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Bill Gates says capitalism funnels more resources into minor ailments than infectious diseases

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, "has declared capitalism 'flawed' because it channels more resources to curing minor ailments such as male baldness than to addressing the diseases that destroy millions of lives every year," The Independent reports.

19 Mar 2013

CIHR, CMAJ honour five Canadians for health research excellence

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Canadian Medical Association Journal today honoured five outstanding Canadian individuals and teams. They are the latest recipients of the CIHR-CMAJ Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Awards, which celebrate Canadian health research excellence.

19 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: Two views of Medicare equipment bidding changes; High Court case may impact FDA approval process

In 2010, Medicare spent more than $14 billion on oxygen devices, mobility scooters, diabetes test strips and other "durable medical equipment" and supplies that patients use at home.

19 Mar 2013

Study shows widespread use of antiretroviral drugs would increase prevalence of MDR HIV

One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who have sex with men in LA County over the next 10 years, cautions a new study.

19 Mar 2013

Study challenges role of serotonin in depression, opens possibilities for new therapies

A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine suggests that depression results from a disturbance in the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other.

19 Mar 2013

University of Nottingham to study use of tranexamic acid in people with intracerebral haemorrhage

Scientists in Nottingham are leading an international study to investigate the effectiveness of a new treatment on a devastating type of stroke.

19 Mar 2013

Migraine severity may be predicted by blood levels of fat cell hormone

In a small, preliminary study of regular migraine sufferers, scientists have found that measuring a fat-derived protein called adiponectin (ADP) before and after migraine treatment can accurately reveal which headache victims felt pain relief.

18 Mar 2013

Salivary duct access products launched by Cook Medical to offer minimally invasive options for obstructive salivary gland disease

Cook Medical has launched a suite of salivary duct access products that offer minimally invasive options for the treatment of obstructive salivary gland disease. Minimally invasive treatment of obstructive salivary gland disease can reduce the need for invasive open surgery.

18 Mar 2013

R-Tech Ueno enrolls retinitis pigmentosa patients in Phase 3 clinical study of UF-021 ophthalmic solution

R-Tech Ueno is pleased to announce the start of the patient enrollment of a Phase 3 clinical study with Unoprostone (development code UF-021) ophthalmic solution that are being developed in our company for the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa.

18 Mar 2013

Harvard’s Wyss Institute to harness Sony DADC's expertise to advance Organs-on-Chips technologies

Today the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Sony DADC announced a collaboration that will harness Sony DADC's global manufacturing expertise to further advance the Institute's Organs-on-Chips technologies.

18 Mar 2013

Mycolactone activation of N-WASP boosts Buruli ulcer formation

Mycobacterium ulcerans infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues and secretes a lipid toxin, mycolactone, which causes open skin lesions, known as Buruli ulcers.

18 Mar 2013

Supreme Court slated to hear legal arguments regarding generic drug liability question

Generic drugs are supposed to be identical to the brand names that preceded them. And by law, they have to have identical warnings and labels.

16 Mar 2013

Abiraterone's anti-androgenic properties may stop tumor growth of CRPC, says prize-winning Dutch study

As part of an EU-supported IMI-PREDECT consortium, a Dutch study showed that anti-androgenic properties of the drug abiraterone may provide an additional mechanism of action in blocking tumour growth of castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).

16 Mar 2013

Small percentage of adults who receive rapid HIV treatment following infection might achieve 'functional cure,' French researchers say

"Rapid treatment after HIV infection may be enough to 'functionally cure' about a 10th of those diagnosed early, say researchers in France," who "have been analyzing 14 people who stopped therapy, but have since shown no signs of the virus resurging," BBC News reports (Gallagher, 3/15).

16 Mar 2013

Discovery could lead to new target for treatment of cocaine addiction

Scientists have discovered a molecular process in the brain triggered by cocaine use that could provide a target for treatments to prevent or reverse addiction to the drug.

16 Mar 2013

Research: Decreased levels of vitamin D may influence smokers to develop tobacco-related cancer

New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that decreased levels of vitamin D may predispose smokers to developing tobacco-related cancer.

16 Mar 2013

Study finds increased use of antipsychotic medication among Medicaid-insured children

A new study from the University of Maryland found that use of antipsychotic drugs from 1997 to 2006 increased 7- to 12-fold in a Medicaid population of about 500,000 children ages two to 17.

16 Mar 2013

Research roundup: Nurse education and post-surgery mortality; The influence of publicly reported quality-of-care measures

Each week, KHN reporter Alvin Tran compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

16 Mar 2013

Analyzing the budgets: How the House GOP and Senate Dems treated Medicare

The Senate Democratic budget contained more than double the cuts to Medicare and, like the Republican blueprint, it also assumed the repeal of Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula.

16 Mar 2013

First Edition: March 15, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about President Barack Obama's third day of Capitol Hill visits in pursuit of progress on the budget.

15 Mar 2013

Drugs News and Research

Bill Gates says capitalism funnels more resources into minor ailments than infectious diseases

CIHR, CMAJ honour five Canadians for health research excellence

Viewpoints: Two views of Medicare equipment bidding changes; High Court case may impact FDA approval process

Study shows widespread use of antiretroviral drugs would increase prevalence of MDR HIV

Study challenges role of serotonin in depression, opens possibilities for new therapies

University of Nottingham to study use of tranexamic acid in people with intracerebral haemorrhage

Migraine severity may be predicted by blood levels of fat cell hormone

Salivary duct access products launched by Cook Medical to offer minimally invasive options for obstructive salivary gland disease

R-Tech Ueno enrolls retinitis pigmentosa patients in Phase 3 clinical study of UF-021 ophthalmic solution

Harvard’s Wyss Institute to harness Sony DADC's expertise to advance Organs-on-Chips technologies

Mycolactone activation of N-WASP boosts Buruli ulcer formation

Supreme Court slated to hear legal arguments regarding generic drug liability question

Abiraterone's anti-androgenic properties may stop tumor growth of CRPC, says prize-winning Dutch study

Small percentage of adults who receive rapid HIV treatment following infection might achieve 'functional cure,' French researchers say

Discovery could lead to new target for treatment of cocaine addiction

Research: Decreased levels of vitamin D may influence smokers to develop tobacco-related cancer

Study finds increased use of antipsychotic medication among Medicaid-insured children

Research roundup: Nurse education and post-surgery mortality; The influence of publicly reported quality-of-care measures

Analyzing the budgets: How the House GOP and Senate Dems treated Medicare

First Edition: March 15, 2013

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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