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Common type of childhood asthma is not related to allergens and inflammation

Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway or why response to treatments varies between patients. Now, a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, Columbia University Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center has revealed the roots of a common type of childhood asthma, showing that it is very different from other asthma cases.

24 May 2013

Aortic arch pulse wave velocity predicts disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain

Aortic arch pulse wave velocity, a measure of arterial stiffness, is a strong independent predictor of disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain, according to a new study published in the June issue the journal Radiology.

24 May 2013

New report says schools should engage pupils in vigorous or moderate physical activity daily

A new report from the Institute of Medicine says schools should be responsible for helping pupils engage in at least 60 minutes of vigorous or moderate intensity activity during each school day.

24 May 2013

Researchers reveal roots of a common type of childhood asthma

24 May 2013

New study determines that children with temporal lobe epilepsy likely to have depression

A new study determined that children and adolescents with seizures involving the temporal lobe are likely to have clinically significant behavioral problems and psychiatric illness, especially depression.

24 May 2013

Most residents dissatisfied with quality of substance-abuse training, survey finds

A 2012 survey of internal medicine residents at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals - found that more than half rated the training they had received in addiction and other substance use disorders as fair or poor.

24 May 2013

Research project analyses practice of mediation in two public hospitals in Valencian Community

The research project from the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (Spain) analyses the practice of mediation in two public hospitals in the Valencian Community through cases that involved a team of mediators over two years.

23 May 2013

Long-term depression linked with life-threatening chronic disease, earlier death

The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain. In recent years some studies have linked major, long-term depression with life-threatening chronic disease and with earlier death, even after lifestyle risk factors have been taken into account.

23 May 2013

Immune system attacks beneficial bacteria in several chronic human diseases

The human gut is loaded with commensal bacteria - "good" microbes that, among other functions, help the body digest food. The gastrointestinal tract contains literally trillions of such cells, and yet the immune system seemingly turns a blind eye. However, in several chronic human diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, HIV/AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, the immune system attacks these normally beneficial bacteria, resulting in chronic inflammation and contributing to disease progression.

23 May 2013

Mayo Clinic, Cancer Genetics form joint venture to improve cancer care

Mayo Clinic and Cancer Genetics Inc. today launched OncoSpire Genomics, a joint venture with the singular goal of improving cancer care by discovering and commercializing diagnostic tests that leverage next-generation sequencing.

23 May 2013

Viewpoints: Mass. experience may not be true test for national health law; 'Dishonest' campaign by medical device makers

Massachusetts is often held up as a window into America's health insurance future, because it embarked on what came to be called the Romneycare reform six years ago. Like the Affordable Care Act provisions going into effect nationwide next year, Romneycare aimed to increase the fraction of the population with health insurance by imposing mandates on employers and employees and by subsidizing health insurance plans for middle-class families without employer plans.

23 May 2013

Hospitals earn nearly nine times more for treating patients who develop CLABSIs, study reports

Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units.

23 May 2013

SNAP leads to reductions in food insecurity, says University of Illinois researcher

A University of Illinois researcher says that the cornerstone of our efforts to alleviate food insecurity should be to encourage more people to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "because it works."

23 May 2013

NAPBC accredits more than 500 breast centers

Today the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers announced that it has now accredited more than 500 breast centers and the program has widespread distribution in 48 states including Alaska, Hawaii, and the territory of Puerto Rico.

23 May 2013

AASLD members at forefront to raise awareness of hepatitis B and C

Viral hepatitis is an asymptomatic disease affecting more than 5.3 million Americans. More than 75 percent of those with hepatitis C are unaware they have the virus.

23 May 2013

Health issues play a part in House immigration talks, budget cuts

Politico reports that issues related to the health benefits made available to undocumented immigrants as they seek citizenship could muddy House negotiations. In addition, House Republicans have pressed forward with budget cuts that would impact Indian health care and a number of other domestic programs.

23 May 2013

Cancer experts to discuss latest developments and implications of cell therapies in oncology

John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, one of the nation's top 50 cancer centers, will bring together leading cancer experts, for presentation and discussion of the latest developments and implications of cell therapy and interventional immunology in oncology, on Friday, June 7 from 7:00am to 1:30pm.

23 May 2013

Dietary exposure to certain plastics may cause metabolic and hormonal abnormalities in children

Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and-according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-the bodies of most Americans.

22 May 2013

March of Dimes, Ohio research centers and hospitals establish new research program to prevent preterm birth

Three major Ohio universities and four hospitals have joined with the March of Dimes Foundation to establish a new collaborative research program aimed exclusively at finding the unknown causes of premature birth.

22 May 2013

First Edition: May 22, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how the Medicaid expansion is shaking out in Virginia and Texas, as well as a report about the role health care is playing as the House attempts to negotiate an immigration reform measure.

22 May 2013

Education News and Research

Common type of childhood asthma is not related to allergens and inflammation

Aortic arch pulse wave velocity predicts disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain

New report says schools should engage pupils in vigorous or moderate physical activity daily

Researchers reveal roots of a common type of childhood asthma

New study determines that children with temporal lobe epilepsy likely to have depression

Most residents dissatisfied with quality of substance-abuse training, survey finds

Research project analyses practice of mediation in two public hospitals in Valencian Community

Long-term depression linked with life-threatening chronic disease, earlier death

Immune system attacks beneficial bacteria in several chronic human diseases

Mayo Clinic, Cancer Genetics form joint venture to improve cancer care

Viewpoints: Mass. experience may not be true test for national health law; 'Dishonest' campaign by medical device makers

Hospitals earn nearly nine times more for treating patients who develop CLABSIs, study reports

SNAP leads to reductions in food insecurity, says University of Illinois researcher

NAPBC accredits more than 500 breast centers

AASLD members at forefront to raise awareness of hepatitis B and C

Health issues play a part in House immigration talks, budget cuts

Cancer experts to discuss latest developments and implications of cell therapies in oncology

Dietary exposure to certain plastics may cause metabolic and hormonal abnormalities in children

March of Dimes, Ohio research centers and hospitals establish new research program to prevent preterm birth

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