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Early detection of heart disease opens up important possibilities of preventing late disease

Heart disease remains the number one cause of early disability and death in the western world and now, surprisingly, has also become the most frequent cause of early death in the developing world.

30 Oct 2013

NIH selects two leading researchers to chair panels at geroscience symposium

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has chosen two leading aging researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to chair panels at the first symposium on "geroscience"-the study of how aging influences the onset of chronic diseases.

30 Oct 2013

New Dementia Service Center established as pilot project

In Germany, approximately 1.3 million people currently suffer from dementia. About 250,000 incident cases are estimated per year. Dementia is the leading cause of dependency and disability among older persons.

30 Oct 2013

Penn Medicine-led panel reports that noise exposure is a serious public health threat

The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers writing today in The Lancet.

30 Oct 2013

Aetna’s operating earnings increase 7% to $561.8M in third-quarter 2013

Aetna announced third-quarter 2013 operating earnings of $561.8 million, an increase of 7 percent over the third quarter of 2012. Third-quarter operating earnings per share were $1.50 in 2013 and $1.55 in 2012.

29 Oct 2013

Bending ethical norms to serve patients' interests

A survey among rheumatologists finds many face moral dilemmas when trying to do what's best for their patients in the current health care environment.

29 Oct 2013

Phase 3 study shows STELARA inhibits structural damage in patients with active psoriatic arthritis

New findings from two integrated Phase 3 Janssen Research & Development, LLC (Janssen)-sponsored studies showed treatment with STELARA- (ustekinumab) resulted in significantly greater inhibition of structural damage in patients with active psoriatic arthritis compared with placebo.

29 Oct 2013

New research reveals iron deposits in brain play a role in pathology of MS

While it's been known for over a century that iron deposits in the brain play a role in the pathology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), new imaging research from Western University (London, Canada) helps to answer the question of whether these accumulations are a cause or consequence of the disease.

29 Oct 2013

New federal grant aims at improving physical access, transportation for people with disabilities

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, are collaborating on a five-year, $4.6 million federally funded project to advance physical access and public transportation for people with disabilities by bringing together computer science technology and the principles of universal design.

29 Oct 2013

Patients with psoriatic arthritis benefit from early aggressive drug treatment, says study

People with a type of arthritis affecting the skin and joints respond significantly better to early, aggressive drug treatment compared to standard care, according to preliminary results presented by a University of Leeds lecturer to a major US conference.

29 Oct 2013

Biogen Idec Q3 total revenues increase 32% to $1.8 billion

Biogen Idec Inc. today reported third quarter 2013 total revenues of $1.8 billion, an increase of 32% over the third quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2013 were $2.35, an increase of 23% over the third quarter of 2012.

28 Oct 2013

Delaying rheumatoid arthritis treatment could greatly increase likelihood of joint damage

Delaying treatment for rheumatoid arthritis could greatly increase the likelihood that patients will suffer joint damage and experience disability two years out, according to a new study from Vivian Bykerk, M.D. at Hospital for Special Surgery. The research will be presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals on October 28 in San Diego.

28 Oct 2013

Young, middle-aged fibromyalgia patients report poorer quality of life than older patients

It may seem counterintuitive, but young and middle-aged fibromyalgia patients report worse symptoms and poorer quality of life than older patients, a Mayo Clinic study shows.

28 Oct 2013

World Bank must define life expectancy, say international public health experts

The World Bank must define life expectancy, its key poverty indicator, as starting at the time of conception and not at the time of birth if millions of lives are to be saved from injury or death. International public health experts, writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, said that definitional oversight, in which the life of the child is inadvertently cut into two, ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ the womb, covers up risks to the fetus and is particularly unfair to children born in areas increasingly at risk to disasters and already disadvantaged by poverty, hunger and social deprivation.

25 Oct 2013

Study compares incidence, impacts of stroke between countries on global scale

Stroke, a condition traditionally associated with old age, is increasingly affecting young and middle aged people, according to a major new analysis from the Global and Regional Burden of Stroke in 1990-2010 study, published in The Lancet.

25 Oct 2013

Study finds persistent deficiency in new therapeutics for neglected diseases

In a study published today in the open-access journal The Lancet Global Health, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and other researchers report a persistent deficiency in truly new therapeutics for neglected diseases, despite nominal progress and an acceleration in research and development efforts. This continued 'fatal imbalance' in medical R&D points to the urgent need to develop and deliver groundbreaking new treatments for the world's poorest and most neglected patients.

25 Oct 2013

Hands-free ultrasound device with clot-busting drug safe for ischemic stroke patients

A study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) showed that a hands-free ultrasound device combined with a clot-busting drug was safe for ischemic stroke patients.

25 Oct 2013

Study identifies new genes involved in autism

A scientific study published on the journal Molecular Psychiatry identifies new genes involved in autism, a polygenic disorder that is difficult to diagnose and treat. Autism spectrum disorders represent a group of neurodevelopmental disorders which affect one out of 80-100 children.

23 Oct 2013

Inflammation causally linked to functional decline in aging

Inflammation is the common denominator of many chronic age-related diseases such as arthritis, gout, Alzheimer's, and diabetes. But according to a Yale School of Medicine study, even in the absence of a disease, inflammation can lead to serious loss of function throughout the body, reducing healthspan - that portion of our lives spent relatively free of serious illness and disability.

23 Oct 2013

NeuroAiD reduces early cardiovascular events and deaths by 50% after stroke onset

NeuroAiD™, a treatment of post-stroke recovery containing natural extracts, reduces early cardiovascular events and deaths by nearly 50% on top of antiplatelet agents within three months after stroke onset, without an increase in bleeding rate and non-vascular deaths according to research published online in the journal Stroke.

22 Oct 2013

Disability News and Research

Early detection of heart disease opens up important possibilities of preventing late disease

NIH selects two leading researchers to chair panels at geroscience symposium

New Dementia Service Center established as pilot project

Penn Medicine-led panel reports that noise exposure is a serious public health threat

Aetna’s operating earnings increase 7% to $561.8M in third-quarter 2013

Bending ethical norms to serve patients' interests

Phase 3 study shows STELARA inhibits structural damage in patients with active psoriatic arthritis

New research reveals iron deposits in brain play a role in pathology of MS

New federal grant aims at improving physical access, transportation for people with disabilities

Patients with psoriatic arthritis benefit from early aggressive drug treatment, says study

Biogen Idec Q3 total revenues increase 32% to $1.8 billion

Delaying rheumatoid arthritis treatment could greatly increase likelihood of joint damage

Young, middle-aged fibromyalgia patients report poorer quality of life than older patients

World Bank must define life expectancy, say international public health experts

Study compares incidence, impacts of stroke between countries on global scale

Study finds persistent deficiency in new therapeutics for neglected diseases

Hands-free ultrasound device with clot-busting drug safe for ischemic stroke patients

Study identifies new genes involved in autism

Inflammation causally linked to functional decline in aging

NeuroAiD reduces early cardiovascular events and deaths by 50% after stroke onset

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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