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HHMI awards 2010 Gilliam Fellowship to UT Southwestern student

Mariam El-Ashmawy, a student enrolled in UT Southwestern Medical Center's prestigious Medical Scientist Training Program, has been awarded a 2010 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

31 Mar 2010

Renewed set of national policy guidelines to control diarrhoeal disease in Kenya

Today the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, together with the Department of Family Health (Division of Child and Adolescent Health), unveiled a renewed set of national policy guidelines to redouble diarrhoeal disease management and control efforts by putting proven interventions to work within the country's health system.

31 Mar 2010

Opinions: Haiti relief and recovery; Tuberculosis control

Ahead of a U.N. donors conference focusing on Haiti tomorrow, several editorials and opinion pieces address the country's needs for relief and recovery.

31 Mar 2010

Researcher explores the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies

A Kansas State University researcher is exploring the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies that are common for type-2 diabetics.

31 Mar 2010

Novel oral anticoagulants to drive venous thromboembolism drug market to $5 billion in 2018

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the launches and widespread uptake of novel oral anticoagulants will drive the venous thromboembolism drug market to nearly double from $2.9 billion in 2008 to more than $5 billion in 2018 in the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

31 Mar 2010

$Notch pathway could aid treatment of osteoporosis, fractures and arthritis$

Notch pathway could aid treatment of osteoporosis, fractures and arthritis

Scientists seeking new ways to fight maladies ranging from arthritis and osteoporosis to broken bones that won't heal have cleared a formidable hurdle, pinpointing and controlling a key molecular player to keep stem cells in a sort of extended infancy.

31 Mar 2010

Patients who take decisions about their health care more likely to get better faster

Research shows that patients who take part in decisions about their own health care are more likely to get better faster. As a patient, you can make your hospital stay a better experience by being an active, involved and informed member of your health care team.

31 Mar 2010

AAN awards 2010 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine researcher

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is awarding the 2010 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award to Martin J. Gallagher MD, PhD, with Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Gallagher will receive the award during the AAN's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, held April 10 through April 17, 2010.

31 Mar 2010

AAN awards Cedars-Sinai researcher 2010 Sheila Essey Award for ALS research

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is awarding the 2010 Sheila Essey Award-An Award for ALS Research to Clive Svendsen, PhD, with the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute in Los Angeles, CA. Svendsen will receive the award during the AAN's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, held April 10 through April 17, 2010.

31 Mar 2010

Study finds rapid epidemiological shift in HAV infection in Korea

In Korea, there has been a rapid epidemiological shift in hepatitis A virus infection as a result of rapid economic development. The adult cases of acute hepatitis A have increased rapidly during the past 10 years due to the emergence of susceptible adults in Korea.

31 Mar 2010

2010 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research awarded to Yale University researcher

The American Academy of Neurology is awarding the 2010 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research to David A. Hafler, MD, with Yale University. Hafler will receive the award during the AAN's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, held April 10 through April 17, 2010.

31 Mar 2010

March of Dimes declares 2010 Colorado funding for mom and baby health programs

The March of Dimes today announced its 2010 Colorado funding for mom and baby health programs. In total, the organization will invest $1,959,227 in research, services, education and advocacy programs.

31 Mar 2010

Prevalence of head and neck cancer linked to human papillomavirus

Rates of oropharangeal cancer have increased by around 50 per cent in the last 20 years, according to a report in the British Medical Journal.

31 Mar 2010

Donors will gather at U.N. Wednesday to discuss Haiti relief, recovery

At a donors conference beginning on Wednesday at the U.N. in New York, Haitian President Rene Preval will lay out a $3.8 billion plan "to begin radically reshaping his country's post-earthquake economy and infrastructure," the Washington Post reports.

31 Mar 2010

New anti-inflammatory drug shows promise for treating inflammatory disorders

Aspirin, ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) remain the most common treatment to relieve symptoms of arthritis and other inflammatory disorders. But despite their widespread use (around 2.5 million Canadians have osteoarthritis) these medications are also known to cause severe, sometimes life-threatening adverse effects within the body, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract

31 Mar 2010

Mixed poll numbers for Obama, Dems as health reform is signed into law

A USA Today/Gallup Poll has found that almost two out of three of Americans say the health care reform law is too costly and expands the government's role in health care too much, USA Today reports. "Those surveyed are inclined to fear that the massive legislation will increase their costs and hurt the quality of health care their families receive, although they are more positive about its impact on the nation's health care system overall."

31 Mar 2010

Fairbanks Institute and BioServe to co-market next generation biorepository, INbank

The Fairbanks Institute for Healthy Communities, the Indianapolis not-for-profit organization working to improve community health, and BioServe, a global provider of biomaterial and genetic research services, today announced that they will co-market INbank™, a next generation biorepository that was recently launched by The Fairbanks Institute.

31 Mar 2010

CDC, Surgeon General report on increased number of H1N1 cases in southeast U.S.

Although H1N1 (swine flu) "has waned across much of the United States, the southeast is reporting an increase in cases of the H1N1 virus, U.S. health officials said on Monday," Reuters reports.

31 Mar 2010

BVA unveils wide-view neurostimulator concept, prototype bionic eye

Bionic Vision Australia today unveils their wide-view neurostimulator concept - a bionic eye that will be implanted into Australia's first recipient of the technology.

31 Mar 2010

Drinking orange juice with fast-food meal may help prevent vascular inflammation

Eating foods containing flavonoids -- orange juice, in this case -- along with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal neutralizes the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps prevent blood vessel damage, a new study by University at Buffalo endocrinologists shows.

31 Mar 2010

Research News and Research

HHMI awards 2010 Gilliam Fellowship to UT Southwestern student

Renewed set of national policy guidelines to control diarrhoeal disease in Kenya

Opinions: Haiti relief and recovery; Tuberculosis control

Researcher explores the use of Chinese wolfberries to improve vision deficiencies

Novel oral anticoagulants to drive venous thromboembolism drug market to $5 billion in 2018

Notch pathway could aid treatment of osteoporosis, fractures and arthritis

Patients who take decisions about their health care more likely to get better faster

AAN awards 2010 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine researcher

AAN awards Cedars-Sinai researcher 2010 Sheila Essey Award for ALS research

Study finds rapid epidemiological shift in HAV infection in Korea

2010 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research awarded to Yale University researcher

March of Dimes declares 2010 Colorado funding for mom and baby health programs

Prevalence of head and neck cancer linked to human papillomavirus

Donors will gather at U.N. Wednesday to discuss Haiti relief, recovery

New anti-inflammatory drug shows promise for treating inflammatory disorders

Mixed poll numbers for Obama, Dems as health reform is signed into law

Fairbanks Institute and BioServe to co-market next generation biorepository, INbank

CDC, Surgeon General report on increased number of H1N1 cases in southeast U.S.

BVA unveils wide-view neurostimulator concept, prototype bionic eye

Drinking orange juice with fast-food meal may help prevent vascular inflammation

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