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Cholesterol efflux capacity may protect against heart disease: Study

The discovery that high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease has fostered intensive research to modify HDL levels for therapeutic gain. However, recent findings have called into question the notion that pharmacologic increases in HDL cholesterol levels are necessarily beneficial to patients.

4 Feb 2011

Data generated on Ion Torrent PGM sequencer to be presented at AGBT

Life Technologies Corporation, today announced that just six weeks following the launch of the Ion Torrent PGM sequencer, independent researchers will present data they generated with the system at the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference.

4 Feb 2011

New way to stabilize proteins

A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a new way to stabilize proteins — the workhorse biological macromolecules found in all organisms. Proteins serve as the functional basis of many types of biologic drugs used to treat everything from arthritis, anemia, and diabetes to cancer.

4 Feb 2011

UM researchers find genetic cause of retinitis pigmentosa

Researchers led by geneticists at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have identified a new gene that causes retinitis pigmentosa, a form of blindness, ending one South Florida family's nearly 20-year search for what caused three of their four children to lose their sight.

4 Feb 2011

New study finds link between mealtime family interactions and children's health

The amount of time families spend eating meals together has been linked to the health and well-being of children and teens, with families who eat together regularly reporting declines in substance abuse, eating disorders, and unhealthy weight in their children. Now, a new study that looks at children with asthma has found that the quality of family interactions during mealtime affected the children's health.

4 Feb 2011

Study hopes to establish health benefits from cocoa and vitamin C

A study which hopes to establish the health benefits from cocoa and vitamin C is looking for volunteers. Researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to find ways of helping us maintain muscle mass as we grow old and want to hear from healthy men aged between 18-28 and 65-75.

4 Feb 2011

CVT more common than previously thought, disproportionally affects pregnant women

A rare and often underreported form of stroke that involves veins instead of arteries is more common than previously thought, according to the American Heart Association's first scientific statement on diagnosing and managing cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT).

4 Feb 2011

Study finds increased prescription drug abuse among teens

Illicit drugs like marijuana, cocaine and heroin have always been a parent's nightmare. But perfectly legal and easily accessible prescription medications are now the recreational drugs of choice for many teenagers, prompting physicians at Johns Hopkins Children's Center to urge pediatricians to screen specifically for their abuse during routine visits.

4 Feb 2011

New study provides insight into mechanism behind breast cancer mutation

A new study sheds light on why individuals who inherit a particular family of mutations have a high risk of developing a very aggressive form of breast cancer. The research, published by Cell Press on February 4th in the journal Cell Stem Cell, shows that breast tissue cells from these individuals make abnormal cell-fate decisions even before cancer develops and provides exciting new insights into the mechanisms behind one of the most lethal types of breast cancer.

4 Feb 2011

Mountain bike-related injuries decrease to 56%: New study

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital found the number of mountain bike-related injuries decreased 56 percent over the 14-year study period - going from a high of more than 23,000 injuries in 1995 to just over 10,000 injuries in 2007.

4 Feb 2011

Roundup: N.Y., Texas, Calif. Medicaid plans spark protests; Conn. nursing homes; Fla. Medical Board

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to strip lawmakers of power over the state's Medicaid program is facing a barrage of criticism in both houses and parties. Lawmakers on Wednesday described the governor's Medicaid proposal as an intrusion on their powers and said they would block it from becoming law.

4 Feb 2011

MedAssurant, UNC to assess relationship between insulin and cancer development

MedAssurant, a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced the initiation of a joint study with the University of North Carolina to assess the relationship between the use of long-acting insulin to treat diabetes and the development of cancer.

4 Feb 2011

More careful regulation of FDA's Humanitarian Device Exemption in psychiatric patients needed

Warning that patients could be at risk, an interdisciplinary group of multinational investigators is calling on the U.S. Congress and federal regulators to tighten a law that permits use of brain devices to treat rare neuropsychiatric disorders without supporting clinical trials or stringent patient oversight.

4 Feb 2011

Physiotherapy Associates opens new clinic in Silver Spring

Physiotherapy Associates, the nation's foremost provider of outpatient rehabilitation services, announces the opening of a new physical therapy clinic in Silver Spring, MD.

4 Feb 2011

JDRF, Eli Lilly sign agreement to fund type 1 diabetes research for re-generative medicine

Eli Lilly and Company and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation today announced that they have signed an agreement to fund early-stage research that could enable patients with type 1 diabetes to regenerate insulin-producing cells destroyed by the disease.

4 Feb 2011

Scientists unravel mystery about how new tumors in individuals with breast cancer take root

In a discovery that may lead to a new treatment for breast cancer that has spread to the bone, a Princeton University research team has unraveled a mystery about how these tumors take root.

4 Feb 2011

Immune protein exacerbates skin cancer due to sun exposure: Study

An unexpected immune protein exacerbates cancer due to sun exposure, report researchers in the January 27th issue of Nature. The study suggests that drugs blocking the protein might halt tumor growth in skin cancer patients.

3 Feb 2011

FIND, Cepheid collaborate to develop rapid molecular test for measurement of HIV viral load

Cepheid and FIND today announced a new collaboration to accelerate the development of a rapid molecular test for the measurement of human immunodeficiency virus viral load.

3 Feb 2011

Ceregene initiates enrollment and dosing in CERE-120 Phase 2b trial for Parkinson's disease

Ceregene, a biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it is progressing with enrollment and dosing in its CERE-120 Phase 2b multi-center, sham-surgery, double-blinded controlled trial in Parkinson's disease.

3 Feb 2011

Philanthropist awards Mayo Clinic $100 million to establish Proton Beam Therapy Program

Mayo Clinic today announced long-time patient and philanthropist Richard O. Jacobson has given a $100 million gift to help establish the multi-site Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy Program. This is the largest outright gift in the clinic's history, as well as the largest gift Mr. Jacobson has made to any single institution.

3 Feb 2011

Medicine News and Research

Cholesterol efflux capacity may protect against heart disease: Study

Data generated on Ion Torrent PGM sequencer to be presented at AGBT

New way to stabilize proteins

UM researchers find genetic cause of retinitis pigmentosa

New study finds link between mealtime family interactions and children's health

Study hopes to establish health benefits from cocoa and vitamin C

CVT more common than previously thought, disproportionally affects pregnant women

Study finds increased prescription drug abuse among teens

New study provides insight into mechanism behind breast cancer mutation

Mountain bike-related injuries decrease to 56%: New study

Roundup: N.Y., Texas, Calif. Medicaid plans spark protests; Conn. nursing homes; Fla. Medical Board

MedAssurant, UNC to assess relationship between insulin and cancer development

More careful regulation of FDA's Humanitarian Device Exemption in psychiatric patients needed

Physiotherapy Associates opens new clinic in Silver Spring

JDRF, Eli Lilly sign agreement to fund type 1 diabetes research for re-generative medicine

Scientists unravel mystery about how new tumors in individuals with breast cancer take root

Immune protein exacerbates skin cancer due to sun exposure: Study

FIND, Cepheid collaborate to develop rapid molecular test for measurement of HIV viral load

Ceregene initiates enrollment and dosing in CERE-120 Phase 2b trial for Parkinson's disease

Philanthropist awards Mayo Clinic $100 million to establish Proton Beam Therapy Program

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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