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Increased mortality rates in Bangladesh is associated with arsenic exposure, study finds

Between 33 and 77 million people in Bangladesh have been exposed to arsenic in the drinking water-a catastrophe that the World Health Organization has called "the largest mass poisoning in history." A new study published in the current issue of the medical journal The Lancet provides the most complete and detailed picture to date of the high mortality rates associated with this exposure, which began with the widespread installation of tube wells throughout the country 30 years ago-a measure intended to control water-bourne diseases.

24 Jun 2010

Patients denied insurance for bariatric surgery develop new obesity-related diseases, conditions

Patients who were denied bariatric surgery for insurance reasons developed a slew of new obesity-related diseases and conditions within three years of follow-up, according to a new study presented here at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

24 Jun 2010

Scientists identify promising candidates in natural products that prevent cancer

Exciting headlines about the cancer-preventing potential of berries, red wine, and other foods are in the news almost every day. An article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine, highlights the researchers trying to make medicines based on substances in those foods and turn their potential into reality.

24 Jun 2010

Cancer Research UK launches new cutting-edge research centre at Imperial

A new cutting-edge cancer centre dedicated to robotic surgery, cancer imaging and drug discovery is launched today, putting London at the forefront of cancer research.

24 Jun 2010

Group of tests may help predict falls in people with Parkinson's disease: Study

A group of tests may help predict which people with Parkinson's disease are more likely to fall, according to a study published in the June 23, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

24 Jun 2010

Increased drug development cost drives pharma companies to seek better opportunities in emerging markets

The increased cost of drug development has impelled pharmaceutical companies to seek better opportunities in emerging markets to successfully expand and sell their products. Most pharmaceutical companies consider emerging markets lucrative due to their economical infrastructure and manpower costs and a significant untapped market potential with a large population.

24 Jun 2010

UCSD School of Medicine receives $5.3M grant to study effect of weight loss in breast cancer survivors

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has received a $5.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to conduct and lead a first-of-its-kind, four-year clinical trial to show the effects of weight loss and increased physical activity on quality of life and on co-existing medical conditions in overweight breast cancer survivors.

24 Jun 2010

Alnylam presents data on novel delivery lipids at IBC 6th Annual Cell Line Development and Engineering conference

Alnylam Biotherapeutics, a division of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today the presentation of new data at the IBC 6th Annual Cell Line Development and Engineering conference held in San Francisco, California from June 21 - 24, 2010.

24 Jun 2010

MEDSEEK CEO speaks in a series of eHealth podcasts posted on Healthcare Technology Online

MEDSEEK, the healthcare industry industry's only provider of the eHealth ecoSystemTM, today announced that CEO Peter Kuhn is the guest speaker in a series of eHealth podcasts posted on Healthcare Technology Online, an Internet resource for healthcare technology news.

24 Jun 2010

Mayo Clinic releases official diet plan

Over the years, a number of diets claimed to be from Mayo Clinic. But never before has Mayo Clinic released an official diet plan -- until now. The June issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource covers why The Mayo Clinic Diet was created and how it differs from other diet plans.

24 Jun 2010

ACGME task force presents draft standards that revise requirements for better supervision, duty hours

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education task force charged with reassessing resident training program standards today presented a comprehensive set of draft standards that revise requirements for supervision and duty hours to better match residents' levels of experience and emerging competencies, advancing both graduate medical education and quality patient care in the nation's teaching hospitals.

24 Jun 2010

Pregnant women with thyroid hormone levels on upper end of normal at increased risk for miscarriage

Pregnant women with thyroid function test results in the upper half of the normal range have an increased chance of miscarriage, even when they lack thyroid-harming antibodies, according to a new study. The results, which the authors say show the need to change screening practices for pregnant women, will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting, ENDO 2010, in San Diego on June 22 by Alex Stagnaro-Green, M.D., senior author and senior associate dean for education at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

24 Jun 2010

UCSD researchers awarded $2.5M CIRM grant to explore stem cells

A pair of University of California San Diego researchers - Martin Marsala, a specialist in spinal cord trauma and disorders, and Yang Xu, an immunologist - have been awarded more than $2.5 million in new grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.

24 Jun 2010

Telefonica Mexico, Myriad Group nominated for 'Service: Social Use' at 2010 Global Messaging Awards

Telefonica Mexico and Myriad Group AG, in partnership with the Mexican Federal Ministry of Health and researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, today announced that their combined effort in conducting a H1N1 flu survey via mobile phones was named a finalist for 'Messaging Application or Service: Social Use' at the 2010 Global Messaging Awards.

24 Jun 2010

Ingredients for an "anti-aging potion"

Aging without getting old? It's largely possible, according to the June issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.

24 Jun 2010

Mutation in ion channel that changes its dynamics is implicated in epilepsy: Scientists

In 2004, Washington University in St. Lous researcher Jianmin Cui was handed a puzzling clue to the structure of an ion channel his lab had been studying for five years.

24 Jun 2010

Washington personalities: Lobbyist Tauzin shakes it up; More on OMB director's impending departure

Roll Call: Billy Tauzin, the former Louisiana lawmaker, will leave his job as the president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America next Wednesday, and part ways -- for the first time in 18 years -- with his trusty communications director, Ken Johnson. As Roll Call puts it, "The sun is setting on a K Street bromance." Tauzin is likely to start a lobbying firm with his son Tom or practice law in Texas, while Johnson will pursue other work. The two were said to be "attached at the hip" (Murray, 6/23).

24 Jun 2010

Affiliations with drug-using peers leads to genetic vulnerability towards regular substance use: Study

The nature-nurture debate is usually about how much of something is due to our genes and how much is caused by our environment. New research just published in the academic journal Addiction shows that the case is more interesting for young women who smoke, drink, or use drugs, for two related reasons.

24 Jun 2010

Extract of French maritime pine tree bark reduces hay fever symptoms

An estimated 60 million people in the U.S. are affected by allergic rhinitis, commonly known as hay fever, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. Hay fever is an allergic inflammation of the nasal airways that causes itching, swelling, mucus production, hives and rashes. A study published in the June 14, 2010 issue of Phytotherapy Research demonstrates Pycnogenol- (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract derived from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, substantially improves the symptoms of hay fever.

24 Jun 2010

DMARDs should be used early and aggressively at the first sign of RA: Researchers

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs should be used early and aggressively at the first sign of rheumatoid arthritis. The results of an 11-year trial, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy, demonstrate that active treatment from the very beginning pays off, even in the long run.

24 Jun 2010

Research News and Research

Increased mortality rates in Bangladesh is associated with arsenic exposure, study finds

Patients denied insurance for bariatric surgery develop new obesity-related diseases, conditions

Scientists identify promising candidates in natural products that prevent cancer

Cancer Research UK launches new cutting-edge research centre at Imperial

Group of tests may help predict falls in people with Parkinson's disease: Study

Increased drug development cost drives pharma companies to seek better opportunities in emerging markets

UCSD School of Medicine receives $5.3M grant to study effect of weight loss in breast cancer survivors

Alnylam presents data on novel delivery lipids at IBC 6th Annual Cell Line Development and Engineering conference

MEDSEEK CEO speaks in a series of eHealth podcasts posted on Healthcare Technology Online

Mayo Clinic releases official diet plan

ACGME task force presents draft standards that revise requirements for better supervision, duty hours

Pregnant women with thyroid hormone levels on upper end of normal at increased risk for miscarriage

UCSD researchers awarded $2.5M CIRM grant to explore stem cells

Telefonica Mexico, Myriad Group nominated for 'Service: Social Use' at 2010 Global Messaging Awards

Ingredients for an "anti-aging potion"

Mutation in ion channel that changes its dynamics is implicated in epilepsy: Scientists

Washington personalities: Lobbyist Tauzin shakes it up; More on OMB director's impending departure

Affiliations with drug-using peers leads to genetic vulnerability towards regular substance use: Study

Extract of French maritime pine tree bark reduces hay fever symptoms

DMARDs should be used early and aggressively at the first sign of RA: Researchers

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