Integral Molecular receives patent for Lipoparticle membrane protein technology

Merck signs non-exclusive license agreement with LabCorp for commercialization of genetic test

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