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MitoQ antioxidant reverses MS-like disease in animal

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that an antioxidant designed more than a dozen years ago to fight damage within human cells significantly helps symptoms in mice that have a multiple sclerosis-like disease.

27 Dec 2013

Researchers catalogue compassionate words and actions in doctor-patient conversations

"Good to see you. I'm sorry. It sounds like you've had a tough, tough, week." Spoken by a doctor to a cancer patient, that statement is an example of compassionate behavior observed by a University of Rochester Medical Center team in a new study published by the journal Health Expectations.

27 Dec 2013

Parkinson's disease patients may find difficulties in recognizing emotions

Patients affected by Parkinson's disease may experience, in addition to the more obvious motor symptoms (such as tremors and stiffness), difficulties recognizing emotions in the facial expressions and speech prosody (intonation) of other people. A number of investigations have shown that even deep brain stimulation, a treatment that has become widely used in recent years, may cause similar disorders.

20 Dec 2013

USC's Keck Medicine becomes world's first center to implant responsive brain device to treat epilepsy

On Dec. 18, Keck Medicine of USC became the world's first medical center to implant a responsive brain device newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat epilepsy, with potential to help millions of people worldwide.

20 Dec 2013

FDA approves Baxter's FEIBA for prophylactic treatment of hemophilia patients with inhibitors

Baxter International Inc. today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration granted approval of Baxter's FEIBA [Anti-Inhibitor Coagulant Complex], the first and only FDA-approved treatment for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia A or B who have developed inhibitors.

From Baxter International Inc. 20 Dec 2013

Study investigates about emotions that affects patients with Parkinson's disease

Is it the disease itself or the treatment that impairs the perception of emotions? A study conducted with the collaboration of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste investigates the origins of the difficulty recognizing certain emotions that affects patients with Parkinson's disease.

19 Dec 2013

Ipsen reports positive initial results from Dysport phase III study in Adult Upper Limb spasticity

Ipsen today announced positive initial results from the double-blind phase III study of Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA) in Adult Upper Limb spasticity. Regarding the primary endpoints, treatment with Dysport showed statistically significant response versus placebo in the improvement of muscle tone, as measured by the Modified Ashworth Scale.

17 Dec 2013

Researchers receive $6M grant to determine neuropathological condition of head injuries in non-athletes

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers have been awarded a major federal grant to determine the long-term clinical and neuropathological sequelae of single and repeated head injuries in non-athletes.

16 Dec 2013

Study reveals that women are under-represented within the academic publishing system

After reviewing the authorship of 5.4 million peer-reviewed articles, University of Montreal information scientist Prof Vincent Larivière and colleagues from UQAM and University of Indiana have established that women are seriously under-represented within the academic publishing system.

11 Dec 2013

UTHealth starts clinical trial to study two forms of stem cell treatments for children with CP

A first-of-its-kind clinical trial studying two forms of stem cell treatments for children with cerebral palsy has begun at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.

10 Dec 2013

Methodist Health System joins with IBM Watson and MD Buyline to enable better patient care

Methodist Health System, a premier healthcare provider in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will leverage MD Buyline's Hippocrates powered by IBM Watson (a cognitive computing application) in its hospitals to enable better patient care, satisfaction and outcomes through more informed decision making.

10 Dec 2013

Study offers new insight into benefits of vitamin D in people with multiple sclerosis

In mice with a rodent form of multiple sclerosis (MS), vitamin D appears to block damage-causing immune cells from migrating to the central nervous system, offering a potential explanation for why the so-called "sunshine vitamin" may prevent or ease symptoms of the neurodegenerative disease, according to results of a study at Johns Hopkins.

9 Dec 2013

New study reports first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body with meditation

With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body.

6 Dec 2013

Baylor researchers study outcomes and effectiveness of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation

For patients recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the rehabilitation process - compensating for changes in functioning, adaptation and even community reintegration - can be challenging.

6 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: Why can't health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP's resistance to Medicaid

For an "Amazon-like" experience, it isn't enough to have a website that functions on the front end, the back end and in between. ... You also need an Amazon-like culture, which is the product of other Amazon-like realities.

5 Dec 2013

White House advances positive messages to defend health law, urges Americans to enroll

President Obama on Tuesday embarked on the difficult task of persuading Americans to reconsider his landmark health-care law after its botched launch, imploring people to sign up as part of a major push to publicize the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Republicans immediately lampooned the effort - coming more than three years after passage of the law and two months after its disastrous rollout - and conservative activists vowed to wage a counterassault publicizing the law's downsides (Goldfarb and Eilperin, 12/3).

5 Dec 2013

Tongue twisters can open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes

Tongue twisters are not just fun to say; it turns out that these sound-related slip-ups can also open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will report new insights gleaned from a comparison of two types of tongue twisters at the 166th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), held Dec. 2-6, 2013, in San Francisco, Calif

5 Dec 2013

1.46 million enroll in Medicaid through health law exchanges

The Obama administration said Tuesday that more than 1.46 million people have been found eligible and signed up for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program in October.

5 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 4, 2013

Today's headlines spotlight the White House's push to defend the health law and advance positive messages about its benefits.

4 Dec 2013

White House readies new health law push after website woes

President Barack Obama and the White House will launch a new three-week health law offensive to re-sell the law to Americans after woes with the federal online website to buy health coverage hurt public perception of the law. Obama himself plans on buying coverage on the federal exchange website.

4 Dec 2013

Speech News and Research

MitoQ antioxidant reverses MS-like disease in animal

Researchers catalogue compassionate words and actions in doctor-patient conversations

Parkinson's disease patients may find difficulties in recognizing emotions

USC's Keck Medicine becomes world's first center to implant responsive brain device to treat epilepsy

FDA approves Baxter's FEIBA for prophylactic treatment of hemophilia patients with inhibitors

Study investigates about emotions that affects patients with Parkinson's disease

Ipsen reports positive initial results from Dysport phase III study in Adult Upper Limb spasticity

Researchers receive $6M grant to determine neuropathological condition of head injuries in non-athletes

Study reveals that women are under-represented within the academic publishing system

UTHealth starts clinical trial to study two forms of stem cell treatments for children with CP

Methodist Health System joins with IBM Watson and MD Buyline to enable better patient care

Study offers new insight into benefits of vitamin D in people with multiple sclerosis

New study reports first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body with meditation

Baylor researchers study outcomes and effectiveness of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation

Viewpoints: Why can't health website be like Amazon?; debunking GOP's resistance to Medicaid

White House advances positive messages to defend health law, urges Americans to enroll

Tongue twisters can open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes

1.46 million enroll in Medicaid through health law exchanges

First Edition: December 4, 2013

White House readies new health law push after website woes

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