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Mechanisms of body fat growth discovered

Using ice cream, candy bars and energy drinks to help volunteers gain weight, Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered the mechanisms of how body fat grows. Increased abdominal fat seems to heighten risk for metabolic disease, while fat expansion in the lower body -- as in the thighs -- seems to lower the risk. The findings, appearing in today's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), help explain why.

5 Oct 2010

University of Michigan Medical School and Peking University Health Science Center to establish joint institute

The University of Michigan Medical School will establish a joint institute with the Peking University Health Science Center in a unique effort to promote research that can lead to breakthroughs in pulmonary, cardiovascular and liver diseases.

5 Oct 2010

Mayo Clinic implements Medidata Rave technology to manage multi-site clinical research studies

Mayo Clinic is making it easier for industry sponsors and investigators at sites across the country to collaborate with Mayo on complex and groundbreaking research studies and clinical trials.

5 Oct 2010

Carolinas HealthCare System to launch new cancer institute with $20M gift from Leon Levine Foundation

Officials at Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), today announced a major gift from the Leon Levine Foundation that will support major innovations in the delivery of cancer care in communities served by CHS, which comprises 32 affiliated hospitals in North and South Carolina.

5 Oct 2010

New biomarkers could lead to personalized radiation treatments for cancer patients

Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered biomarkers that could lead to personalized radiation treatments for cancer patients. The findings appear today online in the journal Genome Research.

5 Oct 2010

Depressed pregnant women at increased risk of delivering preterm birth and low-birth weight infants

Clinical depression puts pregnant women at increased risk of delivering prematurely and of giving birth to below-normal weight infants, according to a report published Oct. 4 in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

5 Oct 2010

Study could lead to new therapies for acute muscle injury

A new research study published in The FASEB Journal may change how sports injuries involving muscle tissue are treated, as well as how much patient monitoring is necessary when potent anti-inflammatory drugs are prescribed for a long time. That's because the study shows for the first time that inflammation actually helps to heal damaged muscle tissue, turning conventional wisdom on its head that inflammation must be largely controlled to encourage healing.

5 Oct 2010

Researchers discover therapy for treating terminal stages of cancer

For the first time ever, researchers have discovered a therapy that can effectively treat the now invariably lethal, terminal stages of cancer in animals. The study appears in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

5 Oct 2010

New bill aims to promote federal agency collaboration on foreign aid, national security

House lawmakers recently introduced the 2010 Interagency National Security Professional Education, Administration and Development System Act in an effort to promote better "collaboration among federal agencies supporting security missions and foreign aid operations overseas," Government Executive reports.

5 Oct 2010

AmeriCares, AstraZeneca enter commitment to expand breast cancer treatment in Cambodia

AmeriCares and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals have made a three-year commitment to expand early breast cancer detection and treatment in Cambodia in hopes of increasing survival rates.

5 Oct 2010

Opinions: MDGs; Obama's development policy; PEPFAR in Uganda

In a SciDev.Net editorial, David Dickson, director of SciDev.Net, examines progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets, highlighting their usefulness as well as their shortcomings. "The value of the MDGs lies in the way they have acted as both a carrot and a stick to focus the efforts of both development agencies and governments of developing countries," according to Dickson, who writes that "the curse of the MDGs is that they focus on relatively short-term, concrete objectives, and lack sufficient 'buy-in' from the very countries they are intended to help.

5 Oct 2010

Health industry funding more Republicans than Dems, anti-reform political activity ramps up

Politico: "A new portrait of the health industry landscape has begun to take shape, with some of those major players shifting their dollars from the very Democrats who passed the law they seemingly endorsed at the White House. The insurance industry, for instance, has consistently donated more to Republicans than to Democrats ever since August 2009."

4 Oct 2010

Massachusetts eHealth Institute names e-MDs as EHR vendor and IOO

e-MDs, an industry leader in the development and implementation of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solutions, announced they have been named a selected EHR vendor and Implementation Optimization Organization (IOO) by the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI). The Institute will serve as a Regional Extension Center (REC) in Massachusetts, working to facilitate the adoption of EHR technology by the state's providers. As a selected vendor, e-MDs will help ensure effective implementation and provider achievement of Meaningful Use.

4 Oct 2010

Puerto Rican's awarness of genetic testing high, but usage low

Awareness of genetic testing was higher among adults in Puerto Rico compared to previous U.S. population-based studies, while use of genetic testing was lower, according to data presented at the Third AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held Sept. 30 to Oct 3, 2010.

4 Oct 2010

IRSF awards $1.5M in research grants for Rett syndrome treatment

The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) announced today that it will award an additional $1.5M in research grants, bringing the 2010 total to $2.15 million for innovative basic and translational research that moves treatments for Rett syndrome a step closer to the clinic.

4 Oct 2010

Study shows hypomethylation increases through progression of multiple myeloma

DNA methylation, a modification of DNA linked to gene regulation — is altered with increasing severity in a blood cancer called multiple myeloma, according to a study by Mayo Clinic and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

4 Oct 2010

OHSU CROET issues public alert on Brazilian Blowout hair straightening product

Oregon Health & Science University's Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET) is responding to concerns raised by Portland-area hair salons about a product used for hair straightening. CROET has issued two public alerts describing its findings on the possible negative health impacts of this product.

4 Oct 2010

Californian Hispanics at lower risk of developing melanoma, but develop the disease at younger age

Scientists at the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC), Stanford University, and the University of Southern California/Keck School of Medicine have found that while Hispanics have much lower risks of developing melanoma than non-Hispanic whites in California, they develop the disease at younger ages, develop thicker tumors, which are more difficult to treat, and experience a higher percentage of cases among people living in poorer neighborhoods.

4 Oct 2010

UofL School of Nursing awarded $792,000 grant to develop nursing informatics education

The University of Louisville School of Nursing has earned a $792,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration to develop nursing informatics education for UofL's undergraduate and graduate nursing students as well as practicing nurses from University of Louisville Hospital.

4 Oct 2010

USDA NIFA awards $3.8M to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs

The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded nearly $3.8 million to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs.

4 Oct 2010

Education News and Research

Mechanisms of body fat growth discovered

University of Michigan Medical School and Peking University Health Science Center to establish joint institute

Mayo Clinic implements Medidata Rave technology to manage multi-site clinical research studies

Carolinas HealthCare System to launch new cancer institute with $20M gift from Leon Levine Foundation

New biomarkers could lead to personalized radiation treatments for cancer patients

Depressed pregnant women at increased risk of delivering preterm birth and low-birth weight infants

Study could lead to new therapies for acute muscle injury

Researchers discover therapy for treating terminal stages of cancer

New bill aims to promote federal agency collaboration on foreign aid, national security

AmeriCares, AstraZeneca enter commitment to expand breast cancer treatment in Cambodia

Opinions: MDGs; Obama's development policy; PEPFAR in Uganda

Health industry funding more Republicans than Dems, anti-reform political activity ramps up

Massachusetts eHealth Institute names e-MDs as EHR vendor and IOO

Puerto Rican's awarness of genetic testing high, but usage low

IRSF awards $1.5M in research grants for Rett syndrome treatment

Study shows hypomethylation increases through progression of multiple myeloma

OHSU CROET issues public alert on Brazilian Blowout hair straightening product

Californian Hispanics at lower risk of developing melanoma, but develop the disease at younger age

UofL School of Nursing awarded $792,000 grant to develop nursing informatics education

USDA NIFA awards $3.8M to develop healthier food products for humanitarian assistance programs

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