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New stem cell discovery may help scientists replace damaged organs

Stem-cell researchers at UC San Francisco have found a key role for a protein called BMI1 that may help scientists direct the development of tissues to replace damaged organs in the human body.

22 Jul 2013

Implications for treating some common food allergies

Food is an integral part of life; but, for some, it can be harmful. Allergic inflammation caused by inappropriate immune responses to some types of food has become a major public health issue. Over the past ten years, the prevalence of food allergies has increased by nearly 20 percent, affecting an estimated six million people in the U.S.

22 Jul 2013

Experts to focus on health care challenges at U.S. Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products

Patient advocates, industry leaders, medical researchers, government officials, and investors will join together in Bethesda, MD, on Oct. 7 - 9 for the 3rd annual U.S. Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products.

20 Jul 2013

Research roundup: Eye care disparities; more complications for Medicaid patients after spine surgery; the cost to states opting against Medicaid expansion

After analyzing 2003-2004 data of patients who underwent spinal surgery at two medical institutions, they found that Medicaid beneficiaries were at much higher risk of experiencing any type of complication than patients who are privately insured. "The results of our study further support the growing body of literature that Medicaid patients have higher rates of complications," the authors write. When evaluating patients and considering the likelihood of complications, "Medicaid status should be considered as well," they concluded (Hacquebord et al., 7/15).

20 Jul 2013

Scientists to explore student-driven research model for Distributed Drug Discovery

Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will host scientists from around the world next week for the first-ever workshop devoted to Distributed Drug Discovery, an innovative, student-driven research program quickly becoming a high-impact, low-cost teaching model.

20 Jul 2013

ACC report helps clinicians optimize appropriate use of noninvasive vascular tests

A new report issued today by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and developed in collaboration with 10 other leading professional societies provides detailed criteria to help clinicians optimize the appropriate use of certain noninvasive vascular tests when caring for patients with known or suspected disorders of the venous (veins) system.

20 Jul 2013

AACN Nurse Manager Priorities conference aims to meet unique needs of nurse managers

Today's increasingly complex healthcare environment requires nurses in management roles to balance staff leadership, patient care and budget considerations while also keeping their own nursing skills current.

20 Jul 2013

EHR enables physicians to assist patients faster, help combat vaccine-preventable diseases

Using an Electronic Health Record system to automate the immunization data shared between health providers and public health agencies enables physicians to assist individual patients faster and more effectively, while also providing more immediate, cohesive community data to the agencies tasked with promoting public health.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers explain most likely pathways of international spread of MERS coronavirus

The life-threatening MERS coronavirus that has emerged in the Middle East could spread faster and wider during two international mass gatherings involving millions of people in the next few months, according to researchers who describe the most likely pathways of international spread based upon worldwide patterns of air travel.

20 Jul 2013

CETSA helps scientists determine effectiveness of drugs in the body

The search for new drugs, including those for cancer, is set to speed up thanks to a new research technique invented by scientists at the Nanyang Technological University.

20 Jul 2013

Almost 70% of New Yorkers with disability are obese

The New York State Department of Health's new information on the high rates of obesity among the disabled community is deeply concerning, says a statewide coalition of disease prevention experts and advocates.

20 Jul 2013

NKX2-8 mutation in dogs may be a risk factor for human neural tube defects, say researchers

A gene related to neural tube defects in dogs has for the first time been identified by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and University of Iowa.

20 Jul 2013

Ketamine anesthesia drug can cause learning and memory disorders in children

Recent studies have found that anesthesia drugs have neurotoxicity on the developing neurons, causing learning and memory disorders and behavioral abnormalities. Ketamine is commonly used in pediatric anesthesia.

20 Jul 2013

Saint Luke's Health System opens new free-standing, in-patient hospice facility

Saint Luke's Health System's new free-standing hospice facility, Saint Luke's Hospice House, opens its doors on Friday, July 19, 2013 with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and plan to begin admitting patients July 24.

20 Jul 2013

UCSF researchers find a way to knock down cancers caused by tumor-driving protein

UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to knock down cancers caused by a tumor-driving protein called -myc,- paving the way for patients with myc-driven cancers to enroll in clinical trials for experimental treatments.

20 Jul 2013

HHS funds $12M to support primary care residency programs in Teaching Health Centers

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $12 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 32 Teaching Health Centers across the nation.

20 Jul 2013

Mayo Clinic, Banner Health work together on diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease

Researchers from Mayo Clinic Arizona and Banner Sun Health Research Institute are working together on a diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease in patients thanks to a $152,486 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

19 Jul 2013

Funding for Native Americans' mental health services hit hard by sequestration

Centuries ago, tribes gave up much of their land to the federal government in exchange for promises of funded health care, education and housing. Time and time again those funds have been cut. The sequestration has been no exception.

19 Jul 2013

Scientists take important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders

A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that can prevent the normal prion protein from changing its molecular shape into the abnormal form responsible for neurodegenerative diseases. This finding, published in the July 18 issue of Cell Reports, offers new hope in the battle against a foe that until now has always proved fatal.

19 Jul 2013

Study: COPD linked with increased risk of developing cerebral microbleeds

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with an increased risk of developing cerebral microbleeds, according to a new study from researchers in the Netherlands. Cerebral microbleeds are a marker of cerebral small vessel disease, an important cause of age-related disability and cognitive decline.

19 Jul 2013

Education News and Research

New stem cell discovery may help scientists replace damaged organs

Implications for treating some common food allergies

Experts to focus on health care challenges at U.S. Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products

Research roundup: Eye care disparities; more complications for Medicaid patients after spine surgery; the cost to states opting against Medicaid expansion

Scientists to explore student-driven research model for Distributed Drug Discovery

ACC report helps clinicians optimize appropriate use of noninvasive vascular tests

AACN Nurse Manager Priorities conference aims to meet unique needs of nurse managers

EHR enables physicians to assist patients faster, help combat vaccine-preventable diseases

Researchers explain most likely pathways of international spread of MERS coronavirus

CETSA helps scientists determine effectiveness of drugs in the body

Almost 70% of New Yorkers with disability are obese

NKX2-8 mutation in dogs may be a risk factor for human neural tube defects, say researchers

Ketamine anesthesia drug can cause learning and memory disorders in children

Saint Luke's Health System opens new free-standing, in-patient hospice facility

UCSF researchers find a way to knock down cancers caused by tumor-driving protein

HHS funds $12M to support primary care residency programs in Teaching Health Centers

Mayo Clinic, Banner Health work together on diagnostic test to identify early Parkinson's disease

Funding for Native Americans' mental health services hit hard by sequestration

Scientists take important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders

Study: COPD linked with increased risk of developing cerebral microbleeds

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