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Tom Daschle, with group of former Senators, focuses on telehealth rules

About eight months ago, Daschle, now a senior policy adviser at the law firm DLA Piper, shifted his focus to "telehealth" - a system in which health-care providers examine and treat patients virtually.

4 Mar 2014

NYSS affiliates with International Journal of Surgery to access important research

The New York Surgical Society (NYSS) has decided to affiliate with the International Journal of Surgery in an agreement that gives members of the Society easy access to the important research published by the journal and marks the growth in the journal's international reach.

4 Mar 2014

Researchers identify eight neural subnetworks in mammalian cerebral cortex

The mammalian cerebral cortex, long thought to be a dense single interrelated tangle of neural networks, actually has a "logical" underlying organizational principle, reveals a study appearing Feb. 27 in the journal Cell.

4 Mar 2014

Monell Center announces advocacy program to identify biological causes of smell loss

On Anosmia Awareness Day, the Monell Center announces "A Sense of Hope: The Monell Anosmia Project," a three-year $1.5M fundraising campaign to support a research and advocacy program focused on anosmia, the loss of the sense of smell.

4 Mar 2014

Study shows SuperMum campaign improves handwashing behaviour

An analysis of a unique “SuperMum” handwashing campaign shows for the first time that using emotional motivators, such as feelings of disgust and nurture, rather than health messages, can result in significant, long-lasting improvements in people’s handwashing behaviour, and could in turn help to reduce the risk of infectious diseases.

4 Mar 2014

Plymouth University doctor wins national award for animal testing alternative

Dr. Gyorgy Fejer from Plymouth University School of Biomedical and Healthcare Sciences has received a national award for his work developing the lab-based creation of a type of mouse cell line which could be used in place of live animals for research related to infectious diseases.

4 Mar 2014

New research project explores link between pitch count and throwing arm injuries

The correlation between pitch count and throwing arm injuries has been a hot-button issue in baseball for years and now is the focus of a pioneering study by the Mercyhurst University Department of Sports Medicine, UPMC Hamot and Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie.

4 Mar 2014

Nanomedicine – Past, Present and Future

News-Medical speaks to Frank Boehm about the fundamentals of nanomedicine and the nanotechnologies of the future.

4 Mar 2014

RAND study ignores data pointing to success of PCMH care model, say physicians

Pennsylvania's physicians say a new study by researchers at the RAND Corporation in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) ignores the wealth of recent data pointing to the success of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care model that gives patients more control of their health care.

4 Mar 2014

Diamond-tipped drills reduce noise level, offer health and environmental benefits

If you choose the right equipment, drilling in concrete won't bother people in neighbouring rooms. Nordland Hospital in Norway plans to make the most of this discovery.

4 Mar 2014

Leicester researchers share latest findings on brain research

Although our minds have unravelled many of the mysteries of the world, there is still a lot we don't know about the human brain itself.

4 Mar 2014

NAFC honors Dr. Alan J. Wein with Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award

The National Association For Continence presented Alan J. Wein, MD, FACS, PhD(hon) with its Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award at the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, & Urogenital Reconstruction's 2014 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL on February 28, 2014.

4 Mar 2014

Potential climate change can disrupt food production in the Northeastern US

If significant climate change occurs in the United States it may be necessary to change where certain foods are produced in order to meet consumer demand.

4 Mar 2014

New federal standards increase consumption of fruits and vegetables

New federal standards launched in 2012 that require schools to offer healthier meals have led to increased fruit and vegetable consumption, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers.

4 Mar 2014

Crates and buckets encourage children to be more active, creative than expensive play equipment

Cheap items like crates and buckets encourage children to be more active and creative than expensive play equipment, researchers have found.

4 Mar 2014

Blast exposure may cause brain damage even without symptoms of TBI

Veterans exposed to explosions who do not report symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) may still have damage to the brain's white matter comparable to veterans with TBI, according to researchers at Duke Medicine and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

4 Mar 2014

Oxford Gene Technology announces acquisition of Cytocell

Oxford Gene Technology, a provider of innovative genetics research solutions, today announced the acquisition of Cambridge-based Cytocell Limited, a leading provider of DNA technology for the detection of gene rearrangements related to inherited genetic disease and cancer.

From Oxford Gene Technology 4 Mar 2014

New tool may hold key to personalized medicine applications in the future

ather than your average bowl of Lucky Charms, these are three-dimensional cell cultures generated by an exciting new digital microfluidics platform, the results of which have been published in Nature Communications this week by researchers at the University of Toronto.

4 Mar 2014

Medical student receives award for finding out drugs to treat peripheral vascular disease

Working at a Saint Louis University laboratory, second-year medical student Weston Gordon performed several studies investigating two novel drug therapies that may be useful in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

4 Mar 2014

Blocking myoferlin gene can reduce breast cancer cell migration

New research suggests that a protein only recently linked to cancer has a significant effect on the risk that breast cancer will spread, and that lowering the protein's level in cell cultures and mice reduces chances for the disease to extend beyond the initial tumor.

4 Mar 2014

Research News and Research

Tom Daschle, with group of former Senators, focuses on telehealth rules

NYSS affiliates with International Journal of Surgery to access important research

Researchers identify eight neural subnetworks in mammalian cerebral cortex

Monell Center announces advocacy program to identify biological causes of smell loss

Study shows SuperMum campaign improves handwashing behaviour

Plymouth University doctor wins national award for animal testing alternative

New research project explores link between pitch count and throwing arm injuries

Nanomedicine – Past, Present and Future

RAND study ignores data pointing to success of PCMH care model, say physicians

Diamond-tipped drills reduce noise level, offer health and environmental benefits

Leicester researchers share latest findings on brain research

NAFC honors Dr. Alan J. Wein with Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion award

Potential climate change can disrupt food production in the Northeastern US

New federal standards increase consumption of fruits and vegetables

Crates and buckets encourage children to be more active, creative than expensive play equipment

Blast exposure may cause brain damage even without symptoms of TBI

Oxford Gene Technology announces acquisition of Cytocell

New tool may hold key to personalized medicine applications in the future

Medical student receives award for finding out drugs to treat peripheral vascular disease

Blocking myoferlin gene can reduce breast cancer cell migration

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