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Good news: Public support increasing for living, deceased organ donation

Good news for anyone needing a transplant; a new Mayo Clinic survey shows that the public's support for both living and deceased organ donation is increasing.

19 Apr 2013

Obstructive salivary gland disease treatment: an interview with Thomas Cherry, Cook Medical

Everyone is familiar with urinary stones (kidney stones). The same thing can actually happen in your salivary ducts. These types of stones and strictures occur not nearly as frequently as kidney stones but they still occur quite often. The latest data we have seen showed about 1 in 5,000 patients actually have some type of obstructive salivary duct disorder.

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 19 Apr 2013

GBM brain cancer patient treated with DCVax-L celebrates 10th anniversary of cancer-free survival

Northwest Biotherapeutics, a biotechnology company developing DCVax personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that Brad Silver, an All American swimming and water polo athlete who was diagnosed with Glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer in late 2002, and was treated with DCVax-L in March of 2003, just celebrated the 10th anniversary of his continued cancer-free survival.

19 Apr 2013

Global experts highlight strategies to immunize more children

In advance of World Immunization Week, global experts are highlighting strategies to further advance progress on the Global Vaccine Action Plan that was endorsed by the World Health Assembly, 2012.

19 Apr 2013

AACN Practice Alert outlines evidence-based protocols related to bathing adult patients

The long-held tradition of using a basin, soap and water to bathe bed-bound hospitalized patients is no longer the recommended standard of practice, according to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

19 Apr 2013

Excess glutamate drives schizophrenia in high-risk individuals

An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia, reports a study from investigators at Columbia University Medical Center published in the current issue of Neuron.

19 Apr 2013

Study finds tax-exempt hospitals spend little on 'community benefit'

New research also offers insights regarding the value of patient satisfaction as a quality indicator and the impact that context has on improving care.

19 Apr 2013

Health disparities not connected to lack of exercise, Vanderbilt study finds

Health disparities between white and black adults in the South are not connected to a lack of exercise but more likely related to other factors such as access to health care, socioeconomic status and perhaps genetics, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

19 Apr 2013

Study finds dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by FDA

Dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from 2004-12, meaning they contained substances that could cause serious health problems or even death, a new study from St. Michael's Hospital has found.

19 Apr 2013

Longer looks: The timely trauma response in Boston; Problems with aging doctors; Transplants from donors with HIV

The bombs at the Boston Marathon were designed to maim and kill, and they did. Three people died within the first moments of the blast. More than a hundred and seventy people were injured. They had their limbs blown off, vital arteries severed, bones fractured, flesh torn open by shrapnel or scorched by the blasts' heat. Yet it now appears that every one of the wounded alive when rescuers reached them will survive.

19 Apr 2013

Study highlights how genes can acquire, adapt to different roles in human evolution

Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated by the 1000 Genomes Project.

19 Apr 2013

New research compares development of self-esteem in Canadian, Colombian children

Acquiring self-esteem is an important part of a teenager's development. The way in which adolescents regard themselves can be instrumental in determining their achievement and social functioning. New research from Concordia University shows that the way in which adolescents think about themselves varies across cultural context.

19 Apr 2013

Key architect of health law worries that public confusion could lead to 'train wreck'

At a Wednesday Senate Finance Committee Hearing, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about what the administration is doing to educate the public as it rolls out key provisions of the law.

19 Apr 2013

Research shows English-speaking U.S. Hispanics less likely to engage in skin cancer prevention practices

Research from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that U.S. Hispanics who speak English are less likely to engage in skin cancer prevention practices and more likely to put themselves at risk for skin cancer as compared to Spanish-speaking Hispanics who live in this country.

19 Apr 2013

Education News and Research

Good news: Public support increasing for living, deceased organ donation

Obstructive salivary gland disease treatment: an interview with Thomas Cherry, Cook Medical

GBM brain cancer patient treated with DCVax-L celebrates 10th anniversary of cancer-free survival

Global experts highlight strategies to immunize more children

AACN Practice Alert outlines evidence-based protocols related to bathing adult patients

Excess glutamate drives schizophrenia in high-risk individuals

Study finds tax-exempt hospitals spend little on 'community benefit'

Health disparities not connected to lack of exercise, Vanderbilt study finds

Study finds dietary supplements accounted for more than half the Class 1 drugs recalled by FDA

Longer looks: The timely trauma response in Boston; Problems with aging doctors; Transplants from donors with HIV

Study highlights how genes can acquire, adapt to different roles in human evolution

New research compares development of self-esteem in Canadian, Colombian children

Key architect of health law worries that public confusion could lead to 'train wreck'

Research shows English-speaking U.S. Hispanics less likely to engage in skin cancer prevention practices

Scientists record atomic motions in real time

Studies suggest physically demanding work is a risk factor for coronary heart disease

New study finds newspapers are paying more attention to the long-term impact of concussions

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Running or jumping may worsen cartilage damage, MIT engineers find

Study highlights importance of zebrafish as a model organism for human disease research

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