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Even as exchange enrollment numbers appear sluggish, Medicaid expansion sign-ups surge in many states

The New York Times also notes that many of these new Medicaid beneficiaries are people who have not had insurance before. Meanwhile, news outlets continue to track developments regarding how governors continue to wrestle with Medicaid decisions -- including those in Virginia, Michigan and Maine. Also in the news, a problem with Maryland's Medicaid enrollment.

21 Jan 2014

Long term exposure to particulate matter in outdoor air linked to heart attacks and angina

Long term exposure to particulate matter in outdoor air is strongly linked to heart attacks and angina, and this association persists at levels of exposure below the current European limits, suggests research conducted at the Department of Epidemiology in Rome, Italy and published on bmj.com today.

21 Jan 2014

Study: Probability of blindness due to glaucoma has decreased by nearly half

The probability of blindness due to the serious eye disease glaucoma has decreased by nearly half since 1980, according to a study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The researchers speculate that advances in diagnosis and therapy are likely causes for the decrease, but caution that a significant proportion of patients still progress to blindness.

21 Jan 2014

Vivaldi Biosciences inks agreement with NIAID to evaluate LAIV candidates against influenza A

Vivaldi Biosciences Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing live attenuated influenza vaccines against seasonal and pandemic influenza, today announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to generate and evaluate in preclinical studies LAIV candidates against influenza A(H7N9).

21 Jan 2014

Childhood brain cancer (ETMR/ETANTR): an interview with Dr. Nada Jabado, Department of Pediatrics at McGill University

Embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes (ETMR) are rare, deadly brain tumours that affect mainly children below the age of 4 years. There are 300 cases reported but probably there are many more as this tumour is often misdiagnosed.

21 Jan 2014

HHS to start with beneficiaries backlog in Medicare claims appeals

The Department of Health and Human Services moves to break up a big backlog of Medicare claims appeals, with beneficiary hearings taking precedent. In the meantime, The Fiscal Times looks at overpayment in private Medicare Fee-For-Service plans.

21 Jan 2014

HUB Foundation for Organoid Technology signs licensing agreement with STEMCELL Technologies

The HUB Foundation for Organoid Technology announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with STEMCELL Technologies Inc. for the manufacturing and worldwide distribution of cell culture media for growing Organoids. Organoids are mini-organs grown in tissue culture from small pieces of tissue derived from patients with cancer and other diseases, and represent an exciting new tool for scientific research and drug discovery and validation.

21 Jan 2014

Dakim introduces new tool to monitor cognitive performance of residents in senior living communities

Dakim, Inc., the leader in cognitive therapy in the senior living market, has introduced BrainTrac, a new tool that monitors the cognitive performance of residents in senior living communities who use the Dakim BrainFitness system.

21 Jan 2014

As some states look to kill Obamacare, Maryland bill would boost enrollees

While legislators in at least seven states contemplate measures to stop implementation of the health law, Maryland's Senate advanced a bill to provide insurance to those who were unable to enroll in that state's troubled health exchange website.

21 Jan 2014

Trendlines Labs signs deal for collaboration with Roper St. Francis Healthcare

Trendlines Labs (a unit of the Trendlines Group) recently signed an agreement for collaboration with Roper St. Francis Healthcare.

21 Jan 2014

Healthways awarded contract to provide Get Healthy Service in Australia

Global well-being improvement leader Healthways announced today that it has been awarded a contract to provide Australia's largest health coaching program, Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service, in New South Wales, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and South Australia for the next three years.

21 Jan 2014

Forest Laboratories third quarter net sales increase 24.9% to $846.8 million

Forest Laboratories, Inc., a leading, fully integrated, specialty pharmaceutical company largely focused on the United States market, announced that reported diluted earnings per share equaled $0.07 in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, compared to a reported loss per share of ($0.58) in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. The third quarter of fiscal 2014 included a $45 million charge ($28.2 million net of tax) related to Project Rejuvenate.

21 Jan 2014

Sigma-Aldrich and Goodfellow Cambridge join forces to distribute ceramics, metals and alloys

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a leading Life Science and High Technology Company, today announced the signing of an agreement with Goodfellow Cambridge, Ltd., a leading international supplier of metals and materials for research and industry, to market and distribute Goodfellow's portfolio of materials which includes metals, alloys and ceramics.

21 Jan 2014

First Edition: January 21, 2014

Today's headlines include news on the health law's implementation at both the federal and state levels.

21 Jan 2014

Football Fans in Training programme can help men lose weight, finds new research

An initiative that helps male football fans feel better and live a healthier lifestyle by losing weight, taking more exercise, and improving their diet has been a resounding success, according to new research published in The Lancet and BMC Public Health.

21 Jan 2014

Researchers find new candidate that may help combat malaria

Two of the most urgent challenges for scientists are the battles against food shortages and infectious diseases like malaria. Unfortunately, both the herbicides used to protect plants and the anti-infectives that shield us from disease rapidly lose their effectiveness as the target organisms develop resistance. In order to benefit both fields at once, scientists tested lead compounds from agrochemical research against infectious germs as well.

21 Jan 2014

Synthelis secures initial funding to accelerate commercial development of membrane proteins

Synthelis, a company specializing in the production and characterization of therapeutic targets and antigens, announces today that it has secured initial backing of EUR 610,000 from a group of French investors comprising Rhone-Alpes Creation, Alpes Developpement Durable Investissement (A2D-Invest), Sud Rhone-Alpes Capital, Viaduc and the Savoy and Grenoble Business Angels networks.

21 Jan 2014

NRP 69 aims to identify new approaches to food production

Healthy food products that are produced in an environmentally-friendly manner will boost the health of the Swiss population while protecting natural resources. The National Research Programme "Healthy Nutrition and Sustainable Food Production" (NRP 69) aims to identify new approaches to food production.

21 Jan 2014

LUMC receives grant for research into influence of 'the family' on child mortality, fertility and life expectancy

Radboud University historians and ageing researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will be receiving a grant of over 800,000 euros for research into the influence of 'the family' on child mortality, fertility and life expectancy over the last two hundred years.

21 Jan 2014

Study examines how war can influence lives of survivors decades after fighting ends

A novel examination of the long-lasting consequences that World War II had on continental Europeans finds that living in a war-torn country increased the likelihood of a number of physical and mental problems later in life.

21 Jan 2014

Research News and Research

Even as exchange enrollment numbers appear sluggish, Medicaid expansion sign-ups surge in many states

Long term exposure to particulate matter in outdoor air linked to heart attacks and angina

Study: Probability of blindness due to glaucoma has decreased by nearly half

Vivaldi Biosciences inks agreement with NIAID to evaluate LAIV candidates against influenza A

Childhood brain cancer (ETMR/ETANTR): an interview with Dr. Nada Jabado, Department of Pediatrics at McGill University

HHS to start with beneficiaries backlog in Medicare claims appeals

HUB Foundation for Organoid Technology signs licensing agreement with STEMCELL Technologies

Dakim introduces new tool to monitor cognitive performance of residents in senior living communities

As some states look to kill Obamacare, Maryland bill would boost enrollees

Trendlines Labs signs deal for collaboration with Roper St. Francis Healthcare

Healthways awarded contract to provide Get Healthy Service in Australia

Forest Laboratories third quarter net sales increase 24.9% to $846.8 million

Sigma-Aldrich and Goodfellow Cambridge join forces to distribute ceramics, metals and alloys

First Edition: January 21, 2014

Football Fans in Training programme can help men lose weight, finds new research

Researchers find new candidate that may help combat malaria

Synthelis secures initial funding to accelerate commercial development of membrane proteins

NRP 69 aims to identify new approaches to food production

LUMC receives grant for research into influence of 'the family' on child mortality, fertility and life expectancy

Study examines how war can influence lives of survivors decades after fighting ends

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