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Jindal offers alternative to health law

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal unveiled a 26-page health plan that emphasizes the role of states in keeping health costs down while giving consumers more flexibility. He also reiterates the need to repeal Obamacare.

3 Apr 2014

Failed state exchanges set sights too high, say experts

Common themes characterize several failed state exchanges, including trying to do too much the first year and having tangled lines of authority, reports CQ HealthBeat.

3 Apr 2014

Rural nursing presents challenges, rewards

Providing comprehensive health care can be a daunting task for nurses serving nearly 60 million people living in rural America.

3 Apr 2014

Roundup: Battles fought over Lyme disease, autism and abortion

In Texas, abortion providers file suit to block a state rule that could shut down many of the state's remaining clinics, while lawmakers in Vermont and N.Y. seek to immunize doctors who prescribe long-term antibiotics for patients with lasting symptoms attributed to Lyme disease.

3 Apr 2014

Majority of Albertans endorse perinatal mental health screening

After struggling with anxiety and depression since her teens, Lana Berry hit bottom at age 26. Divorced, unemployed and back living with her parents, she found herself in a dark place-"as sick as I'd ever been."

3 Apr 2014

Companies continue to shed retiree health coverage

McClatchy reports on this trend. Among American workers, employer-provided retiree coverage has dropped from 29 percent in 1997 to 17.7 percent in 2010.

3 Apr 2014

Chordoma Foundation grants $75,000 to support development of new mouse model for bone cancer research

The Chordoma Foundation has made a seed grant of $75,000 to Adrienne Flanagan, M.D., Ph.D., of University College, London, and her Jackson Laboratory collaborator, Mike Sasner, Ph.D., to develop a new mouse model for chordoma, a difficult-to-treat bone cancer affecting the skull and spine.

3 Apr 2014

CTMM, TI Pharma team up to create new public-private healthcare innovation

Leading Dutch technology institutes CTMM (Center for Translational Molecular Medicine) and TI Pharma have joined forces, in a merger that addresses the growing interdependence of medicines and medical technology.

3 Apr 2014

Appistry unveils latest version of Broad Institute’s Genome Analysis Toolkit

Appistry, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance computing and analytics solutions for next-generation medicine, today released the latest commercial version of the Broad Institute's Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK).

3 Apr 2014

Accele Venture Partners co-led $4.1M Series A private equity financing of Otologic Pharmaceutics

Accele Venture Partners, the investing arm of life sciences accelerator Accele Biopharma, Inc., announced today that it has co-led a $4.1 million Series A private equity financing of Otologic Pharmaceutics, Inc. (OPI), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing novel pharmacological solutions and approaches to treat hearing disorders.

3 Apr 2014

First Edition: April 3, 2014

Today's headlines include reports on how Paul Ryan's budget is playing on Capitol Hill as well as news that the Obama administration is releasing a trove of data on physician services and payments.

3 Apr 2014

BDSI enrolls first patient in Clonidine Topical Gel Phase 3 trial for treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. announced today the enrollment of the first patient in the RHAPSODY Study, a Phase 3 clinical trial of Clonidine Topical Gel for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy.

3 Apr 2014

Clinical Therapeutics features a special report on trans fat

Clinical Therapeutics features a special report in its March issue focusing on the science and policy leading up to the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) preliminary steps toward restricting industrially produced trans fatty acids, or trans fat, at the federal level.

3 Apr 2014

Europe's pharmaceutical research community to convene at PRO & eCOA Congress

The most progressive minds in Europe's pharmaceutical research community will convene at the PRO & eCOA Congress, Europe 3-5 June in Barcelona, Spain.

3 Apr 2014

Study: Infants are exposed to high levels of chemical emissions from crib mattresses

In a first-of-its-kind study, a team of environmental engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin found that infants are exposed to high levels of chemical emissions from crib mattresses while they sleep.

3 Apr 2014

QIAGEN launches new products for next-generation sequencing applications

QIAGEN N.V. today announced two important new product launches which address workflow challenges in next-generation sequencing (NGS) applications.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 3 Apr 2014

Study: A record number of elderly people are completing living wills to guide end-of-life medical treatments

A record number of elderly people are completing living wills to guide end-of-life medical treatments - up from 47 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2010 - according to new research from the University of Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

3 Apr 2014

Despite high rates of contraceptive use, unwanted pregnancies remain high among young women

Despite high rates of contraceptive use, unwanted pregnancies resulting in terminations remain high among young women.

3 Apr 2014

Study sheds light on brain mechanisms that make schizophrenia patients misinterpret what they see

People with schizophrenia often misinterpret what they see and experience in the world. New research provides insight into the brain mechanisms that might be responsible for this misinterpretation.

3 Apr 2014

CardioCell receives IND approval for Phase IIa clinical study of itMSC therapy to treat heart failure

CardioCell LLC has just received the FDA's investigational new drug (IND) approval for a United States-based, Phase IIa clinical study using its allogeneic stem-cell therapy to treat subjects with chronic heart failure (CHF), which generates more than 1 million hospitalizations annually.

3 Apr 2014

Research News and Research

Jindal offers alternative to health law

Failed state exchanges set sights too high, say experts

Rural nursing presents challenges, rewards

Roundup: Battles fought over Lyme disease, autism and abortion

Majority of Albertans endorse perinatal mental health screening

Companies continue to shed retiree health coverage

Chordoma Foundation grants $75,000 to support development of new mouse model for bone cancer research

CTMM, TI Pharma team up to create new public-private healthcare innovation

Appistry unveils latest version of Broad Institute’s Genome Analysis Toolkit

Accele Venture Partners co-led $4.1M Series A private equity financing of Otologic Pharmaceutics

First Edition: April 3, 2014

BDSI enrolls first patient in Clonidine Topical Gel Phase 3 trial for treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy

Clinical Therapeutics features a special report on trans fat

Europe's pharmaceutical research community to convene at PRO & eCOA Congress

Study: Infants are exposed to high levels of chemical emissions from crib mattresses

QIAGEN launches new products for next-generation sequencing applications

Study: A record number of elderly people are completing living wills to guide end-of-life medical treatments

Despite high rates of contraceptive use, unwanted pregnancies remain high among young women

Study sheds light on brain mechanisms that make schizophrenia patients misinterpret what they see

CardioCell receives IND approval for Phase IIa clinical study of itMSC therapy to treat heart failure

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