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Toddlers’ bedtime resistance may contribute to sleep problems

The bedtime you select for your toddler may be out of sync with his or her internal body clock, which can contribute to difficulties for youngsters attempting to settle in for the night, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study.

17 Dec 2013

Wolters Kluwer Health's webinar examines the role of CDS technology in improving patient safety in A&E

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, recently hosted a webinar examining the role of clinical decision support (CDS) technology in improving patient safety and outcomes in the acute, primary and emergency care settings.

17 Dec 2013

Mazor Robotics delivers second Renaissance system to Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Mazor Robotics Ltd., the developer of Renaissance™, an innovative surgical guidance system and its complementary products, announced today that Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (FL) has purchased its second Renaissance system.

17 Dec 2013

Neuro-Oncology publishes promising phase 2 results from Agenus’ brain cancer vaccine study

Agenus Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel immune system activating treatments for cancers and infectious diseases, today announced results published from a Phase 2 study demonstrated that more than 90% of the patients treated with Prophage Series G-200 were alive at six months after surgery and 30% were alive at twelve months.

17 Dec 2013

Study reveals that two wastewater treatment plants in China fail to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Tests at two wastewater treatment plants in northern China revealed antibiotic-resistant bacteria were not only escaping purification but also breeding and spreading their dangerous cargo.

17 Dec 2013

European team experts to explore role of neighborhood in everyday lives of people with dementia

A European team of experts led by The University of Manchester will explore, investigate and evaluate the role of the neighbourhood in the everyday lives of people with dementia and their families in a new research project announced during the G8 dementia summit today (11 December).

17 Dec 2013

Investigators, CTUs chosen to lead five HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks through 2021

Principal investigators and clinical trials units have been chosen to lead and conduct the research of five HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks through 2021. The effort is directed and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. Total funding for the networks' leadership and the CTUs is expected to reach $225 million in 2014, the first year of operation.

17 Dec 2013

Less than 15% of residency programs teach new physicians to practice cost-conscious care

Despite a national consensus among policy makers and educators to train residents to be more conscious of the cost of care, less than 15 percent of internal medicine residency programs have a formal curriculum addressing it, a new research letter published today in JAMA Internal Medicine by a Penn Medicine physician found.

17 Dec 2013

Minorities who are at highest risk of diabetes may benefit from beverage sugar tax

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is likely to decrease consumption, resulting in lower rates of diabetes and heart disease, and these health benefits are expected to be greatest for the low-income, Hispanic and African-American Californians who are at highest risk of diabetes, according to a new analysis led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

17 Dec 2013

Mirimus develops enhanced tools for reversible gene suppression

Over the last decades, RNA interference (RNAi) has become an indispensable tool for functional genetic studies by harnessing the power of a cell intrinsic mechanism enabling reversible gene silencing.

17 Dec 2013

Scientists identify protein complex essential for jumpstarting immune response during infection

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified a protein complex that is essential for jumpstarting the immune response during the critical first 24 hours of an infection. The research appears in the current issue of the scientific journal Immunity.

17 Dec 2013

State roundup: Virginia's new gov. wants Medicaid expansion; insurance costs more for N.C. rural folks

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell will propose a two-year state budget Monday that calls for boosting K-12 education funding by nearly $600 million and pouring millions more into higher education, mental health services, water-quality improvements and homelessness-prevention programs. ... The [incoming governor, Democrat Terry McAuliffe] hopes to change it profoundly by adding language to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which state House Republicans say won't get by them (Vozzella, 12/15).

17 Dec 2013

New legislation to provide epinephrine to children with severe food allergies in schools

An act recently signed by President Obama will make it easier to provide epinephrine to children with severe food allergies in schools, even without a prescription. Physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital hope the act will encourage the remaining 20 states to pass legislation, incentivizing and, in some cases, requiring that schools to have this medication available for all students since up to 6 percent of children in the United States are now diagnosed with a food allergy.

17 Dec 2013

New regulation for cancer-causing protein may help develop targeted therapies

Researchers with the Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) and the University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Institute have discovered a new regulation for the cancer-causing protein KRas which may help with the development of targeted therapies for patients with a KRas mutation.

17 Dec 2013

Researchers treat osteogeneis imperfecta babies in utero by injecting bone-forming stem cells

Osteogeneis imperfecta (OI) is a congenital bone disease that causes stunted growth and repeated, painful fracturing. Ultrasound scans can reveal fractures already in the fetus, and now an international team of researchers from Sweden, Singapore and Taiwan have treated two babies in utero by injecting bone-forming stem cells.

17 Dec 2013

Researchers discover that unresponsive patients' brains may recognize photographs of their family, friends

Patients in a vegetative state are awake, breathe on their own, and seem to go in and out of sleep. But they do not respond to what is happening around them and exhibit no signs of conscious awareness. With communication impossible, friends and family are left wondering if the patients even know they are there.

17 Dec 2013

Hospital News and Research

Toddlers’ bedtime resistance may contribute to sleep problems

Wolters Kluwer Health's webinar examines the role of CDS technology in improving patient safety in A&E

Mazor Robotics delivers second Renaissance system to Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Neuro-Oncology publishes promising phase 2 results from Agenus’ brain cancer vaccine study

Study reveals that two wastewater treatment plants in China fail to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria

European team experts to explore role of neighborhood in everyday lives of people with dementia

Investigators, CTUs chosen to lead five HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks through 2021

Less than 15% of residency programs teach new physicians to practice cost-conscious care

Minorities who are at highest risk of diabetes may benefit from beverage sugar tax

Mirimus develops enhanced tools for reversible gene suppression

Scientists identify protein complex essential for jumpstarting immune response during infection

State roundup: Virginia's new gov. wants Medicaid expansion; insurance costs more for N.C. rural folks

New legislation to provide epinephrine to children with severe food allergies in schools

New regulation for cancer-causing protein may help develop targeted therapies

Researchers treat osteogeneis imperfecta babies in utero by injecting bone-forming stem cells

Researchers discover that unresponsive patients' brains may recognize photographs of their family, friends

Secondary conditions can become deadly and affect how long HIV patients stay in hospital

Research finds reduced allergy risk among children raised with dogs from birth

BWH receives $140M grant from NIAID to support ongoing research led by AIDS Clinical Trial Group

Researchers receive $6M grant to determine neuropathological condition of head injuries in non-athletes

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