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Regence Blueshield acquires Seattle-based health and wellness company

Maveron LLC, a Seattle-based venture capital firm focused on helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great consumer businesses, announced the asset acquisition of portfolio company Kinetix Living Corp. by Regence BlueShield of Washington. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

11 Mar 2010

CPRIT grants $6.8 million for cancer prevention programs

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas today awarded over $6.8 million to fund twelve new cancer prevention programs through local clinics, health districts, community-based organizations, and academic institutions across the state of Texas.

10 Mar 2010

Medical school costs, loan rates rise sharply

NPR reports on the high cost of medical school, focusing on one student, Sarah Rosen. The interest rate on her school loans "shot up to eight and a half percent, almost twice the rate [her parents] are paying after refinancing their mortgage."

10 Mar 2010

ZixCorp renewes and expandes contract with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Zix Corporation, the only email encryption service designed with your most important relationships in mind, has renewed and expanded its contract with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, a leading North Carolina health system.

10 Mar 2010

First Edition: March 10, 2010

Protests, million-dollar ad campaigns, deepening partisan fault lines and president's stepped-up health reform end game dominate today's health care headlines.

10 Mar 2010

Strong, local leadership is the key for success of health departments and activities

The surge of funds for bioterrorism preparedness over the past decade does not appear to be improving local public health resources in general, according to research from Purdue University.

10 Mar 2010

Protein competition over MAPK provides mechanism to integrate different signals directing early embryonic development

A Princeton University-led research team has discovered that protein competition over an important enzyme provides a mechanism to integrate different signals that direct early embryonic development. The work suggests that these signals are combined long before they interact with the organism's DNA, as was previously believed, and also may inform new therapeutic strategies to fight cancer.

10 Mar 2010

African-Americans and Hispanics are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's and dementias

According to the Alzheimer's Association's® 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, African-Americans are about two times more likely and Hispanics are about one and one-half times more likely than their white counterparts to have Alzheimer's and other dementias.

10 Mar 2010

Harris Poll: Obesity increased, cigarette smoking decreased in every five-year period

The annual Harris Poll that has measured key health risks – smoking, seat belt use, weight and obesity – for the last 28 years, provides both good and bad news.

10 Mar 2010

Combating DVT and PE: Critical recommendations

Three critical recommendations from a national workshop have been released to address deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), a growing public health problem estimated to affect nearly 1 million Americans each year.

10 Mar 2010

Imaging tools may help address challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care: Study

New preliminary data from a pilot study in the Netherlands indicates that imaging tools may help address the most challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care as identified by the hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its expert witnesses last week: to treat or not treat, AdMeTech Foundation's President and CEO Dr. Faina Shtern said today.

10 Mar 2010

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March

Throughout the month of March, visitors to Rockefeller Center in the heart of midtown Manhattan will get an unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease.

10 Mar 2010

Stryker's Orthopaedics division to feature two of its latest hip systems at AAOS conference

Stryker Corporation's Orthopaedics division announced today that it will feature two of its latest hip systems at this year's annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons conference being held in New Orleans – the Rejuvenate Modular Primary Hip System and the ADM Mobile Bearing Acetabular System with X3.

From Stryker 10 Mar 2010

Genetic basis unknown in many children with mental retardation and developmental delays

Researchers from four laboratories that perform diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities recently identified a previously unrecognized genetic disorder.

10 Mar 2010

Alison Walker selected to receive ASH-AMFDP Award

Alison Walker, MD, has been selected to receive the ASH-AMFDP Award, and will begin her research in acute myeloid leukemia in July of this year. The award, designed to help increase the number of underrepresented minority scholars in the field of hematology, is the result of a partnership between the American Society of Hematology and the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

10 Mar 2010

Early administration of metformin can prevent long-term complications of diabetes: Study

The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

10 Mar 2010

Risk-free psychological treatment can be better alternative to drugs in treating women with low sexual desire

According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low sexual desire.

10 Mar 2010

2010 Max Planck Research Award for Dr. Timothy Bromage from NYU College of Dentistry

New York University College of Dentistry's Dr. Timothy Bromage has been selected to receive the 2010 Max Planck Research Award. Dr. Bromage will collaborate with Dr. Friedemann Schrenk of Frankfurt's Senckenberg Research Institute to research the microanatomical structure of bones and teeth, and the links between metabolic states, growth rates, life spans, and biological features such as sex and body size.

10 Mar 2010

Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now launched in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

The Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now, a campaign to increase screenings and prevent the nation's second-leading cancer killer, launched today in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March.

10 Mar 2010

Researchers to collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia for stroke

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and UTHealth's Medical School will collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia (brain cooling) for stroke to date.

10 Mar 2010

Education News and Research

Regence Blueshield acquires Seattle-based health and wellness company

CPRIT grants $6.8 million for cancer prevention programs

Medical school costs, loan rates rise sharply

ZixCorp renewes and expandes contract with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

First Edition: March 10, 2010

Strong, local leadership is the key for success of health departments and activities

Protein competition over MAPK provides mechanism to integrate different signals directing early embryonic development

African-Americans and Hispanics are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer's and dementias

Harris Poll: Obesity increased, cigarette smoking decreased in every five-year period

Combating DVT and PE: Critical recommendations

Imaging tools may help address challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care: Study

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March

Stryker's Orthopaedics division to feature two of its latest hip systems at AAOS conference

Genetic basis unknown in many children with mental retardation and developmental delays

Alison Walker selected to receive ASH-AMFDP Award

Early administration of metformin can prevent long-term complications of diabetes: Study

Risk-free psychological treatment can be better alternative to drugs in treating women with low sexual desire

2010 Max Planck Research Award for Dr. Timothy Bromage from NYU College of Dentistry

Campaign to Stop Colon Cancer Now launched in conjunction with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Researchers to collaborate on the largest clinical trial of hypothermia for stroke

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