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AES: Progress in epilepsy management not reached millions of people around the world

Substantial progress has been made over the last 15 years in the healthcare community's ability to diagnose and treat epilepsy and its complications. Yet this progress in epilepsy management has not reached most of the 50 million people around the world, including many of the nearly three million people in the United States who have the disorder.

5 Dec 2009

Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Press team up to publish medical reference books

Mayo Clinic announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) to jointly publish medical reference books and textbooks authored by Mayo Clinic physicians and researchers.

5 Dec 2009

Research participants link high-paying clinical studies to increased risk levels

More than 15 million Americans are recruited annually to participate in clinical trials according to the Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), and most will be compensated for their participation.

5 Dec 2009

Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy

Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green monkeys avoid AIDS when infected with SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV.

5 Dec 2009

Researchers discover two new metabolic pathways

Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicine's Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abuse, known as 4-hydroxyacids, are metabolized.

5 Dec 2009

Wide variation in state Medicaid and SCHIP policies determine financial burden for families

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family - particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income on their child's care.

5 Dec 2009

Health experts available to speak about health care reform

Garson helped originate and draft the "Health Partnership Act" (S. 325 and H.R. 5606), which funds grants to states for innovations to improve coverage for the uninsured, quality and efficiency.

5 Dec 2009

Emerging Healthcare Solutions enters into discussions with a Houston-based medical company

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. today announced the Company has entered into discussions with a Houston-based medical company relating to its patented, and patent pending, genetics technologies.

5 Dec 2009

Environmental sensors may help avoid air pollution hot spots in everyday life

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors that will help you avoid air pollution hot spots that exist exactly when you are planning your route.

5 Dec 2009

Statins may protect against GVHD complications

Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are among the most prescribed medicines in the U.S. Now a new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that statins may protect stem cell transplant patients from one of the most serious complications of the life-saving cancer therapy: graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD.

5 Dec 2009

Late recurrence of Ewing sarcomas and astrocytomas: A risk for some pediatric cancers

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

5 Dec 2009

Thirty-four urban, eight children's and three rural hospitals named 2009 Leapfrog Top Hospitals

While Congress debates whether health care reform would control health care costs, Leapfrog's purchaser members point to 45 hospitals that lead through example -- delivering the best quality care in the nation while attaining the highest levels of efficiency.

5 Dec 2009

Mobile phone does not increase risk of brain tumour

A new study has found no increase in the incidence of brain tumours during the years immediately following the introduction of mobile phones in Nordic countries.

5 Dec 2009

New diagnostic guidelines for inexpensive and accurate detection of lung cancer

A simple, inexpensive computer tool that measures volume changes in the size of suspicious nodules in the lungs picked up by a CT scanner can rule out non-cancerous ones with almost perfect accuracy and enable doctors to diagnose true cancers with fewer, less expensive and less invasive tests.

5 Dec 2009

'Twist' gene plays a key role in the development of breast cancer

Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately distinguish stem cells that drive aggressive, metastatic breast cancer from other breast cancer cells.

5 Dec 2009

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute receives 2009 MMRC Center of the Year Award

The Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium (MMRC) today announced that it has awarded the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and its clinical researchers, Kenneth Anderson, MD, and Paul Richardson, MD, with the 2009 MMRC Center of the Year Award.

5 Dec 2009

Radio units help in optimizing medical device management in hospitals

Have the blood supplies got too warm? Do they match the patient's blood group? In the future, these kinds of questions will be answered by intelligent radio nodes attached to blood bags. These radio units will also greatly facilitate device management in hospitals.

5 Dec 2009

Research News and Research

AES: Progress in epilepsy management not reached millions of people around the world

Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Press team up to publish medical reference books

Research participants link high-paying clinical studies to increased risk levels

Comparative study on African monkeys may provide novel targets for AIDS therapy

Researchers discover two new metabolic pathways

Wide variation in state Medicaid and SCHIP policies determine financial burden for families

Health experts available to speak about health care reform

Emerging Healthcare Solutions enters into discussions with a Houston-based medical company

Environmental sensors may help avoid air pollution hot spots in everyday life

Statins may protect against GVHD complications

Late recurrence of Ewing sarcomas and astrocytomas: A risk for some pediatric cancers

Thirty-four urban, eight children's and three rural hospitals named 2009 Leapfrog Top Hospitals

Mobile phone does not increase risk of brain tumour

New diagnostic guidelines for inexpensive and accurate detection of lung cancer

'Twist' gene plays a key role in the development of breast cancer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute receives 2009 MMRC Center of the Year Award

Radio units help in optimizing medical device management in hospitals

Statins may help protect stem cell transplant patients from GVHD

NCI awards $55.4 million, multiple-year contract to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Health experts address treatment gap in epilepsy management at AES Annual Meeting

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