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Hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, show studies

Two new AAA-University of Utah studies show that despite public belief to the contrary, hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, although it is possible to design them to be safer.

8 Oct 2014

Lung cancer can be detected much earlier using lab-on-a-chip technology

Scientists have been laboring to detect cancer and a host of other diseases in people using promising new biomarkers called "exosomes." Indeed, Popular Science magazine named exosome-based cancer diagnostics one of the 20 breakthroughs that will shape the world this year. Exosomes could lead to less invasive, earlier detection of cancer, and sharply boost patients' odds of survival.

8 Oct 2014

Viewpoints: Health costs and income inequality; vital matters when approaching life's end

Government data show that health costs are the biggest driver of income inequality in America today. Most employers pay workers a combination of wages and benefits, the most important of which is health coverage. Economic theory says that when employers' costs for benefits like health coverage rise, they will hold back on salary increases to keep total compensation costs in check. That's exactly what seems to have happened: Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that from June 2004 to June 2014 compensation increased by 28 percent while employer health-insurance costs rose by 51 percent. Consequently, average wages grew by just 24 percent (Mark J. Warshawsky and Andrew G. Biggs, 10/6).

7 Oct 2014

Health exchange's one-year mark: Looking forward, looking back

As of Oct. 1, the health law's online marketplaces have been up and running for a year. News outlets offer status reports on what appears to have gone well, what problems remain as the second open enrollment period approaches and how these factors are playing politically.

3 Oct 2014

Resistance exercise can improve episodic memory, shows study

Here's another reason why it's a good idea to hit the gym: it can improve memory. A new Georgia Institute of Technology study shows that an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance episodic memory, also known as long-term memory for previous events, by about 10 percent in healthy young adults.

1 Oct 2014

On the campaign trail, GOP Gov. Snyder highlights Michigan's Medicaid expansion

Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder pointed out -- as part of his re-election bid -- that 63,000 more low-income adults have signed up for the program than was projected this year.

1 Oct 2014

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to honor 8 scientists for achievements in psychiatric research

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation will honor eight scientists with its 2014 Outstanding Achievement Prizes for work delving into psychiatric disorders that affect one in four people. The awards, which celebrate the transformative power of neuroscience and psychiatric research to improve the lives of people with mental illness, will be presented at the Foundation's National Awards Dinner at the Pierre Hotel.

30 Sep 2014

Study assesses effectiveness of UK-wide screening programme for Lynch Syndrome

Screening families of patients with bowel cancer for a genetic condition would cut their risk of developing bowel, womb, and ovarian cancers, new research has found.

30 Sep 2014

During first debate, Iowa Senate candidates Ernst and Braley clash on the health law

News outlets offer updates on how the Affordable Care Act is playing in Iowa, Arkansas and Minnesota races.

30 Sep 2014

Neural recordings can be used to forecast spontaneous decisions

You're waiting at a bus stop, expecting the bus to arrive any time. You watch the road. Nothing yet. A little later you start to pace. More time passes. "Maybe there is some problem", you think. Finally, you give up and raise your arm and hail a taxi. Just as you pull away, you glimpse the bus gliding up. Did you have a choice to wait a bit longer? Or was giving up too soon the inevitable and predictable result of a chain of neural events?

30 Sep 2014

Avanir Pharmaceuticals closes public offering of 20,930,000 shares of common stock

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 20,930,000 shares of its common stock, including 2,730,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $11.00 per share, before underwriting discounts.

29 Sep 2014

Understanding how neurons encode information

Nathan Urban, interim provost and the Dr. Frederick A. Schwertz Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences, and Robert Kass, professor of statistics and machine learning, have received a $930,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to apply biological and statistical neuroscience approaches in order to create a better overall understanding of how neurons encode information.

29 Sep 2014

New, high-throughput method can sort 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes

University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering mechanical engineer Yi Zuo has developed a new, high-throughput method for sorting cells capable of separating 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes.

29 Sep 2014

State highlights: N.C. lawmakers still talking about Medicaid revamp; changes to La. health plan for state workers stir controversy

Legislators who couldn't agree this year on how to overhaul North Carolina's Medicaid program plan to spend more time talking about the issue before the General Assembly reconvenes early next year. A legislative oversight panel subcommittee charged with examining Medicaid reform and reorganization scheduled its first meeting Wednesday. Another oversight panel also examining Medicaid governance held its first meeting this month. The House and Senate approved differing versions of legislation to change how Medicaid pays for medical expenses by shifting risk from the state to either medical provider networks or private managed-care companies (9/24).

26 Sep 2014

Colorado cancer researchers launch feasibility study to build nation's first carbon-ion radiotherapy facility

Colorado cancer researchers and medical doctors on Wednesday announced they are launching a $200,000 feasibility study as a key step to building the nation's first carbon-ion radiotherapy research and treatment facility in Aurora, where they and colleagues hope to investigate and provide to patients leading-edge radiation therapy that is effective against the deadliest cancers and now is available only in Europe and Japan.

25 Sep 2014

Haunted House hosts Cook Children's benefit night to help children with life threatening illnesses

Multi Guinness Book Award Winning Haunted House Hosts a Cooks Children's Benefit night where the proceeds generated on Friday, Sept 26th will go to help Children struggling from life threatening illnesses.

24 Sep 2014

ProMedica Physicians ENT specialist develops two noise-based mobile apps

Aaron G. Benson, MD, an otolaryngologist and neurotologist with ProMedica Physicians Ear, Nose and Throat, approaches medicine with a creative and innovative mind. He recently developed two noise-based mobile applications, both inspired by real patients' needs and concerns: NoiseMonitor and NoiseLock.

24 Sep 2014

Police, parents learning to better handle mental illness

And in Arizona, a judge approved an agreement to expand services for the people with serious mental illnesses, ending a 30-year-old class action lawsuit.

23 Sep 2014

Rutgers awarded $2 million NIH grant to prepare students for academic research careers

Rutgers is one of seven institutions in the country selected by the National Institutes of Health to receive this year's BEST Award - a $2 million grant designed to expose many of the university's most promising biomedical sciences graduate trainees to career opportunities that go beyond the academic path that they have traditionally taken.

23 Sep 2014

Viewpoints: CHIP funding needed; GOP's flawed plan to make 'the pill' OTC; millennials' health issues

Federal financing for a beneficial health insurance program for low-income children, known as the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP, will run out next year unless Congress agrees to extend it. Bills are pending in both the House and the Senate to extend financing for four years, to 2019. Congress should approve the extension in the lame-duck session after the midterm elections so that families and state officials will know what the future holds. The program needs to be maintained amid uncertainty as to whether other good coverage will be available for these children (9/21).

23 Sep 2014

Running News and Research

Hands-free, voice-controlled automobile infotainment systems can distract drivers, show studies

Lung cancer can be detected much earlier using lab-on-a-chip technology

Viewpoints: Health costs and income inequality; vital matters when approaching life's end

Health exchange's one-year mark: Looking forward, looking back

Resistance exercise can improve episodic memory, shows study

On the campaign trail, GOP Gov. Snyder highlights Michigan's Medicaid expansion

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to honor 8 scientists for achievements in psychiatric research

Study assesses effectiveness of UK-wide screening programme for Lynch Syndrome

During first debate, Iowa Senate candidates Ernst and Braley clash on the health law

Neural recordings can be used to forecast spontaneous decisions

Avanir Pharmaceuticals closes public offering of 20,930,000 shares of common stock

Understanding how neurons encode information

New, high-throughput method can sort 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes

State highlights: N.C. lawmakers still talking about Medicaid revamp; changes to La. health plan for state workers stir controversy

Colorado cancer researchers launch feasibility study to build nation's first carbon-ion radiotherapy facility

Haunted House hosts Cook Children's benefit night to help children with life threatening illnesses

ProMedica Physicians ENT specialist develops two noise-based mobile apps

Police, parents learning to better handle mental illness

Rutgers awarded $2 million NIH grant to prepare students for academic research careers

Viewpoints: CHIP funding needed; GOP's flawed plan to make 'the pill' OTC; millennials' health issues

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