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African Progress Panel report highlights status of African economies at World Economic Forum on Africa

Africa's economies are expanding, but the continent is still too dependent on the export of raw materials and trade between African nations needs to be increased, the African Progress Panel said in a report released Thursday at the World Economic Forum on Africa, which is taking place this week in Cape Town, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

7 May 2011

Caisse des Dépôts, sanofi-aventis sign memorandum of understanding for Caisse des Dépôts Investment in Biocitech life science technology park

sanofi-aventis and France’s Caisse des Dépôts announce today that the Caisse des Depots will acquire an interest in the Paris-based Biocitech life sciences technology park. Biocitech plays a key role in the development of the biotechnology industry in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis and the Greater Paris region.

7 May 2011

Study: 73% of Los Angeles children need dental care

In 2007, the death of 12-year-old Deamonte Driver from untreated tooth decay exposed the need for better dental care in Maryland families with limited resources. However, the problem ranges beyond a single state, researchers found when they examined poor, migrant and minority children in Los Angeles.

7 May 2011

AGA's cutting-edge research on GI disorders to be presented at DDW 2011

Clinicians, researchers and scientists from around the world will gather for Digestive Disease Week- 2011, the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting, from May 7-10, 2011, at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

7 May 2011

University of California, Irvine Medical Center introduce Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

A new effort led by a University of California, Irvine Medical Center oncologist seeks to improve cancer survival for adolescents and young adults. Dr. Leonard S. Sender has long advocated changing the approach oncologists take when treating patients and survivors aged 15 to 39.

7 May 2011

Halozyme Therapeutics reports net loss of $9.6 million for first quarter 2011

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products targeting the extracellular matrix for the diabetes, cancer, dermatology and drug delivery markets, today reported financial results for the first quarter 2011.

7 May 2011

Research roundup: Racial disparities in cancer screening and VA treatment

Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Colorectal Cancer Screening Persisted Despite Expansion Of Medicare's Screening Reimbursement. This study looked at the effect in minority groups of expanded reimbursements by Medicare for colorectal cancer screenings.

7 May 2011

Affordable preventive care options available for all California women

All women, regardless of their health insurance coverage, can find affordable preventive care options in California, according to Californians for Patient Care, an independent nonprofit that connects consumers to affordable care.

7 May 2011

Roundup: Fla. lawmakers to vote today on Medicaid changes; Calif. court expands deadline for tobacco suits

With a sponsor calling it the "most significant transformational change" since Florida's Medicaid program started, lawmakers will vote Friday on a long-awaited proposal to shift almost all beneficiaries into managed-care plans.

7 May 2011

FDA approves Afinitor for treatment of progressive neuroendocrine tumors in the pancreas

On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afinitor (everolimus) to treat patients with progressive neuroendocrine tumors located in the pancreas (PNET) that cannot be removed by surgery or that have spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).

7 May 2011

Filipino children with KD at greater risk for inflammation of heart blood vessels

While children of all ethnicities can contract Kawasaki disease (KD), a study led by researchers at the Kawasaki Disease Research Center at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego finds that Filipino children with KD are at a higher risk for inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart than those of other Asian and non-Asian backgrounds.

7 May 2011

Viewpoints: Will GOP back away from Medicaid plan too?; exchanges geared to politics, not health

All but seven House Republicans voted for a budget plan last month that would eliminate Medicare's guarantee to the elderly. It was always bad policy. But now that the vote has proved to be wildly unpopular, the party is suddenly running in the opposite direction.

7 May 2011

Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Novartis drug Afinitor for the treatment of advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

7 May 2011

Enzon first quarter adjusted loss from continuing operations decreases to $4.2 million

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2011.

7 May 2011

Research sheds light on transmission of obesity among friends and family

Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in the American Journal of Public Health shed light on the transmission of obesity among friends and family.

7 May 2011

Ryan blames politics for preventing overarching agreement to reduce the debt

Examples of how the politics of Medicare have picked up momentum since Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., advanced his proposal to revamp the proposal can be seen in a range of developments — including a letter from Democratic lawmakers to President Barack Obama, comments for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and even a tightening special election for a New York congressional seat.

7 May 2011

VA and DoD produce new collaboration guidebook on clinical health research

Researchers from the Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense have produced a new 56-page guidebook to spur more collaboration between the agencies on clinical health research.

7 May 2011

Researchers find temperature-sensing protein in immune cells

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have found a temperature-sensing protein within immune cells that, when tripped, allows calcium to pour in and activate an immune response.

7 May 2011

Researchers establish new method to patch damaged heart with tissue-engineering platform

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have established a new method to patch a damaged heart using a tissue-engineering platform that enables heart tissue to repair itself.

7 May 2011

Also in Global Health News: WHO highlights health care-associated infections; Niger food shortages, health care workers; Latin American food security

The WHO on Thursday highlighted the importance of hand washing and other efforts to prevent health care-associated infections (HAIs), which affect millions of people annually, with developing countries carrying the greatest burden of such infections, CIDRAP News reports.

7 May 2011

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African Progress Panel report highlights status of African economies at World Economic Forum on Africa

Caisse des Dépôts, sanofi-aventis sign memorandum of understanding for Caisse des Dépôts Investment in Biocitech life science technology park

Study: 73% of Los Angeles children need dental care

AGA's cutting-edge research on GI disorders to be presented at DDW 2011

University of California, Irvine Medical Center introduce Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Halozyme Therapeutics reports net loss of $9.6 million for first quarter 2011

Research roundup: Racial disparities in cancer screening and VA treatment

Affordable preventive care options available for all California women

Roundup: Fla. lawmakers to vote today on Medicaid changes; Calif. court expands deadline for tobacco suits

FDA approves Afinitor for treatment of progressive neuroendocrine tumors in the pancreas

Filipino children with KD at greater risk for inflammation of heart blood vessels

Viewpoints: Will GOP back away from Medicaid plan too?; exchanges geared to politics, not health

Novartis receives FDA approval for Afinitor to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Enzon first quarter adjusted loss from continuing operations decreases to $4.2 million

Research sheds light on transmission of obesity among friends and family

Ryan blames politics for preventing overarching agreement to reduce the debt

VA and DoD produce new collaboration guidebook on clinical health research

Researchers find temperature-sensing protein in immune cells

Researchers establish new method to patch damaged heart with tissue-engineering platform

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