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Experts discuss interconnectedness of gender issues, family planning, access to safe water

"In the last of its series called '7 Billion: Conversations That Matter,' Aspen Institute's Global Health and Development on Wednesday hosted a panel of experts based in Africa and the United States on the interconnectedness of gender issues, family planning, population, and access to safe water," GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog reports.

20 Apr 2012

Studies suggesting limited impact of clean cookstoves demonstrate need for more research

In this post in the Center for Global Development's "Views from the Center" blog, Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center, responds to an article published in the Washington Post on Monday, which highlighted the results of a recent MIT/Harvard study on the public health benefits of clean cookstoves.

20 Apr 2012

Chinese scientists make significant breakthrough in animal cloning

Chinese scientists from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, together with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Shihezi University, Xinjiang province, made a significant breakthrough in animal cloning.

20 Apr 2012

WHO releases guidance on couples testing, counseling, including ART for discordant couples

The WHO on Wednesday released its new 54-page "Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling, including antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples: Recommendations for a public health approach," according to the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog.

20 Apr 2012

Roundup: State spending drops $290 billion in 5 years; Emory hospital loses data on 315,000 patients

News outlets examine a variety of state health policy issues, including articles from California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Oregon.

20 Apr 2012

NSABB calls for global guidelines for conducting, communicating research involving dangerous pathogens

NewScientist reports on the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity's (NSABB) recommendation that revised versions of two controversial studies on H5N1 avian flu be published in scientific journals, reversing its previous recommendation that the studies only be published if certain details were withheld. According to the news service, dissent among the board members over the issue has prompted the committee to "propose talks to draft global guidelines for doing and communicating work involving dangerous pathogens."

20 Apr 2012

New technology delivers electrical signals from brain directly to muscles

A new Northwestern Medicine brain-machine technology delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles -- bypassing the spinal cord -- to enable voluntary and complex movement of a paralyzed hand. The device could eventually be tested on, and perhaps aid, paralyzed patients.

20 Apr 2012

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator tells GlobalPost State Department reviewing nearly $1.5B in unused PEPFAR funding

Prompted by an inquiry from GlobalPost, U.S. officials have said the Obama administration called for a $550 million reduction -- an 11 percent cut -- for its global AIDS program in its FY 2013 budget request because the "government didn't need more money because there has been nearly $1.5 billion stuck in the pipeline for 18 months or more," GlobalPost reports.

20 Apr 2012

Connection between eating meat and faster weaning process

Carnivory is behind the evolutionary success of humankind. When early humans started to eat meat and eventually hunt, their new, higher-quality diet meant that women could wean their children earlier. Women could then give birth to more children during their reproductive life, which is a possible contribution to the population gradually spreading over the world.

20 Apr 2012

Breakdown of white-matter pathways affects decision-making as we age

If you are an aging baby boomer and you've noticed it's a bit harder to drive to unfamiliar locations or to pick a new brand of olive oil at the supermarket, you can blame it on the white matter in your brain.

20 Apr 2012

N.Y. Medicaid audit finds $42M in improper payments; Minn. commissioner to testify before congressional committee

Auditors in New York have found $42 million in improper payments were doled out to Medicaid providers. In the meantime, Minnesota's human services commissioner will testify before a congressional committee next week about financing and a payment made to the state by a managed care plan with Medicaid contract.

20 Apr 2012

HIAE, MD Anderson partner to develop oncology program

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced an agreement with Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE) in São Paulo, Brazil, creating an alliance to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary oncology program at the hospital.

20 Apr 2012

Study investigates why women have increased risk of home care admission

New research from Queen's University Belfast, published today in the journal Age and Ageing, has investigated why women are 40 per cent more likely to be admitted in to a care home than men.

20 Apr 2012

Mood disorders not linked to nasal obstruction

While mood disorders like depression or anxiety tend to negatively affect treatment for allergies and chronic rhinosinusitis, the same cannot be said for patients with nasal obstructions such as deviated septum, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

20 Apr 2012

Rare CARD14 gene mutations can lead to plaque psoriasis

Scientists led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the first gene directly linked to the most common form of psoriasis, a chronic skin condition.

20 Apr 2012

Therapeutic hypothermia reduces in-hospital deaths among sudden cardiac arrest patients

Forced body cooling known as therapeutic hypothermia has reduced in-hospital deaths among sudden cardiac arrest patients nearly 12 percent between 2001 and 2009, according to a Mayo Clinic study being presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 2012 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

20 Apr 2012

Patients with head and neck cancer can benefit from swallowing exercises

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that targeted swallowing exercises can help alleviate swallowing dysfunction - a debilitating side effect in people undergoing chemoradiation therapy (CRT) for head and neck cancer.

20 Apr 2012

Positive data from Synairgen’s SNG001 Phase II trial on asthma

Scientists from the University of Southampton and Synairgen, a respiratory drug development company spun out from the University, can announce positive data from its Phase II clinical trial, into the effectiveness of the drug SNG001 (inhaled interferon beta) for asthma patients.

20 Apr 2012

Scientists discover new ways to help detect and treat osteoporosis

Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered new ways to help detect and treat the debilitating brittle bone disease osteoporosis.

20 Apr 2012

Car exhaust causes more premature deaths in the UK

In a study appearing this month in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, MIT researchers report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and powerplants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the United Kingdom each year.

20 Apr 2012

Research News and Research

Experts discuss interconnectedness of gender issues, family planning, access to safe water

Studies suggesting limited impact of clean cookstoves demonstrate need for more research

Chinese scientists make significant breakthrough in animal cloning

WHO releases guidance on couples testing, counseling, including ART for discordant couples

Roundup: State spending drops $290 billion in 5 years; Emory hospital loses data on 315,000 patients

NSABB calls for global guidelines for conducting, communicating research involving dangerous pathogens

New technology delivers electrical signals from brain directly to muscles

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator tells GlobalPost State Department reviewing nearly $1.5B in unused PEPFAR funding

Connection between eating meat and faster weaning process

Breakdown of white-matter pathways affects decision-making as we age

N.Y. Medicaid audit finds $42M in improper payments; Minn. commissioner to testify before congressional committee

HIAE, MD Anderson partner to develop oncology program

Study investigates why women have increased risk of home care admission

Mood disorders not linked to nasal obstruction

Rare CARD14 gene mutations can lead to plaque psoriasis

Therapeutic hypothermia reduces in-hospital deaths among sudden cardiac arrest patients

Patients with head and neck cancer can benefit from swallowing exercises

Positive data from Synairgen’s SNG001 Phase II trial on asthma

Scientists discover new ways to help detect and treat osteoporosis

Car exhaust causes more premature deaths in the UK

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