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High calories associated with memory loss in elderly: Study

Overeating may lead to a higher risk of memory loss say researchers. A new study found that elderly who consumed more than 2,143 calories a day had more than double the risk of a type of memory loss called mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared to those who ate fewer than 1,500 calories a day. The study appeared Sunday by the American Academy of Neurology on its website (aan.com).

13 Feb 2012

Merck's ZIOPTAN for reducing elevated IOP receives FDA approval

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ZIOPTANTM (tafluprost ophthalmic solution) 0.0015%, the first preservative-free prostaglandin analog ophthalmic solution.

13 Feb 2012

Forbes examines how mobile phones are improving access to care in developing world

Mobile phones are improving access to health care in the developing world, according to the series "The Future of mHealth" by Mobiledia, a Forbes contributor.

13 Feb 2012

Lawmakers facing showdown on payroll tax, Medicare bill

A weekend of talks between the two top tax writers in Congress failed to bridge gaping partisan differences over the payroll tax cut package, increasing the odds of another Washington showdown ahead of an end-of-the-month deadline.

13 Feb 2012

Discovery of novel rearrangements and fusions supports role for NGS in treatment of cancer

Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company that brings comprehensive cancer gene analysis to routine clinical care, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today announced the Nature Medicine publication of results from their collaborative next-generation sequencing (NGS) study to assay cancer-relevant genes in 24 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and 40 colorectal cancer (CRC) cases.

13 Feb 2012

DARPA awards fourth milestone payment of $3.56M to Medicago

Medicago USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Medicago Inc., a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced it has received the fourth milestone payment of US$3.56 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

13 Feb 2012

Intervention programs can help teen girls achieve long-term success in managing weight

Teenage girls gained less weight, improved their body image, ate less fast food, and had more family meals after participating in a 6- month program that involved weekly peer meetings, consultations with primary care providers and separate meetings for parents. Those results from a study published online today in the journal Pediatrics.

13 Feb 2012

EU-funded 4DCellFate project to kick off today

Today European scientists are meeting to kick off the 4DCellFate project, funded by the European Commission under the FP7 program.

13 Feb 2012

Some Senate Democrats split from White House on contraception rule

The White House on Thursday faced mounting pressure from Senate Democrats to amend its requirements that religious employers include contraceptives in their health insurance plans, as Republicans tried to force votes on the issue.

13 Feb 2012

New contraceptive rule has precedents in federal, state law

NPR reports that not much has changed in the new regulation other than requiring coverage for contraceptives at no cost, while CNN reports on the escalating "rhetorical war" in Washington.

13 Feb 2012

Aid for water, sanitation programs must benefit the poor

In this post in the ONE blog, Brooks Keene, policy adviser for CARE's water team, "makes the argument that foreign aid should benefit the poor first and foremost," noting, "As we approach World Water Day on March 22, CARE, [the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)] and WaterAid have published a report card on how well" the Water for the Poor Act, passed by Congress in 2005, "has been implemented seven years down the line."

13 Feb 2012

NTRR completes research and development of new erectile dysfunction treatment

With Neutra Corp.'s Pure Plus weight-loss supplement already in the midst of clinical trials, the company announced today that it has completed research and development of its next product in the Pure Plus line: an all-natural erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment.

13 Feb 2012

Not many football players return to play after reconstructive ACL surgery

Despite the known success rates of reconstructive Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery, the number of high school and collegiate football players returning to play may not be as high as anticipated, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA.

13 Feb 2012

President's budget to call for Medicare, Medicaid cuts - but no major changes

News organizations got a preview of the multi-trillion-dollar federal budget President Barack Obama is expected to propose on Monday.

13 Feb 2012

Permitting children to stay on parents' health insurance improves access to care

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents' health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those laws.

13 Feb 2012

Clinical observation should not be replaced with MRI for treating people with hip pain

When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research being presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA.

13 Feb 2012

Even in dramatic times of crisis it is possible to assure public health

Even in dramatic times of crisis, when the Gross National Product collapses, it is still possible to assure a good level of public health. If one is prepared to strengthen the public system of healthcare. "Look for instance to Cuba in the nineties", say scientists from the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine.

13 Feb 2012

Birth control mandate is a rallying cry in presidential campaigns

Rick Santorum said Thursday that arguments against a recent federal law requiring health insurance coverage for contraception were not ignoring the rights of women. "It's the churches' money, and forcing them to do something that they think is a grievous moral wrong, how can that be the right of a woman?" Santorum asked in an interview on CNN's "John King USA".

13 Feb 2012

Elbow position alone does not affect injury rates in baseball pitchers

Elbow position alone appeared to not affect injury rates and performance in college-level, male pitchers say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA.

13 Feb 2012

First Edition: February 13, 2012

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations preview President Barack Obama's budget, which will be released today, and examine the lingering controversy over mandates on contraceptive coverage.

13 Feb 2012

Research News and Research

High calories associated with memory loss in elderly: Study

Merck's ZIOPTAN for reducing elevated IOP receives FDA approval

Forbes examines how mobile phones are improving access to care in developing world

Lawmakers facing showdown on payroll tax, Medicare bill

Discovery of novel rearrangements and fusions supports role for NGS in treatment of cancer

DARPA awards fourth milestone payment of $3.56M to Medicago

Intervention programs can help teen girls achieve long-term success in managing weight

EU-funded 4DCellFate project to kick off today

Some Senate Democrats split from White House on contraception rule

New contraceptive rule has precedents in federal, state law

Aid for water, sanitation programs must benefit the poor

NTRR completes research and development of new erectile dysfunction treatment

Not many football players return to play after reconstructive ACL surgery

President's budget to call for Medicare, Medicaid cuts - but no major changes

Permitting children to stay on parents' health insurance improves access to care

Clinical observation should not be replaced with MRI for treating people with hip pain

Even in dramatic times of crisis it is possible to assure public health

Birth control mandate is a rallying cry in presidential campaigns

Elbow position alone does not affect injury rates in baseball pitchers

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