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Chevron announces PMTCT partnership to combat mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa

Chevron announced today at the 2012 International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) a partnership initiative with Pact, the Business Leadership Council (BLC), mothers2mothers and the Global Fund to aggressively combat crisis-level mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria, Angola and South Africa.

27 Jul 2012

Further evidence for dermatologic benefits of propanolol

Results from a Greek study give further support to the use of propanolol as a first-line treatment for problematic infantile hemangiomas.

26 Jul 2012

Brown fat fuels fight against obesity

Experts may have found a new method for assessing adipose tissue function that could be used in the fight against obesity.

26 Jul 2012

Vitamin A insufficiency linked to hand, foot and mouth disease

Vitamin A status is associated with immunity to, and pathogenic condition of, hand, foot, and mouth disease in children, say researchers whose study results show that the majority of those with the infectious disease also had vitamin A insufficiency.

26 Jul 2012

Myotonia less important to patients with myotonic dystrophy than other symptoms

Complex, multi-system diseases like myotonic dystrophy - the most common adult form of muscular dystrophy - require physicians and patients to identify which symptoms impact quality of life and, consequently, what treatments should take priority. However, a new study out this month in the journal Neurology reveals that there is often a disconnect between the two groups over which symptoms are more important, a phenomenon that not only impacts care but also the direction of research into new therapies.

26 Jul 2012

American Society of Hematology announces new grant program for biomedical research

The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional organization dedicated to the causes and treatment of blood disorders, today announced its commitment of $9 million over a three-year period to provide funding, in the form of bridge grants, for its hematologists whose vital research will not be accomplished due to the severe funding reductions for biomedical research.

26 Jul 2012

GAO: Proposed IRS rule could leave some children ineligible for health insurance subsidies

The report concludes that some children would fall through the cracks because of the definition of affordable health insurance that the IRS used in a rule implementing the health care law.

26 Jul 2012

Viewpoints: 'No Cash, No Insurance, No Live'; Medicaid expansion is a good option; Eradicating polio

With all the talk about health care recently, I'm surprised that no one has challenged the crazy idea that hospitals should treat people who can't pay. This is a free market nation, dammit! The home of "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Dice" in store windows should have "No Cash, No Insurance, No Live" on our hospital doors.

26 Jul 2012

Two Ottawa researchers take innovative approaches to improve virus-based cancer therapy

Two Ottawa researchers are taking innovative approaches to improving virus-based cancer therapy with new funding from the Canadian Cancer Society.

26 Jul 2012

Child who received first stem cell trachea transplant functioning well two years on

The first child stem cell-supported trachea transplant is functioning well two years on, according to an Article published Online First in The Lancet today. The follow-up of the procedure, carried out in 2010 at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), shows that the new organ has strengthened and does not appear to have induced any signs of rejection. The 13-year-old boy who received the transplant continues to breathe normally, has grown 11 cm in height and has returned to school. He does not require any anti-rejection therapy.

26 Jul 2012

Roundup: La. lawmakers angry they didn't get to decide on health cuts; New Jersey judges protect selves from health benefit cuts; Detailing Calif. health care budget struggles

Louisiana lawmakers bristled Monday about getting few details and no ability to decide the $523 million in budget cuts Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has made to health care programs, largely to LSU's safety net health care facilities. Several complained the governor's top leaders weren't explaining the gravity of the slashing and the implications on the LSU network of public hospitals and clinics that care for the poor and uninsured in a state where one in five residents don't have health insurance.

26 Jul 2012

Malaria misdiagnosis: an interview with Dr Toby Leslie

Malaria is caused by a multi-staged parasite which is transmitted by the bite of infected female anopheles mosquitoes. It affects millions of people and kills more than 500,000 people throughout the world every year.

26 Jul 2012

Excess maternal iodine supplementation can lead to congenital hypothyroidism in infants

Congenital hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone deficiency at birth that, if left untreated, can lead to neurocognitive impairments in infants and children. Although the World Health Organization recommends 200-300 -g of iodine daily during pregnancy for normal fetal thyroid hormone production and neurocognitive development, the US Institute of Medicine considers 1,100 -g to be the safe upper limit for daily ingestion.

26 Jul 2012

Scientists use age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals

Cambridge scientists have used an age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals.

26 Jul 2012

Roche Diabetes Care announces availability of new ACCU-CHEK Nano SmartView System

Roche Diabetes Care, makers of ACCU-CHEK products and services, is pleased to announce the availability of the new, user-friendly ACCU-CHEK Nano SmartView System.

26 Jul 2012

Researchers discover new cause of congenital myopathy

University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new cause of congenital myopathy: a mutation in a previously uncharacterized gene, according to research published this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

26 Jul 2012

Children missing out on in battle against TB

The number of children diagnosed with tuberculosis only represents the tip of the iceberg, according to the University of Sydney’s Associate Professor Ben Marais, a specialist in childhood tuberculosis writing in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.

25 Jul 2012

Parental job type influences risk for birth defects

Certain professions increase the likelihood for men having children with birth disorders, shows research published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

25 Jul 2012

Early-age cataract surgery increases central corneal thickness

When congenital cataract surgery is performed at an early age, central corneal thickness increases, show study results published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

25 Jul 2012

NIH grants aim at creating 3-D tissue chips to help identify drug safety signals

Seventeen National Institutes of Health grants are aimed at creating 3-D chips with living cells and tissues that accurately model the structure and function of human organs such as the lung, liver and heart. Once developed, these tissue chips will be tested with compounds known to be safe or toxic in humans to help identify the most reliable drug safety signals - ultimately advancing research to help predict the safety of potential drugs in a faster, more cost-effective way.

25 Jul 2012

Children News and Research

Chevron announces PMTCT partnership to combat mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa

Further evidence for dermatologic benefits of propanolol

Brown fat fuels fight against obesity

Vitamin A insufficiency linked to hand, foot and mouth disease

Myotonia less important to patients with myotonic dystrophy than other symptoms

American Society of Hematology announces new grant program for biomedical research

GAO: Proposed IRS rule could leave some children ineligible for health insurance subsidies

Viewpoints: 'No Cash, No Insurance, No Live'; Medicaid expansion is a good option; Eradicating polio

Two Ottawa researchers take innovative approaches to improve virus-based cancer therapy

Child who received first stem cell trachea transplant functioning well two years on

Roundup: La. lawmakers angry they didn't get to decide on health cuts; New Jersey judges protect selves from health benefit cuts; Detailing Calif. health care budget struggles

Malaria misdiagnosis: an interview with Dr Toby Leslie

Excess maternal iodine supplementation can lead to congenital hypothyroidism in infants

Scientists use age-old fable to help illustrate how we think differently to other animals

Roche Diabetes Care announces availability of new ACCU-CHEK Nano SmartView System

Researchers discover new cause of congenital myopathy

Children missing out on in battle against TB

Parental job type influences risk for birth defects

Early-age cataract surgery increases central corneal thickness

NIH grants aim at creating 3-D tissue chips to help identify drug safety signals

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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