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CAM therapies are more pronounced among whites than racial and ethnic minorities

The use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies experienced a significant growth in the United States in the last decade, and a new analysis finds that CAM use becomes more likely when access to conventional care has been restricted.

1 Feb 2011

Avantra Biosciences selects TGen Drug Development for new biomarker quantitation platform

Avantra Biosciences today announced the selection of TGen Drug Development as a key test site for Avantra's new biomarker quantitation platform.

1 Feb 2011

Loyola opens Comprehensive Diabetes Care Clinic in Hickory Hills

Untreated or poorly managed diabetes can cause severe health complications such as kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke and nerve damage. To help diabetic patients more easily care for their condition, Loyola has opened the Comprehensive Diabetes Care Clinic at Loyola Center for Health at Hickory Hills.

1 Feb 2011

Widespread screening or ultrasound for blocked neck arteries not necessary to determine stroke risk

Widespread screening or routine ultrasound for blocked neck arteries to determine stroke risk isn't necessary, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, American College of Cardiology and other groups.

1 Feb 2011

Free radicals may damage eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

Scientists have found that free radicals (unstable molecules that cause the death of cells as the body ages) may also cause the damage in the eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a hereditary disease that is one of the most common reasons for corneal transplants worldwide.

1 Feb 2011

Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying: New study

Older Americans who were treated in Michigan intensive care units saw larger decreases in their likelihood of dying while hospitalized than similar ICU patients in other Midwestern hospitals, according to a new study evaluating an innovative quality improvement initiative funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

1 Feb 2011

U.S. has no plans to end aid to Haiti despite disputed election, Sec. of State Clinton says

During a brief visit to Haiti on Sunday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. has no plans to end aid to Haiti despite the unresolved presidential election, the Associated Press/Boston Globe reports (1/31).

1 Feb 2011

Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program appears to reduce hospital deaths by 10%

A Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program that virtually eliminated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units throughout Michigan appears to have also reduced deaths by 10 percent, a new study suggests.

1 Feb 2011

Scientists devise safer way to create iPS cells

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found a better way to create induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells-adult cells reprogrammed with the properties of embryonic stem cells-from a small blood sample. This new method, described last week in Cell Research, avoids creating DNA changes that could lead to tumor formation.

1 Feb 2011

CINJ Foundation, Panera Bread enter joint venture to fight against cancer

Panera Bread has expanded its contributions to the fight against cancer by selecting the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Foundation as its Community Breadbox Partner for 2011.

1 Feb 2011

WCRI study finds 12% increase in medical costs per claim in Wisconsin

The increased cost and more frequent use of medical care provided to injured workers in Wisconsin drove up the average medical payments per workers' compensation claim in recent years, according to a new study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute.

1 Feb 2011

Walk briskly to boost memory

Researchers have found that older adults who took a brisk walk three times a week did better on memory tests and increased the size of their hippocampus, a portion of the brain involved with memory formation.

1 Feb 2011

Research on triple negative disease can benefit patients with breat cancer

Research to develop more effective treatments for triple negative breast cancer -- a difficult disease to cure -- could someday benefit all breast cancer patients, reports Dr. Frederick C. Tucker, Jr. of Fredericksburg Oncology.

1 Feb 2011

“Enjoy your food but eat less”: Latest Dietary guidelines

New federal dietary guidelines, released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services lays down some new rules in healthy eating that include consuming less empty calories, less salt and at least half a plate full of fruits and vegetables a day.

1 Feb 2011

Vitamin D deficiency linked to lung disease, poor lung function: Study

For the study lead researcher Dr. Graeme Zosky a research fellow at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Subiaco, WA, compared two-week-old mice with vitamin D deficiency to normal mice. He noted that mice with a vitamin D deficiency had weaker lungs and that the difference was substantial.

1 Feb 2011

High-risk pools, hospital readmissions among health law topics in the news

Health reform's high-risk pools, so far plagued with lackluster enrollment, are showing signs that they are starting to turn around - just as House Republicans are launching an investigation into the program (Kliff, 1/31).

1 Feb 2011

HighRes Biosolutions to build High-Throughput Laboratory Network for LANL-UCLA

A compact, self-contained, automated system for surveillance and screening of potential pandemic strains of influenza and other deadly infectious diseases is a step closer to reality, thanks to an agreement between Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, and HighRes Biosolutions of Boston, Massachussets.

1 Feb 2011

Johnson & Johnson deal may bring HIV/AIDS drugs to developing countries faster

Johnson & Johnson's Tibotec Pharmaceuticals unit on Thursday announced it had granted multiple licenses to generic drug manufacturers "to provide copies of [the experimental HIV/AIDS drug rilpivirine hydrochloride] TMC278 in sub-Saharan Africa, India and parts of Asia if it's approved by regulators," Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

1 Feb 2011

Study finds E2F5 transcription factor commonly overexpressed in primary human HCC

E2F5 is a member of the E2F transcription factor family, and plays a key role in cell growth and proliferation. Overexpression of E2F5 has been reported in various human cancers, but not in liver cancer, and its biological implication is largely unknown. It is not known whether E2F5 plays a tumor suppressor role or an oncogenic role.

1 Feb 2011

Media outlets examine challenges facing Pakistan six months after floods

Six months after monsoon flooding hit Pakistan, the U.N. reports that about 4 million people remain without temporary or permanent shelter, VOA News reports.

1 Feb 2011

Research News and Research

CAM therapies are more pronounced among whites than racial and ethnic minorities

Avantra Biosciences selects TGen Drug Development for new biomarker quantitation platform

Loyola opens Comprehensive Diabetes Care Clinic in Hickory Hills

Widespread screening or ultrasound for blocked neck arteries not necessary to determine stroke risk

Free radicals may damage eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy

Older Americans treated in Michigan ICUs see vast decrease in likelihood of dying: New study

U.S. has no plans to end aid to Haiti despite disputed election, Sec. of State Clinton says

Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program appears to reduce hospital deaths by 10%

Scientists devise safer way to create iPS cells

CINJ Foundation, Panera Bread enter joint venture to fight against cancer

WCRI study finds 12% increase in medical costs per claim in Wisconsin

Walk briskly to boost memory

Research on triple negative disease can benefit patients with breat cancer

“Enjoy your food but eat less”: Latest Dietary guidelines

Vitamin D deficiency linked to lung disease, poor lung function: Study

High-risk pools, hospital readmissions among health law topics in the news

HighRes Biosolutions to build High-Throughput Laboratory Network for LANL-UCLA

Johnson & Johnson deal may bring HIV/AIDS drugs to developing countries faster

Study finds E2F5 transcription factor commonly overexpressed in primary human HCC

Media outlets examine challenges facing Pakistan six months after floods

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