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FDG-PET safe and accurate in detecting dementia, Alzheimer's

In a new review of imaging studies spanning more than ten years, scientists find that a method of positron emission tomography (PET) safely and accurately detects dementia, including the most common and devastating form among the elderly, Alzheimer's disease.

7 Jan 2012

Viewpoints: Sebelius on curbing the increase in health insurance costs; Forcing the mentally ill into treatment

The rising cost of health insurance coverage has imposed a heavy burden on our nation. Over the past decade, insurance premiums for working families have grown three times faster than have wages. Small businesses have seen health care become one of their biggest operating expenses. And rising state and federal spending on health programs has crowded out critical investments in better schools, new roads and other areas.

7 Jan 2012

Annual screening tests do not decrease deaths from prostate cancer

There's new evidence that annual prostate cancer screening does not reduce deaths from the disease, even among men in their 50s and 60s and those with underlying health conditions, according to new research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

6 Jan 2012

Roundup: Miami police unions thwart health premiums increase; Washington's mandatory-abortion-coverage bill

Despite blunt warnings from Mayor Carlos Gimenez that their decision would force layoffs of hundreds of police and corrections officers, Miami-Dade commissioners Thursday narrowly refused to force two employee unions to contribute an additional 5 percent of their pay toward health insurance. ... The panel also refused to impose the controversial 5-percent giveback on its professionals and supervisor.

6 Jan 2012

First Edition: January 6, 2012

In today's news, reports from the campaign trail and details about how nine states have asked the federal government for more funding to make sure their high-risk pools don't run out of cash before 2014.

6 Jan 2012

U.N. receives reports of malnutrition in Sudanese border states

The U.N. "has received alarming reports of malnutrition in two Sudanese border states where the army is fighting insurgents," according to Valerie Amos, U.N. under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Reuters reports.

6 Jan 2012

Mate preferences hover just outside of conscious awareness: Study

Stating that you don't care if you land a partner who is "hot" or "sexy" is relatively commonplace. But what people say they want and what they actually want are often two very different things when it comes to romantic attraction.

6 Jan 2012

Candidates jockey for position, messages in post-Iowa landscape

News outlets report on how GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is being targeted by Republican rivals and the Obama campaign. Meanwhile, Michele Bachmann exits the primary race, and Rick Santorum, fresh from his Iowa caucus finish, draws headlines.

6 Jan 2012

Successful integration of care of technology-dependent child into family life helps families function better

Normal everyday life for parents requires organization. Parents of children who require ventilators, oxygen, IVs and other tools to live, those day-to-day tasks can be time-consuming, difficult and stressful on the family.

6 Jan 2012

Many studies do not upload results in ClinicalTrials.gov website

The study, by Dr Andrew Prayle, Dr Matthew Hurley and Professor Alan Smyth in the University's Division of Child Health and reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), showed that out of the studies completed in the States during the course of 2009, less than one-quarter had logged their results on the ClinicalTrials.gov website.

6 Jan 2012

UNC HIV researcher Cohen discusses his work, HPTN 052

PSI's "Healthy Lives" blog features a video from the UNC Medical Center News Office in which Myron Cohen, a professor of medicine, microbiology, immunology and public health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the director of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, discusses his research into HIV/AIDS prevention, including his lead role in HPTN 052.

6 Jan 2012

New HIV vaccine candidates show promise in monkeys

"The quest for a vaccine against AIDS is gaining momentum, with research published Wednesday identifying promising new candidates that protected monkeys against a powerful strain of the virus and that soon could be tested in humans," the Wall Street Journal reports.

6 Jan 2012

Non-eosinophilic disease more prevalent in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma

A large percentage of patients with mild-to-moderate asthma have persistently non-eosinophilic disease which may not respond to currently available anti-inflammatory treatments, according to a new study.

6 Jan 2012

New imaging technology may pinpoint subtle aberrations in molecular biosignature of cancer

Despite advances in both the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the disease remains a leading worldwide health concern.

6 Jan 2012

Muscles must work too inefficiently to speed walk

Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second - about 4.5 miles per hour.

6 Jan 2012

AHA honors Rice University professor with Established Investigator Award

Rice University's Jane Grande-Allen, one of the world's foremost experts on the biomechanics of heart-valve tissue, has won an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association.

6 Jan 2012

Scripps professor receives pair of notable grants to study kinesin

Sathyanaryanan Puthanveettil, an assistant professor on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, has been awarded a pair of notable grants to study a critical component of long-term memory formation.

6 Jan 2012

Many Americans support investment in health research: Poll

The new edition of America Speaks, a compilation of public opinion polls commissioned by Research!America, demonstrates increasing public support for research and innovation to improve health, create jobs and boost the economy. However, nearly 60% of Americans don't believe we are making enough progress in medical research, and 54% don't believe the U.S. has the best health care system in the world.

6 Jan 2012

Researchers produce chimeric monkeys with six distinct genomes

Researchers have produced the world's first chimeric monkeys. The bodies of these monkeys, which are normal and healthy, are composed of a mixture of cells representing as many as six distinct genomes.

6 Jan 2012

New information about how early ESCs develop and form primate species

Newly published research by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University provides significant new information about how early embryonic stem cells develop and take part in formation of the primate species.

6 Jan 2012

Research News and Research

FDG-PET safe and accurate in detecting dementia, Alzheimer's

Viewpoints: Sebelius on curbing the increase in health insurance costs; Forcing the mentally ill into treatment

Annual screening tests do not decrease deaths from prostate cancer

Roundup: Miami police unions thwart health premiums increase; Washington's mandatory-abortion-coverage bill

First Edition: January 6, 2012

U.N. receives reports of malnutrition in Sudanese border states

Mate preferences hover just outside of conscious awareness: Study

Candidates jockey for position, messages in post-Iowa landscape

Successful integration of care of technology-dependent child into family life helps families function better

Many studies do not upload results in ClinicalTrials.gov website

UNC HIV researcher Cohen discusses his work, HPTN 052

New HIV vaccine candidates show promise in monkeys

Non-eosinophilic disease more prevalent in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma

New imaging technology may pinpoint subtle aberrations in molecular biosignature of cancer

Muscles must work too inefficiently to speed walk

AHA honors Rice University professor with Established Investigator Award

Scripps professor receives pair of notable grants to study kinesin

Many Americans support investment in health research: Poll

Researchers produce chimeric monkeys with six distinct genomes

New information about how early ESCs develop and form primate species

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