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Tooth extraction before heart surgery carries risks

Dental extraction before cardiac surgery may not be as benign a procedure as some clinicians might think, with review findings showing that it is associated with major adverse outcomes.

28 Feb 2014

Plasma microRNA test boosts lung cancer screening

The ability to screen for lung cancer is improved by the development of a plasma 24-microRNA signature classifier, research suggests.

28 Feb 2014

Dyax reports total revenues of $16.9 million for fourth quarter 2013

Dyax Corp. today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013.

28 Feb 2014

Viewpoints: Questioning the tales of Obamacare woes; Republic replacement MIA; 'mixed messages' on mammograms

Conservatives appear to be really upset that liberals are actually taking on the facts in the anti-Obamacare ads they've been running. How dare you question whether the people in these ads are giving an accurate picture - they're suffering! (Paul Krugman, 2/26).

28 Feb 2014

States: N.C.'s Medicaid managed care proposal; narrow provider networks; Planned Parenthood's big plan

Gov. Pat McCrory's health agency is backing away from initial proposals to fix Medicaid costs by hiring a handful of big managed care organizations to run North Carolina's $13 billion health care system. The state Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday presented its framework for revamping Medicaid to an advisory group set up by McCrory (Dalesio, 2/26).

28 Feb 2014

First Edition: February 28, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about the latest developments for those states that are running their own health insurance exchanges and facing difficulties.

28 Feb 2014

Longer looks: A doctor struggles with new health system; how to reduce end-of-life costs; fighting cancer with aspirin

I know how lucky I am to be a patient who happens to also work in the healthcare system. ... Initially, I had to use antibiotic drops every hour. But my insurance would only cover one three-milliliter bottle every three weeks. Each bottle not covered by insurance cost me $130. ... My own experience makes me fear that for many Americans, health insurance may not necessarily equal health care. Access and cost will still remain barriers - and can be difficult to surmount for many (Dr. Helen Ouyang, 2/24)

28 Feb 2014

Medicaid expansion continues to trigger state House debate, strong opinions

In states such as Virginia, Maine and Utah, lawmakers hold entrenched positions about whether to pursue this provision of the health law.

28 Feb 2014

Researchers identify new way of treating people with hearing disabilities

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a biological circadian clock in the hearing organ, the cochlea. This circadian clock controls how well hearing damage may heal and opens up a new way of treating people with hearing disabilities.

28 Feb 2014

Researchers discover novel treatments for psoriasis that are likely to cause fewer side effects

Almost ten years ago, the group led by Erwin Wagner, currently at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), developed genetically modified mice showing symptoms very reminiscent to psoriasis.

28 Feb 2014

Scientists discover viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in fossilized human feces

A team of French investigators has discovered viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in a fossilized fecal sample from 14th century Belgium, long before antibiotics were used in medicine.

28 Feb 2014

Cigarette health warning labels that convey tobacco risks tend to confuse young children, says study

An international study of children's perceptions of cigarette package warning labels found that the majority of children are unaware that they exist.

28 Feb 2014

LMU researchers identify genetic mutations that result in overproduction of cortisol

An international team of researchers led by an endocrinologist at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has identified genetic mutations that result in uncontrolled synthesis and secretion of the stress hormone cortisol.

28 Feb 2014

Biden, Hillary Clinton promote health law

The vice president's office will reach out to groups this week. Clinton, on a visit to Florida, offered a defense of the law, but said she was open to changes that could help small business owners.

28 Feb 2014

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ net revenues increase $125.9M to 56%

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2013. The Company also highlighted select commercial, regulatory and clinical development progress and future goals and provided financial guidance for 2014.

28 Feb 2014

Senate majority leader blasts anti-Obamacare ads

The ads, released by the group Americans For Posterity, had Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid condemning them and the Koch brothers, the backers of the group, as "un-American" in a Senate floor speech Wednesday. He later softened his comments.

28 Feb 2014

Penn research team discovers new cost-effective way to fight rare blood disorder

A University of Pennsylvania research team has defined a possible new way to fight a disease that is currently treatable only with the most expensive drug available for sale in the United States.

28 Feb 2014

NPR correspondent to deliver keynote address at Seattle Biomed's annual event

Seattle BioMed today announced that Jason Beaubien, global health and development correspondent of National Public Radio (NPR), will deliver the keynote address at the Passport to Global Health Celebration on March 5.

28 Feb 2014

Another concern related to low birth weight identified

Researchers have identified another concern related to low birth weight - a difference in how the body reacts to drugs, which may last a person's entire life and further complicate treatment of illnesses or diseases that are managed with medications.

28 Feb 2014

Protein interaction network provides invaluable resource to identify targets for Huntington's disease

Researchers at the Buck Institute have identified and categorized thousands of protein interactions involving huntingtin, the protein responsible for Huntington's disease (HD). To use an analogy of a human social network, the identified proteins are like "friends" and "friends of friends" of the HD protein.

28 Feb 2014

Research News and Research

Tooth extraction before heart surgery carries risks

Plasma microRNA test boosts lung cancer screening

Dyax reports total revenues of $16.9 million for fourth quarter 2013

Viewpoints: Questioning the tales of Obamacare woes; Republic replacement MIA; 'mixed messages' on mammograms

States: N.C.'s Medicaid managed care proposal; narrow provider networks; Planned Parenthood's big plan

First Edition: February 28, 2014

Longer looks: A doctor struggles with new health system; how to reduce end-of-life costs; fighting cancer with aspirin

Medicaid expansion continues to trigger state House debate, strong opinions

Researchers identify new way of treating people with hearing disabilities

Researchers discover novel treatments for psoriasis that are likely to cause fewer side effects

Scientists discover viruses containing genes for antibiotic resistance in fossilized human feces

Cigarette health warning labels that convey tobacco risks tend to confuse young children, says study

LMU researchers identify genetic mutations that result in overproduction of cortisol

Biden, Hillary Clinton promote health law

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ net revenues increase $125.9M to 56%

Senate majority leader blasts anti-Obamacare ads

Penn research team discovers new cost-effective way to fight rare blood disorder

NPR correspondent to deliver keynote address at Seattle Biomed's annual event

Another concern related to low birth weight identified

Protein interaction network provides invaluable resource to identify targets for Huntington's disease

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