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Viewpoints: Court's 'baffling' decision; opposing views on Medicaid alternatives; fixing the VA with earmarks

Over the weekend, without a pressing deadline at hand, I sat down to read more closely the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's strong dissent.

9 Jul 2014

Children who received home visits from nurses are less likely to die from preventable causes

Low-income mothers and their first-born children who received home visits from nurses were less likely to die from preventable causes during a two-decade period studied by a University of Colorado School of Medicine professor, according to a report published in JAMA Pediatrics - a leading, peer-reviewed journal of the American Medical Association.

8 Jul 2014

Fabry disease awareness: an interview with Dr. Hartmann Wellhoefer, Head of Medical Affairs, Rare Disease, Shire

Lysosomes are subcellular organelles that are present in most cells, with the major exception of red blood cells.

8 Jul 2014

American adolescents turn to ethnically-linked alternative tobacco products like hookahs

While cigarette use is declining precipitously among youth, evidence indicates that American adolescents are turning to ethnically-linked alternative tobacco products, such as hookahs, cigars, and various smokeless tobacco products, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

8 Jul 2014

Study documents impact of behavioural factors on life expectancy

Live longer thanks to fruit, an active lifestyle, limited alcohol and no cigarettes. This is the conclusion of a study by public health physicians at the University of Zurich who documented for the first time the impact of behavioural factors on life expectancy in numbers. The results are to be taken over into prevention and health counselling in primary care.

8 Jul 2014

Lack of leisure-time physical activity linked to increased obesity, particularly in young women

Sedentary lifestyle and not caloric intake may be to blame for increased obesity in the US, according to a new analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

8 Jul 2014

New test for TB could improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis for deadliest diseases

A new test for tuberculosis (TB) could dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis for one of the world's deadliest diseases, enabling health care providers to report results to patients within minutes, according to a study published this week in the journal Angewandte Chemie.

8 Jul 2014

Higher socioeconomic status associated with higher rates of hookah use

7 Jul 2014

Standard risk factors stratify already high-risk diabetic patients

Cardiovascular disease risk factors are associated with mortality even among patients with Type 2 diabetes who are already at high risk due to having high coronary artery calcified plaque, say researchers.

4 Jul 2014

Clinicians need to be sensitive to women's reproductive health needs in times of conflict

Clinicians need to be sensitive and aware of the unique challenges of women's reproductive health needs in times of conflict, suggests a new review published today (4 July) in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist.

4 Jul 2014

Pneumonia patients treated with azithromycin face lower risk of death, slightly increased risk of heart attack

In a study that included nearly 65,000 older patients hospitalized with pneumonia, treatment that included azithromycin compared with other antibiotics was associated with a significantly lower risk of death and a slightly increased risk of heart attack, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.

4 Jul 2014

Preventive placement of ICDs improves survival in patients with less severe heart failure

An examination of the benefit of preventive placement of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with a less severe level of heart failure, a group not well represented in clinical trials, finds significantly better survival at three years than that of similar patients with no ICD, according to a study in the June 4 issue of JAMA.

4 Jul 2014

Antibiotic therapy: A potential game-changer for hemodialysis treatment

An antibiotic therapy known to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients has been shown for the first time to reduce mortality, according to a Henry Ford Health System study.

3 Jul 2014

MedImmune initiates MEDI8897 phase I clinical studies for treatment of RSV infections

AIMM Therapeutics, a leading human therapeutic antibody company, today announced that its partner MedImmune, LLC, the global biologics unit of AstraZeneca, has initiated phase I clinical studies with MEDI8897, a best-in-class antibody for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in young, at risk children.

2 Jul 2014

Cordis launches SABER Catheter for treatment of patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

Cordis Corporation announced today the launch of its SABER PTA Dilatation Catheter ("SABER Catheter") for the treatment of patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).

1 Jul 2014

Pension and health costs may be higher than estimated in low-mortality countries

A new study by demographer John Bongaarts, Population Council Vice President and Distinguished Scholar, has found that mortality projections from most low-mortality countries are more pessimistic than they should be.

1 Jul 2014

WHO recommends women's groups to improve maternal and newborn health

The World Health Organisation has recommended an intervention developed and tested by partners in four countries and UCL researchers to improve maternal and newborn health.

30 Jun 2014

Cidara Therapeutics closes $32M Series A financing to advance novel echinocandin antifungal drug

Cidara Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has completed a $32 million Series A financing that will enable it to advance candidates from the company's Cloudbreak™ targeted immunotherapy platform and biafungin™, a novel long acting echinocandin antifungal drug, into human clinical studies.

30 Jun 2014

MedicAlert Foundation announces free medical IDs for individuals living with Malignant Hyperthermia

MedicAlert Foundation is pleased to announce that individuals living with Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) are now eligible to receive free medical IDs and live 24/7 emergency response services as the result of a grant obtained through the Sandi Ida Glickstein Fund at the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States.

28 Jun 2014

Taiho Oncology presents TAS-102 Phase III RECOURSE trial results in mCRC patients

Taiho Oncology, Inc., a subsidiary of Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan), announced today detailed findings from its global Phase III RECOURSE trial of TAS-102 (nonproprietary names: trifluridine and tipiracil hydrochloride), an oral combination anticancer drug.

28 Jun 2014

Mortality News and Research

Viewpoints: Court's 'baffling' decision; opposing views on Medicaid alternatives; fixing the VA with earmarks

Children who received home visits from nurses are less likely to die from preventable causes

Fabry disease awareness: an interview with Dr. Hartmann Wellhoefer, Head of Medical Affairs, Rare Disease, Shire

American adolescents turn to ethnically-linked alternative tobacco products like hookahs

Study documents impact of behavioural factors on life expectancy

Lack of leisure-time physical activity linked to increased obesity, particularly in young women

New test for TB could improve speed and accuracy of diagnosis for deadliest diseases

Higher socioeconomic status associated with higher rates of hookah use

Standard risk factors stratify already high-risk diabetic patients

Clinicians need to be sensitive to women's reproductive health needs in times of conflict

Pneumonia patients treated with azithromycin face lower risk of death, slightly increased risk of heart attack

Preventive placement of ICDs improves survival in patients with less severe heart failure

Antibiotic therapy: A potential game-changer for hemodialysis treatment

MedImmune initiates MEDI8897 phase I clinical studies for treatment of RSV infections

Cordis launches SABER Catheter for treatment of patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

Pension and health costs may be higher than estimated in low-mortality countries

WHO recommends women's groups to improve maternal and newborn health

Cidara Therapeutics closes $32M Series A financing to advance novel echinocandin antifungal drug

MedicAlert Foundation announces free medical IDs for individuals living with Malignant Hyperthermia

Taiho Oncology presents TAS-102 Phase III RECOURSE trial results in mCRC patients

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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