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Widely varying drug costs in new health plans

The Wall Street Journal explores out-of-pocket drug costs in plans offered on the health law's exchanges. Other stories probe so called "aggregation rules" that could affect some small businesses and the law's potential impact on safety-net hospitals and clinics.

5 Dec 2013

First Edition: December 5, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how President Barack Obama is trying to connect with young adults and urge them to sign up for health coverage.

5 Dec 2013

EMA expands administration options for Hizentra

CSL Behring UK Ltd announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has expanded the administration options for Hizentra®▼, human normal immunoglobulin, SCIg, 20% liquid, to include dosing once every two weeks (fortnightly).

5 Dec 2013

Researchers find correlation between biomarker and patient’s ability to respond to Imprime PGG

Biothera researchers have broadened their understanding of a biomarker that may enable doctors to predict which cancer patients will best respond to Imprime PGG®, the company's immunotherapy in Phase 3 drug development for colorectal cancer.

5 Dec 2013

Type 2 diabetes management: an interview with Professor Klaus Dugi, Corporate Senior Vice President Medicine, Boehringer Ingelheim

The rate of Type 2 Diabetes is rapidly increasing, particularly in Asian countries which make up more than 60 percent of the world’s diabetes population. So it’s really important physicians feel confident managing this chronic condition in their daily clinical practice.

5 Dec 2013

Long-term ECG may help patients suffering from chronic cardiac insufficiency

Patients suffering from cardiac diseases may rapidly become emergencies. Then, seconds decide about life and death. However, many cardiac diseases are announced several months before. Symptoms are simply overlooked. A long-term ECG may help. A sensor belt developed at KIT for the first time allows to document cardiac activity of a patient over a long term all around the clock for up to six months. The sensor belt is now presented by the researchers at the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf.

5 Dec 2013

St. Jude Medical evaluates effectiveness of PNfS and SCS for chronic low back and leg pain

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, has launched a clinical study to evaluate the combination of peripheral nerve field stimulation, and spinal cord stimulation, to determine whether the two therapies together offer more effective management of chronic low back and leg pain than SCS alone. The first patient in the SENSE Subcutaneous and Epidural Neuromodulation System Evaluation study was enrolled by Dr. Thomas Yearwood, an interventional pain physician at Comprehensive Pain & Rehabilitation in Pascagoula, Miss.

5 Dec 2013

IDSA released new guideline for vaccination of immunocompromised hosts

A new guideline released Thursday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) notes that most people with compromised immune systems are especially vulnerable to illness and should receive the flu shot and other vaccinations.

5 Dec 2013

Professor receives Research Fellowship to complete biography on nutrition and heart disease researcher

A University of Oklahoma associate professor has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship to complete a biography on nutrition and heart disease researcher Ancel Keys (1904-2004).

5 Dec 2013

Researchers present new method of wirelessly recharging medical device batteries with ultrasound

Human beings don't come with power sockets, but a growing numbers of us have medical implants that run off electricity. To keep our bionic body parts from powering down, a group of Arizona researchers is developing a safe, noninvasive, and efficient means of wireless power transmission through body tissue.

5 Dec 2013

New evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis

The American Academy of Dermatology (Academy) has released new evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis based on an extensive review of the scientific literature on this chronic skin condition characterized by itchy red patches of skin.

5 Dec 2013

MassBiologics gets FDA orphan drug designation for MBL-HCV1 antibody

MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School has received an orphan drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for MBL-HCV1, a monoclonal antibody developed to prevent hepatitis C virus recurrence in patients receiving a liver transplant.

5 Dec 2013

Pro-inflammatory proteins linked to obesity, metabolic syndrome in adults appear to protect young children

The first study of its kind, led by Melinda Sothern, PhD, CEP, Professor and Director of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, reveals that the same pro-inflammatory proteins linked to obesity and the metabolic syndrome in adults appear to protect children prior to puberty.

4 Dec 2013

Occupational air pollution tied to COPD mortality

People who are exposed to vapors, gases, dust, or fumes in the course of their work are at increased risk for dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a large population study reveals.

4 Dec 2013

Tackling orphan diseases: an interview with Damian Marron, CEO, TxCell

The exact definition of orphan diseases varies depending on where you are in the world. In the EU it's defined as a prevalence of less than 1 in 2,000, which equates to about 250,000 patients across the EU.

4 Dec 2013

Sympathetic skin response test assesses autonomic nerve functions in patients with spinal cord injury

Neurological functions following spinal cord injury have generally been assessed using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale.

4 Dec 2013

Philanthropist pledges $5M to fund new endowed chair in Alzheimer's disease research at Keck School

Los Angeles residents Selim Zilkha and Mary Hayley are raising the stakes in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, the only cause of death among the top 10 in the United States that cannot currently be prevented, cured or slowed.

4 Dec 2013

Food expert to hold talk on healthy eating

Food expert Dr Nazanin Zand is taking her healthy eating message into the community with a talk to parents and young people in Kent.

4 Dec 2013

Frequent emergency department users have multiple chronic conditions, many hospitalizations

While it has often been said that the most frequent users of overburdened hospital emergency departments are mentally ill substance abusers, a study out today (Dec. 3) by researchers from NYU Wagner and the University of California, San Francisco, has found that this belief is unfounded - an "urban legend."

4 Dec 2013

Better understanding of cancer evolution could help in early detection of cancers

A new appreciation of how cancer cells evolve could help scientists design better screening methods to catch cancer before it advances.

4 Dec 2013

Chronic News and Research

Widely varying drug costs in new health plans

First Edition: December 5, 2013

EMA expands administration options for Hizentra

Researchers find correlation between biomarker and patient’s ability to respond to Imprime PGG

Type 2 diabetes management: an interview with Professor Klaus Dugi, Corporate Senior Vice President Medicine, Boehringer Ingelheim

Long-term ECG may help patients suffering from chronic cardiac insufficiency

St. Jude Medical evaluates effectiveness of PNfS and SCS for chronic low back and leg pain

IDSA released new guideline for vaccination of immunocompromised hosts

Professor receives Research Fellowship to complete biography on nutrition and heart disease researcher

Researchers present new method of wirelessly recharging medical device batteries with ultrasound

New evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and assessment of atopic dermatitis

MassBiologics gets FDA orphan drug designation for MBL-HCV1 antibody

Pro-inflammatory proteins linked to obesity, metabolic syndrome in adults appear to protect young children

Occupational air pollution tied to COPD mortality

Tackling orphan diseases: an interview with Damian Marron, CEO, TxCell

Sympathetic skin response test assesses autonomic nerve functions in patients with spinal cord injury

Philanthropist pledges $5M to fund new endowed chair in Alzheimer's disease research at Keck School

Food expert to hold talk on healthy eating

Frequent emergency department users have multiple chronic conditions, many hospitalizations

Better understanding of cancer evolution could help in early detection of cancers

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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