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Teen researcher wins top award from Intel Foundation for research on potential drugs to treat influenza

From new cancer treatments to an exploration of how technology affects the adolescent brain, the innovative research of America's future scientists, engineers and inventors took center stage in the nation's capital today.

12 Mar 2014

STS collaborates with DCRI to improve patient safety

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons continues to break new ground in patient safety and quality measurement through a new collaboration with the Duke Clinical Research Institute. DCRI will establish a link with STS clinical data and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services claims data. This link will enable participants and researchers using data from the STS National Database to track long-term patient outcomes.

11 Mar 2014

Study finds link between elevated urinary Gb3 and heart disease

A special newly discovered biomarker, "Gb3," potentially related to the survival of heart disease patients, could change the way the country's No. 1 killer is monitored in the future, according to research published in the Feb. 4 edition of the Journal of the American Heart Association.

11 Mar 2014

Novel approach to track Montreal consumers' food choices

Poor food choices, such as overconsumption of carbonated soft drinks, are an important factor driving the global obesity epidemic and have been linked directly to diabetes and heart disease. While public health agencies are working to help people to make healthier choices, monitoring the effectiveness of these efforts has been costly and difficult. But now, using the same digital data employed by marketers to promote food products, McGill University's David Buckeridge has developed a way for health agencies to track Montreal consumers' food choices, neighborhood by neighborhood.

11 Mar 2014

Monash University research offers new hope to people with heart attacks

Melbourne scientists are a step closer to creating a new drug to stop a heart attack in its tracks and reduce the damage caused, without any side effects.

11 Mar 2014

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust selects OpenText to manage scanned legacy case-notes

OpenText, the global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), announced today that it has been selected by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust to manage its scanned legacy case-notes.

11 Mar 2014

Aetna, Atlantic ACO announce new accountable care agreement

Aetna and Atlantic Accountable Care Organization, a partner of Atlantic Health System, today announced a new accountable care agreement that will improve the coordination and delivery of patient care. Atlantic ACO will deliver a better patient experience for more than 28,000 Aetna members in Morris, Sussex, Union, Somerset, Warren and Passaic counties.

11 Mar 2014

Total joint replacement may reduce risk for cardiac events and boost long-term survival

Hip and knee replacements have long been known to reduce pain and increase mobility in persons with moderate-to-severe arthritis. A study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) also found that total joint replacement (TJR) may reduce the risk for "cardiac events," including heart attack and stroke, and boost long-term survival.

11 Mar 2014

Professor receives $1M grant for biomedical imaging using bioluminescent gene reporters, MRI

The W.M. Keck Foundation's Medical Research Program has presented a grant for $1 million to Angelique Louie, a professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering.

11 Mar 2014

Highlights: Mental health problems in Va.; Kan. autism coverage mandate; device-makers' new disclosures

After the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007, Virginia lawmakers injected tens of millions of dollars into the state's mental-health system, including local mental-health agencies that are the first stop for people in crisis.

11 Mar 2014

Aged mice lacking antioxidant protein Nrf2 show poor stem cell regeneration

Good news for lifelong exercisers: Along with its salutary effects on the heart, weight, and other facets of health, physical activity also helps to regenerate muscle mass, which tends to diminish as people age.

11 Mar 2014

Chronic smokers have altered emotional reactions when exposed to negative, positive images of tobacco

What if the use of a product influenced your perception of it, making you even more susceptible to its positive aspects and altering your understanding of its drawbacks? This is precisely what happens with cigarettes in chronic smokers, according to a recent study by the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and University of Montreal.

11 Mar 2014

No deal on Medicaid expansion in Va. as lawmakers adjourn

In Virginia, lawmakers also failed to pass a budget or make a deal on proposed mental health legislation. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe promised a special session to settle the budget issue.

11 Mar 2014

Researchers identify microbe that 'eats' electricity

There have been plenty of fad diets that captured the public's imagination over the years, but Harvard scientists have identified what may be the strangest of them all - sunlight and electricity.

11 Mar 2014

Family CV history indicates intensive treatment need for hypertensive patients

A family history of premature cardiovascular disease is a marker of increased mortality risk in patients with hypertension, report researchers.

10 Mar 2014

ABC Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award presented to Wakunaga

The American Botanical Council has presented its 2013 Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award to Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., of Osaka, Japan. Since its founding in 1955, the company has been committed to rigorous scientific and clinical research of its products, including its top-selling, clinically researched odorless Aged Garlic Extract¨.

10 Mar 2014

Bosch Healthcare selects Brain Resource's MyBrainSolutions for use in telehealth solution

Brain Resource has announced today that Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. (headquarters in Palo Alto, California, USA), the market leader in evidence-based telehealth solutions, has added MyBrainSolutions to their newly launched Health Buddy Web solution for the monitoring, education, and management of people living with chronic conditions.

10 Mar 2014

First Edition: March 10, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about how the Virginia Assembly's impasse on Medicaid expansion is playing out.

10 Mar 2014

Music does not speak to everyone

Although it is not associated with any apparent biological advantagess or useful value (such as money), music is ranked among the highest sources of pleasure. Music's important role in our society and culture has led to the assumption that its ability to induce pleasure is universal. However, this assumption has never been empirically tested.

10 Mar 2014

Researchers develop new technique to map interactions between proteins at heart of many diseases

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine have devised a new biochemical technique that will allow them and other scientists to delve much deeper than ever before into the specific cellular circuitry that keeps us healthy or causes disease.

10 Mar 2014

Heart News and Research

Teen researcher wins top award from Intel Foundation for research on potential drugs to treat influenza

STS collaborates with DCRI to improve patient safety

Study finds link between elevated urinary Gb3 and heart disease

Novel approach to track Montreal consumers' food choices

Monash University research offers new hope to people with heart attacks

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust selects OpenText to manage scanned legacy case-notes

Aetna, Atlantic ACO announce new accountable care agreement

Total joint replacement may reduce risk for cardiac events and boost long-term survival

Professor receives $1M grant for biomedical imaging using bioluminescent gene reporters, MRI

Highlights: Mental health problems in Va.; Kan. autism coverage mandate; device-makers' new disclosures

Aged mice lacking antioxidant protein Nrf2 show poor stem cell regeneration

Chronic smokers have altered emotional reactions when exposed to negative, positive images of tobacco

No deal on Medicaid expansion in Va. as lawmakers adjourn

Researchers identify microbe that 'eats' electricity

Family CV history indicates intensive treatment need for hypertensive patients

ABC Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award presented to Wakunaga

Bosch Healthcare selects Brain Resource's MyBrainSolutions for use in telehealth solution

First Edition: March 10, 2014

Music does not speak to everyone

Researchers develop new technique to map interactions between proteins at heart of many diseases

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A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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