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Occupational exposure to magnetic fields may moderately increase risk of Alzheimer's, ALS

Occupational exposure to magnetic fields (MF) may be associated with "moderately increased risk" of certain neurodegenerative diseases—including Alzheimer's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, reports the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

7 Feb 2013

Basis of antidepressant drugs and electroconvulsive therapy found

Through a series of investigations in mice and humans, Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a protein that appears to be the target of both antidepressant drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. Results of their experiments explain how these therapies likely work to relieve depression by stimulating stem cells in the brain to grow and mature.

7 Feb 2013

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy risk highlighted in children

US researchers call for clinical guidelines for detection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in children after finding that a significant proportion of young patients are affected.

7 Feb 2013

First new TB vaccine in century fails initial testing

The first of a series of new vaccines that have been developed to combat tuberculosis failed to show efficacy compared with placebo in South African infants, show results from a phase II trial.

7 Feb 2013

Parental psychosis affects early schizophrenia risk factors

Parental psychosis alters the impact that individual biological risk factors during pregnancy and birth have on future schizophrenia risk, say Finnish researchers.

7 Feb 2013

Language impairment affects children’s writing ability

Children with specific language impairment have a lower quality of written language than their typically developing peers, show study findings.

7 Feb 2013

Migraine, epilepsy and genetics: an interview with Dr. Melodie Winawer

This work is the product of an extraordinary consortium called the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome project (EPGP). It is a consortium of 27 centres in the U.S. and internationally with several hundred physicians and staff who have worked together to enrol more than 4000 patients with epilepsy and their family members.

7 Feb 2013

Innovative drug discovery in Europe supported by Bayer

Bayer HealthCare initiated and will coordinate a newly founded pan-European consortium, named European Lead Factory, which has been launched to enhance early drug discovery addressing the need for innovative drugs. The new five-year project will create an exceptional small molecule library collection allowing drug discovery on innovative and promising targets from pharma companies and academia.

7 Feb 2013

Sangamo BioSciences fourth quarter revenues increase to $8.9 million

Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. today reported fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results and accomplishments.

7 Feb 2013

New method can determine seriousness of cancer prognosis with 80% certainty

The number of incorrect cancer prognoses can be halved with computerised image analysis. In three years time, the method can be used on patients with bowel cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.

6 Feb 2013

Seattle Genetics commences two SGN-CD19A phase I trials in hematologic malignancies

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced the initiation of two phase I clinical trials of SGN-CD19A, one for patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and one for patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

6 Feb 2013

FluGen's REDEE FLU vaccine protects against both H5N1 and H3N2 strains

Deadly flu viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu and H3N2 swine flu, may have met their match in FluGen's universal vaccine, REDEE FLU.

6 Feb 2013

Arzeda, INVISTA partner to develop new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes

INVISTA Technologies S.à r.l. and Arzeda Corp. announce a collaboration for the development of new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes.

6 Feb 2013

ECRI Institute PSO identifies key health information technology-related problems

The federal government is spending about $19 billion to encourage hospitals, physician practices, and other healthcare organizations to invest in their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure with the goal of improving patient safety and quality through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

6 Feb 2013

Roundup: Calif. missing out on millions of dollars because of disagreements, software problems; Mass. finds more problems at compounding pharmacies; Hope for Kan. Medicaid managed care

California's court-run prison health care program is missing out on tens of millions of dollars a year in federal funds because of disagreement with counties and software problems, a new legislative report states. The legislative analyst's office found increasing numbers of prison inmates who, because of their low income status, are eligible for the state's Medicaid program.

6 Feb 2013

Feeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants reduces risk of sepsis and NICU costs

Feeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants greatly reduces risk for sepsis and significantly lowers associated neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) costs, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center researchers.

6 Feb 2013

Preventing deaths among women globally

In this audio report from United Nations Radio, Marleen Temmerman, head of the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the WHO, talks to the U.N.'s Beng Poblete-Enriquez about preventable deaths among women globally.

6 Feb 2013

State roundup: Calif. 'Healthy Families' deficit at $100M

The Healthy Families program has run out of money, according to state health officials. The deficit currently stands at almost $100 million and will keep rising every month, according to Janette Casillas, executive director of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, which oversees Healthy Families. Gov. Jerry Brown's administration is pursuing two ideas for refilling the coffers: reinstitution of a recently expired tax on managed care organizations and an appropriation bill if the MCO tax isn't revived.

6 Feb 2013

Hospital house calls: A way to cut costs and improve quality?

Meanwhile, a group of experts convened by the National Quality Forum has released its second annual round of recommendations on quality measures to be used in federal health programs.

6 Feb 2013

Army Secretary urges soldier mental health resilience training

The step is part of an effort to improve the Army's coordination of mental health programs and to address increasing military suicide rates.

6 Feb 2013

Research News and Research

Occupational exposure to magnetic fields may moderately increase risk of Alzheimer's, ALS

Basis of antidepressant drugs and electroconvulsive therapy found

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy risk highlighted in children

First new TB vaccine in century fails initial testing

Parental psychosis affects early schizophrenia risk factors

Language impairment affects children’s writing ability

Migraine, epilepsy and genetics: an interview with Dr. Melodie Winawer

Innovative drug discovery in Europe supported by Bayer

Sangamo BioSciences fourth quarter revenues increase to $8.9 million

New method can determine seriousness of cancer prognosis with 80% certainty

Seattle Genetics commences two SGN-CD19A phase I trials in hematologic malignancies

FluGen's REDEE FLU vaccine protects against both H5N1 and H3N2 strains

Arzeda, INVISTA partner to develop new technologies to enable novel bio-derived processes

ECRI Institute PSO identifies key health information technology-related problems

Roundup: Calif. missing out on millions of dollars because of disagreements, software problems; Mass. finds more problems at compounding pharmacies; Hope for Kan. Medicaid managed care

Feeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants reduces risk of sepsis and NICU costs

Preventing deaths among women globally

State roundup: Calif. 'Healthy Families' deficit at $100M

Hospital house calls: A way to cut costs and improve quality?

Army Secretary urges soldier mental health resilience training

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