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First Edition: December 17, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about how the health law is viewed by immigrant populations.

17 Dec 2013

Epsilon inks multi-year renewal, expansion agreements with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Epsilon, an Alliance Data company, has signed multi-year renewal and expansion agreements with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to finding cures for blood cancers. Epsilon has partnered with the LLS since the early 1990s, providing marketing services geared toward engaging LLS constituents across a range of fundraising and donor programs such as Light the Night, Team In Training and Man & Women of the Year.

17 Dec 2013

Preclinical data shows BGB324 as potential treatment option for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

BerGenBio AS, an oncology biopharmaceutical company, announces that preclinical data demonstrating that BGB324 has potential application as a novel treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, was presented in a poster at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology, which took place on December 7-10, 2013.

17 Dec 2013

Doctors urge people to take advantage of Christmas gatherings to tackle ill-health

Doctors are encouraging people to take advantage of Christmas gatherings with relatives to discuss family medical histories to help tackle ill-health.

17 Dec 2013

EU's BRIDGE project promotes better first response medical care during catastrophic events

When a major catastrophic event occurs, every second counts. During instances such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, accidents in chemical plants, or train crashes, many human lives depend on how well the rescue services are coordinated.

17 Dec 2013

Coronation street actress meets scientists working on pancreatic cancer

Coronation Street actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, who plays pancreatic cancer patient Hayley Cropper, has visited The University of Manchester on a fact-finding mission to look at work being done by scientists to fight the disease.

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

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

Taking simple steps to stay healthy while traveling can make holidays more enjoyable, says expert

Traveling long distances during the holidays -- whether by car, plane or train -- is a common custom for many Americans, but taking health precautions for the journey isn't often at the top of to-do lists. Taking some simple steps to stay healthy while traveling can make the holidays more enjoyable and safe, according to a Mayo Clinic expert.

17 Dec 2013

Two existing drugs show promise as potential treatments for cervical cancer

Two existing drugs - one the active ingredient in an anti-fungal medication and the other now used to control iron levels in the blood - both show promise as potential treatments for cervical cancer, according to newly published research by scientists at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

17 Dec 2013

Scientists establish a goal of creating vaccine gene chip to speed up vaccine testing

Testing the efficacy of vaccines in clinical trials takes years, even decades. Yet challenging infections like HIV, malaria and dengue are striking today. To speed up vaccine testing, scientists at the Emory Vaccine Center have established a goal of creating a "vaccine gene chip."

17 Dec 2013

New study aims to better understand brain aging and AD in adults with Down syndrome

To many, Down syndrome is a childhood condition. But improved health care means that individuals with DS now routinely reach age 50 or 60 years of age, sometimes beyond. However, if they live long enough, people with Down syndrome are almost certain to develop Alzheimer's disease.

17 Dec 2013

Two on-the-rise esophagus conditions can be the result of food allergy, say doctors

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine found that two on-the-rise esophagus conditions are so similar that even a biopsy is not enough to distinguish one disease from the other.

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

Scientists continue work to end chemotherapy pain

With this year's $600,000 grant from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and $1.5 million grant from the NIH, a Saint Louis University investigator is continuing her work to end chemotherapy pain. Noted pain researcher Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., is using the funding to capitalize on her recent finding published in Pain, a breakthrough that helps scientists understand a molecular pathway by which pain occurs with certain anti-cancer drugs.

17 Dec 2013

Scientists find vaccine that blocks invasion of blood cell by Malaria parasite

Scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have discovered a key process during the invasion of the blood cell by the Malaria parasite, and more importantly, found a way to block this invasion.

16 Dec 2013

Researchers identify first biomarker that appears to be associated with duration of delirium

Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research have identified the first biomarker that appears to be linked to the duration of delirium.

16 Dec 2013

Women are more susceptible to damaging effects of alcohol than men

Women are more susceptible to the damaging effects of alcohol than men because they are generally smaller in stature and have less body water than men, according to a leading Houston hepatologist.

16 Dec 2013

Moderate consumption of alcohol can improve immune response to vaccination

It's the time of year when many of us celebrate the holidays with festive foods and drinks, including alcohol. No better time then to ask if it is true, as is widely held, that moderate consumption of alcohol is beneficial to health.

16 Dec 2013

Study explores how blood sugar levels during pregnancy influence children’s fat

Researchers from Manchester have begun a new study to determine whether blood sugar levels during pregnancy, lower than the level used to diagnose gestational diabetes, influences later levels of body fat in children and development of diabetes in mothers after giving birth.

16 Dec 2013

Blood News and Research

First Edition: December 17, 2013

Epsilon inks multi-year renewal, expansion agreements with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Preclinical data shows BGB324 as potential treatment option for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Doctors urge people to take advantage of Christmas gatherings to tackle ill-health

EU's BRIDGE project promotes better first response medical care during catastrophic events

Coronation street actress meets scientists working on pancreatic cancer

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

Scientists identify protein complex essential for jumpstarting immune response during infection

Taking simple steps to stay healthy while traveling can make holidays more enjoyable, says expert

Two existing drugs show promise as potential treatments for cervical cancer

Scientists establish a goal of creating vaccine gene chip to speed up vaccine testing

New study aims to better understand brain aging and AD in adults with Down syndrome

Two on-the-rise esophagus conditions can be the result of food allergy, say doctors

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

Scientists continue work to end chemotherapy pain

Scientists find vaccine that blocks invasion of blood cell by Malaria parasite

Researchers identify first biomarker that appears to be associated with duration of delirium

Women are more susceptible to damaging effects of alcohol than men

Moderate consumption of alcohol can improve immune response to vaccination

Study explores how blood sugar levels during pregnancy influence children’s fat

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