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Blood-Based Protein Test May Distinguish Between Malignant And Benign Lung Nodules

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17 Oct 2013

Jain Foundation Steps Up Efforts To Find Cure For Muscular Dystrophy

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17 Oct 2013

Celmatix presents six research findings at ASRM's annual meeting

Celmatix, a biotechnology company focused on helping physicians guide patients to treatments that maximize their personal reproductive potential, announced today six research presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, being held October 12-17 in Boston.

17 Oct 2013

Discovery Labs submits IND application to start AEROSURF phase 2 clinical program

Discovery Laboratories, Inc., a specialty biotechnology company dedicated to advancing a new standard of respiratory critical care, today announced that it has submitted an investigational new drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to initiate its AEROSURF phase 2 clinical program.

17 Oct 2013

Elsevier launches web-based curriculum for community mental health practitioners

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the launch of a new curriculum, The College of Recovery and Community Inclusion.

17 Oct 2013

First Edition: October 17, 2013

Today's headlines include reports and analyses of the Capitol Hill deal to raise the debt limit and reopen the federal government, as well as the latest developments regarding the health law's federal and state health insurance exchanges.

17 Oct 2013

NEJM publishes Celgene’s Abraxane phase III study results

Published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, a phase III clinical trial of Abraxane (paclitaxel formulated as albumin-bound nanoparticles) in combination with gemcitabine in treatment-naive patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival compared to patients receiving gemcitabine alone [(median of 8.5 vs. 6.7 months) (HR 0.72, P=0.000015)].

17 Oct 2013

Researchers study link between different room types in NICU and developmental outcomes of infants

Medical technology has improved the survival rates of premature infants, but adverse developmental outcomes are a continuing problem. Researchers have turned their attention to the neonatal intensive care unit, where premature infants spend their first few weeks or months, for potential answers.

17 Oct 2013

Merck to present pharmacokinetic data on once-daily ISENTRESS at EACS

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, is presenting pharmacokinetic data this week on investigational formulations of a once daily dose of ISENTRESS at the 14th European AIDS Conference, sponsored by the European AIDS Clinical Society.

17 Oct 2013

Ultrasound prior to thyroidectomy important for planning surgery

Ultrasound imaging is commonly used to diagnose and evaluate patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, and to determine whether the disease has spread to lymph nodes in the neck that should be removed at the time of thyroidectomy.

17 Oct 2013

Mayo Clinic's Executive Health Program begins new chapter

Mayo Clinic's Executive Health Program, which has kept thousands of business leaders healthy without major disruptions in their lives, begins a new chapter today with the announcement of a $10 million gift by W. Hall Wendel, Jr. to expand and name the W. Hall Wendel, Jr. Center for Executive Health.

17 Oct 2013

New report examines impact of health reform on community health centers and patients

A new report by the Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services examines the impact of health reform on community health centers and their patients.

17 Oct 2013

Review article looks at recent research about insomnia among American soldiers

Various behavioral treatment options are helping to treat the sleeplessness experienced by one in every two American soldiers who have been deployed in recent military operations. So says Dr. Adam Bramoweth of the Department of Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and Dr. Anne Germain of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the US.

17 Oct 2013

High long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content may lower risk of brain abnormalities

According to a new study, high long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood may lower the risk of small brain infarcts and other brain abnormalities in the elderly.

17 Oct 2013

Researchers receive grant to accelerate development of mobile seizure alert system for epilepsy patients

Approximately 2 million people, including 400,000 children, in the United States are being treated for epilepsy, and one-third continue to have seizures despite treatment. In order to address an important caregiver need, RTI International has been developing a prototype mobile seizure alert system to help epilepsy patients and their families cope with seizures.

17 Oct 2013

NIH funding helps develop chronic-pain network to accelerate research, treatments

What do migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis have in common? All involve chronic pain.

17 Oct 2013

Detecting dangerous blood clots in the form of simple urine test

Detecting dangerous blood clots, which can cause life-threatening conditions such as strokes and heart attacks, leading causes of death for men and women in the U.S., has been a coveted and elusive goal.

17 Oct 2013

King's College researchers identify new biomarker that detects sepsis in blood

Researchers at King's College London have identified a biomarker - a biological 'fingerprint' - for sepsis in the blood, and showed it could be possible to diagnose the condition within two hours by screening for this biomarker at a patient's bedside.

17 Oct 2013

What's in? What's out? Tracking the course of health law changes included in budget talks

After playing a central role in the negotiations, two health law tax provisions -- one related to reinsurance and the other a levy on medical devices -- appear to be off the table as of Wednesday morning. News outlets explained both in stories filed Tuesday night.

17 Oct 2013

5.2M won't get coverage in states rejecting Medicaid expansion; Wis. governor race heats up over expansion plans

A new report projects that 5.2 million adults will not get health coverage next year because their states aren't expanding Medicaid under the health law. In Wisconsin, expanding the program becomes an issue in the gubernatorial race, while in North Carolina, county commissioners ask state officials to reconsider their decision not to expand and in Virginia, supporters of expansion outnumber opponents in a hearing.

17 Oct 2013

Research News and Research

Blood-Based Protein Test May Distinguish Between Malignant And Benign Lung Nodules

Jain Foundation Steps Up Efforts To Find Cure For Muscular Dystrophy

Celmatix presents six research findings at ASRM's annual meeting

Discovery Labs submits IND application to start AEROSURF phase 2 clinical program

Elsevier launches web-based curriculum for community mental health practitioners

First Edition: October 17, 2013

NEJM publishes Celgene’s Abraxane phase III study results

Researchers study link between different room types in NICU and developmental outcomes of infants

Merck to present pharmacokinetic data on once-daily ISENTRESS at EACS

Ultrasound prior to thyroidectomy important for planning surgery

Mayo Clinic's Executive Health Program begins new chapter

New report examines impact of health reform on community health centers and patients

Review article looks at recent research about insomnia among American soldiers

High long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content may lower risk of brain abnormalities

Researchers receive grant to accelerate development of mobile seizure alert system for epilepsy patients

NIH funding helps develop chronic-pain network to accelerate research, treatments

Detecting dangerous blood clots in the form of simple urine test

King's College researchers identify new biomarker that detects sepsis in blood

What's in? What's out? Tracking the course of health law changes included in budget talks

5.2M won't get coverage in states rejecting Medicaid expansion; Wis. governor race heats up over expansion plans

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