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Primary care doctors make $3 million less than cardiologists over the course of their careers

A Health Affairs study released Tuesday reports that primary care doctors make much less over the course of their careers than specialists and are leaving potentially millions of dollars on the table by choosing the career path, The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports.

5 May 2010

$Seniors who consume high dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures$

Seniors who consume high dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures

Seniors who consume a higher level of dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures than seniors whose daily dietary protein intake is less, according to a new study by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife in Boston, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

5 May 2010

Animal study shows insulin prevents artery damage

Long suspected of worsening artery damage in patients with diabetes, insulin instead protects blood vessels, a new study by Joslin Diabetes Center scientists indicates.

5 May 2010

Teaching doctors the price of primary care

Reporting for Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with The New York Times, Susan Okie writes: "Doctors in training have traditionally been insulated from information about the cost of the tests and treatments they order for patients — in fact, for decades, the subject was virtually taboo when professors and trainees discussed treatment decisions during hospital rounds.

5 May 2010

First Edition: May 4, 2010

Today's headlines include stories about parts of the new health reform law dealing with long-term care, high risk insurance pools and early retiree health insurance.

4 May 2010

Schepens Eye Research Institute scientist selected for Otto Schade Prize

Dr. Eli Peli, a senior scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute, has been selected by the Society for Information Display for the Otto Schade Prize. Peli will receive the award at a special presentation at the Society's Awards Banquet on May 24, 2010 in Seattle.

4 May 2010

Short sleep linked to premature death, long sleep to serious illnesses

Research carried out by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the Federico II University Medical School in Naples, Italy, has found that people who sleep for less than six hours each night were 12% more likely to die prematurely than those who get the recommended 6-8 hours.

4 May 2010

NIH awards $3.4M grant for preclinical development of novel Staphylococcus aureus vaccine

GlycoVaxyn AG, a leader in the development of innovative bioconjugate vaccines, and Professor Jean Lee, principal investigator at the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, announced today that they have received a USD 3.4 million NIH grant to finance preclinical development of a novel Staphylococcus aureus vaccine. S. aureus is a major cause of hospital-based infections.

4 May 2010

New light-activated Photochemical Tissue Bonding technology helps treat battlefield injuries

Airmen's traumatic battlefield injuries may be more effectively treated by using a new light-activated technology developed as a result of research managed by Air Force Office of Scientific Research and supported by funds from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

4 May 2010

Researchers study relationship between insurance status and head injury patient transfer

The Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act was enacted in 1986 to provide access to emergency medical care and transfer for all patients, regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

4 May 2010

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rates associated with CPOE system: Researchers

Researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time that a significant decrease in hospital-wide mortality rates can be associated with implementation of a computerized physician order entry system.

3 May 2010

Parents administering highly complex medication regimens require additional supports

Parents of children with chronic conditions make many mistakes when giving lifesaving medicines, according to a study being presented Monday, May 3 at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

3 May 2010

Researchers discover a new driving force behind cancer growth

Researchers from the University of Leeds, UK, the Charit- University Medical School and the Max Delbr-ck Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, Germany, have discovered a new driving force behind cancer growth.

3 May 2010

Experts to discuss on ASD at PAS meeting

It is estimated that nearly 1.5 million Americans have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, and about 1 in 110 children are believed to have some form of autism, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

3 May 2010

Smoking can increase risk of second cancer in breast cancer survivors

Women who survive early-stage breast cancer and smoke have an increased chance of developing a new second cancer in their other breast or elsewhere.

3 May 2010

Repligen granted Notice of Allowance covering use of uridine for treatment of bipolar disorder

Repligen Corporation announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a Notice of Allowance of a patent covering the use of uridine in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. The patent, which upon issue will remain in force until 2025 prior to any patent term extensions, covers the use of an effective dose of a uridine composition to improve one or more of the symptoms of bipolar disorder including depression, mania, mixed episodes, hypomania and anxiety.

30 Apr 2010

Researchers identify new genetic link to systemic scleroderma

An international research consortium including scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has identified a new genetic link to the systemic form of scleroderma. Researchers believe a thorough understanding of the genetic nature of the disease is crucial to developing a cure.

30 Apr 2010

Approval of Provenge marks beginning of new era in cancer treatment: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Today's announcement that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Provengeâ, a new form of therapy for some prostate cancer patients, marks the beginning of an era in which patients' own immune systems become part of the standard therapeutic arsenal against cancer, say Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators who led a study of the treatment's effectiveness in patients.

30 Apr 2010

New tool to detect inflammatory eye disease at molecular level before damage occurs

Forget what you know about how diseases are diagnosed-new research published in the May 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal details a noninvasive ground-breaking tool that detects signs of disease at early molecular stages before symptoms can be seen using traditional methods.

30 Apr 2010

PROVENGE receives FDA approval for treatment of CRPC

Dendreon Corporation today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved PROVENGE (sipuleucel-T), an autologous cellular immunotherapy for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic, castrate-resistant (hormone-refractory) prostate cancer.

30 Apr 2010

Medical School News and Research

Primary care doctors make $3 million less than cardiologists over the course of their careers

Seniors who consume high dietary protein are less likely to suffer hip fractures

Animal study shows insulin prevents artery damage

Teaching doctors the price of primary care

First Edition: May 4, 2010

Schepens Eye Research Institute scientist selected for Otto Schade Prize

Short sleep linked to premature death, long sleep to serious illnesses

NIH awards $3.4M grant for preclinical development of novel Staphylococcus aureus vaccine

New light-activated Photochemical Tissue Bonding technology helps treat battlefield injuries

Researchers study relationship between insurance status and head injury patient transfer

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rates associated with CPOE system: Researchers

Parents administering highly complex medication regimens require additional supports

Researchers discover a new driving force behind cancer growth

Experts to discuss on ASD at PAS meeting

Smoking can increase risk of second cancer in breast cancer survivors

Repligen granted Notice of Allowance covering use of uridine for treatment of bipolar disorder

Researchers identify new genetic link to systemic scleroderma

Approval of Provenge marks beginning of new era in cancer treatment: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

New tool to detect inflammatory eye disease at molecular level before damage occurs

PROVENGE receives FDA approval for treatment of CRPC

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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