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New research with agitated monkeys may help predict childhood anxiety & depression

According to the latest discovery from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, there may be a possible link between brain activity and childhood anxiety.

12 Aug 2010

News outlets look at how H1N1 will inform WHO's future outbreak response

Following the WHO's decision on Tuesday to declare the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic over, several news outlets reviewed the emergence of the virus around the world, exploring how some of the lessons learned from H1N1 could assist the WHO's handling of future outbreaks.

12 Aug 2010

Eastern Pennsylvania Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association launches response team with Amish community

Underscoring that a sudden cardiac arrest emergency requires quick response and that automated external defibrillators are easy to use, the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association has launched a unique community response team with the Amish community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, at the center of a broad program that will deploy AEDs in public locations, schools and even on horse and buggies and Amish farms to protect the community's residents and visitors from the nation's leading cause of death.

12 Aug 2010

Newly identified gene enabling bacterial resistance to most antibiotics found in South Asia, U.K., study finds

A study published online Wednesday in Lancet Infectious Diseases identifies a gene that enables bacteria to resist most antibiotics and calls for better global surveillance of multi-drug resistant bacteria, the Associated Press reports (8/11).

12 Aug 2010

Bristol-Myers Squibb, ACTF announce enhanced agreement to support ADAPs

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and the ADAP Crisis Task Force today announced an enhanced agreement to support the efforts of AIDS Drug Assistance Programs to provide antiretroviral medicines to people living with HIV and AIDS. Building on an agreement signed in March of 2010, today's announcement marks a multi-year enhancement to assist ADAPs in meeting the challenges of increasing patient case loads and strained government funding.

12 Aug 2010

LCA launches “National Shine a Light on Lung Cancer Vigil” to raise awareness

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) announced the launch of the National Shine a Light on Lung Cancer Vigil to honor loved ones, raise awareness and provide hope, compassion and support for all those touched by lung cancer.

12 Aug 2010

Whiplash causes anatomical changes leading to brain injury: Study

While it has long been known that whiplash can cause injuries to the cervical spine, a new study published in the July issue of the journal Brain Injury, shows that whiplash may also cause anatomical changes that can result in brain injury.

12 Aug 2010

Increased brain activity predicts anxious temperament in young primates

A new study focused on anxiety and brain activity pinpoints the brain regions that are relevant to developing childhood anxiety. The findings, published in the Aug. 12 edition of the journal Nature, may lead to new strategies for early detection and treatment of at-risk children.

12 Aug 2010

TLV, Emergent BioSolutions form joint venture to develop broad spectrum pandemic flu vaccine

Temasek Life Science Ventures Pte Ltd and Emergent BioSolutions Inc. today announced their agreement to form EPIC BIO Pte Ltd, a joint venture to develop, manufacture, and commercialize a multivalent, cross-protective human vaccine to protect against influenza caused by a broad range of circulating H5 influenza strains.

12 Aug 2010

College of Medicine receives grant to operate as data coordinating center for AsthmaNet research endeavor

The Penn State College of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences has received a grant of about $54 million over seven years to act as the data coordinating center for the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's AsthmaNet. This grant is one of the largest in the college's history. AsthmaNet is a research collaboration of multiple clinical centers across the nation that conducts clinical trials to address new treatments and asthma management.

12 Aug 2010

Advanced Life Sciences second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.1 million

Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

11 Aug 2010

Derycz Scientific subsidiary secures exclusive article reprints and ePrints services contract for JAMA

Derycz Scientific, Inc., a company that is pioneering a fresh way of facilitating the flow of information from content publishers to enterprise customers and their constituents, today announced that its subsidiary, Reprints Desk, has secured an exclusive, multi-year contract to provide article reprints and ePrints services for the Journal of the American Medical Association, the nine specialty Archives Journals published by the American Medical Association, American Medical News, and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.

11 Aug 2010

CAMY study shows youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines decline by 48%

Youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines declined by 48 percent between 2001 and 2008, according to a new study by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

11 Aug 2010

Researchers receive $1M grant to train Native American communities improve their health

UC Davis School of Medicine researchers will train Native American communities in Northern California to develop and implement culturally appropriate interventions to improve their health by decreasing obesity and type-2 diabetes, through a $1 million research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

11 Aug 2010

Study shows health care-associated invasive MRSA infections decrease among patients

An analysis of data from 2005 through 2008 of nine metropolitan areas in the U.S. indicates that health care-associated invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections decreased among patients with infections that began in the community or in the hospital, according to a study in the August 11 issue of JAMA.

11 Aug 2010

Study finds hormone replacement therapy increases breast cancer risk

A new analysis of the California Teachers Study, which analyzed hormone replacement therapy use among 2,857 women for almost 10 years, underscores the need for personalized risk-benefit discussions before women begin hormone therapy."This is evidence that the story is complicated," said Tanmai Saxena, an M.D./Ph.D. student at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. "The benefits of hormone therapy for relief of postmenopausal symptoms among women are clear, but the risks are more complicated than we had previously thought."

11 Aug 2010

Education, changes in reimbursement practices can reduce inappropriate antibiotic usage: Study

Improved drug coverage under Medicare Part D has led to an increase in the use of antibiotics by seniors, particularly of brand-name and more expensive drugs, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study. Published in the Aug. 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine and the first to explore spending on antibiotics under Medicare Part D, the study suggests recent changes in drug coverage improved the use of antibiotics for pneumonia, but could lead to unnecessary spending on expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics and the overuse of inappropriate antibiotics.

11 Aug 2010

SAMHSA survey highlights extent of underage alcohol consumption

A new report released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) highlights the extent of the underage drinking problem in the nation through the lens of alcohol-related emergency department visits involving adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 20.

10 Aug 2010

Surveillance systems find no major disease outbreaks since Haiti quake; Media examine aid disbursements

Haitian and U.S. public health experts recently reported that two new surveillance systems set up in Haiti after the January earthquake showed that no major disease outbreaks had developed and that the new systems could be part of the foundation of the country's health system in the long term, Reuters reports. The findings were published Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

10 Aug 2010

Oil rig workers access healthcare via telemedicine

Without hands-on access to doctors and hospitals, oil rig workers who become sick or injured increasingly rely on telemedicine "visits" with physicians and specialists on land, a trend explored in detail in an article published in Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

10 Aug 2010

Public Health News and Research

New research with agitated monkeys may help predict childhood anxiety & depression

News outlets look at how H1N1 will inform WHO's future outbreak response

Eastern Pennsylvania Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association launches response team with Amish community

Newly identified gene enabling bacterial resistance to most antibiotics found in South Asia, U.K., study finds

Bristol-Myers Squibb, ACTF announce enhanced agreement to support ADAPs

LCA launches “National Shine a Light on Lung Cancer Vigil” to raise awareness

Whiplash causes anatomical changes leading to brain injury: Study

Increased brain activity predicts anxious temperament in young primates

TLV, Emergent BioSolutions form joint venture to develop broad spectrum pandemic flu vaccine

College of Medicine receives grant to operate as data coordinating center for AsthmaNet research endeavor

Advanced Life Sciences second-quarter net loss decreases to $2.1 million

Derycz Scientific subsidiary secures exclusive article reprints and ePrints services contract for JAMA

CAMY study shows youth exposure to alcohol advertising in magazines decline by 48%

Researchers receive $1M grant to train Native American communities improve their health

Study shows health care-associated invasive MRSA infections decrease among patients

Study finds hormone replacement therapy increases breast cancer risk

Education, changes in reimbursement practices can reduce inappropriate antibiotic usage: Study

SAMHSA survey highlights extent of underage alcohol consumption

Surveillance systems find no major disease outbreaks since Haiti quake; Media examine aid disbursements

Oil rig workers access healthcare via telemedicine

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