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Biomedical professor details research progress toward reading, writing neural code

Despite many remarkable discoveries in the field of neuroscience during the past several decades, researchers have not been able to fully crack the brain's "neural code."

13 Mar 2013

Judge blocks NYC's big gulp ban, Bloomberg vows appeal

A New York State judge blocked New York City's limit on big sugary drinks Monday, just a day before the law was set to take effect, calling the limits "arbitrary and capricious."

13 Mar 2013

ASTRONAUT trial finds no beneficial effects of aliskiren in recently hospitalized heart failure patients

Despite high hopes that a blood pressure-lowering medication called aliskiren would help people following hospitalization for heart failure, no beneficial effects were found, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session.

13 Mar 2013

Ryan's budget plan -- to be released today -- reprises 2012 election issues with Medicare, Medicaid changes

Early reports on the budget being advanced by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., suggest the blueprint will score savings by proposing to turn Medicaid into a block grant program, repealing much of the 2010 health law and applying a premium support model to Medicare.

13 Mar 2013

MGH investigators identify new disease that causes widespread chronic pain in children

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have described what may be a newly identified disease that appears to explain some cases of widespread chronic pain and other symptoms in children and young adults.

13 Mar 2013

Senate Democrats to take up government funding bill

The measure does not include the additional money the Obama administration was seeking to implement parts of the health law.

13 Mar 2013

DKCRUSH-III trial results show differences in technically challenging bifurcation lesions

Patients with a type of coronary lesion linked with poor prognosis fared significantly better with the stent technique known as double kissing crush than with culotte stenting, according to data from the DKCRUSH-III trial presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session.

13 Mar 2013

Studies show prenatal nutrition may affect gene function in children's health

Pioneering studies by U. S. Department of Agriculture-funded research molecular geneticist Robert A. Waterland are helping explain how the foods that soon-to-be-moms eat in the days and weeks around the time of conception-or what's known as periconceptional nutrition-may affect the way genes function in her children, and her children's health.

13 Mar 2013

Thanking Japan for its commitment to the Global Fund

In a post in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's blog, Global Fund Executive Director Mark Dybul notes "[t]he contribution Japan made in 2012 was the highest annual amount that the country had made in 10 years of remarkable support to the fight against HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria through the Global Fund."

13 Mar 2013

Viewpoints: 'Grim' backlog at VA; Feds should stay away from reforming medical malpractice

A new report based on previously unreleased data from the Department of Veterans Affairs paints a distressing portrait of an agency buried helplessly in paperwork -- with a claims backlog that has gotten far worse in the past four years.

13 Mar 2013

Researchers determine way to predict and protect against new strains of flu virus

Researchers have determined a way to predict and protect against new strains of the flu virus, in the hope of improving immunity against the disease.

13 Mar 2013

Eplerenone may also reduce risk of heart failure, shows REMINDER trial

The prescription drug eplerenone appears to reduce the risk of cardiovascular mortality and heart failure after a heart attack by more than one-third, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session.

13 Mar 2013

Non-invasive prenatal genetic screening: an interview with Dr. Charles Strom, Senior Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

A new category of non-invasive genetic screening tests is gaining a great deal of interest in the medical field – including from Quest Diagnostics -- for its potential to help screen women during pregnancy for genetic abnormalities known as trisomies, the most common of which is Down syndrome.

From Quest Diagnostics 13 Mar 2013

Ryan says critics of his budget need to offer 'credible alternative' for Medicare; Opponents blast plan as repeat of failed past efforts

On Tuesday, we're introducing a budget that balances in 10 years - without raising taxes. How do we do it? We stop spending money the government doesn't have.

13 Mar 2013

STREAM trial: Treatment with tenecteplase before hospital transfer benefits some

A clot-busting therapy may benefit some heart attack patients who cannot have immediate angioplasty, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session.

13 Mar 2013

Recently employees from SCCA and Fred Hutch receive health care awards

Recently employees from both Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch) and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) were recognized with industry awards for being leading innovators in health care.

13 Mar 2013

Smad7 protein protects against or heals mouth sores associated with cancer treatment

Mouse model studies show that administered genetically or topically, protein Smad7 protects against or heals mouth sores commonly associated with cancer treatment.

13 Mar 2013

New computer-based process helps diagnose conditions that lead to concussion-related injuries

Concussions can occur in sports and in combat, but health experts do not know precisely which jolts, collisions and awkward head movements during these activities pose the greatest risks to the brain. To find out, Johns Hopkins engineers have developed a powerful new computer-based process that helps identify the dangerous conditions that lead to concussion-related brain injuries.

13 Mar 2013

New York Times reports on controversy surrounding Syrian aid; WFP to feed 2.5M people in Syria by April

The New York Times examines the controversy surrounding humanitarian aid to Syria, writing, "The United States and other international donors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on humanitarian aid for Syrians afflicted by the civil war. But here in the rebel-controlled north, where the deprivation is most acute, that money has bought mostly anger and resentment: the vast majority of aid is going to territory controlled by President Bashar al-Assad, and the small amount reaching opposition-held areas is all but invisible."

13 Mar 2013

Research findings could lead to new sleep therapies to improve memory disorders

A team of sleep researchers led by UC Riverside psychologist Sara C. Mednick has confirmed the mechanism that enables the brain to consolidate memory and found that a commonly prescribed sleep aid enhances the process.

13 Mar 2013

Research News and Research

Biomedical professor details research progress toward reading, writing neural code

Judge blocks NYC's big gulp ban, Bloomberg vows appeal

ASTRONAUT trial finds no beneficial effects of aliskiren in recently hospitalized heart failure patients

Ryan's budget plan -- to be released today -- reprises 2012 election issues with Medicare, Medicaid changes

MGH investigators identify new disease that causes widespread chronic pain in children

Senate Democrats to take up government funding bill

DKCRUSH-III trial results show differences in technically challenging bifurcation lesions

Studies show prenatal nutrition may affect gene function in children's health

Thanking Japan for its commitment to the Global Fund

Viewpoints: 'Grim' backlog at VA; Feds should stay away from reforming medical malpractice

Researchers determine way to predict and protect against new strains of flu virus

Eplerenone may also reduce risk of heart failure, shows REMINDER trial

Non-invasive prenatal genetic screening: an interview with Dr. Charles Strom, Senior Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

Ryan says critics of his budget need to offer 'credible alternative' for Medicare; Opponents blast plan as repeat of failed past efforts

STREAM trial: Treatment with tenecteplase before hospital transfer benefits some

Recently employees from SCCA and Fred Hutch receive health care awards

Smad7 protein protects against or heals mouth sores associated with cancer treatment

New computer-based process helps diagnose conditions that lead to concussion-related injuries

New York Times reports on controversy surrounding Syrian aid; WFP to feed 2.5M people in Syria by April

Research findings could lead to new sleep therapies to improve memory disorders

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