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With end-of-enrollment surge behind them, insurers see health law positives

Politico reports that many insurers are contemplating expanding -- or initiating -- their participation in exchanges. Other news outlets examine tax day, the health law and the Internal Revenue Service.

17 Apr 2014

Study shows R9-caPep compound blocks PCNA actions in neuroblastoma cells

Neuroblastoma is one of the deadliest childhood cancers, accounting for 15 percent of pediatric cancer deaths. For patients with high-risk neuroblastomas, the five-year survival rate is 40 to 50 percent even with the most rigorous treatments available today.

17 Apr 2014

Scientists discover protein structure that helps common fungal pathogen to infect humans

A team that includes scientists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Johns Hopkins University and St. Mary's University reported the structure of a protein that helps a common fungus to infect the body.

17 Apr 2014

Scientists create new model of memory that provides complete picture of how memory works

Scientists at the Salk Institute have created a new model of memory that explains how neurons retain select memories a few hours after an event.

17 Apr 2014

Uninsured rate drops more in states that expanded Medicaid, run own exchanges

News outlets also provide updates on Medicaid expansion efforts and debates in Colorado, Virginia, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina and Indiana.

17 Apr 2014

Neurovive presents new breakthrough on energy regulation at cellular level

NeuroVive, a leading mitochondrial medicine company, is presenting a breakthrough in the company's work on energy regulation at the cellular level.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers develop new technique for discovering natural compounds that form basis of novel therapeutic drugs

Researchers at Griffith University's Eskitis Institute have developed a new technique for discovering natural compounds which could form the basis of novel therapeutic drugs.

17 Apr 2014

Research: Novel antiviral drug may reduce spread, severity of measles without vaccination

A novel antiviral drug may reduce the spread and severity of measles without a vaccination. Dr. Richard Plemper from the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University and Dr. Michael Natchus of the Emory Institute for Drug Discovery (EIDD) will be available to answer questions from the media at a live virtual press conference at 1 PM EDT, Wednesday, April 16th.

17 Apr 2014

Ant colonies can give evacuees better chance of reaching safe harbor after natural disaster

An escape route mapping system based on the behavior of ant colonies could give evacuees a better chance of reaching safe harbor after a natural disaster or terrorist attack by building a map of showing the shortest routes to shelters and providing regular updates of current situations such as fires, blocked roads or other damage via the smart phones of emergency workers and those caught up in the disaster.

17 Apr 2014

A heavy lift? legal challenge to Medicare's 'two midnight' rule

Modern Healthcare reports that some legal experts say it will be tough to convince judges to overturn the controversial rule on classifying Medicare in-patients.

17 Apr 2014

Massage therapy alleviates muscle soreness and improves general blood flow

Massage therapy improves general blood flow and alleviates muscle soreness after exercise, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

17 Apr 2014

Study finds that video surveillance can provide insights into hand washing behavior

One of the best defenses against infectious disease is one of the most simple - hand washing. Still, despite years of global public awareness campaigns, hand washing rates remain low. Caregivers of young children in low-income, developing world settings are found to wash their hands only 17 percent of the time after using the toilet

17 Apr 2014

Census changes will make it hard to gauge health law's impact

The revisions are intended to make the survey more accurate, but specific questions will be so different that the results will not be comparable to previous years.

17 Apr 2014

Veracity of abortion political ads case going to High Court

An anti-abortion group challenged an Ohio law banning false statements by political campaigns. The Ohio law makes it illegal to knowingly or recklessly make false statements about a candidate during an election. ...

17 Apr 2014

Physicist creates luminescent nanoparticle to use in photodynamic cancer therapy

A University of Texas at Arlington physicist working to create a luminescent nanoparticle to use in security-related radiation detection may have instead happened upon an advance in photodynamic cancer therapy.

17 Apr 2014

TGen honors two philanthropists for supporting TGen's research on brain, colon and prostate cancer

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) recently honored two significant Arizona philanthropists at their annual Founders Dinner for their support of TGen's research into brain, colon and prostate cancer. The event took place March 28 in Scottsdale.

17 Apr 2014

Financial pressures lead patients, doctors to choose fertility treatments that raise risk of premature birth

While it is well known that fertility treatments are the leading cause of increases in multiple gestations and that multiples are at elevated risk of premature birth, these results are not inevitable, concludes an article in Fertility and Sterility.

17 Apr 2014

TSRI scientist receives $2.1M grant to study therapeutic potential of alternatives to current crop of anti-diabetic drugs

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded $2.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the therapeutic potential of safer and more effective alternatives to the current crop of anti-diabetic drugs, which have been limited in their use due to side effects including bone loss and congestive heart failure.

17 Apr 2014

Researchers create clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer

Cancer Research UK is partnering with pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Pfizer to create a pioneering clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer - marking a new era of research into personalised medicines to treat cancer.

17 Apr 2014

Vulnerable Democrats fight health law stigma

In tight races around the nation, Democrats are hoping that stories about the health law's rocky rollout are behind them, while Republicans try to make the races a referendum on the law.

17 Apr 2014

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With end-of-enrollment surge behind them, insurers see health law positives

Study shows R9-caPep compound blocks PCNA actions in neuroblastoma cells

Scientists discover protein structure that helps common fungal pathogen to infect humans

Scientists create new model of memory that provides complete picture of how memory works

Uninsured rate drops more in states that expanded Medicaid, run own exchanges

Neurovive presents new breakthrough on energy regulation at cellular level

Researchers develop new technique for discovering natural compounds that form basis of novel therapeutic drugs

Research: Novel antiviral drug may reduce spread, severity of measles without vaccination

Ant colonies can give evacuees better chance of reaching safe harbor after natural disaster

A heavy lift? legal challenge to Medicare's 'two midnight' rule

Massage therapy alleviates muscle soreness and improves general blood flow

Study finds that video surveillance can provide insights into hand washing behavior

Census changes will make it hard to gauge health law's impact

Veracity of abortion political ads case going to High Court

Physicist creates luminescent nanoparticle to use in photodynamic cancer therapy

TGen honors two philanthropists for supporting TGen's research on brain, colon and prostate cancer

Financial pressures lead patients, doctors to choose fertility treatments that raise risk of premature birth

TSRI scientist receives $2.1M grant to study therapeutic potential of alternatives to current crop of anti-diabetic drugs

Researchers create clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer

Vulnerable Democrats fight health law stigma

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