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Recent release: France to launch financial transactions tax to help fund Global AIDS response

"A new tax on financial transactions is set to launch in France in August, and could generate billions of dollars to help fund the global fight against HIV/AIDS," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

26 Jul 2012

Surgical distractions could have disastrous consequences

In a simulated study, the rate of major errors committed while novice surgeons were exposed to typical interruptions and distractions was almost 50%, indicating that such exposure could seriously risk patient safety.

26 Jul 2012

Injury risk increased in patients with serious mental illnesses

People with serious mental illnesses are significantly more likely to experience injuries than the general population, US study results show.

26 Jul 2012

China calls for additional reform of its national health-care system

"Chinese health officials on Tuesday called for additional reform of China's health-care system amid mounting costs, problems at public hospitals and a surge of patients with chronic diseases," the Wall Street Journal reports.

26 Jul 2012

New association found between basal cell carcinoma and eczema

In the powerful sunlight of July, newly published results from a large study of people at high risk for basal cell carcinoma support the emerging view of the nation's most common cancer as a chronic ailment that often repeatedly afflicts older people but for which the seeds may be planted in youth. The research also found a new association with eczema.

26 Jul 2012

UNITAID to invest more than $140M to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostics, monitoring in Africa

International medicines financing mechanism UNITAID said on Monday it "will invest more than $140 million to evaluate point-of-care [PoC] HIV diagnostic and monitoring technology in seven African countries," PlusNews reports.

26 Jul 2012

Novel technique allows scientists to assay tumor invasion attributable to interstitial fluid

There are many factors that affect tumor invasion, the process where a tumor grows beyond the tissue where it first developed. While factors like genetics, tissue type and environmental exposure affect tumor metastasis and invasion, physical forces like fluid flow remain a poorly understood component of tumor invasion. A new video article in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, describes a novel procedure that allows researchers to study and test the microenvironment of a growing tumor.

26 Jul 2012

Obama's absence at AIDS 2012 gains attention of activists, Bloomberg reports

Noting that President Barack Obama's "only presence at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) is a 50-second cameo in a three-minute video welcoming delegates," Bloomberg reports that his "absence ... has activists talking."

26 Jul 2012

Researchers develop piglet model to study infant brain development

Events that take place early in life almost certainly have consequences for later cognitive development. Establishing the connections is difficult, however, because human infants cannot be used as laboratory subjects. Rodney Johnson and his collaborators have developed an alternative model for studying infant brain development. "Assistant professor Ryan Dilger and I became interested in establishing the neonatal piglet as a model of human brain and cognitive development 3 or 4 years ago," he said.

26 Jul 2012

First Edition: July 26, 2012

Today's headlines include coverage of findings from a new study that indicate Medicaid may help people live longer.

26 Jul 2012

Myotonia less important to patients with myotonic dystrophy than other symptoms

Complex, multi-system diseases like myotonic dystrophy - the most common adult form of muscular dystrophy - require physicians and patients to identify which symptoms impact quality of life and, consequently, what treatments should take priority. However, a new study out this month in the journal Neurology reveals that there is often a disconnect between the two groups over which symptoms are more important, a phenomenon that not only impacts care but also the direction of research into new therapies.

26 Jul 2012

CBO estimates impact of high court decision on health law costs, coverage expansion

The Congressional Budget Office projected the court's decision allowing states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion would decrease costs to the federal government, but result in three million fewer Americans gaining coverage.

26 Jul 2012

Insomnia: an interview with Dr Darryle Schoepp

Insomnia is a very common disorder. In medical terms it can affect a third of people. It affects elderly as well as non-elderly people, and is more common in women.

26 Jul 2012

Study shows potential for histone deacetylase inhibitors to eradicate latent HIV infection

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today the publication of a study in the July 26 issue of the leading scientific journal Nature that provided early evidence for the use of a drug to dislodge reservoirs of hidden virus in patients receiving treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

26 Jul 2012

Fact-checking Obama's criticism of the Romney Medicare plan

The Washington Post analyzes recent comments made by President Barack Obama about Medicare. Also, during a campaign appearance, Obama highlighted his differences with GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney regarding Planned Parenthood.

26 Jul 2012

American Society of Hematology announces new grant program for biomedical research

The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional organization dedicated to the causes and treatment of blood disorders, today announced its commitment of $9 million over a three-year period to provide funding, in the form of bridge grants, for its hematologists whose vital research will not be accomplished due to the severe funding reductions for biomedical research.

26 Jul 2012

AIDS 2012 plenary speakers call for innovative financing, continued research for HIV cure

Speakers at Tuesday's plenary session at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. highlighted the challenges that lie ahead in the response to HIV/AIDS and discussed potential solutions, ABC News reports.

26 Jul 2012

Study confirms link between sickle cell trait and deaths in young black competitive athletes

While some published research has hinted at the connection between the sickle cell trait and sudden cardiac death among young, athletic African-American males, which was initially observed in black military recruits 25 years ago, a new study with the first sizeable patient series definitively confirms this risk for these individuals during competitive sports.

26 Jul 2012

GAO: Proposed IRS rule could leave some children ineligible for health insurance subsidies

The report concludes that some children would fall through the cracks because of the definition of affordable health insurance that the IRS used in a rule implementing the health care law.

26 Jul 2012

Researchers decipher function of β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells

Researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have deciphered the function executed by a protein called β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells.

26 Jul 2012

Research News and Research

Recent release: France to launch financial transactions tax to help fund Global AIDS response

Surgical distractions could have disastrous consequences

Injury risk increased in patients with serious mental illnesses

China calls for additional reform of its national health-care system

New association found between basal cell carcinoma and eczema

UNITAID to invest more than $140M to evaluate point-of-care HIV diagnostics, monitoring in Africa

Novel technique allows scientists to assay tumor invasion attributable to interstitial fluid

Obama's absence at AIDS 2012 gains attention of activists, Bloomberg reports

Researchers develop piglet model to study infant brain development

First Edition: July 26, 2012

Myotonia less important to patients with myotonic dystrophy than other symptoms

CBO estimates impact of high court decision on health law costs, coverage expansion

Insomnia: an interview with Dr Darryle Schoepp

Study shows potential for histone deacetylase inhibitors to eradicate latent HIV infection

Fact-checking Obama's criticism of the Romney Medicare plan

American Society of Hematology announces new grant program for biomedical research

AIDS 2012 plenary speakers call for innovative financing, continued research for HIV cure

Study confirms link between sickle cell trait and deaths in young black competitive athletes

GAO: Proposed IRS rule could leave some children ineligible for health insurance subsidies

Researchers decipher function of β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells

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