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Scientists discover rare genetic alteration responsible for hypoglycaemia

Cambridge scientists have identified the cause of a rare, life-threatening form of hypoglycaemia. Their findings, which have the potential to lead to pharmaceutical treatments for the disorder, were published today, 07 October, in the journal Science.

7 Oct 2011

MCC board of directors change country selection criteria

Blog posts in the Center for Global Development's "Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog" and "ONE Blog" examine the outcome of the recent Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board of directors meeting, highlighting changes to the selection criteria MCC uses to assess candidate countries' eligibility for funding.

7 Oct 2011

Scientists discover new metabolic pathway which makes gliomas more aggressive

A research alliance of Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center, jointly with colleagues of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig, have discovered a new metabolic pathway which makes malignant brain tumors (gliomas) more aggressive and weakens patients' immune systems.

7 Oct 2011

U.S. government pledges funding for maternal mortality programs in Zambia, GHI Executive Director says

"The U.S. government has said it is hopeful that Zambia will be able to reduce maternal and child mortality, and has pledged to contribute" millions in funding to programs to help further that goal, the Times of Zambia reports.

7 Oct 2011

Teriflunomide drug reduces relapse rate of people with MS

A new oral drug has been shown in a large international clinical trial to significantly reduce the relapse rate of people with multiple sclerosis and to slow the progression of the disease.

7 Oct 2011

Scientists discover how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties

Scientists have discovered how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties accordingly. The findings, published in the journal Developmental Cell, could open up new opportunities for improving tissue repair in patients following illness or surgery.

7 Oct 2011

Roundup: Health alliances formed in Calif., Wash.; Mass. group seeks repeal of mandate there

One of Southern California's largest hospital systems is teaming up with hundreds of doctors in a new alliance designed to better manage patient care, improve medical outcomes and reduce costs. Under the partnership with Providence Health & Services of Southern California, doctors will share and analyze data about diabetes, congestive heart failure and other conditions to identify effective practices and eliminate inefficiencies that drive up expenses.

7 Oct 2011

Poor dental care leads to health problems, costs

Meanwhile, a survey finds that Americans are open to new options for dental care to help address the high costs and shortage issues.

7 Oct 2011

NIH/FDA study to monitor and assess impacts of new government tobacco regulations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health today announced a joint, large-scale, national study of tobacco users to monitor and assess the behavioral and health impacts of new government tobacco regulations.

7 Oct 2011

Longer looks: A new life for Bart Stupak; The Komen Foundation and BPA; moving primary care out of the ER

Former Democratic congressman Bart Stupak is relishing the good life. After nine terms in the House of Representatives, the once obscure, pro-life, conservative legislator who became the flash point in last year's historic health care debate gave up his seat to become a gilded Washington operative - a partner in the Government and Legislative Affairs Group of Venable LLP. … Even before he negotiated a last-minute deal with President Obama to ban federal funding for abortion and provided the defining vote, he called his life "a living hell." "I was the face of health care. Whatever you thought about it, I was it," he says calmly. "I'm surprised I never got shot."

7 Oct 2011

Measurable changes in brain function may be a consequence of early HIV infection

Measurable changes in brain function and communication between brain regions may be a consequence of virus-induced injury during the early stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

7 Oct 2011

Developed nations should adapt cost-effective health initiatives pioneered in developing countries, experts say

"Rich countries that provide wasteful, inefficient, and inequitable health services should be more accountable for the money they spend and should adapt cost-effective models of care pioneered in poor countries, delegates agreed at a meeting" on global health held by the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science last week in Hanover, New Hampshire, BMJ News reports.

7 Oct 2011

Study proposes an integrative dynamic model of depression-CAD relationship

This study proposes an integrative dynamic model of the depression-coronary artery disease (CAD) relationship. This model may have potential for integrating findings regarding the depression-CAD relationship, contributing to the clarification of discords on screening and treatment of depression, and guiding future research.

7 Oct 2011

Link between marijuana use and crash risk among drivers

Over 10 million people age 12 or older are estimated to have driven under the influence of illicit drugs in the prior year, according to a 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

7 Oct 2011

Belfast Health, Social Care Trust license new meningitis test to HiberGene

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has licensed its novel rapid meningitis diagnostic test to HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd, an Irish start-up client company of NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at University College Dublin.

7 Oct 2011

New insight into mechanisms of hippocampal rhythms

A research team from Berlin, Munich and Haifa has presented new findings concerning the function of the hippocampus, a region of the brain that is important for memory formation.

7 Oct 2011

Strain echocardiography can help physicians detect early signs of cardiac toxicity in cancer patients

There is good news for cancer patients whose medical treatments put them at risk for future cardiac problems: using strain echocardiography can help physicians detect early signs of cardiac toxicity.

7 Oct 2011

Viewpoints: Jobs and 'Obamacare;' jurisdictional barriers to health law challenges; reforming provider payment

By most of the usual measures, President Obama has no business being reelected. Here's why he might be anyway. On Wednesday morning, as Senate Democratic leaders were scrambling to find a way to enact part of Obama's jobs bill, a dozen Republican lawmakers assembled outside the Capitol to complain about ... health-care reform.

7 Oct 2011

A healthy diet during pregnancy can reduce the risk of birth defects: Study

The researchers say that the birth defects like brain and spine problems, called neural tube defects, as well as cleft lip and cleft palate were less common in mothers who closely followed either a Mediterranean diet or the food guide pyramid.

6 Oct 2011

Herceptin chemo combination could mean longer survival and lower side effects in breast cancer patients: Study

A new study released this Wednesday revealed that breast cancer that is highly aggressive but caught early could be best treated with a combination of Herceptin and chemotherapy.

6 Oct 2011

Research News and Research

Scientists discover rare genetic alteration responsible for hypoglycaemia

MCC board of directors change country selection criteria

Scientists discover new metabolic pathway which makes gliomas more aggressive

U.S. government pledges funding for maternal mortality programs in Zambia, GHI Executive Director says

Teriflunomide drug reduces relapse rate of people with MS

Scientists discover how cells detect tissue damage and modify their repair properties

Roundup: Health alliances formed in Calif., Wash.; Mass. group seeks repeal of mandate there

Poor dental care leads to health problems, costs

NIH/FDA study to monitor and assess impacts of new government tobacco regulations

Longer looks: A new life for Bart Stupak; The Komen Foundation and BPA; moving primary care out of the ER

Measurable changes in brain function may be a consequence of early HIV infection

Developed nations should adapt cost-effective health initiatives pioneered in developing countries, experts say

Study proposes an integrative dynamic model of depression-CAD relationship

Link between marijuana use and crash risk among drivers

Belfast Health, Social Care Trust license new meningitis test to HiberGene

New insight into mechanisms of hippocampal rhythms

Strain echocardiography can help physicians detect early signs of cardiac toxicity in cancer patients

Viewpoints: Jobs and 'Obamacare;' jurisdictional barriers to health law challenges; reforming provider payment

A healthy diet during pregnancy can reduce the risk of birth defects: Study

Herceptin chemo combination could mean longer survival and lower side effects in breast cancer patients: Study

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