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Nutrient abatement measures in agriculture are not sufficient to improve water quality

About half of Finland's contribution to the nitrogen and phosphorus load on the Baltic Sea comes from agriculture. Agriculture is thus considered to be of key importance in efforts to improve water quality.

11 Dec 2013

Brain’s actions in humour processing differ between boys and girls

The act of laughing at a joke is the result of a two-stage process in the brain, first detecting an incongruity before then resolving it with an expression of mirth. The brain actions involved in understanding humour differ between young boys and girls.

11 Dec 2013

Special training could help overweight children to handle food advertising, says study

Weight, body shape perception, self-esteem and dietary habits all contribute to how children handle food advertising. A new study suggests that overweight children, in particular, could benefit from special training, in order to increase their media skills in relation to the exposure to advertising.

11 Dec 2013

Study reveals that women are under-represented within the academic publishing system

After reviewing the authorship of 5.4 million peer-reviewed articles, University of Montreal information scientist Prof Vincent Larivière and colleagues from UQAM and University of Indiana have established that women are seriously under-represented within the academic publishing system.

11 Dec 2013

Viewpoints: Health law problems plague Calif. too; Obamacare redistribution is from lucky to unlucky; FDA crackdown on genetic testing

While politicians in Washington are hailing California's exchange as proof of the law's success, voters in California don't seem to agree - and it's not hard to understand why. Policies for about 900,000 Californians are being cancelled because they don't meet the law's benefit mandates.

11 Dec 2013

Daiichi Sankyo presents subgroup analysis of Hokusai-VTE study at ASH annual meeting

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) today announced results of a prespecified subgroup analysis of 771 cancer patients enrolled in the phase 3 Hokusai-VTE study.

11 Dec 2013

Tax employer health care plans? GOP rethinks proposal, continues health law barrage

A GOP proposal to begin taxing employer-based health care benefits is worrying some Republicans that such a move could hurt the party politically ahead of 2014's elections.

11 Dec 2013

Researchers personalizing cancer treatments for young patients

The aim of personalizing cancer treatments by targeting genomic mutations in the cancer has seen rapid advances in recent years. However, many of these targeted cancer therapies have been more frequently identified for adult patients. Recognizing a need to further explore genomic profiling in pediatric malignancies, the Hugs for Brady Foundation has committed $300,000 to the precision medicine initiative at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

11 Dec 2013

Senate Finance Committee scheduled to vote Thursday on 'doc fix' legislation

The measure would permanently change how Medicare pays providers for their services. In addition, the Congressional Budget Office has reduced the price tag associated with repealing the current Medicare payment formula.

11 Dec 2013

New research reveals novel way to develop anti-diarrhoeal drugs

New gastroenterology research carried out by the RCSI in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has uncovered a new route for the development of anti-diarrhoeal drugs.

11 Dec 2013

New study aims to determine prevalence of pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome in Chicago area youth

The prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome in children and the significant impairment it causes to their physical functioning, school attendance and performance, and extracurricular activities, are at the root of a new Chicago-based study led by DePaul University psychologist Leonard A. Jason.

11 Dec 2013

Study shows children with ALL can safely receive intravenous infusions of chemotherapy

Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of pediatric cancer, can safely receive intravenous infusions of a reformulated mainstay of chemotherapy that has been delivered via painful intramuscular injection for more than 40 years, research suggests.

11 Dec 2013

Experimental compound reduces joint inflammation in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis

An experimental compound synthesized and developed by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has the capacity to significantly reduce joint inflammation in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that affects more than two million Americans.

11 Dec 2013

Budget cuts, years-long flat funding can delay research into effective treatments for cancer

Research advances that have come to fruition over the past year demonstrate extraordinary progress in the fight against cancer, according to a new report released today by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The report stresses, however, that recent budget cuts and years-long flat funding can only delay efforts to translate research into effective treatments for millions of individuals with cancer.

11 Dec 2013

Vestiage selects ROI Media for direct to consumer marketing campaign

Vestiage, Inc., a publicly traded healthy aging lifestyle company focused on science-based premium branded highly potent cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals, announced today that it has engaged ROI Media to orchestrate its direct to consumer marketing campaign.

11 Dec 2013

Broad Medical Research Program, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America to merge together

The Broad Medical Research Program, which funds innovative early-stage research into inflammatory bowel disease, will merge with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, the two organizations announced today.

11 Dec 2013

CatchMyPain App for patients suffering from chronic pain

Pain management as an independent medical field has been significantly growing during the last few decades. Doctors and clinics specialize in the treatment of pain in general and chronic pain specifically. These specialists often suggest using a pain diary to track the pain, see its development and adjust the treatment accordingly. CatchMyPain is an electronic version of such a pain diary and a great solution for patients suffering from chronic pain.

11 Dec 2013

Otsuka, Lundbeck to develop investigational vaccine candidate for Alzheimer's disease

H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) today announced that they will further expand their collaboration to include the development of Lu AF20513, an investigational vaccine candidate for Alzheimer's disease.

11 Dec 2013

Digital Science donates complete patent chemistry collection to advance drug discovery

Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Science & Education, is donating the SureChem collection of >15million chemical structures from world patents into the public domain through the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).

11 Dec 2013

GW Pharmaceuticals receives U.S. patent for treating glioma

GW Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Application Serial Number 12/996,124, a patent which covers the use of cannabinoids for treating glioma.

11 Dec 2013

Research News and Research

Nutrient abatement measures in agriculture are not sufficient to improve water quality

Brain’s actions in humour processing differ between boys and girls

Special training could help overweight children to handle food advertising, says study

Study reveals that women are under-represented within the academic publishing system

Viewpoints: Health law problems plague Calif. too; Obamacare redistribution is from lucky to unlucky; FDA crackdown on genetic testing

Daiichi Sankyo presents subgroup analysis of Hokusai-VTE study at ASH annual meeting

Tax employer health care plans? GOP rethinks proposal, continues health law barrage

Researchers personalizing cancer treatments for young patients

Senate Finance Committee scheduled to vote Thursday on 'doc fix' legislation

New research reveals novel way to develop anti-diarrhoeal drugs

New study aims to determine prevalence of pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome in Chicago area youth

Study shows children with ALL can safely receive intravenous infusions of chemotherapy

Experimental compound reduces joint inflammation in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis

Budget cuts, years-long flat funding can delay research into effective treatments for cancer

Vestiage selects ROI Media for direct to consumer marketing campaign

Broad Medical Research Program, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America to merge together

CatchMyPain App for patients suffering from chronic pain

Otsuka, Lundbeck to develop investigational vaccine candidate for Alzheimer's disease

Digital Science donates complete patent chemistry collection to advance drug discovery

GW Pharmaceuticals receives U.S. patent for treating glioma

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