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UC Davis plans to open West Coast Metabolomics Center

With a $9.3 million startup grant from the National Institutes of Health, the University of California, Davis, has announced plans to open the West Coast Metabolomics Center, a high-tech consortium of research and service laboratories that will help scientists better understand and develop more effective treatments for complex diseases like diabetes, cancer and atherosclerosis.

6 Sep 2012

Antibiotics: facts and fictions: an interview with Dr Philippa Binns, clinical adviser at NPS MedicineWise

Antibiotics are medicines used to treat infections or diseases caused by bacteria, such as some respiratory tract infections (including pneumonia and whooping cough), urinary tract infections, skin infections and infected wounds.

6 Sep 2012

Kenya to investigate allegations of forced sterilizations among HIV-positive women

"Kenya has launched an investigation after researchers claimed HIV-positive women were being routinely sterilized without their consent in government hospitals," the Guardian reports.

6 Sep 2012

Scripps Florida designs new compound that shows promise against tremor ataxia syndrome

Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have designed a compound that shows promise as a potential therapy for one of the diseases closely linked to fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that causes mental retardation, infertility, and memory impairment, and is the only known single-gene cause of autism.

6 Sep 2012

Will Medicare's quality incentives be big enough to make a difference?

Incentives are among the quality issues coming to the fore as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services prepares to hand out bonuses and penalties based on how hospitals perform.

6 Sep 2012

WHO releases dengue strategy report, sets goal of cutting related deaths in half by 2020

"Saying dengue virus infections and deaths have mushroomed in recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a strategy report that sets a goal of cutting deaths in half and reducing cases by 25 percent over the next eight years," CIDRAP reports.

6 Sep 2012

Nearly one-third of under-five children malnourished in southern Afghanistan, survey shows

Approximately one-third of children under the age of five in southern Afghanistan, about one million, have acute malnutrition, "with a level of deprivation similar to that found in famine zones, a government survey has found, despite the hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid that has been poured into the region," the Guardian reports.

6 Sep 2012

Abortion rights supporters and foes pack Texas hearing on funding Planned Parenthood clinics

The women's health services provider, meanwhile, asks a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that would allow Texas to exclude clinics affiliated with abortion providers from getting funds from the Medicaid Women's Health Program.

6 Sep 2012

Sorafenib could be effective against multiple myeloma

Research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that sorafenib, a drug used for advanced cancer of the kidneys and liver, could also be effective against multiple myeloma. The disease is one of the more common forms of blood cancer and is generally incurable.

6 Sep 2012

Community-based approach to improving sanitation, hygiene practices in Vietnam, Cambodia

In this post in the ONE Blog, John Anner, president of the East Meets West Foundation, discusses how the foundation is helping to improve sanitation and hygiene practices among poor populations.

6 Sep 2012

PlusNews examines recently approved grants under Global Fund's Transitional Funding Mechanism

PlusNews examines the recently approved grants under the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's Transitional Funding Mechanism (TFM), stating, "Last week, the Fund announced that 45 new grant applications, from countries such as Burundi, Malawi and Swaziland, have been approved under the TFM."

6 Sep 2012

Pakistan official says progress made in vaccinating thousands of children against polio in tribal area

"Pakistan Tuesday claimed progress in vaccinating thousands of children against polio in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan which had been inaccessible due to unrest for about three years," Agence France-Presse reports.

6 Sep 2012

Key facts about polycystic ovary syndrome

September marks Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) awareness month and with this condition affecting millions of women in the world, there are some key facts about the condition to highlight that can affect a women's fertility when suffering with the disorder.

6 Sep 2012

Study examines relationship between life events and survival after diagnosis of melanoma

A study that is published in the last issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics examines the relationship between life events and survival after diagnosis of melanoma, a life-threatening cancer of the skin. Negative, undesirable events are important for health outcomes.

6 Sep 2012

Baxter commences anti-MIF antibody Phase I trial in malignant solid tumors

Baxter International Inc. today announced that the company has begun dosing patients with malignant solid tumors in a Phase I clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody, representing the company's efforts to extend its oncology portfolio with advanced biological research and development.

From Baxter International Inc. 6 Sep 2012

Chemotherapy increases risk of mild cognitive deficits in breast cancer patients

A large meta-analysis conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center has concluded that breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy are at risk for mild cognitive deficits after treatment.

6 Sep 2012

Canada should remove section 43 of Criminal Code to promote good parenting

To promote good parenting, Canada should remove section 43 of its Criminal Code because it sends the wrong message that using physical punishment to discipline children is acceptable, argues Dr. John Fletcher, Editor-in-Chief, CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) in an editorial.

6 Sep 2012

Mich. officials to appeal ruling stopping pay deductions to cover school retirees' health care costs

Michigan officials will appeal a ruling that declared unconstitutional a deduction of school employee pay to help pay post-retirement pension health care costs.

6 Sep 2012

Inexperienced psychiatrists with HCR-20-C tool more likely to predict violence risk in patients

Inexperienced psychiatrists are less likely than their veteran peers to accurately predict violence by their patients, but a simple assessment checklist might help bridge that accuracy gap, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

6 Sep 2012

U.S. commitment to foreign assistance, global health to rise or fall with presidential election outcome

In this Lancet opinion piece, Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, examines a number of social, political, and financial issues at play ahead of the November 6 U.S. presidential election and their implications for domestic and global health programs.

6 Sep 2012

Research News and Research

UC Davis plans to open West Coast Metabolomics Center

Antibiotics: facts and fictions: an interview with Dr Philippa Binns, clinical adviser at NPS MedicineWise

Kenya to investigate allegations of forced sterilizations among HIV-positive women

Scripps Florida designs new compound that shows promise against tremor ataxia syndrome

Will Medicare's quality incentives be big enough to make a difference?

WHO releases dengue strategy report, sets goal of cutting related deaths in half by 2020

Nearly one-third of under-five children malnourished in southern Afghanistan, survey shows

Abortion rights supporters and foes pack Texas hearing on funding Planned Parenthood clinics

Sorafenib could be effective against multiple myeloma

Community-based approach to improving sanitation, hygiene practices in Vietnam, Cambodia

PlusNews examines recently approved grants under Global Fund's Transitional Funding Mechanism

Pakistan official says progress made in vaccinating thousands of children against polio in tribal area

Key facts about polycystic ovary syndrome

Study examines relationship between life events and survival after diagnosis of melanoma

Baxter commences anti-MIF antibody Phase I trial in malignant solid tumors

Chemotherapy increases risk of mild cognitive deficits in breast cancer patients

Canada should remove section 43 of Criminal Code to promote good parenting

Mich. officials to appeal ruling stopping pay deductions to cover school retirees' health care costs

Inexperienced psychiatrists with HCR-20-C tool more likely to predict violence risk in patients

U.S. commitment to foreign assistance, global health to rise or fall with presidential election outcome

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