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Researchers present research outcomes on food risk and benefit communication created by FoodRisC

Consumers in Europe are often overwhelmed with the vast amounts of food risk and benefit information presented to them, some of which can be perceived as conflicting or confusing.

13 Sep 2013

State highlights: Nation's older population strains budgets in Northeast; Detroit may replace health coverage with stipends; access to care in rural Alaska

Most of the nation's oldest population is now clustered in the Northeast and growing rapidly, according to Census data, straining medical, housing and transportation budgets and forcing lawmakers to look for new approaches. And legislators and governors are reaching the conclusion that the way to pay for the elderly is to cater to the young (Wilson, 9/12).

13 Sep 2013

ACC, Symphony Health Solutions partner to improve quality of cardiovascular care

Symphony Health Solutions, a provider of high-value data, analytics and technology solutions for life science manufacturers, payers and providers, and the American College of Cardiology, a professional organization dedicated to improving cardiovascular health, today announced they have entered into a business relationship to develop new insights from an integrated healthcare database, which will include assets from the ACC's rich National Cardiovascular Data Registry and Symphony Health's Integrated DataverseTM.

13 Sep 2013

With gov't. shutdown looming, GOP rift over Obamacare stalls budget bill

House Republican leaders delayed a vote Wednesday on the stopgap funding measure that would have kept the federal government financed until mid-December after conservatives balked because it didn't explicitly end funding for the health care law.

13 Sep 2013

TreatFOOD research project develops food supplements to relieve malnutrition

Thirty-three million children worldwide suffer from moderate acute malnutrition. It affects human development and generally, increases susceptibility to illness. Unfortunately, the nutritional supplements and aid that these children may receive today is based upon dated standards developed for adults or otherwise intended for children with severe acute nutrition.

13 Sep 2013

New catalyst class uses halogen bridges for environmentally friendlier production

Ninety percent of all chemical products require catalysts in the course of their manufacture. They accelerate reactions and reduce the energy needed. Catalysts participate in reactions, but are not consumed. As a result one catalyst molecule can convert millions of substrate molecules, which explains the great economic value of catalysts.

13 Sep 2013

As marketplaces get ready for opening, several states still facing debates about Medicaid expansion

Pennsylvania and Ohio are among the states where the Medicaid question is still in play this year. Meanwhile, in Arizona, an effort to get a referendum to block the expansion fails and an advocacy group vows to bring a lawsuit to stop it.

13 Sep 2013

Data can help scientists, physicians match precision drugs to cancer's genetic traits

More than 5,000 genetic profiles of tumor DNA have been completed in a large research study by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Boston Children's Hospital designed to speed the development of personalized cancer care with precision treatments.

13 Sep 2013

Cell Therapeutics agrees to sell 15,000 shares of Series 18 Preferred Stock to Quogue Capital

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to sell 15,000 shares of its Series 18 Preferred Stock directly to Quogue Capital LLC and an affiliate of Perceptive Advisors LLC in a registered direct offering conducted without an underwriter or placement agent for gross proceeds of approximately $15 million (the "Offering").

13 Sep 2013

Four new pre-clinical drug development projects at NIH develop treatment for rare disease

Four new pre-clinical drug development projects at the National Institutes of Health will target a form of blindness and diseases characterized by cardiac problems. The projects were selected for their potential to treat specific rare diseases and to help scientists uncover new information that can be shared with other researchers.

13 Sep 2013

Cardiologist receives $1.9M grant from PCORI to study mHealth services

Richard Katz, M.D., Bloedorn Professor of Cardiology, professor of medicine, and director of the division of cardiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS), has been awarded $1.9 million by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) for a three-year project to study the combined use of mobile phones and community health workers to enhance patient management of chronic disease.

13 Sep 2013

Stem cells and gene therapy play important role in regeneration of inner ear hair cells

Since Moffat and Ramsden for the first time discovered the possibility of the auditory system in humans in 1977, over the last two decades, great progress has been made in physiopathological research on neurosensory hearing loss. J-rgensen and Mathiesen were the first authors to note the capacity for regeneration of the normal vestibular epithelium in adult Australian parrots.

13 Sep 2013

Marketing of health law goes mainstream

The Associated Press reports that applying for coverage in new online insurance marketplaces will feel like a combination of doing your taxes and making a big purchase.

13 Sep 2013

Data shows Americans are living longer, reporting fewer symptoms of disease

Thanks to medical advances, better treatments and new drugs not available a generation ago, the average American born today can expect to live 3.8 years longer than a person born two decades ago.

13 Sep 2013

Viewpoints: GOP 'obsession' with health law prevents progress on key financial issues; the 'fantasy of fertility;' VA is 'model' for transforming U.S. medicine

Try as they might, House Republican leaders are having trouble stopping their colleagues from shooting themselves in the foot -- again. Having failed to approve any of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund federal agencies, Congress has to pass a stopgap spending bill by Sept. 30 to keep much of the federal government from shutting down.

13 Sep 2013

Study: Higher rates of acute hepatitis C virus clearance are seen in women

A study of patients infected with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found that women had higher rates of spontaneous viral clearance—undetectable levels of the virus without initiating drug therapy.

13 Sep 2013

For small companies and self-employed people, health law raises questions

This pair of stories from The Associated Press outlines how confusing the health law can be for both small business owners as well as the self-employed with high income.

13 Sep 2013

Pertussis incidence among older adults may be under-recognized, study finds

The incidence of pertussis among U.S. adults 50 and older may be greatly under-reported and under-recognized, according to findings from a study conducted by GlaxoSmithKline researchers who analyzed approximately 48 million cases of cough-related illness in the U.S. between 2006 and 2010.

13 Sep 2013

Pancreatic protein essential for maintaining functional state of beta cells

Researchers at the Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that the pancreatic protein Nkx6.1 - a beta-cell enriched transcription factor - is essential to maintaining the functional state of beta cells.

13 Sep 2013

Educational status may protect women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas against obesity

Educational status may protect women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas against obesity, finds a new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion.

13 Sep 2013

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Researchers present research outcomes on food risk and benefit communication created by FoodRisC

State highlights: Nation's older population strains budgets in Northeast; Detroit may replace health coverage with stipends; access to care in rural Alaska

ACC, Symphony Health Solutions partner to improve quality of cardiovascular care

With gov't. shutdown looming, GOP rift over Obamacare stalls budget bill

TreatFOOD research project develops food supplements to relieve malnutrition

New catalyst class uses halogen bridges for environmentally friendlier production

As marketplaces get ready for opening, several states still facing debates about Medicaid expansion

Data can help scientists, physicians match precision drugs to cancer's genetic traits

Cell Therapeutics agrees to sell 15,000 shares of Series 18 Preferred Stock to Quogue Capital

Four new pre-clinical drug development projects at NIH develop treatment for rare disease

Cardiologist receives $1.9M grant from PCORI to study mHealth services

Stem cells and gene therapy play important role in regeneration of inner ear hair cells

Marketing of health law goes mainstream

Data shows Americans are living longer, reporting fewer symptoms of disease

Viewpoints: GOP 'obsession' with health law prevents progress on key financial issues; the 'fantasy of fertility;' VA is 'model' for transforming U.S. medicine

Study: Higher rates of acute hepatitis C virus clearance are seen in women

For small companies and self-employed people, health law raises questions

Pertussis incidence among older adults may be under-recognized, study finds

Pancreatic protein essential for maintaining functional state of beta cells

Educational status may protect women living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas against obesity

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