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MAPS method could speed development of new vaccines for serious pathogens

A new method of vaccine design, called the Multiple Antigen Presentation System, may result in vaccines that bring together the benefits of whole-cell and acellular or defined subunit vaccination.

1 Aug 2013

First Edition: August 1, 2013

Kaiser Health News consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about if the health law requires employer-sponsored insurance to cover maternity benefits for an employee's dependents (8/1).

1 Aug 2013

State highlights: Experts cite 'serious' health care risks at Calif. prison; higher cigarette tax in Mass. prompts smuggling fears; psychiatric care payment plan in N.C.

Medical experts reporting to a federal court monitor say health care at the California state prison at Corcoran poses "an ongoing serious risk of harm to patients" that results in preventable deaths. The report, filed in federal court Monday, finds "serious patient care issues" within the general hospital at the prison, including life-threatening infections caused by unsanitary conditions, nurses who did not check vitals and doctors who repeatedly "cut and paste" the same patient notes (St. John, 7/30).

1 Aug 2013

Genetic testing launched to identify genetic risk for kidney disease in patients with hypertension

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is partnering with the Institute for Family Health to launch the first-ever genetic testing program in the primary care setting to identify genetic risk for kidney disease in patients with hypertension.

1 Aug 2013

Novocure uses NovoTTF therapy to treat first recurrent glioblastoma tumor patient

Novocure today announced that Dr. Tatsunori Okamaura, MD, Ph.D., of the Kashiwaba Neurosurgical Hospital in Sapporo, Japan has treated the first patient in Japan with alternating electric field therapy.

1 Aug 2013

Study suggests silicon nanocrystals may be safe tool for diagnostic imaging in humans

Tiny silicon crystals caused no health problems in monkeys three months after large doses were injected, marking a step forward in the quest to bring such materials into clinics as biomedical imaging agents, according to a new study.

1 Aug 2013

ATS releases clinical practice guidelines on management of childhood ILD in infants

The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical practice guidelines on the classification, evaluation and management of childhood interstitial lung disease in infants.

1 Aug 2013

Cambridge scientists identify molecular 'on/off' switch in malignant germ cell tumours

Cambridge scientists have identified an 'on/off' switch in a type of cancer which typically occurs in the testes and ovaries called 'malignant germ cell tumours'. The research was published today, 01 August, in the journal Cancer Research.

1 Aug 2013

Researchers identify novel approach to enhance tissue repair and organ regeneration

Because most human tissues do not regenerate spontaneously, advances in tissue repair and organ regeneration could benefit many patients with a wide variety of medical conditions.

1 Aug 2013

Pharmanest announces positive results from SHACT Phase II study

Karolinska Development: Pharmanest AB announced today positive results from a Phase II-study investigating the efficacy and tolerability of SHACT. The data show that SHACT is effective in reducing pain in connection with intrauterine device insertion. Karolinska Development owns 63% of Pharmanest.

1 Aug 2013

Montreal scientists develop novel approach for scanning entire genome

Recent technological developments in genomics have revealed a large number of genetic influences on common complex diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, cancer or schizophrenia. However, discovering a genetic variant predisposing to a disease is only a first step. To apply this knowledge towards prevention or cure, including tailoring treatment to the patient's genetic profile -also known as personalized medicine - we need to know how this genetic variant affects health.

1 Aug 2013

CCTA offers alternative means of improving triage of chest pain patients: Study

A study of two sets of 894 matched Emergency Department patients presenting with chest pain revealed that the use of coronary computed tomographic angiography led to fewer hospital admissions and shorter ED stays. According to lead researcher Michael Poon, MD, of Stony Brook University School of Medicine, the findings provide evidence that CCTA offers an alternative means of improving the triage of chest pain patients.

1 Aug 2013

Finding could influence effectiveness of bone marrow transplants for late-stage leukemia

Eight years ago, two former Stanford University postdoctoral fellows, one of them still in California and the other at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge, began exchanging theories about why patients with leukemia stop producing healthy blood cells. What was it, they asked, that caused bone marrow to stop producing normal blood-producing cells?

1 Aug 2013

Researchers find new way to help surgeons more accurately plan for epilepsy surgery

A brain imaging research team led by Simon Fraser University neuroscientist Dr. Ryan D'Arcy has found a new way to help surgeons more accurately plan for surgical treatment in epilepsy.

1 Aug 2013

MIT researchers develop photometric stereo endoscopy to detect precancerous lesions

MIT researchers have developed a new endoscopy technology that could make it easier for doctors to detect precancerous lesions in the colon. Early detection of such lesions has been shown to reduce death rates from colorectal cancer, which kills about 50,000 people per year in the United States.

1 Aug 2013

NIH-funded study finds that rituximab is as effective as standard therapy for severe vasculitis

Administering the drug rituximab once weekly for one month provides the same benefits as 18 months of daily immunosuppressive therapy in people with severe forms of vasculitis, or inflammation of the blood vessels, a study has found.

1 Aug 2013

New Vanderbilt app to help children manage their schedules and routines

Adults have calendar applications on all their digital devices to remind them of appointments and what's next on their agenda.

1 Aug 2013

Huge hospital merger in the works

If approved, Community Health Systems will buy Health Management Associates, resulting in a chain of 206 for-profit hospitals.

1 Aug 2013

Health law supporters and opponents focus on moms

A surge of advertising and grassroots organizing targets mothers because women usually make the health-care decisions for families and use more health care than men, Bloomberg reports.

1 Aug 2013

Fertility medications not linked with increased risk of CVD later in life

Women who gave birth following fertility treatment had no long-term increased risk of death or major cardiovascular events compared to women who gave birth without fertility therapy, according to new research by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women's College Hospital.

1 Aug 2013

Hospital News and Research

MAPS method could speed development of new vaccines for serious pathogens

First Edition: August 1, 2013

State highlights: Experts cite 'serious' health care risks at Calif. prison; higher cigarette tax in Mass. prompts smuggling fears; psychiatric care payment plan in N.C.

Genetic testing launched to identify genetic risk for kidney disease in patients with hypertension

Novocure uses NovoTTF therapy to treat first recurrent glioblastoma tumor patient

Study suggests silicon nanocrystals may be safe tool for diagnostic imaging in humans

ATS releases clinical practice guidelines on management of childhood ILD in infants

Cambridge scientists identify molecular 'on/off' switch in malignant germ cell tumours

Researchers identify novel approach to enhance tissue repair and organ regeneration

Pharmanest announces positive results from SHACT Phase II study

Montreal scientists develop novel approach for scanning entire genome

CCTA offers alternative means of improving triage of chest pain patients: Study

Finding could influence effectiveness of bone marrow transplants for late-stage leukemia

Researchers find new way to help surgeons more accurately plan for epilepsy surgery

MIT researchers develop photometric stereo endoscopy to detect precancerous lesions

NIH-funded study finds that rituximab is as effective as standard therapy for severe vasculitis

New Vanderbilt app to help children manage their schedules and routines

Huge hospital merger in the works

Health law supporters and opponents focus on moms

Fertility medications not linked with increased risk of CVD later in life

Industry Focus eBook - Forensics & toxicology (2nd edition) eBook

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

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