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NIBIB-funded researchers develop microscopic technique to improve Mohs surgery

A common surgery for non-melanoma skin cancer, known as Mohs surgery typically achieves excellent results but can be a long process, as the surgeon successively removes the area of concern until the surrounding tissue is free of cancer.

29 Jan 2014

FARA funds gene therapy-based research project to tackle Friedreich's ataxia

The gene therapy-based research project to tackle Friedreich's ataxia launched in November in labs at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, in Barcelona, and the "Centro de Biolog-a Molecular Severo Ochoa", in Madrid, has received 100,000 US$ per year for two years from the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance.

29 Jan 2014

State highlights: N.Y. mayors, governor press federal gov't on Medicaid waiver, state gov't for more aid; Dallas hospitals get biggest state fines; S.C. hospital Medicaid data posted

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, at odds over how to pay for prekindergarten, showed a unified front on Monday on helping distressed Brooklyn hospitals and said that without immediate federal support, "there will be closures." The mayor and the governor seemed to be escalating a dispute with the Obama administration over who was responsible for the fate of floundering hospitals like Interfaith Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn (Hartocollis, 1/27).

29 Jan 2014

EORTC study evaluates health-related quality of life assessment in small-cell lung cancer

An EORTC study published in Lancet Oncology found that health-related quality of life assessment in small-cell lung cancer randomized clinical trials provides relevant added information in studies where the treatment arms do not differ in terms of efficacy.

29 Jan 2014

Study outlines agenda to help direct future caffeine dependence research

"I'm a zombie without my morning coffee." "My blood type is Diet Coke." "Caffeine isn't a drug, it's a vitamin." Most people make jokes like these about needing a daily boost from their favorite caffeinated beverage-whether first thing in the morning or to prevent the after-lunch slump.

29 Jan 2014

CCSC identifies 5 routine practices for multidisciplinary teams of critical care professionals

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) — as part of the Critical Care Societies Collaborative (CCSC) — has identified five routine critical care practices that should be questioned because they may not always be necessary and could, in fact, be harmful.

29 Jan 2014

Researchers identify chemical substance to treat bacterial infections

Increasing numbers of bacteria are developing antibiotic resistance. This forms a significant challenge in the battle against bacterial infections. Alvin Lo and Han Remaut (VIB/Vrije Universiteit Brussel) have identified a chemical substance with the potential of acting as a new drug to treat bacterial infections, particularly urinary tract infections.

29 Jan 2014

NPS MedicineWise urges health professionals to take the pledge to fight antibiotic resistance

NPS MedicineWise is urging all health professionals to take the pledge to fight antibiotic resistance after new research shows that making a public commitment leads to significant improvements in antibiotic prescribing.

29 Jan 2014

Elsevier launches open access journal, Pathogenesis

Elsevier, world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announces the launch of open access journal, Pathogenesis.

29 Jan 2014

Aspirin prescribed more often for stroke prevention in AF despite of dangerous side effects

Aspirin is still overprescribed for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) despite the potential for dangerous side effects, according to research published today.

29 Jan 2014

New technique enables visualisation of human autoimmune disease in animal models

Researchers at Lund University have managed to develop a technique whereby they can study the inflammatory process that takes place in the pancreas during the natural development of type 1 diabetes, allowing for real time and repeated non-invasive imaging of individual islets of Langerhans.

29 Jan 2014

Parenting affects performance of African American boys during preschool-to-kindergarten transition

A new study from UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) has found that parenting affects the academic and social performance of African American boys as they move from preschool to kindergarten.

29 Jan 2014

Researchers develop classification system to determine prognosis for bladder cancer

Researchers at Lund University have developed a classification system to determine the prognosis for bladder cancer. It is hoped that this will prove useful for future bladder cancer research and drug development.

29 Jan 2014

CU receives cooperative agreement to develop technological system to determine effects chemical agents

The University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded a cooperative agreement worth up to $14.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a new technological system to rapidly determine how drugs and biological or chemical agents exert their effects on human cells.

29 Jan 2014

Waist circumference measurements help to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk

A study led by researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) and published in the journal Plos One concludes that including waist circumference measurements in clinical practice, together with the traditional height and weight measurements, would make it easier to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk, i.e. those with a higher predisposition to suffer from arteriosclerosis or type 2 diabetes.

29 Jan 2014

Arsenic, selenium, mercury in bighead and silver carp do not appear to be health concern

Researchers at the Prairie Research Institute's Illinois Natural History Survey have found that overall, concentrations of arsenic, selenium, and mercury in bighead and silver carp from the lower Illinois River do not appear to be a health concern for a majority of human consumers.

29 Jan 2014

Researchers identify unique area of human brain associated with cognitive powers

Oxford University researchers have identified an area of the human brain that appears unlike anything in the brains of some of our closest relatives.

29 Jan 2014

Allogeneic transplants via Blood/Marrow Transplant Program show better outcomes

For the fourth consecutive year, outcomes for patients receiving allogeneic transplants through the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have been shown to be significantly better than would be expected among the patient population treated.

29 Jan 2014

Study finds health law offers income boost to poorest people; insurers' experiences are mixed

The Affordable Care Act will "significantly" increase the incomes of Americans who fall in the bottom one-fifth of the income levels, while slightly decreasing - by .8% - the incomes of senior citizens, a new study finds.

29 Jan 2014

Veterans with exposure to Agent Orange may be at higher risk for skin cancer

Vietnam War veterans with prior exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange may be at higher risk for certain types of skin cancer, suggests a report in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

29 Jan 2014

Research News and Research

NIBIB-funded researchers develop microscopic technique to improve Mohs surgery

FARA funds gene therapy-based research project to tackle Friedreich's ataxia

State highlights: N.Y. mayors, governor press federal gov't on Medicaid waiver, state gov't for more aid; Dallas hospitals get biggest state fines; S.C. hospital Medicaid data posted

EORTC study evaluates health-related quality of life assessment in small-cell lung cancer

Study outlines agenda to help direct future caffeine dependence research

CCSC identifies 5 routine practices for multidisciplinary teams of critical care professionals

Researchers identify chemical substance to treat bacterial infections

NPS MedicineWise urges health professionals to take the pledge to fight antibiotic resistance

Elsevier launches open access journal, Pathogenesis

Aspirin prescribed more often for stroke prevention in AF despite of dangerous side effects

New technique enables visualisation of human autoimmune disease in animal models

Parenting affects performance of African American boys during preschool-to-kindergarten transition

Researchers develop classification system to determine prognosis for bladder cancer

CU receives cooperative agreement to develop technological system to determine effects chemical agents

Waist circumference measurements help to detect children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk

Arsenic, selenium, mercury in bighead and silver carp do not appear to be health concern

Researchers identify unique area of human brain associated with cognitive powers

Allogeneic transplants via Blood/Marrow Transplant Program show better outcomes

Study finds health law offers income boost to poorest people; insurers' experiences are mixed

Veterans with exposure to Agent Orange may be at higher risk for skin cancer

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