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Scientists invent new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles

A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles -- structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small particle that is visible only with an electron microscope.

8 Sep 2011

Calif. woman presses for breast cancer law

For seven straight years since turning 40, Amy Colton religiously scheduled a mammogram. Every year, the test showed nothing. Two years ago, however, the registered nurse was shocked to discover she was in the latter stages of breast cancer. ... Now she's even more shocked that California's powerful medical lobby is trying to block legislation that would require physicians to tell women if they have the condition, known as "extremely dense breast tissue."

8 Sep 2011

Health law supporters press Obama administration

Advocates of the law seek a change to the subsidy provision and some fear that the administration is too eager to compromise with business.

8 Sep 2011

Kennet announces $25M investment in WorldOne

Kennet Partners, the technology growth equity investor, has announced a $25 million investment in WorldOne, a market leader in global healthcare data collection. The financing will be used to accelerate WorldOne's global expansion and to fund continued development of new business lines.

8 Sep 2011

Ohio Third Frontier grants to advance Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded $2.5 million in research grants to advance the Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center, a collaboration among Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Philips Healthcare. The research projects are part of $30 million in funding awarded throughout the State of Ohio this week by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission.

8 Sep 2011

New surprising discovery on division of mitochondria within cells

A surprising new discovery by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial defects.

8 Sep 2011

New study to better understand relapsed medulloblastoma in children

Children with medulloblastoma, (a type of malignant brain tumour), undergo extensive and debilitating treatment, which has led to marked improvements in survival rates over recent decades. Despite this, these tumours will return in a proportion of patients following treatment (termed relapse), and the vast majority of these will succumb to their disease.

8 Sep 2011

Paper criticizes biomedical ontologies based purely on philosophical ideas

Professors and researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Facultad de Informática, Víctor Maojo, José Crespo, Miguel García Remesal, David Pérez del Rey and Diana de la Iglesia, and from Rutgers University, Casimir Kulikowski, have published an article in the Methods of Information in Medicine journal. This paper criticizes biomedical ontologies based purely on philosophical ideas and states a host of potential scientific constraints.

8 Sep 2011

GE Healthcare granted exclusive distribution rights to KC BioMedix NTrainer neurostimulation system

GE Healthcare, Inc. and KC BioMedix, Inc. today announced an agreement that grants GE Healthcare's Maternal Infant Care division exclusive rights for distribution and marketing of the KC BioMedix NTrainer pulsatile neurostimulation system.

8 Sep 2011

Better communication needed with at-risk communities for HIV vaccine trials

Better communication is needed around HIV vaccine trials to ensure those in at-risk communities understand the process and continue to participate, according to a new University of Toronto study.

8 Sep 2011

Boston hospital names new leader

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston named Dr. Kevin Tabb president and CEO of the 621-bed hospital, effective Oct. 17. Tabb, 47, currently is CMO at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, a 477-bed hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., according to news release from BIDMC. He previously was Stanford Hospital's chief quality and medical information officer. Earlier in his career, he was president of clinical data services for GE Healthcare Information Technologies.

8 Sep 2011

Simple pain relievers a better alternative to antipsychotic medications for dementia patients

Many dementia patients are being treated with antipsychotic medications, but a new study shows that simple pain relievers may be a better alternative.

8 Sep 2011

Developing technologies to improve treatment of craniosynostosis in babies

Engineers and surgeons are working together to improve the treatment of babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the bone plates in the skull to fuse too soon. Treating this condition typically requires surgery after birth to remove portions of the fused skull bones, and in some cases the bones grow together again too quickly -- requiring additional surgeries.

8 Sep 2011

NJIT to honor electrical engineer for nanotechnology research

What do brilliantly colored glass, advanced batteries, and innovative technology for the regulation of brain functions have in common? They are nano-scale structures far smaller than the wavelengths of energy coursing through them in different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, said NJIT Professor Haim Grebel.

8 Sep 2011

Guyana coast at risk of malaria resurgence as climate change brings warmer temperatures, more rainfall

"Guyana is battling to prevent the spread of malaria as climate change brings higher temperatures and more rainfall, threatening to push the disease back into densely populated coastal regions," AlertNet reports.

8 Sep 2011

Study: Protein's structural arrangement can change its signaling function

In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place.

8 Sep 2011

Researchers identify new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson's disease

A large team of international researchers have identified a new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson's disease that they say may be related to the inability of brain cells to handle biological stress.

8 Sep 2011

Innovative approach improves feeding outcomes among infants

An innovative approach to treating neonatal feeding problems at Nationwide Children's Hospital has allowed infants who were struggling to feed orally to be discharged earlier and without feeding tubes, subsequently saving millions of annual healthcare charges.

8 Sep 2011

Access to health insurance top indicator for better outcomes among undocumented children

Undocumented children who have access to health insurance are healthier and more engaged in school than those without insurance, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

8 Sep 2011

Women struggling to find truly free health care in Sierra Leone's system, Amnesty International report says

"Sierra Leone's free health care plan for pregnant women and young children is dysfunctional and hobbled by corruption and a lack of accountability," according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International, Agence France-Presse reports.

8 Sep 2011

Research News and Research

Scientists invent new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles

Calif. woman presses for breast cancer law

Health law supporters press Obama administration

Kennet announces $25M investment in WorldOne

Ohio Third Frontier grants to advance Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center

New surprising discovery on division of mitochondria within cells

New study to better understand relapsed medulloblastoma in children

Paper criticizes biomedical ontologies based purely on philosophical ideas

GE Healthcare granted exclusive distribution rights to KC BioMedix NTrainer neurostimulation system

Better communication needed with at-risk communities for HIV vaccine trials

Boston hospital names new leader

Simple pain relievers a better alternative to antipsychotic medications for dementia patients

Developing technologies to improve treatment of craniosynostosis in babies

NJIT to honor electrical engineer for nanotechnology research

Guyana coast at risk of malaria resurgence as climate change brings warmer temperatures, more rainfall

Study: Protein's structural arrangement can change its signaling function

Researchers identify new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson's disease

Innovative approach improves feeding outcomes among infants

Access to health insurance top indicator for better outcomes among undocumented children

Women struggling to find truly free health care in Sierra Leone's system, Amnesty International report says

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