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Imported food leading to more foodborne disease outbreaks

Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from areas which previously had not been associated with outbreaks, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, presented today at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta.

15 Mar 2012

Nearly 800,000 lung cancer deaths prevented due to tobacco control efforts

Declines in cigarette smoking among Americans since the mid-1950s - particularly since tobacco-control policies and interventions were implemented after the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health was released in 1964 - prevented nearly 800,000 lung cancer deaths between 1975 and 2000, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

15 Mar 2012

Foundation NHS trusts and teaching hospitals outperform others

Some NHS trusts consistently outperform others on a range of measures of patient experience, finds research published online in BMJ Quality & Safety.

15 Mar 2012

Republicans, Democrats spin health law as Supreme Court review approaches

With oral arguments set for later this month, the health law is getting more attention from Republicans and the administration as well as from news outlets, which are examining various aspects of the upcoming legal proceedings.

15 Mar 2012

New research to precisely identify the 'dilemma zone' at traffic stoplights

Hundreds of lives are being lost each year in the United States because of mistakes made in what engineers call the "dilemma zone" - that area before a stoplight intersection where the traffic light turns yellow and the driver isn't sure whether to stop or go ahead.

15 Mar 2012

Scale to measure potential harm caused by invasive placebos in local anaesthesia research

A scale developed to measure the potential harm caused by invasive placebos in local anaesthesia research has been successfully tested by a group of 43 independent clinicians, according to research published in the April issue of Anaesthesia.

15 Mar 2012

Order of online listings of medical symptoms influences how people perceive health risks

New research finds that the order of online listings of medical symptoms influences how people perceive their health risks.

15 Mar 2012

Dominican Republic group focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment

In this RH Reality Check blog post, Mandy Van Deven, online administrator for International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR), discusses how PROFAMILIA-Dominican Republic, an IPPF/WHR member association, "has integrated HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and testing into its extensive clinical sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services."

15 Mar 2012

GenMark Diagnostics fourth quarter revenues increase to $2.0 million

GenMark Diagnostics, Inc. today reported additional financial information for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011 that was unavailable at the time it released preliminary financial results on March 8, 2012.

15 Mar 2012

Kodak retirees seek to protect health benefits in the face of Chapter 11 proceedings

Some former Kodak employees are asking a judge to appoint a retiree committee to protect their benefits as the photography company reorganizes under bankruptcy protection.

15 Mar 2012

Back pain and school children's backpacks

Significant numbers of teens regularly carry rucksacks for school which top 10 to 15 per cent of their body weight and risk back pain and other related disorders, finds research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

15 Mar 2012

GenVec 2011 net loss decreases to $7.4 million

Today GenVec, Inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company reported a net loss of $7.4 million, or $0.58 per share, compared with a net loss of $12.3 million, or $0.97 per share, for the year ended December 31, 2010.

15 Mar 2012

First Edition: March 15, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about emerging Congressional budget battles and political strategies surrounding the health law.

15 Mar 2012

Lose weight to help your child lose weight

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and The University of Minnesota indicates that a parent's weight change is a key contributor to the success of a child's weight loss in family-based treatment of childhood obesity. The results were published today in the advanced online edition of the journal Obesity.

15 Mar 2012

Targeted drugs should be aimed at mutations that develop early in blood cancer

The diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood cancer, often causes confusion. While some patients can be treated with repeated blood transfusions, others require chemotherapy, leaving some uncertainty about whether the syndromes actually are cancer.

15 Mar 2012

Healthy lactic acid bacteria in wild honey bees can fight bacterial infections

The stomachs of wild honey bees are full of healthy lactic acid bacteria that can fight bacterial infections in both bees and humans. A collaboration between researchers at three universities in Sweden ¬- Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Karolinska Institutet - has produced findings that could be a step towards solving the problems of both bee deaths and antibiotic resistance.

15 Mar 2012

Better evidence for effectiveness of drug-based approaches for relieving labour pains

There is better evidence for the effectiveness of drug-based approaches for relieving labour pains than non-drug approaches. These are the findings of an all-encompassing publishing in The Cochrane Library, which draws together results from a number of previous reviews on the subject.

15 Mar 2012

CUMC scientists develop a way to recreate personalized immune mouse

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) scientists have developed a way to recreate an individual's immune system in a mouse. The "personalized immune mouse" offers researchers an unprecedented tool for individualized analysis of abnormalities that contribute to type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, starting at the onset of disease.

15 Mar 2012

OncoLink launches redesigned website based on search habits and feedback from patients, caregivers

OncoLink, a free cancer information website developed by experts at the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center has launched a redesigned website based on the search habits and feedback from patients, caregivers and health care providers who use the site.

15 Mar 2012

Scientists discover direct biomarker of Chikungunya fever

Recent breakthroughs in Chikungunya research spearheaded by scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have made great strides in the battle against the infectious disease.

15 Mar 2012

Research News and Research

Imported food leading to more foodborne disease outbreaks

Nearly 800,000 lung cancer deaths prevented due to tobacco control efforts

Foundation NHS trusts and teaching hospitals outperform others

Republicans, Democrats spin health law as Supreme Court review approaches

New research to precisely identify the 'dilemma zone' at traffic stoplights

Scale to measure potential harm caused by invasive placebos in local anaesthesia research

Order of online listings of medical symptoms influences how people perceive health risks

Dominican Republic group focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment

GenMark Diagnostics fourth quarter revenues increase to $2.0 million

Kodak retirees seek to protect health benefits in the face of Chapter 11 proceedings

Back pain and school children's backpacks

GenVec 2011 net loss decreases to $7.4 million

First Edition: March 15, 2012

Lose weight to help your child lose weight

Targeted drugs should be aimed at mutations that develop early in blood cancer

Healthy lactic acid bacteria in wild honey bees can fight bacterial infections

Better evidence for effectiveness of drug-based approaches for relieving labour pains

CUMC scientists develop a way to recreate personalized immune mouse

OncoLink launches redesigned website based on search habits and feedback from patients, caregivers

Scientists discover direct biomarker of Chikungunya fever

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