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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been recognized as a "Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index 2013, an annual survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization.

12 Jul 2013

Researchers find new potential treatment for cancer

A University of Southampton Professor, in collaboration with colleagues at the BC Cancer Agency Research Centre, have discovered a novel way of killing cancer cells. The research, recently published in the journal Cell, has found a new potential treatment for cancer, which leaves the body's healthy cells undamaged, unlike traditional therapies such as radiotherapy.

12 Jul 2013

The number and severity of lower limb amputations have decreased in US

There have been dramatic decreases in the number and severity of lower limb amputations over the past decade, according to a new study published in the July 2013 issue of Foot & Ankle International.

12 Jul 2013

People with cheerful temperaments are less likely to suffer cardiac diseases

People with cheerful temperaments are significantly less likely to suffer a coronary event such as a heart attack or sudden cardiac death, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

12 Jul 2013

Study shows that people who reach their nineties have improved mental performance

People who reach their nineties today show improved mental performance compared to people in the same age group born a decade earlier, according to the results of a study conducted in Denmark and published in The Lancet.

12 Jul 2013

Nerves play critical role in development and spread of prostate tumors, say researchers

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that nerves play a critical role in both the development and spread of prostate tumors. Their findings, using both a mouse model and human prostate tissue, may lead to new ways to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer and to novel therapies for preventing and treating the disease. The study published online today in the July 12 edition of Science.

12 Jul 2013

Community health centers get $150 million to help enroll people in new marketplaces

Community health centers across the country will share in $150 million in grants that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday will help them enroll up to 3.7 million Americans in the new marketplaces this fall. HHS on Wednesday announced that 1,200 centers will get at least $59,000 each, money available through the health care law (Bunis, 7/10).

12 Jul 2013

Research reveals link between elevated BMI and increased risk of gallstone in women

New research reveals a causal association between elevated body mass index (BMI) and increased risk of gallstone disease. Results published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show women are at greater risk of developing gallstones.

12 Jul 2013

Agricultural subsidies responsible for energy-dense foods contribute to obesity epidemic in US

Agricultural subsidies are responsible for making those processed and energy-dense foods that contribute to the American epidemic of obesity the most affordable options for consumers, concludes a new study led by Dr. Mark J. Eisenberg, a cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal.

12 Jul 2013

RxVantage releases iPhone application to improve physicians' relationships with medical reps

RxVantage, a healthcare technology company with an innovative cloud-based platform that enables physicians' practices to streamline and improve their relationships with pharmaceutical and other medical sales reps, today announced the release of the RxVantage iPhone application.

11 Jul 2013

Researchers identify new cellular source for disease-fighting protein

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report the identification of a new cellular source for an important disease-fighting protein used in the body's earliest response to infection.

11 Jul 2013

ELSIP: Integrating personalized medicine into clinical practice

Lynn G. Dressler Dr. P.H. Director, Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenomics, Mission Health, Fullerton Genetics Center will present: Addressing the Ethical, Legal, Social and Policy Issues Related to Integrating Personalized Medicine into Routine Clinical Care at the 5th Annual Personalized Medicine Conference in Boston, MA on October 21- 22, 2013.

11 Jul 2013

Immunization in developing countries: an interview with Dr. Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization for UNICEF

Overall, worldwide, immunization programs reach around 83% of all children – this is an enormous achievement. With this level of immunization coverage, we prevent over 2 million deaths, year after year. This statistic is often forgotten or taken for granted.

11 Jul 2013

University of North Carolina receives $8M grant to improve maternal and infant health

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $8 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve maternal and infant health and save the lives of mothers and infants in Malawi by strengthening the President's Maternal Health and Safe Motherhood Initiative (SMI).

11 Jul 2013

Children born after mothers hormonal fertility treatment have increased risk of mental disorders

Whether a child is conceived naturally or in a Petri dish in an incubator has no bearing at all on the child's mental health. However, researchers have identified a small but increased risk of developing a mental disorder such as autism, ADHD or behavioural problems in children whose mothers only received medical treatment to stimulate ovulation and egg development before insemination.

11 Jul 2013

People who undergo parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of inflammatory marker in blood

People who experience parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of an inflammatory marker in the blood which is known to predict future health, according to new research from UCL.

11 Jul 2013

YES workshop for adolescents to manage stress and control impulsive behavior

In May 2013, the Los Angeles school board voted to ban suspensions of students for "willful defiance" and directed school officials to use alternative disciplinary practices. The decision was controversial, and the question remains: How do you discipline rowdy students and keep them in the classroom while still being fair to other kids who want to learn?

11 Jul 2013

Tips to keep kids safe during hot weather

Several US states and cities have seen record breaking temperatures this summer. Doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center want to give tips to parents and guardians on how they can keep their kids safe during the hot weather.

11 Jul 2013

UNMC conducts clinical trial on Leukine to test unique immune therapy in people with Parkinson's

The Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is embarking on a translational clinical trial using Leukine, a drug used to boost the immune system in cancer patients, to test a unique immune therapy in people with Parkinson's disease.

11 Jul 2013

Researchers develop new tool for comprehensive mapping of cell-cell communication

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, together with collaborators in Germany, have developed a new method for identifying the cell of origin of intracellular and secreted proteins within multicellular environments.

11 Jul 2013

Education News and Research

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute recognized as Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Researchers find new potential treatment for cancer

The number and severity of lower limb amputations have decreased in US

People with cheerful temperaments are less likely to suffer cardiac diseases

Study shows that people who reach their nineties have improved mental performance

Nerves play critical role in development and spread of prostate tumors, say researchers

Community health centers get $150 million to help enroll people in new marketplaces

Research reveals link between elevated BMI and increased risk of gallstone in women

Agricultural subsidies responsible for energy-dense foods contribute to obesity epidemic in US

RxVantage releases iPhone application to improve physicians' relationships with medical reps

Researchers identify new cellular source for disease-fighting protein

ELSIP: Integrating personalized medicine into clinical practice

Immunization in developing countries: an interview with Dr. Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization for UNICEF

University of North Carolina receives $8M grant to improve maternal and infant health

Children born after mothers hormonal fertility treatment have increased risk of mental disorders

People who undergo parental divorce during childhood have higher levels of inflammatory marker in blood

YES workshop for adolescents to manage stress and control impulsive behavior

Tips to keep kids safe during hot weather

UNMC conducts clinical trial on Leukine to test unique immune therapy in people with Parkinson's

Researchers develop new tool for comprehensive mapping of cell-cell communication

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