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Employers' coalition seeks mandate delay 'clarity'

In addition, the Obama administration's decision to delay the health law's employer mandate is having a ripple effect regarding other initiatives.

7 Aug 2013

New study suggests that color of night light can affect mood-related behaviors

When it comes to some of the health hazards of light at night, a new study suggests that the color of the light can make a big difference.

7 Aug 2013

Autologous tumor cell vaccination: An effective strategy to advance long-term leukemia control

Patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia often receive donor transplants that effectively "reboot" their own immune defenses, which then attack and potentially cure the hard-to-treat disease. However, there is a high rate of relapse in these patients, and the transplanted immune cells may also harm normal tissues, causing graft-versus-host disease.

7 Aug 2013

Immune function restored in spinal injured mice

In a new study, researchers at The Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center show that is possible to restore immune function in spinal injured mice.

7 Aug 2013

MIT researchers discover platform that manipulates organic molecules' emission

Enhancing and manipulating the light emission of organic molecules is at heart of many important technological and scientific advances, including in the fields of organic light emitting devices, bio-imaging, bio-molecular detection.

7 Aug 2013

In Maine, a first look at rates for health plans available on the exchange

News outlets also report on state efforts to implement the health law's online insurance marketplaces in Connecticut and Hawaii.

7 Aug 2013

Hospitals to face more severe penalties for patients' readmissions

News coverage continues regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' hospital readmissions reduction program with details of a final rule released Friday and a local look at how hospitals are faring in Georgia and Missouri.

7 Aug 2013

SmartTots announces recipients of pediatric anesthesia research grants

SmartTots announces Lena Sun, MD and Jeffrey William Sall, PhD, MD as the recipients of its 2013/2014 round of pediatric anesthesia research grants. The research grants are intended to support investigations into the existence of a clinical signal suggesting poor neurocognitive outcomes as the result of early exposure to anesthesia.

7 Aug 2013

Researchers identify specific genetic mutations that contribute to disorders of brain development

A collaborative team of researchers including scientists from UCLA has uncovered evidence that a specific genetic alteration appears to contribute to disorders of brain development, including schizophrenia. They also found that schizophrenia shares a common biological pathway with Fragile X mental retardation syndrome, a disorder associated with both intellectual impairment and autism.

7 Aug 2013

Johns Hopkins University receives $5.8M grant to research on causes of frailty in older adults

The federal government has awarded investigators at The Johns Hopkins University's schools of medicine and public health a multimillion-dollar, five-year grant to continue research designed to identify the causes of frailty in older adults, and speed the development of interventions to slow or stop it.

7 Aug 2013

UCSF study finds smoke-free casinos result in fewer emergency calls for ambulances

Commercial casinos throughout the country are often exempt from smoke-free workplace laws. Now a new study led by UC San Francisco has found that when smoking is banned in casinos, it results in considerably fewer emergency calls for ambulances.

7 Aug 2013

Montreal Protocol not only reverses ozone losses but also protects earth’s hydroclimate

The global treaty that headed off destruction of earth's protective ozone layer has also prevented major disruption of global rainfall patterns, even though that was not a motivation for the treaty, according to a new study in the Journal of Climate.

7 Aug 2013

Exercise could help reduce metabolic syndrome problems in liver transplant recipients

New research reveals that metabolic syndrome-risk factors that can lead to heart disease and/or stroke-is common in liver transplant recipients, with rates highest at one year following the procedure.

7 Aug 2013

Study shows peripherally inserted central catheters have similar CLABSI risk in vulnerable patients

A new study reports that peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) do not reduce the risk of central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in hospitalized patients. PICCs have become one of the most commonly used central venous catheters (CVCs) in healthcare settings since they are considered easier and safer to use, with less risk of CLABSIs.

7 Aug 2013

Doc-owned hospitals thriving in Texas despite ban from Medicare, Medicaid

George Ten Eyck is prepped for surgery by Christine Varela, a registered nurse, at Victory Healthcare in Hurst. The facility is part of a physician-owned chain that is growing despite not taking Medicare or Medicaid patients. Physician-owned hospitals in North Texas are finding ways to expand despite being banned from accepting Medicare and Medicaid patients (8/5).

7 Aug 2013

Combining drugs that target AXL and ErbB receptors could offer better way to fight tumors

Cancer drugs known as ErbB inhibitors have shown great success in treating many patients with lung, breast, colon and other types of cancer. However, ErbB drug resistance means that many other patients do not respond, and even among those who do, tumors commonly come back.

7 Aug 2013

NCI awards LTR $1.3M to continue its work in SEER cancer registry

The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health has been awarded a $1.3 million contract by the National Cancer Institute to continue its work as a SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) Program-designated cancer registry.

7 Aug 2013

Genetic variations in genes could put patients at risk for statin-associated muscle injury: Study

Statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol, are among the best selling drugs in North America and around the world. However, statin myopathy, which results in muscle pain and weakness, is a common side effect affecting up to 10 percent of statin users. A recent study led by Dr. Richard Kim of the Lawson Health Research Institute, in collaboration with Dr. Robert Hegele of Robarts Research Institute, and researchers from Vanderbilt University, found that commonly occurring genetic variations in a person's genes could put them at risk for statin-associated muscle injury.

7 Aug 2013

Automatic detection of EEG waves plays an important role in diagnosis of epilepsy

The automatic detection and identification of electroencephalogram waves play an important role in the prediction, diagnosis and treatment of epileptic seizures. Unfortunately, in previous experiments, training data and test data from electroencephalogram signals are often derived from the same cases, which may affect the clinical applicability of the classifiers.

7 Aug 2013

UCLA researchers combine cellular and gene therapies to develop treatment for breast cancer

Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have successfully combined cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse-model system to develop a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has spread to a patient's brain.

7 Aug 2013

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Employers' coalition seeks mandate delay 'clarity'

New study suggests that color of night light can affect mood-related behaviors

Autologous tumor cell vaccination: An effective strategy to advance long-term leukemia control

Immune function restored in spinal injured mice

MIT researchers discover platform that manipulates organic molecules' emission

In Maine, a first look at rates for health plans available on the exchange

Hospitals to face more severe penalties for patients' readmissions

SmartTots announces recipients of pediatric anesthesia research grants

Researchers identify specific genetic mutations that contribute to disorders of brain development

Johns Hopkins University receives $5.8M grant to research on causes of frailty in older adults

UCSF study finds smoke-free casinos result in fewer emergency calls for ambulances

Montreal Protocol not only reverses ozone losses but also protects earth’s hydroclimate

Exercise could help reduce metabolic syndrome problems in liver transplant recipients

Study shows peripherally inserted central catheters have similar CLABSI risk in vulnerable patients

Doc-owned hospitals thriving in Texas despite ban from Medicare, Medicaid

Combining drugs that target AXL and ErbB receptors could offer better way to fight tumors

NCI awards LTR $1.3M to continue its work in SEER cancer registry

Genetic variations in genes could put patients at risk for statin-associated muscle injury: Study

Automatic detection of EEG waves plays an important role in diagnosis of epilepsy

UCLA researchers combine cellular and gene therapies to develop treatment for breast cancer

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