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States struggle with poor dental care

Reports show that California and Wisconsin have poor dental care, while various communities try to improve lagging dental care indicators.

25 May 2010

Researchers examine relationship between visiting primary care physician and effect blood pressure

Frequent doctor visits helped diabetes patients lower their high blood pressure to normal quicker, according to a large study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

25 May 2010

NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter receives CE Mark and FDA approval

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced CE Mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter. The Company plans to launch the product in European markets this week and in the U.S. next month.

25 May 2010

Patients question HIPAA provision that allows use of patient data for fundraising

The federal law known as HIPAA that is meant to protect the privacy of patients "specifically allows medical centers to use patient information for fundraising activities," The Seattle Times reports.

25 May 2010

Incidence of pediatric mobility aid-related injuries in the U.S.

Children and adolescents with an injury or disability may use mobility aids such as crutches, walkers and wheelchairs to help them move around more easily. However, use of these aids has been associated with risk for injury.

25 May 2010

Aging-at-home concept should provide mobility assistance, says AAHomecare president

At a town hall meeting a year ago, President Obama said that home-based care could play a major role in controlling Medicare costs by keeping older people out of more expensive institutional care.

25 May 2010

Shah to discuss U.S. role in global agriculture at Food Security Investment Forum in Bangladesh

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah will arrive in Bangladesh on Tuesday to participate in the Food Security Investment Forum and other meetings, All Headline News reports (5/23).

25 May 2010

Round-up: Mississippi struggles with mental health services funding cuts; A drug discount bill advances in Mass.

"Lawmakers earlier this year vigorously fought Gov. Haley Barbour's proposal to close four state mental health hospitals and six crisis centers as a budget-saving measure. Now, nonprofit-run centers that offer front-line services for the mentally ill in some of the poorest communities across Mississippi could face closure."

25 May 2010

Dietary fat and heart disease

New research shows the type of fat is much more important than total fat in determining an individual's risk of heart disease - and that there are numerous factors beyond dietary fat that affect one's risk - leading to a shift in the age-old dietary fat and heart disease paradigm.

25 May 2010

Researchers identify mechanisms involved in gene mutation

Genetic variation due to DNA mutation is a driving force of adaptation and evolution, as well as a contributing factor to disease. However, the mechanisms governing DNA mutation rate are not well understood.

25 May 2010

UnitedHealth cut lobbying spending even as Congress finalized health reform measure

The UnitedHealth Group Inc. "dialed down" their federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2010, even as Congress prepared to pass the health reform bill. In the first quarter of 2010, it spent $660,000 on lobbying, less than half of the $1.5 million it spent in the first quarter of 2009 on lobbying.

25 May 2010

New HPLC-Chip introduced to address N-glycan analysis in biopharmaceutical market

Agilent Technologies Inc. today introduced a new HPLC-Chip to address N-glycan analysis in the emerging biopharmaceutical market.

25 May 2010

New strategies defined to reduce salt levels in ready meals

Today's busy lifestyles leave little time to prepare meals from fresh ingredients, resulting in the popularity of ready prepared meals. However, these meals contain relatively high levels of salt and health agencies throughout the world are recommending a reduction in non-discretionary sodium from salt- and sodium-containing additives used in the manufacture of these meals.

25 May 2010

Elite Pharmaceuticals acquires hydromorphone hydrochloride tablets from Mikah Pharma

Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today the acquisition of a currently approved Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for hydromorphone hydrochloride 8 mg tablets from Mikah Pharma LLC. The hydromorphone hydrochloride tablets are the generic equivalent of Dilaudid® 8 mg.

25 May 2010

Regulators puzzling out what insurers must do under new health law

The Washington Post reports that regulators are "trying to resolve" which insurance plans must comply with the health law's new requirements. "In keeping with President Obama's promise that you can hold on to your insurance if you like it, the new law exempts existing health plans from many of its provisions. But the law leaves it to regulators to decide how much a health plan can change without giving up its grandfathered status."

25 May 2010

Media outlets highlight studies presented at International Microbicides Conference

A study in Africa, presented Sunday at the International Microbicides Conference (M2010) in Pittsburgh, has shown that a man's risk of HIV infection doubles if his HIV-positive partner is pregnant, according to HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report.

25 May 2010

Economic access becomes primary research focus in public health nutrition

Ensuring access to healthy, affordable foods is a top priority in tackling the obesity epidemic in the United States. Over the course of the last six months, the Institute of Medicine, United States Department of Agriculture, The White House and First Lady Michelle Obama have taken an interest in improving access to affordable and nutritious foods.

25 May 2010

A unique multi-modal atlas of human brain

The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced today that it has launched the Allen Human Brain Atlas, a publicly available online atlas charting genes at work throughout the human brain.

25 May 2010

Reducing consumption of sugary drinks can lower blood pressure: Research

Research led by Liwei Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Public Health at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that there is an association between sugary drinks and blood pressure and that by cutting daily consumption of sugary drinks by just one serving a day, people can lower their blood pressure.

25 May 2010

One-third of Minnesotans understate their weight problems

When it comes to self-perceptions about their own healthy weight, many Minnesotans appear to be adapting Garrison Keillor's famous quip: "I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it."

25 May 2010

Research News and Research

States struggle with poor dental care

Researchers examine relationship between visiting primary care physician and effect blood pressure

NC Quantum Apex PTCA Dilatation Balloon Catheter receives CE Mark and FDA approval

Patients question HIPAA provision that allows use of patient data for fundraising

Incidence of pediatric mobility aid-related injuries in the U.S.

Aging-at-home concept should provide mobility assistance, says AAHomecare president

Shah to discuss U.S. role in global agriculture at Food Security Investment Forum in Bangladesh

Round-up: Mississippi struggles with mental health services funding cuts; A drug discount bill advances in Mass.

Dietary fat and heart disease

Researchers identify mechanisms involved in gene mutation

UnitedHealth cut lobbying spending even as Congress finalized health reform measure

New HPLC-Chip introduced to address N-glycan analysis in biopharmaceutical market

New strategies defined to reduce salt levels in ready meals

Elite Pharmaceuticals acquires hydromorphone hydrochloride tablets from Mikah Pharma

Regulators puzzling out what insurers must do under new health law

Media outlets highlight studies presented at International Microbicides Conference

Economic access becomes primary research focus in public health nutrition

A unique multi-modal atlas of human brain

Reducing consumption of sugary drinks can lower blood pressure: Research

One-third of Minnesotans understate their weight problems

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