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Glioblastomas patients with affected stem cell niche experience progression-free survival

Patients with deadly glioblastomas who received high doses of radiation that hit a portion of the brain that harbors neural stem cells had double the progression-free survival time as patients who had lower doses or no radiation targeting the area, a study from the Radiation Oncology Department at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found.

26 Jul 2010

CUTCO Cutlery donates over a half million dollars to support Go Red For Women movement

In just over three years, CUTCO Cutlery has donated over a half million dollars to support the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women movement.

26 Jul 2010

Outcomes selected to administer MTM program for employees in the State of Iowa

Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care has been selected by the State of Iowa Department of Administrative Services to administer a Medication Therapy Management program for the state employee health plan.

26 Jul 2010

Pulse Report 2010: Recession, unemployment, insurance losses increase pressure on ERs, patients

Average length of stay in the nation's emergency departments increased to four hours and seven minutes, and the nation's emergency physicians are very concerned about patient safety being jeopardized by long wait times. Press Ganey's Pulse Report 2010, released yesterday, confirms what the American College of Emergency Physicians has reported previously: The recession, high unemployment and insurance losses are increasing pressure on emergency departments and their patients.

26 Jul 2010

AANMA recommends a written asthma action plan before child self-medication

Students with asthma and allergies will pack more than just a lunchbox and bookbag when they start school this year: They'll be devising ways to keep their life-saving medications close at hand should they need them. No longer do they have to be locked up in the nurse's cabinet or the office. Laws passed in all 50 states now ensure students have the right to carry and use their asthma medications at school.

26 Jul 2010

Annette Bowling of Albany awarded 2010 Pathfinder Award for Outstanding Service

The Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission has awarded the 2010 Pathfinder Award for Outstanding Service to Annette Bowling of Albany, GA. The Pathfinder Award recognizes Georgians who have performed exemplary service to the Commission and to the disability community in Georgia.

26 Jul 2010

Education makes people cope with changes in brain associated with dementia: Researchers

A team of researchers from the UK and Finland has discovered why people who stay in education longer have a lower risk of developing dementia - a question that has puzzled scientists for the past decade.

26 Jul 2010

Study explores perceptions, attitudes and awareness of developmental disabilities among general public

Just days before the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a new statewide survey reveals that Georgians have little exposure to persons with disabilities and understanding of the daily challenges they face.

26 Jul 2010

prIME Oncology awarded Provisional Accreditation to provide medical education for physicians

prIME Oncology has been awarded Provisional Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education in the US. Provisional Accreditation is the standard status for initial, or first-time, applicants.

26 Jul 2010

Einstein scientists awarded $4.1M to test microbicide Carraguard against HPV

The National Cancer Institute has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University $4.1 million to test the microbicide Carraguard- against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer. The research will evaluate the efficacy of Carraguard- - a clear gel made from the seaweed derivative carrageenan - in preventing new HPV infections in women.

26 Jul 2010

LCA survey sheds more light on why support for lung cancer people remains low

A national survey announced today by Lung Cancer Alliance, sheds more light on why support for people affected by lung cancer remains low. The poll indicates Americans are more likely to view lung cancer as "hopeless" and "untreatable" when compared with a diagnosis of breast or colon cancer. In addition, 26% of Americans believe lung cancer is largely "self-inflicted."

23 Jul 2010

GRB7 gene drives an aggressive form of breast cancer, researchers find

Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researchers found that the GRB7 gene drives an aggressive form of breast cancer and acts independently of the HER-2 gene, known to be a stimulator of breast cancer growth. Isolating the role of this gene could ultimately help fine-tune a patient's treatment and enable physicians to provide a more accurate prognosis.

23 Jul 2010

Most Americans with disabilities still struggle with lifestyle, economic issues: Survey

On the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a new survey sponsored by Kessler Foundation and National Organization on Disability finds that most Americans with disabilities are still struggling with many of the same lifestyle and economic issues they confronted in 1990 when the ADA became federal law.

23 Jul 2010

Applications accepted for September 2010 CMPP examination

Applications are now being accepted for the September 2010 Certified Medical Publication Professional examination. Qualified candidates can take the three-hour exam during the September 1-30, 2010 testing window at approved locations around the globe.

23 Jul 2010

IPC signs agreement with UCSF to develop leadership training program for physician managers

IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., a leading national hospitalist physician group practice company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with the University of California, San Francisco Division of Hospital Medicine and its Center for the Health Professions to develop a leadership training program for dozens of IPC's key physician managers.

23 Jul 2010

Vienna Declaration signed to support evidence-based drug policy for improving community health

Sandra Roelofs, First Lady of Georgia; George Tsereteli, Georgia's Deputy Chairman of Parliament; and Irakli Giorgobiani, Georgia's Vice Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, today signed the Vienna Declaration, the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS conference in Vienna, Austria.

23 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010 calls for extension of human rights protections as central tenet of global response to AIDS

The appalling lack of access to scientifically proven interventions for key populations at risk -- including sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who use drugs - and the lagging scale up of simple and inexpensive treatment regimens to prevent vertical transmission of HIV reflect persistent, underlying human rights violations that threaten future progress on AIDS, according to organizers of the XVIII International AIDS Conference taking place in Vienna this week under the theme of Rights Here, Right Now.

23 Jul 2010

Senior Smart introduces online tool for seniors looking for quality assisted living facilities

In response to the "graying of America" phenomena, Senior Smart announced today the inception of http://www.assisted-living-info.org, an online tool that provides the perfect match between families and seniors actively looking for assisted living and quality assisted living facilities nationwide.

23 Jul 2010

CWRU introduces new dental health program for families

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine announced a new program called Family First in which they will adopt nine families and care for multiple generations in a family unit.

23 Jul 2010

Health bodies to discuss steps to further reduce mother to child HIV transmission

Transmission of HIV to children before or at birth has dropped dramatically around the country in the last decade since the advent of powerful new therapies. That certainly is true for Florida, where each year, fewer than 10 babies are born with the disease despite the fact that more than 600 HIV-positive women each year, on average, give birth.

23 Jul 2010

Education News and Research

Glioblastomas patients with affected stem cell niche experience progression-free survival

CUTCO Cutlery donates over a half million dollars to support Go Red For Women movement

Outcomes selected to administer MTM program for employees in the State of Iowa

Pulse Report 2010: Recession, unemployment, insurance losses increase pressure on ERs, patients

AANMA recommends a written asthma action plan before child self-medication

Annette Bowling of Albany awarded 2010 Pathfinder Award for Outstanding Service

Education makes people cope with changes in brain associated with dementia: Researchers

Study explores perceptions, attitudes and awareness of developmental disabilities among general public

prIME Oncology awarded Provisional Accreditation to provide medical education for physicians

Einstein scientists awarded $4.1M to test microbicide Carraguard against HPV

LCA survey sheds more light on why support for lung cancer people remains low

GRB7 gene drives an aggressive form of breast cancer, researchers find

Most Americans with disabilities still struggle with lifestyle, economic issues: Survey

Applications accepted for September 2010 CMPP examination

IPC signs agreement with UCSF to develop leadership training program for physician managers

Vienna Declaration signed to support evidence-based drug policy for improving community health

AIDS 2010 calls for extension of human rights protections as central tenet of global response to AIDS

Senior Smart introduces online tool for seniors looking for quality assisted living facilities

CWRU introduces new dental health program for families

Health bodies to discuss steps to further reduce mother to child HIV transmission

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