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Study: Warburg effect promotes rapid cell proliferation and tumor growth

A team of scientists led by Professor Adrian Krainer, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has discovered molecular factors in cancer cells that boost the production of an enzyme that helps alter the cells' glucose metabolism. The altered metabolic state, called the Warburg effect, promotes extremely rapid cell proliferation and tumor growth. Adrian Krainer, Ph.D.

23 Jan 2010

NCMHD awards Weill Cornell Medical College $8M for establishing CEDREC in New York City

Weill Cornell Medical College has established a new research center to improve medical care in ethnically diverse and medically underserved communities in New York City.

23 Jan 2010

Vaccination for children: Pros and cons

ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity dedicated to promoting critical thinking, created the new website http://vaccines.procon.org to explore the core question "Should any vaccines be required for children?"

23 Jan 2010

A personal account of a heart attack survivor

People would say, myself included, that this can not be true. I had lived my life being active and fit. I had been living a healthful and happy life, trying to set a good example for those around me.

23 Jan 2010

Salient Management announces partnership with New York State's OMIG to provide Medicaid oversight

Salient Management, known for its success in helping organizations achieve improved results, today announced a partnership with New York State's Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) to help eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within the Medicaid system.

23 Jan 2010

FDA's Ampyra approval wonderful news for people with MS experiencing walking problems

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the marketing of Ampyra™ (dalfampridine, formerly known as fampridine SR, from Acorda Therapeutics) for its ability to improve walking speed in people with any type of multiple sclerosis.

23 Jan 2010

California Heart Center joins Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

The California Heart Center, the cardiology group that developed the nation's largest heart transplant program, has joined the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation.

22 Jan 2010

Elsevier announces the winners of Asian Young Women Researcher Awards

Elsevier announced today the winners of the Asian Young Women Researcher Awards, a joint development between its flagship product Scopus(R), the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and the Third World Organisation for Women in Science (TWOWS) and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world.

22 Jan 2010

ACS Chemical Biology report supports zebrafish for drug development

By combining the tools of medicinal chemistry and zebrafish biology, a team of Vanderbilt investigators has identified compounds that may offer therapeutic leads for bone-related diseases and cancer.

22 Jan 2010

Haiti Government calls for WSPA’s aid to support emergency relief operation

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has received official communication from the Government of Haiti, requesting our immediate assistance and asking that WSPA staff be deployed to help with the emergency relief operation 'as soon as possible.'

22 Jan 2010

NCD calls for policymakers to proactively address shortages in disability workforce infrastructure

The National Council on Disability (NCD) today released a report titled Workforce Infrastructure in Support of People with Disabilities: Matching Human Resources to Service Needs, calling for policymakers at all levels of government to proactively address current shortages and examine how labor market changes are driving both current and future supply.

22 Jan 2010

Braille Institute launches Solutions in Sight to help people find fulfillment in different aspects of life

Although there is controversy over almost every detail of health reform legislation, no one disputes the inescapable fact underlying the deepening the health care crisis: the US population is aging.

22 Jan 2010

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

Catholic Charities USA, the 170-member national human services organization committed to cutting poverty in half by 2020–hosted by Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. and joined by Catholic Charities agencies from around the region–convened one of 10 Centennial Summits in San Antonio today as part of the organization's 100 year history.

22 Jan 2010

RNAO: Inadequate education of PAs could jeopardize patients

Members of the public will not be well served if the provincial government pursues a plan to allow physician assistants (PAs) to work in hospitals, family health teams, community health centres, and family physician offices.

22 Jan 2010

NCPDP announces its upcoming Educational Summit, Health Information Exchange and Pharmacy

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), a not-for-profit pharmacy standards development organization, announced its upcoming Educational Summit, Health Information Exchange and Pharmacy, February 2, 2010 in Austin, TX.

22 Jan 2010

Study: Chinese anesthesiologists willing to help patients quit smoking, reduce tobacco-related deaths

The statistics are frightening: one-third of the world's smokers (300 million) live in China, and chronic diseases caused by smoking are a growing burden to public health there. Current projections estimate that the number of tobacco-related deaths in China will increase to 2 million annually by 2025.

22 Jan 2010

Obama Administration made no major effort to educate public about working of the Senate health bill: NCPA

The National Center for Policy Analysis is in direct contact with more grassroots opponents of Obama health reform than any other organization. NCPA President John C. Goodman says, "What we saw yesterday in Massachusetts is reflective of what we see all across the country."

22 Jan 2010

Pediatric hospitals can decrease bloodstream infections following low-tech rules

Pediatric hospitals can significantly decrease the number of bloodstream infections from central venous catheters by following some low-tech rules: Insert the catheter correctly and, above all, keep everything squeaky clean after that.

22 Jan 2010

Fluctuation in insulin delivery due to pump movement may increase risk of complications in diabetics

Researchers at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute and University of California, Santa Barbara have concluded that changing the height of a conventional insulin pump in relation to its tubing and infusion set can significantly impact expected insulin delivery rates. Such changes can occur during routine daily activities like dressing, sleeping or showering.

22 Jan 2010

Researchers to study the impact of asthma on sleep and academic performance of young children

Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Hasbro Children's Hospital researchers have received more than $2.5 million in direct costs from The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study the impact of asthma on the sleep quality and academic performance of young children.

22 Jan 2010

Education News and Research

Study: Warburg effect promotes rapid cell proliferation and tumor growth

NCMHD awards Weill Cornell Medical College $8M for establishing CEDREC in New York City

Vaccination for children: Pros and cons

A personal account of a heart attack survivor

Salient Management announces partnership with New York State's OMIG to provide Medicaid oversight

FDA's Ampyra approval wonderful news for people with MS experiencing walking problems

California Heart Center joins Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Elsevier announces the winners of Asian Young Women Researcher Awards

ACS Chemical Biology report supports zebrafish for drug development

Haiti Government calls for WSPA’s aid to support emergency relief operation

NCD calls for policymakers to proactively address shortages in disability workforce infrastructure

Braille Institute launches Solutions in Sight to help people find fulfillment in different aspects of life

Catholic Charities USA convenes Centennial Summit in San Antonio

RNAO: Inadequate education of PAs could jeopardize patients

NCPDP announces its upcoming Educational Summit, Health Information Exchange and Pharmacy

Study: Chinese anesthesiologists willing to help patients quit smoking, reduce tobacco-related deaths

Obama Administration made no major effort to educate public about working of the Senate health bill: NCPA

Pediatric hospitals can decrease bloodstream infections following low-tech rules

Fluctuation in insulin delivery due to pump movement may increase risk of complications in diabetics

Researchers to study the impact of asthma on sleep and academic performance of young children

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