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Health law brings changes for small business regarding insurance coverage

The Wall Street Journal reports that, even though businesses with fewer than 50 employers are exempt from the health law's most stringent requirements, they still face challenges.

7 Aug 2014

First Edition: August 7, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about how uninsured people fare with the health law's exemptions.

7 Aug 2014

UCSF study: Acute psychological stress promotes healing in mouse models of different skin irritations

Brief, acute psychological stress promoted healing in mouse models of three different types of skin irritations, in a study led by UC San Francisco researchers.

7 Aug 2014

UMass Amherst researcher receives grant to uncover molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle fatigue

Muscle physiologist Edward Debold at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences recently received a three-year, $198,000 grant from the American Heart Association to support studies to uncover the molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle fatigue.

7 Aug 2014

Comprehensive database collecting information about microRNAs, multiMiR

Your genes are blueprints for proteins, and molecules called microRNA can help to determine how often these genetic blueprints are manufactured into proteins. Researchers often ask what microRNA regulates a gene related to disease.

6 Aug 2014

Sinai Hospital’s groundbreaking program helps ER patients to manage own care

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and HealthCare Access Maryland are piloting a groundbreaking program developed to proactively help patients, who frequently use the hospital's Emergency Department for non-urgent and chronic health conditions, better manage their own care, lead healthier lives, and in turn, save precious health-related resources.

6 Aug 2014

Study provides care coaches with useful ideas to help older patients improve asthma medication rituals

Storing it in the bathroom and making it part of a daily routine may be helpful advice that doctors can give their older asthmatic patients who struggle to remember to take their daily prescribed medication.

6 Aug 2014

Study investigates value of Pre-Exhaustion training method

A new study just published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism investigated the value of the Pre-Exhaustion (PreEx) training method and found that that the various arrangements of different exercise protocols is of less relevance than simply performing resistance training exercises with a high intensity of effort within any protocol.

6 Aug 2014

Mental health coaching eases depression and reduces blood sugar levels in people with diabetes

In a rural, low-income area with a high rate of diabetes, mental health coaching significantly eased depression and reduced blood sugar levels in people with diabetes, according to a pilot study being presented here today at AADE14, the American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

6 Aug 2014

Improving nutrition is essential for promoting Aboriginal health

Nutrition has not been given enough priority in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy in recent years.

6 Aug 2014

Promoting healthy diet from infancy important to prevent childhood obesity

Promoting a healthy diet from infancy is important to prevent childhood obesity and the onset of chronic disease.

6 Aug 2014

Kids are at risk of biological damage results from microwave radiation emitted by wireless devices

A scholarly article on wireless safety, published online in the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure, reports that children and fetuses are the most at risk from neurological and biological damage that results from microwave radiation emitted by wireless devices, due to the higher rate of absorption of microwave radiation by children than by adults.

6 Aug 2014

Computer simulation forecasts favorable trends in eradicating hepatitis C

5 Aug 2014

Researchers to track fate in body of materials used in breakthrough medicines

The University of Liverpool has been awarded -2 million to become a leading centre in the UK for tracking the fate in the body of materials used in breakthrough medicines.

5 Aug 2014

Hepatitis C could become a rare disease by 2036

Effective new drugs and screening would make hepatitis C a rare disease by 2036, according to a computer simulation conducted by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The results of the simulation are reported in the August 5 edition of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

5 Aug 2014

Drug used for treating rheumatoid arthritis can improve health of kidney transplant recipients

UC San Francisco is the lead institution on a new seven-year, $17 million multicenter study funded by the National Institutes of Health to determine if certain immune system cells and/or a drug now used for treating rheumatoid arthritis can be effective in improving and maintaining the long-term health of kidney transplant recipients.

5 Aug 2014

Disabling back pain increases mortality risk for older women

Disabling back pain puts women in their 70s at an increased risk of death, findings from the Cambridge City over-75s Cohort study suggest.

4 Aug 2014

St. Joseph Hoag Health, CHOC Children's to jointly form accountable care organization

St. Joseph Hoag Health and CHOC Children's announced this morning that they will form an accountable care organization (ACO), bringing together outstanding health care providers throughout Orange County.

4 Aug 2014

Phase 3 ASPIRE clinical trial meets primary endpoint of progression-free survival

Amgen and its subsidiary, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that a planned interim analysis demonstrated that the Phase 3 clinical trial ASPIRE (CArfilzomib, Lenalidomide, and DexamethaSone versus Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone for the treatment of PatIents with Relapsed Multiple MyEloma) met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS).

4 Aug 2014

Scientists shed new light on why teenagers are susceptible to meningitis and septicaemia

University of York scientists have shed new light on why teenagers and young adults are particularly susceptible to meningitis and septicaemia.

4 Aug 2014

Chronic News and Research

Health law brings changes for small business regarding insurance coverage

First Edition: August 7, 2014

UCSF study: Acute psychological stress promotes healing in mouse models of different skin irritations

UMass Amherst researcher receives grant to uncover molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle fatigue

Comprehensive database collecting information about microRNAs, multiMiR

Sinai Hospital’s groundbreaking program helps ER patients to manage own care

Study provides care coaches with useful ideas to help older patients improve asthma medication rituals

Study investigates value of Pre-Exhaustion training method

Mental health coaching eases depression and reduces blood sugar levels in people with diabetes

Improving nutrition is essential for promoting Aboriginal health

Promoting healthy diet from infancy important to prevent childhood obesity

Kids are at risk of biological damage results from microwave radiation emitted by wireless devices

Computer simulation forecasts favorable trends in eradicating hepatitis C

Researchers to track fate in body of materials used in breakthrough medicines

Hepatitis C could become a rare disease by 2036

Drug used for treating rheumatoid arthritis can improve health of kidney transplant recipients

Disabling back pain increases mortality risk for older women

St. Joseph Hoag Health, CHOC Children's to jointly form accountable care organization

Phase 3 ASPIRE clinical trial meets primary endpoint of progression-free survival

Scientists shed new light on why teenagers are susceptible to meningitis and septicaemia

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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