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22% of African-American adults in Cleveland use little cigars

A new data brief released by the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods at Case Western Reserve University (PRCHN) shows that more than one-in-five African-American young adults in Cleveland, ages 18 to 29, routinely uses little cigars.

26 Nov 2013

Clinicians perform unnecessary Pap tests in certain groups of women, says researcher

For the past ten years, clinicians throughout the United States have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women, according to a researcher from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes neurodegeneration

As we age, our body rhythms lose time before they finally stop. Breaking the body clock by genetically disrupting a core clock gene, Bmal1, in mice has long been known to accelerate aging , causing arthritis, hair loss, cataracts, and premature death.

26 Nov 2013

BSN graduates more likely to get jobs than other professionals, shows AACN data

New data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) show that graduates of entry-level baccalaureate (BSN) and master's nursing programs are much more likely to have job offers at the time of graduation or soon after than are graduates from other fields.

26 Nov 2013

Two separate studies yield key findings for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure for AML

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a group of heterogeneous diseases with considerable diversity in terms of genetic abnormalities. Mutations of CEBPA, a tumour suppressor, are found in about 10 per cent of human AML patients.

26 Nov 2013

Medicare reverses course and opts not to revamp dialysis payments

Federal officials announce that they will reduce what the program's payment by less than 1 percent over the next two years.

26 Nov 2013

Extroverted children are more biased by bowl sizes than introverts

As dish size increases, so do portion size and the amount of food actually eaten-but could personality traits play a role in how susceptible people are to this plate-size bias? New research by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab indicates that extraverted and introverted children respond differently to environmental cues, such as plate size, when it comes to portion control.

26 Nov 2013

Icahn School of Medicine receives $2.7M to investigate narrow pathway targeted immune therapy

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a research team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai $2.7 million to study systemic treatments for patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers receive $2.5M grant to study telephone-based approach to improve diabetes treatment outcomes

More than 25 million Americans have diabetes, yet as many as 60 percent of type 2 diabetes patients do not follow treatment plans prescribed by their healthcare provider and about 50 percent fail to meet treatment recommendations for control of blood glucose levels.

26 Nov 2013

DKMS selects Remedy Informatics to provide analytics and pattern recognition technology

Remedy Informatics, Inc., the leading provider of registry-based informatics software for life sciences research and healthcare delivery, announced that DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, has selected Remedy's informatics solutions to solidify its position as an innovator and leader of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation worldwide.

26 Nov 2013

SillaJen executes definitive merger agreement to acquire Jennerex

SillaJen, Inc., a privately-held biotherapeutics and contract research company focused on the development of targeted biological products for cancer, announced today that it had executed a definitive merger agreement to acquire San Francisco-based Jennerex, Inc.

26 Nov 2013

Global health organizations join forces to raise awareness on dangers of fake medicines

Fake medicines increasingly put patients and the general public at risk across the world. In response to this challenge, ten partners who represent healthcare professionals, disease-specific organizations, product-development partnerships, foundations, international financing institutions, as well as the research-based pharmaceutical industry have joined forces to raise awareness about the dangers of fake medicines.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers analyze effects of MXE drug usage

Researchers from Sweden have attempted to create an understanding to the subjective effects from use of Methoxetamine (MXE), a drug belonging to a class known as "legal highs" or "research chemicals," and available for purchase on the Internet.

26 Nov 2013

Neuroscientists discover new role played by common but mysterious class of brain cells

Stanford University School of Medicine neuroscientists have discovered a new role played by a common but mysterious class of brain cells.

26 Nov 2013

Seed grants support cancer diagnosis and treatment, vascular health research

Five teams of scientists earned research seed grants awarded this year by the John S. Dunn Foundation. The awards support new collaborations by researchers at Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) and their partners at other institutional members of the Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC).

26 Nov 2013

Study finds that graphic warning labels reduce cigarette-smoking prevalence at much higher rates

The U.S. would have several million fewer smokers if graphic warning labels similar to those introduced in Canada nearly a decade ago were required on cigarette packs, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Waterloo.

26 Nov 2013

Research News and Research

22% of African-American adults in Cleveland use little cigars

Clinicians perform unnecessary Pap tests in certain groups of women, says researcher

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes neurodegeneration

BSN graduates more likely to get jobs than other professionals, shows AACN data

Two separate studies yield key findings for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure for AML

Medicare reverses course and opts not to revamp dialysis payments

Extroverted children are more biased by bowl sizes than introverts

Icahn School of Medicine receives $2.7M to investigate narrow pathway targeted immune therapy

Researchers receive $2.5M grant to study telephone-based approach to improve diabetes treatment outcomes

DKMS selects Remedy Informatics to provide analytics and pattern recognition technology

SillaJen executes definitive merger agreement to acquire Jennerex

Global health organizations join forces to raise awareness on dangers of fake medicines

Researchers analyze effects of MXE drug usage

Neuroscientists discover new role played by common but mysterious class of brain cells

Seed grants support cancer diagnosis and treatment, vascular health research

Study finds that graphic warning labels reduce cigarette-smoking prevalence at much higher rates

Researchers identify key immune cells that turn body's defenders against invading golden staph

Researchers identify new form of treatment for brain tumor

Lawmakers join state exchanges ahead of tough 2014 election battles

Embolizing left gastric artery may be potential bariatric treatment for weight loss

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