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GHIT Fund grants US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on vaccines against malaria

The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), a new public health partnership that is bringing Japanese know-how and investment to the global fight against infectious diseases, announced today grants of US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on innovative drugs and vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and Chagas disease.

8 Nov 2013

UTHealth to host intensive two-week course on critical care

An intensive two-week course on critical care will be hosted by the Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School.

8 Nov 2013

Consumption of tree nuts inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer in women

In a large prospective study published online in the British Journal of Cancer, researchers looked at the association between nut consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer among 75,680 women in the Nurses' Health Study, with no previous history of cancer.

8 Nov 2013

UC researchers receive FDA grant to study generic tacrolimus in high-risk transplant patients

Transplant researchers at the University of Cincinnati have received a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study the safety and efficacy of a generic immunosuppressive drug in high-risk transplant patients.

7 Nov 2013

Neonatal jaundice linked to pediatric asthma risk

Researchers have found that neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is associated with an increased risk for childhood asthma.

7 Nov 2013

Schizophrenia patients fare well with outpatient care

Study findings corroborate that patients with schizophrenia who receive outpatient care only during the early stages of their illness have better outcomes than those requiring inpatient hospitalization.

7 Nov 2013

Mental health services, tobacco control programs must work together to encourage smoking cessation

Persons with mental illness account for more than one-third of adult smokers in the United States and despite a decline in tobacco use during the past five decades, there has been no change in the smoking rate for patients with poor mental health.

7 Nov 2013

State highlights: New Va. governor-elect pledges to expand Medicaid; Wis. employers see 7% health plan cost increase; Miami voters approve $830M for health system

In his emotional concession speech, Cuccinelli also noted the lopsided spending and vowed he would not give up on his fight against Democrats' national health care law. … From the outset, the campaign shaped up as a barometer of voters' moods and a test of whether a swing-voting state like Virginia would elect a tea party-style governor. Republicans bet a deeply conservative candidate would be their best shot at holding onto the governor's office, passing over a lieutenant governor for Cuccinelli, a crusader against the federal health care law (11/6).

7 Nov 2013

Inhibition of heart protein reduces damage from heart attack, say researchers

The stop and start of blood flow to the heart during and after a heart attack causes severe damage to heart cells, reducing their capacity to function and potentially causing their death.

7 Nov 2013

GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis system receives CE Mark

W. L. Gore & Associates today announced the GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis, the first complete, fully engineered system (Gore designed iliac branch and internal iliac components) intended for endovascular treatment of common iliac artery aneurysms or aortoiliac aneurysms, has received CE Mark.

7 Nov 2013

HCSA Annual Conference sponsored by PENTAX Medical to focus on new health procurement strategy

PENTAX Medical is a key sponsor of this year’s Health Care Supply Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, which takes place in Manchester, 13-14 November. One of the keynote speakers – Peter Smith – will be presenting the PENTAX Medical sponsored talk entitled: “The new health procurement strategy – a commentator and supplier view”, which takes place on Thursday 14th November, at 9am.

From PENTAX Medical Company 7 Nov 2013

Stroke patients treated at hospitals with neurology residency programs benefit from tPA drugs

Stroke patients treated at hospitals with neurology residency programs are significantly more likely to get life-saving clot-busting drugs than those seen at other teaching or non-teaching hospitals, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.

7 Nov 2013

UCLA launches first university-based military medicine center to care for wounded veterans

UCLA has launched the first university-based military medicine center on the West Coast, thanks to a generous donation from two sons in honor their father, the inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ronald A. Katz.

7 Nov 2013

Investigators find potential new target for treatment of low-grade gliomas

Investigators at Johns Hopkins have found a known genetic pathway to be active in many difficult-to-treat pediatric brain tumors called low-grade gliomas, potentially offering a new target for the treatment of these cancers.

7 Nov 2013

Majerus to donate $2M for new Primary Children's and Families' Cancer Research Center at HCI

Today the Majerus Family Foundation (a foundation Rick Majerus, former University of Utah basketball coach from 1989-2004, established prior to his death in 2012) announced that it will make a gift in the amount of $2 million toward the construction of the new Primary Children's and Families' Cancer Research Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute.

7 Nov 2013

Study focusing on safety of adolescent bariatric surgery published in JAMA Pediatrics

Initial results of a first and largest of its kind study focusing on the safety of adolescent bariatric surgery were published this week in JAMA Pediatrics. The "Teen Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery" study is funded by the National Institutes of Health and is being conducted at five sites in the U.S., including Nationwide Children's Hospital.

7 Nov 2013

MGH researchers identify probable mechanism for pain-induced cognitive impairment

The pain caused by a surgical incision may contribute to the risk of postoperative cognitive dysfunction, a sometimes transient impairment in learning and memory that affects a small but significant number of patients in the days following a surgical procedure.

7 Nov 2013

University of Adelaide research uses special adult stem cells to treat Hurler's syndrome

University of Adelaide research using special adult stem cells is promising new hope for better treatments for the devastating genetic disease Hurler's syndrome.

7 Nov 2013

miR-137 offers new therapeutic direction for post-stroke depression

MiRNAs likely play an important role in the occurrence and development of depression, and can be used as potential targets for treatment of depression. Studies have shown that miR-137 expression is downregulated in the brain from depression patients with suicidal behavior.

7 Nov 2013

Electrical stimulation modulates injury potentials in rats after spinal cord injury

An injury potential is the direct current potential difference between the site of spinal cord injury and the healthy nerves. Its initial amplitude is a significant indicator of the severity of spinal cord injury.

7 Nov 2013

Hospital News and Research

GHIT Fund grants US$5.7 million to six global partnerships working on vaccines against malaria

UTHealth to host intensive two-week course on critical care

Consumption of tree nuts inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer in women

UC researchers receive FDA grant to study generic tacrolimus in high-risk transplant patients

Neonatal jaundice linked to pediatric asthma risk

Schizophrenia patients fare well with outpatient care

Mental health services, tobacco control programs must work together to encourage smoking cessation

State highlights: New Va. governor-elect pledges to expand Medicaid; Wis. employers see 7% health plan cost increase; Miami voters approve $830M for health system

Inhibition of heart protein reduces damage from heart attack, say researchers

GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis system receives CE Mark

HCSA Annual Conference sponsored by PENTAX Medical to focus on new health procurement strategy

Stroke patients treated at hospitals with neurology residency programs benefit from tPA drugs

UCLA launches first university-based military medicine center to care for wounded veterans

Investigators find potential new target for treatment of low-grade gliomas

Majerus to donate $2M for new Primary Children's and Families' Cancer Research Center at HCI

Study focusing on safety of adolescent bariatric surgery published in JAMA Pediatrics

MGH researchers identify probable mechanism for pain-induced cognitive impairment

University of Adelaide research uses special adult stem cells to treat Hurler's syndrome

miR-137 offers new therapeutic direction for post-stroke depression

Electrical stimulation modulates injury potentials in rats after spinal cord injury

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