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Medtech, biotech and pharmaceuticals in Australia

Australia is an acknowledged world leader in the medical technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical (MTP) sector due to its vibrant ecosystem of start-ups and established companies and thriving research environment.

10 Jul 2017

Senate GOP bill aims to add psych beds; squeeze on Medicaid signals their undoing

A little-discussed provision in the Senate health care bill is designed to boost the number of hospital beds for psychiatric care, providing a long-sought victory for mental health advocates.

10 Jul 2017

Study analyzes exposures to medication errors resulting in serious medical outcomes

Every 21 seconds someone in the United States calls Poison Control because of a medication error. A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital analyzed calls to Poison Control Centers across the country over a 13-year period about exposures to medication errors which resulted in serious medical outcomes.

10 Jul 2017

Feeling of purpose in life linked to reduced sleep disturbances in the elderly, study reveals

A new study carried out by Northwestern Medicine and Rush University Medical Center on older adults reports that a person is more likely to sleep better, with less sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome, if he has a good purpose to wake up in the morning.

10 Jul 2017

Medicaid cuts will drive up cost of private coverage, Montana insurers say

Montana was among the last states to expand Medicaid, and its Obamacare marketplace has fared reasonably well.

10 Jul 2017

NYU researcher to study biological differences between men and women in oral cancer pain

Nicole Scheff, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, director of the NYU Bluestone Center for Clinical Research and the NYU Oral Cancer Center, both located at New York University College of Dentistry, has received a two-year, $120,000-plus F32 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

10 Jul 2017

Greater neural adaptations following high-load training may explain differences in muscle strength

A recent study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has given new meaning to the concept of brain power by suggesting that physical strength might stem as much from exercising the nervous system as the muscles it controls.

10 Jul 2017

Study estimates disease burden of congenital toxoplasmosis in Denmark

Congenital toxoplasmosis - an infection passed on from mother to fetus - has a high disease burden per case. However, only a relatively small number of cases occur each year in Denmark.

10 Jul 2017

Neuroscientists discover how prenatal alcohol exposure increases risk for drug addiction later in life

One of the many negative consequences, when fetuses are exposed to alcohol in the womb, is an increased risk for drug addiction later in life.

10 Jul 2017

Research could provide new insights into treatment of rare chronic pain condition

People suffering from chronic pain often find their condition distracting and debilitating, but new research reveals that some might, in fact, be paying less, rather than more, attention to the source of their pain.

10 Jul 2017

Scientists reveal role of cellular prion protein in development of NF2-related tumors

New research published today, 10th July 2017, online in the journal Oncogene could offer hope to the thousands of, mainly young, people affected by the hereditary condition Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2).

10 Jul 2017

Handwritten drug prescriptions contribute heavily to trio of major errors

In a small study of opioid prescriptions filled at a Johns Hopkins Medicine outpatient pharmacy, researchers found that handwritten orders for the drugs contribute heavily to a trio of prescribing and processing errors in contrast to those created electronically.

10 Jul 2017

Cancer research at University of Warwick receives £8.5k to improve detection, treatments and care

Cancer research at the University of Warwick has received a boost. The University's Cancer Research Centre has been given £8.5k to spend on its research to improve detection, treatments and patient care using the expertise of the University's Warwick Medical School and its partners.

10 Jul 2017

Researchers aim to find comprehensive brain theory of hypnosis

Hypnosis can help people stop smoking, sleep better and even undergo dental treatment without pain. But what exactly is hypnosis and what precisely happens in the brain of a hypnotized person? These questions are currently being studied by psychologists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, together with a colleague from the University of Trier, as part of a project funded by the German Research Foundation.

10 Jul 2017

Children's and dogs' sandboxes can be source of C. difficile pathogens

Investigators have revealed that the Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium Clostridium difficile is widely distributed in soil samples from children's and dogs' sandboxes located within the metropolitan area of Madrid.

10 Jul 2017

UCLA study: Changes in brain regions may hold key to why some people prefer order and certainty

Why do some people prefer stable, predictable lives while others prefer frequent changes? Why do some people make rational decisions and others, impulsive and reckless ones? UCLA behavioral neuroscientists have identified changes in two brain regions that may hold answers to these questions.

10 Jul 2017

Research News and Research

Medtech, biotech and pharmaceuticals in Australia

Senate GOP bill aims to add psych beds; squeeze on Medicaid signals their undoing

Study analyzes exposures to medication errors resulting in serious medical outcomes

Feeling of purpose in life linked to reduced sleep disturbances in the elderly, study reveals

Medicaid cuts will drive up cost of private coverage, Montana insurers say

NYU researcher to study biological differences between men and women in oral cancer pain

Greater neural adaptations following high-load training may explain differences in muscle strength

Study estimates disease burden of congenital toxoplasmosis in Denmark

Neuroscientists discover how prenatal alcohol exposure increases risk for drug addiction later in life

Research could provide new insights into treatment of rare chronic pain condition

Scientists reveal role of cellular prion protein in development of NF2-related tumors

Handwritten drug prescriptions contribute heavily to trio of major errors

Cancer research at University of Warwick receives £8.5k to improve detection, treatments and care

Researchers aim to find comprehensive brain theory of hypnosis

Children's and dogs' sandboxes can be source of C. difficile pathogens

UCLA study: Changes in brain regions may hold key to why some people prefer order and certainty

Study compares long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery with medical, lifestyle management of diabetes

Clinical management of patients with Cancer of Unknown Primary using new epigenetic test

Researchers discover that amount of Epac2A at vesicles controls insulin release

Research highlights need for vaccines to prevent child deaths from fatal lung infections

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