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PLATO Foundation launches first medical education activity during 33rd CTRC - AACR Symposium

The PLATO Foundation (Physicians Learning And Teaching in Oncology) a newly established 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization launched its first medical education activity during the 33rd Annual CTRC - AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 10, 2010, titled, "Controversial Topics in Breast Cancer: Straight Talk with International Experts."

13 Dec 2010

Quality of care for ADHD children poor under Medicaid, says new report

Whatever its final incarnation, the recently enacted landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility and is expected by 2013 to provide coverage, including mental health care, to an estimated 4.1 million children currently uninsured.

13 Dec 2010

Lubricants associated with higher rating of sexual pleasure

A recent survey by researchers at Indiana University has found that women who used lubricants during sex, reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction and pleasure.

13 Dec 2010

School children who dislike fruits and vegetables are more likely to develop functional constipation

Primary school children who don't like eating fruit and vegetables are 13 times more likely to develop functional constipation than children who do, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Drinking less than 400ml of fluid a day also significantly increases the risk.

13 Dec 2010

Researchers examine outcomes related to antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing CEA

Despite the common clinical practice among surgeons to discontinue their patients' anti-platelet therapy prior to surgery, a recent study of patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) indicated that this practice may be unnecessary.

13 Dec 2010

Combination of SPECT and CT scans could offer protection against lymphedema in breast cancer patients

With guidance from a specialized scan, radiation oncologists at Mayo Clinic were able to reduce by 55 percent the number of lymph nodes critical for removing fluid from the arm that received damaging radiation doses.

13 Dec 2010

Higher co-payments lead to early discontinuation of life-saving therapy for breast cancer

A higher prescription co-payment, especially among older women, is associated with both early discontinuation and incomplete use of adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy, a life-saving therapy for women with hormone sensitive early stage breast cancer.

13 Dec 2010

Research programs embody the promise of anti-aging medicine.

Sometimes the value of research lies as much in exposing false remedies as in discovering true breakthroughs. Scientists at the country's first school of gerontology and in laboratories around the University of Southern California do both, mindful of their responsibility to a society focused on healthful aging.

13 Dec 2010

UAB researchers pinpoint protein that causes nephrotic syndrome

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have pinpointed a protein that compromises the kidney's filtering ability, causing nephrotic syndrome, and demonstrated that a naturally occurring precursor of an acid in the body offers potential for treating some forms of the condition.

13 Dec 2010

Rate of health care-associated infections in developing countries more than double U.S., European rates, study finds

The rate of health care-associated infections in developing countries is more than three times the rate of cases in the U.S. and more than double the rate in Europe, according to a study published Friday in the Lancet, BBC reports (12/9).

13 Dec 2010

Novelos NOV-002 demonstrates positive results in Phase 2 neoadjuvant breast cancer trial

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat cancer, announced that today a poster highlighting positive results in a Phase 2 trial of NOV-002 in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy treatment in patients with stage IIB-IIIC HER-2/neu negative invasive breast cancer is being presented by the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at the AACR Breast Cancer Symposium in San Antonio, TX.

13 Dec 2010

New York City surgeon performs first revision rhinoplasty cases with FDA approved PDS Plate

Today Dr. Steven Pearlman, prominent facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in New York City, will be performing one of the first revision rhinoplasty cases with the newly FDA approved PDS Plate. This revolutionary procedure will mark a giant leap in the world of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.

13 Dec 2010

Cesarean-section deliveries may lead to degenerative back disease

Researchers from Michigan State University are studying whether pregnancies, specifically cesarean-section deliveries, are linked to a degenerative back disease that affects women three to nine times more often than men.

13 Dec 2010

Mayo clinic creates new computerized radiation tracking system

Mayo Clinic is initiating a new imaging exam tracking system that, among other things, enables a comprehensive view of a patient's radiation exposures over time.

13 Dec 2010

Genetic changes in HDAC9 gene may modulate onset of ER positive breast cancer and its recurrence

Investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have presented new research at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Their work highlights how a variation in a person's DNA sequence is associated with an earlier age of onset for breast cancer that is stimulated by the hormone estrogen (estrogen receptor positive).

13 Dec 2010

MMI-USA announces limited launch of new Smart Toe II Hammertoe Fixation System

MMI-USA, a subsidiary of Memometal Technologies S.A., a global orthopaedic manufacturer headquartered in France, announces the limited launch of the new Smart Toe® II Hammertoe Fixation System. The product becomes an important piece of a comprehensive system for forefoot fixation, and reinforces the most widely used franchise of intramedullary implants of this kind in the world.

10 Dec 2010

Weightlifting may help prevent lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

Weightlifting may play a key role in the prevention of the painful limb-swelling condition lymphedema following breast cancer treatment, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Combined with the team's previous findings that the exercise limits a worsening of symptoms among women who already have lymphedema, the new data cements the reversal of long-running advice that breast cancer survivors should avoid lifting anything heavier than five pounds after they finish treatment.

10 Dec 2010

Access problems for psychiatric patients to Medicaid medication leads to increased hospital, emergency care

Too often, mental health patients have problems accessing or paying for their prescription drugs under Medicaid. The results — longer hospital stays and more emergency room visits — are hard on patients and costly for the entire health care system, a new study finds.

10 Dec 2010

Opinions: Questioning WHO's relevance; Reforming foreign aid; Efforts to prevent child marriage

"The WHO - for 62 years the world's go-to agency on all public health matters - is today outmoded, underfunded, and overly politicized," Jack Chow, former assistant director-general on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria at WHO, writes in a Foreign Policy Argument where he outlines some of the major issues facing the WHO, including personnel challenges, the agency's "archaic" governance system and a "new atmosphere, where [other] organizations are taking health into their own hands."

10 Dec 2010

TeleHealth Services announces extended partnership with Central Baptist Hospital

TeleHealth Services, the nation's leading provider of healthcare-grade televisions and interactive patient education solutions, today announced an extended partnership with Central Baptist Hospital. The 383-bed hospital, an early adopter to on-demand education, implemented TIGR as their interactive patient education and entertainment solution as a part of their "meaningful use" project, and the further utilization of advanced technologies to increase the quality of healthcare at the facility.

10 Dec 2010

Education News and Research

PLATO Foundation launches first medical education activity during 33rd CTRC - AACR Symposium

Quality of care for ADHD children poor under Medicaid, says new report

Lubricants associated with higher rating of sexual pleasure

School children who dislike fruits and vegetables are more likely to develop functional constipation

Researchers examine outcomes related to antiplatelet therapy in patients undergoing CEA

Combination of SPECT and CT scans could offer protection against lymphedema in breast cancer patients

Higher co-payments lead to early discontinuation of life-saving therapy for breast cancer

Research programs embody the promise of anti-aging medicine.

UAB researchers pinpoint protein that causes nephrotic syndrome

Rate of health care-associated infections in developing countries more than double U.S., European rates, study finds

Novelos NOV-002 demonstrates positive results in Phase 2 neoadjuvant breast cancer trial

New York City surgeon performs first revision rhinoplasty cases with FDA approved PDS Plate

Cesarean-section deliveries may lead to degenerative back disease

Mayo clinic creates new computerized radiation tracking system

Genetic changes in HDAC9 gene may modulate onset of ER positive breast cancer and its recurrence

MMI-USA announces limited launch of new Smart Toe II Hammertoe Fixation System

Weightlifting may help prevent lymphedema following breast cancer treatment

Access problems for psychiatric patients to Medicaid medication leads to increased hospital, emergency care

Opinions: Questioning WHO's relevance; Reforming foreign aid; Efforts to prevent child marriage

TeleHealth Services announces extended partnership with Central Baptist Hospital

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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