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Tennessee Gov. declares February as 'St. Jude Month'

In 1962, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened its doors amid an emotionally charged debate regarding how to treat childhood cancer. At that time, few children with the most common form of childhood cancer survived, and many physicians believed treatment was futile. St. Jude physicians and researchers took a radically different approach, and these efforts proved pivotal in changing the way the world treats childhood cancer.

6 Feb 2012

Medicare, deficits and the politics of 2012

Reuters offers an analysis based on a recent poll and finds that people, shaken by the difficult economy, worry about the impact of efforts to address the nation's deficit. This concept could lead to Democrats finding traction for their positions on Medicare.

6 Feb 2012

Scientists identify genetic variant that increases risk of ischemic stroke

A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics today. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment.

6 Feb 2012

Viewpoints: Komen takes a lashing; Is the safety net really intact?; Romney assails HHS' rule on contraception

With its roster of corporate sponsors and the pink ribbons that lend a halo to almost any kind of product you can think of, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation has a longstanding reputation as a staunch protector of women's health. That reputation suffered a grievous, perhaps mortal, wound this week from the news that Komen, the world's largest breast cancer organization, decided to betray that mission.

5 Feb 2012

Two molecules hold promise as a biomarker for OA

Henry Ford Hospital researchers have identified for the first time two molecules that hold promise as a biomarker for measuring cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis.

5 Feb 2012

Komen Foundation seeks to restore public support after ending cuts to Planned Parenthood

The prominent breast cancer charity announced Friday in a blog post that it had reversed this decision, which had stirred an outcry.

5 Feb 2012

University of Sydney academics praise sunbed ban

A NSW government decision to ban solariums has been welcomed by University of Sydney researchers who were among those advising the government to institute a ban.

5 Feb 2012

Analysis looks at cost effectiveness of simultaneously confronting several diseases

The great paradox of global health efforts is that regions of the world most plagued by poverty, poor infrastructure and rampant disease are often the most difficult to support. Now, scientists have demonstrated that confronting several diseases at once can make the most of thinly-stretched donor dollars and national health care budgets, to help to save lives.

4 Feb 2012

Two different research groups make similar advances in AD study

Two different research groups have independently made the same important discoveries on how Alzheimer's disease spreads in the brain, according to a February 2 New York Times story. The groups' findings have the potential to give us a much more sophisticated understanding of what goes wrong in Alzheimer's disease and, more importantly, what can be done to prevent or repair damage in the brain.

4 Feb 2012

Global malaria deaths twice as high as previously estimated, IHME study suggests

"Malaria is killing more people worldwide than previously thought, but the number of deaths has fallen rapidly as efforts to combat the disease have ramped up, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington" published in the Lancet on Thursday, an IHME press release reports.

4 Feb 2012

Study offers evidence that toxic forms of Alzheimer's protein spread in the brain

Tau tangles are one half of the twin hallmark pathologies of Alzheimer's disease—the half that is most closely tied to the death of neurons. A study in the February 1 PLoS One offers evidence that the toxic forms of tau that cause these tangles spread throughout the brain by moving from one neuron to the next in a pattern that tracks anatomical synaptic connections of the earliest-hit nerve cells in the brain.

4 Feb 2012

Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer to kick off sophomore campaign on Feb. 7

It's an ordinary workday, and the lunch hour at Commerce Court is bustling with people. Wait a minute! What the heck is going on? Where did those hockey sticks come from? How did those nets appear? There's a road hockey game in progress!! But what the heck is with those guys wearing jockstraps over their suits? After an extraordinary inaugural event that raised $2.4 million for cancer research at The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Canadian Cancer Society, Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer will kick off its sophomore campaign with a spontaneous road hockey game on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:30pm in the courtyard at Commerce Court.

4 Feb 2012

WHO finds very high levels of drug-resistant TB in Russia, Moldova

"[T]he highest levels ever of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have been found in Russia and Moldova," the WHO reports in research published in the February edition of the WHO Bulletin, but "the agency didn't have data from most of Africa and India, where tuberculosis rates are much higher," the Associated Press/USA Today's "Your Life" reports.

4 Feb 2012

Study to determine how body weight, hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are conducting ground-breaking research to determine how body weight and hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood.

4 Feb 2012

UCLA professor receives ASA's Feinberg Award for clinical stroke research

Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver, professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the UCLA Stroke Center, received the William Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke at the American Stroke Association's 2012 International Stroke Conference in New Orleans on Feb. 2.

4 Feb 2012

U.N. says famine has ended in Somalia but emergency conditions remain for millions

"Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, but the situation remains dire with a third of the population needing emergency aid, the U.N. said on Friday," Agence France-Presse reports.

4 Feb 2012

African scientists' search for female-controlled microbicide gel to prevent HIV continues

AllAfrica.com examines efforts by African researchers to develop a female-controlled HIV prevention method, writing, "Scientists searching for a gel or vaccine that can prevent HIV infection ride a rollercoaster of hope and disappointment." The article profiles efforts by researchers from the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (Caprisa) to find a microbicide gel to protect women from HIV infection.

4 Feb 2012

Officials meet to discuss L'Aquila agreement on Global Food Security

More than "50 food security officials from 30 countries, and international and regional organizations" are meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C., this week to discuss the L'Aquila Joint Statement on Global Food Security, which was endorsed at the 2009 G8 Summit and "marked a turning point for international efforts to achieve sustainable global food security," according to a State Department media note.

4 Feb 2012

MSL becomes a key link between pharmaceutical industry and stakeholders

Medical Science Liaisons have become a key link between the pharmaceutical industry and key stakeholders such as thought leaders that drive marketplace success. And the role of MSLs will grow even more in the coming years as the pharmaceutical industry relies on them to build relationships across a diverse set of customers.

4 Feb 2012

DRC facing decline in donor funding, HIV treatment shortage

"The lives of thousands of HIV-positive people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at risk as the country faces declining donor funding and a severe shortage of HIV treatment, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)," PlusNews reports.

4 Feb 2012

Research News and Research

Tennessee Gov. declares February as 'St. Jude Month'

Medicare, deficits and the politics of 2012

Scientists identify genetic variant that increases risk of ischemic stroke

Viewpoints: Komen takes a lashing; Is the safety net really intact?; Romney assails HHS' rule on contraception

Two molecules hold promise as a biomarker for OA

Komen Foundation seeks to restore public support after ending cuts to Planned Parenthood

University of Sydney academics praise sunbed ban

Analysis looks at cost effectiveness of simultaneously confronting several diseases

Two different research groups make similar advances in AD study

Global malaria deaths twice as high as previously estimated, IHME study suggests

Study offers evidence that toxic forms of Alzheimer's protein spread in the brain

Road Hockey To Conquer Cancer to kick off sophomore campaign on Feb. 7

WHO finds very high levels of drug-resistant TB in Russia, Moldova

Study to determine how body weight, hormones affect bone health from childhood to adulthood

UCLA professor receives ASA's Feinberg Award for clinical stroke research

U.N. says famine has ended in Somalia but emergency conditions remain for millions

African scientists' search for female-controlled microbicide gel to prevent HIV continues

Officials meet to discuss L'Aquila agreement on Global Food Security

MSL becomes a key link between pharmaceutical industry and stakeholders

DRC facing decline in donor funding, HIV treatment shortage

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