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Weight loss surgery causes changes in DNA modifications

Gastric bypass surgery can drastically reduce the body weight of obese individuals in a short timeframe. For reasons that are not entirely clear, the surgery also leads to early remission of type 2 diabetes in the vast majority of patients.

12 Apr 2013

Sophono receives worldwide clearance of Alpha 2 device for MRI

Sophono, Inc.– manufacturer of abutment-free, implantable, bone conduction hearing devices – has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for magnetic resonance imaging.

12 Apr 2013

FDA requests budget of $4.7 billion to protect, promote public health

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting a budget of $4.7 billion to protect and promote the public health as part of the President's fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget.

12 Apr 2013

Gabriel Hortobagyi recognized with AACR-MICR Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship

Gabriel Hortobagyi, M.D., professor in the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, will receive the Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship from the American Association for Cancer Research and its Minorities in Cancer Research membership group.

12 Apr 2013

UT MD Anderson scientist receives AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology

The scientist whose discoveries led to the first drug approved for metastatic melanoma by "treating the immune system, not the cancer," also is the first to receive the AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology.

12 Apr 2013

Obama budget would replace SGR formula, boost Medicaid, mental health

Among the changes included in the president's 2014 budget blueprint are the elimination of the SGR formula to set Medicare physician payment rates, and funding boosts for mental health and food and drug safety. The proposal also delays funding cuts to hospitals that treat the uninsured.

12 Apr 2013

Improving early childhood development of children of AIDS patients

A simple in-home training program for caregivers can give children of AIDS patients a better shot at prosperity by improving their early-childhood development, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher.

12 Apr 2013

New initiative launched to create more effective ED therapies based on brain imaging studies

Current treatments for anorexia and bulimia nervosa, which afflict an estimated 10 to 24 million Americans, are often limited and ineffective.

12 Apr 2013

Self-propelled microrockets using stomach acid as fuel may help perform microsurgery

An advance in micromotor technology akin to the invention of cars that fuel themselves from the pavement or air, rather than gasoline or batteries, is opening the door to broad new medical and industrial uses for these tiny devices, scientists said here today. Their update on development of the motors - so small that thousands would fit inside this "o" - was part of the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, being held here this week.

11 Apr 2013

Decisions people make after being diagnosed with major health issue may lead to higher health risks

It may seem counter-intuitive to take health advice from a marketing professor, but when it comes to analyzing consumer data and its relationship to managing health issues such as diabetes, one University of Alberta researcher may have the right prescription.

11 Apr 2013

Virginia Tech scientists provide new evidence that biofilms are at work in survival of Salmonella

Virginia Tech scientists have provided new evidence that biofilms - bacteria that adhere to surfaces and build protective coatings - are at work in the survival of the human pathogen Salmonella.

11 Apr 2013

Method used in aeronautics may help improve safety of plastic food packaging

To prevent molecules migrating from plastic packaging into the food they contain, scientists are identifying each critical point where this phenomenon can occur, using a method inspired from aeronautics.

11 Apr 2013

Study reports role of cytochrome c oxidase as prognostic marker in GBM patients' tumor tissues

Researchers may have discovered a more accurate way to predict how long patients with the deadliest form of brain cancer will live, according to an analysis by researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

11 Apr 2013

Brain works from subconscious mental categories it creates based on experiences

Your brain knows it's time to cook when the stove is on, and the food and pots are out. When you rush away to calm a crying child, though, cooking is over and it's time to be a parent. Your brain processes and responds to these occurrences as distinct, unrelated events.

11 Apr 2013

Post-2015 must address poverty, food security

Mark Suzman, managing director for international policy, programs and advocacy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, "Last week saw two key events related to the Millennium Development Goals: the kickoff on April 5 of an ambitious global campaign focused on accelerating progress over the last 1,000 days before the 2015 deadline and a critical meeting on April 4 in Madrid to assess how hunger, food security and nutrition should be tackled in any post-2015 framework."

11 Apr 2013

USAID marks 1,000 day milestone until 2015 MDG target date with digital conversations

"On April 5, USAID joined U.N. Foundation's Momentum 1000 and millions around the globe in a digital rally to mark the 1,000 day milestone until the 2015 target date to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: A promise made to free people from extreme poverty and extend hope and opportunity to the millions living in developing regions," the agency's "IMPACTblog" writes.

11 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Obama budget doesn't address 'heart of our debt crisis;' Attention deficit crisis; Insurer sings a different song when consumer owes it money

The U.S. has huge budget challenges. And for the first time in years, we will have three budget proposals to carefully consider -- instead of speeches and talking points.

11 Apr 2013

FDA accepts Merck's NDA for NOXAFIL tablets

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that its New Drug Application for an investigational, tablet formulation of the company's antifungal agent, NOXAFIL (posaconazole), has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

11 Apr 2013

Pfizer's breast cancer compound wins FDA's Breakthrough Therapy designation

Pfizer Inc. announced today its investigational compound palbociclib (PD-0332991), an oral and selective inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinases (CDK) 4 and 6, has received Breakthrough Therapy designation by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the potential treatment of patients with breast cancer.

From Pfizer, Inc. 11 Apr 2013

Research findings reveal potential health benefits of reversing global obesity epidemic

The economic crash in Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union has provided researchers with a unique natural experiment on obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

11 Apr 2013

Food News and Research

Weight loss surgery causes changes in DNA modifications

Sophono receives worldwide clearance of Alpha 2 device for MRI

FDA requests budget of $4.7 billion to protect, promote public health

Gabriel Hortobagyi recognized with AACR-MICR Jane Cooke Wright Lectureship

UT MD Anderson scientist receives AACR-CRI Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology

Obama budget would replace SGR formula, boost Medicaid, mental health

Improving early childhood development of children of AIDS patients

New initiative launched to create more effective ED therapies based on brain imaging studies

Self-propelled microrockets using stomach acid as fuel may help perform microsurgery

Decisions people make after being diagnosed with major health issue may lead to higher health risks

Virginia Tech scientists provide new evidence that biofilms are at work in survival of Salmonella

Method used in aeronautics may help improve safety of plastic food packaging

Study reports role of cytochrome c oxidase as prognostic marker in GBM patients' tumor tissues

Brain works from subconscious mental categories it creates based on experiences

Post-2015 must address poverty, food security

USAID marks 1,000 day milestone until 2015 MDG target date with digital conversations

Viewpoints: Obama budget doesn't address 'heart of our debt crisis;' Attention deficit crisis; Insurer sings a different song when consumer owes it money

FDA accepts Merck's NDA for NOXAFIL tablets

Pfizer's breast cancer compound wins FDA's Breakthrough Therapy designation

Research findings reveal potential health benefits of reversing global obesity epidemic

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