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Obstetrics and Gynecology: One third of pregnant women are not screened for gestational diabetes

Nearly one third of pregnant women are not being screened by a simple laboratory test for gestational diabetes mellitus (gestational diabetes), according to a study of more than 900,000 American women published online today in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

From Quest Diagnostics 21 Dec 2010

Health overhaul roundup: Analyzing the individual mandate, watching the politics around reform

While last week's biggest news focused on the court action surrounding the health law, some reports now analyze the controversial provision at the heart of these cases and what the future could look like if it did or did not survive. But reform news also translates into political news, as PolitiFact pinpoints its "Lie of the Year" and the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on how federal reforms could influence the state's gubernatorial election.

20 Dec 2010

First Edition: December 20, 2010

Today's headlines include more analysis on the continuing legal challenges to the health law and the path they might take to the Supreme Court.

20 Dec 2010

PwC: Top Health Industry Issues of 2011

Health organizations will undergo a strategy makeover in 2011 as they react to new rules and payment models, continuing cost pressures and new customer demands, according to the Top Health Industry Issues of 2011, published today by PwC's Health Research Institute. But in a recent nationwide survey of 1,000 U.S. adults, PwC found that consumers don't fully understand or buy-in to all the changes.

20 Dec 2010

SAGE publishes first comprehensive textbook on psychology

Psychology for medicine, published today by SAGE, is the first comprehensive textbook on psychology for medical students that is relevant to all of their undergraduate studies.

20 Dec 2010

First comprehensive textbook on psychology for medical students

Psychology for medicine, published today by SAGE, is the first comprehensive textbook on psychology for medical students that is relevant to all of their undergraduate studies. Following the General Medical Council's call for greater coverage of psychology throughout medical degree courses, this groundbreaking textbook does just that - presenting all the psychology an undergraduate medical student needs to know.

17 Dec 2010

Pediatric plastic surgeon reconstructs patient's jaw

Pediatric plastic surgeon Rohit Khosla, MD, had never seen a case like it: the 12-year-old boy's face ballooned with a rare, aggressive bone tumor. Although it was non-cancerous, the tumor was destroying the patient's jaw. Khosla knew he would need an innovative approach to save the boy's ability to chew.

17 Dec 2010

Over quarter million women who gave birth in hospitals had pre-existing diabetes or developed gestational diabetes

More than a quarter million women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2008 had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during their pregnancy - a condition called gestational diabetes, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This equals 6.4 percent of the 4.2 million women who gave birth in that year.

17 Dec 2010

Centene anticipates premium and service revenue in the range of $4.9 billion to $5.1 billion for fiscal 2011

Centene Corporation announced today its 2011 financial guidance. The discussions below are in the context of continuing operations and all financial ratios exclude premium taxes.

16 Dec 2010

Protein p53 plays crucial role in coordinated growth of organ parts

In studies conducted on the fruit fly, researchers at IRB Barcelona headed by ICREA Professor Marco Milán have revealed that organs have the molecular mechanisms to control their proportions. In this process the protein p53 plays a crucial role. The study is published today in the prestigious journal PLoS Biology.

15 Dec 2010

New report on improving outcome of pregnancy

Moms and babies everywhere deserve high quality health care, and a new report from the March of Dimes and its partners offers providers a vision for how to offer top-notch services while giving moms practical tips to help them make smart choices.

15 Dec 2010

Angiogenesis inhibition is a validated strategy for cancer therapy

Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may have uncovered a mechanism for blocking tumor angiogenesis that involves the patient's immune system, according to findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

15 Dec 2010

Accidental ingestion of Tessalon could be dangerous for young children, FDA warns

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning that accidental ingestion of Tessalon (benzonatate) by children younger than 10 years can result in serious side effects or death.

15 Dec 2010

Health report card for NSW

The latest report on NSW health shows that it is better than most in heart disease and cancer statistics. However 60% of the state are overweight or obese says the report and 70% of the NSW adults say they have been diagnosed with long-term illnesses.

14 Dec 2010

American Epilepsy Society recognizes neuroscientist for basic science advances

Douglas A. Coulter, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, received the 2010 Epilepsy Research Recognition Award for Basic Science from the American Epilepsy Society. The Society honored Dr. Coulter's pioneering contributions to epilepsy research on Monday, Dec. 6 at its Annual Meeting in San Antonio.

14 Dec 2010

BUSM professor wins 2010 Van Slyke Award for seminal contributions to laboratory medicine

Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, a professor at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the recipient of the 2010 Van Slyke Award from the American Academy for Clinical Chemistry New York Metro Section.

14 Dec 2010

Endologix acquires Nellix

Endologix, Inc., developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Nellix, Inc. Nellix has developed a revolutionary new device for the treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAAs) that is expected to address the limitations of existing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) devices and expand the global AAA market. Endologix announced its agreement to acquire Nellix on October 27, 2010.

13 Dec 2010

Depression in mothers during pregnancy associated with higher levels of stress hormones in children

The cocktail of hormones cascading through depressed mothers' bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children's brains.

13 Dec 2010

Novelos NOV-002 demonstrates positive results in Phase 2 neoadjuvant breast cancer trial

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat cancer, announced that today a poster highlighting positive results in a Phase 2 trial of NOV-002 in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in patients with stage IIB-IIIC HER-2/neu negative invasive breast cancer is being presented by the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at the AACR Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, TX.

13 Dec 2010

Cesarean-section deliveries may lead to degenerative back disease

Researchers from Michigan State University are studying whether pregnancies, specifically cesarean-section deliveries, are linked to a degenerative back disease that affects women three to nine times more often than men.

13 Dec 2010

C section News and Research

Obstetrics and Gynecology: One third of pregnant women are not screened for gestational diabetes

Health overhaul roundup: Analyzing the individual mandate, watching the politics around reform

First Edition: December 20, 2010

PwC: Top Health Industry Issues of 2011

SAGE publishes first comprehensive textbook on psychology

First comprehensive textbook on psychology for medical students

Pediatric plastic surgeon reconstructs patient's jaw

Over quarter million women who gave birth in hospitals had pre-existing diabetes or developed gestational diabetes

Centene anticipates premium and service revenue in the range of $4.9 billion to $5.1 billion for fiscal 2011

Protein p53 plays crucial role in coordinated growth of organ parts

New report on improving outcome of pregnancy

Angiogenesis inhibition is a validated strategy for cancer therapy

Accidental ingestion of Tessalon could be dangerous for young children, FDA warns

Health report card for NSW

American Epilepsy Society recognizes neuroscientist for basic science advances

BUSM professor wins 2010 Van Slyke Award for seminal contributions to laboratory medicine

Endologix acquires Nellix

Depression in mothers during pregnancy associated with higher levels of stress hormones in children

Novelos NOV-002 demonstrates positive results in Phase 2 neoadjuvant breast cancer trial

Cesarean-section deliveries may lead to degenerative back disease

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