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EcoHealth Alliance joins Bat Conservation International to conserve bats, safeguard human health

EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit organization that focuses on local conservation and global health issues, and Bat Conservation International, which works to conserve bats and their habitats around the world, are joining forces in formal partnership.

3 Jan 2014

Controlling tobacco marketing may reduce number of smokers by one-third

Tripling taxes on cigarettes around the world would reduce the number of smokers by one-third and prevent 200 million premature deaths from lung cancer and other diseases this century, according to a review published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.

2 Jan 2014

Study suggests that cocktail of AMA1 proteins can overcome major limitations of AMA1-based vaccines

A safe and effective malaria vaccine is high on the wish list of most people concerned with global health. Results published on December 26 in PLOS Pathogens suggest how a leading vaccine candidate could be vastly improved.

27 Dec 2013

Researchers complete genomic analysis of cervical cancer in two patient populations

Researchers from the Boston area, Mexico, and Norway have completed a comprehensive genomic analysis of cervical cancer in two patient populations. The study identified recurrent genetic mutations not previously found in cervical cancer, including at least one for which targeted treatments have been approved for other forms of cancer.

25 Dec 2013

New tools for neglected diseases: an interview with Dr. BT Slingsby, CEO, GHIT Fund

Nearly 3.3 billion people, a little less than half of our world’s population, are at risk of malaria, TB and what we call “neglected tropical diseases”—diseases caused by worms, parasites, viruses and bacteria like Chagas disease, river blindness, elephantiasis, sleeping sickness, etc.

24 Dec 2013

With no place to puff, smokers are more likely to cut back or quit, say researchers

Completely banning tobacco use inside the home - or more broadly in the whole city - measurably boosts the odds of smokers either cutting back or quitting entirely, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the current online issue of Preventive Medicine.

18 Dec 2013

Study identifies atrial fibrillation as a growing and serious global health problem

Atrial fibrillation, long considered the most common condition leading to an irregular heartbeat, is a growing and serious global health problem, according to the first study ever to estimate the condition's worldwide prevalence, death rates and societal costs.

18 Dec 2013

HIV self-test screening strategy: an interview with Dr. Nitika Pant Pai, McGill University

Conventional health facility based HIV testing is plagued with poor rates of testing and has been around for the past 15+ years. Further, about 40-60% of individuals tested in facilities are lost to follow up.

17 Dec 2013

Artificial sweetener sucralose has biological effects

The artificial sweetener sucralose is a biologically active compound according to an extensive review published by Taylor & Francis in the recent issue of Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B: Critical Reviews. "Sucralose, A Synthetic Organochlorine Sweetener: Overview Of Biological Issues" authored by Susan S. Schiffman, PhD, an internationally known sweetener researcher and Kristina I. Rother, MD, MHSc, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), summarizes the biological properties of sucralose based on hundreds of archival, peer-reviewed scientific journal publications.

13 Dec 2013

UCSF receives $15M grant to help three dozen countries eliminate malaria

UC San Francisco's Global Health Group has received a $15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a pioneering effort to help nearly three dozen countries eliminate malaria within their borders.

13 Dec 2013

Boys who grow up in two-parent homes less likely to have high blood pressure as adults

In a study of African-American men, researchers from the National Institutes of Health found that boys who grew up in two-parent homes were less likely to have high blood pressure as adults compared to those raised by a single parent. Reported in the Dec. 12, 2013, issue of the journal Hypertension, this is the first study of an African-American population to document an association between childhood family living arrangements and blood pressure.

13 Dec 2013

Researchers call for innovative solutions to address road traffic injuries

Stakeholders and decision makers across health and allied sectors must play a key role in developing and implementing innovative solutions to road traffic injuries and trauma care, especially in developing nations, according to recommendations published in a new report developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The report was issued as part of an international health summit held in Doha, Qatar on December 10.

12 Dec 2013

UTHealth School of Nursing to send first participant to Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing will send its first participant to the Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program in January 2014. The program is part of a seven-year, $150 million initiative championed by former President Bill Clinton and Rwanda President Paul Kagame.

12 Dec 2013

Chiranjeevi Yojana program unsuccessful in reducing infant and maternal deaths in rural India

A prominent program that claims to reduce infant and maternal deaths in rural India by encouraging mothers to deliver in private hospitals has been unsuccessful, despite the investment of more than $25 million since 2005, a new Duke University study finds.

12 Dec 2013

MedImmune, Johns Hopkins University enter into $6.5M research collaboration

MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development arm, and The Johns Hopkins University today announced they have entered into a five-year, $6.5 million research collaboration.

12 Dec 2013

HIV stigma: an interview with Dr. Vargas-Jackson, M.D. Howard University Hospital

Stigma has been defined as a social opportunistic disease that attaches to many illnesses and increases morbidity and mortality rates. Stigma is the shame or disgrace attached to illnesses and diseases regarded as socially unacceptable.

11 Dec 2013

Results-Based Financing for Health can get 20% more health care with same funds

Countries and major donors are changing the way they finance maternal and child, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS health programs in low-income countries to increase their impact.

11 Dec 2013

EPSRC donates £5 million for dementia research

Health ministers from the G8 nations will meet in London today (11 December) to discuss the global health challenge posed by dementia. The summit aims to develop co-ordinated global action on dementia. One area of focus at the summit is preventing and delaying dementia.

11 Dec 2013

Merck provides update on MK-8931 investigational oral therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today provided an update on the development program for MK-8931, a novel investigational oral β-amyloid precursor protein site-cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitor.

11 Dec 2013

Measles still poses threat to domestic and global health security

Fifty years after the approval of an extremely effective vaccine against measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases, the virus still poses a threat to domestic and global health security.

5 Dec 2013

Global Health News and Research

EcoHealth Alliance joins Bat Conservation International to conserve bats, safeguard human health

Controlling tobacco marketing may reduce number of smokers by one-third

Study suggests that cocktail of AMA1 proteins can overcome major limitations of AMA1-based vaccines

Researchers complete genomic analysis of cervical cancer in two patient populations

New tools for neglected diseases: an interview with Dr. BT Slingsby, CEO, GHIT Fund

With no place to puff, smokers are more likely to cut back or quit, say researchers

Study identifies atrial fibrillation as a growing and serious global health problem

HIV self-test screening strategy: an interview with Dr. Nitika Pant Pai, McGill University

Artificial sweetener sucralose has biological effects

UCSF receives $15M grant to help three dozen countries eliminate malaria

Boys who grow up in two-parent homes less likely to have high blood pressure as adults

Researchers call for innovative solutions to address road traffic injuries

UTHealth School of Nursing to send first participant to Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program

Chiranjeevi Yojana program unsuccessful in reducing infant and maternal deaths in rural India

MedImmune, Johns Hopkins University enter into $6.5M research collaboration

HIV stigma: an interview with Dr. Vargas-Jackson, M.D. Howard University Hospital

Results-Based Financing for Health can get 20% more health care with same funds

EPSRC donates £5 million for dementia research

Merck provides update on MK-8931 investigational oral therapy for Alzheimer’s disease

Measles still poses threat to domestic and global health security

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