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Study: Roundworm protein can suppress inflammation in patients with sepsis

Research by the University of Liverpool has found that systemic inflammation caused by sepsis can be suppressed by a protein which occurs naturally in a type of roundworm.

8 Mar 2011

Increased alcohol consumption leads to multiple cardiovascular outcomes

A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies in humans.

8 Mar 2011

UTHealth study: Children with H. pylori infection have lower levels of iron

Children without previous iron deficiencies or anemia who remained infected with Helicobacter pylori had significantly lower levels of iron compared to children who had the infection eradicated, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

8 Mar 2011

Prevalence of eating disorders higher than previously thought

A new study shows that many American adolescents suffer from an eating disorder and struggle with related psychiatric disorders, including suicidal tendencies. The researchers write, “The prevalence of these disorders is higher than previously expected in this age range, and the patterns of [co-existing illnesses], role impairment and suicidality indicate that eating disorders represent a major public health concern.” Led by Sonja A. Swanson, of the National Institute of Mental Health, the research team reported the findings online March 7 in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

7 Mar 2011

GW Health Policy Researchers play a major role in AJPM supplement

GW Health Policy Researchers, led by Wilhelmine Miller, Ph.D., associate research professor in the School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, played a major role in the supplement of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

5 Mar 2011

FLSPMP moves to set record straight on issue of patient privacy, PDMP

The Florida Society of Pain Management Providers moves to set the record straight on the issue of patient privacy and the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.

5 Mar 2011

Research roundup: Hospital infections and costs; Prescription confusion; Medicaid and access to care

"Sepsis affects approximately 750,000 patients each year in the United States and is in many ways a model condition for examining the relationship between hospital spending and patient outcomes and for identifying potential opportunities to improve the value of hospital care," write the authors.

5 Mar 2011

OHSU receives NTI grant to study TEG for blood-clot prevention in obese trauma patients

Martin Schreiber, M.D., of Oregon Health & Science University, received a research grant worth nearly $700,000 from the National Trauma Institute to study a method that could more accurately determine how much blood-clot prevention medication to give critically ill or obese trauma patients.

5 Mar 2011

Study: Resveratrol can reduce body fat

For her thesis entitled Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Resveratrol: the effect of these functional ingredients on the metabolism of triglycerides and adiposity, Nutrition and Obesity research team member at the University of the Basque Country, Ms Arrate Lasa, studied the fat-reducing effect of CLA and resveratrol.

4 Mar 2011

Nevirapine reduces HIV transmission risk from mother to breastfeeding infants by 75%

Giving breastfeeding infants of HIV-infected mothers a daily dose of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for six months halved the risk of HIV transmission to the infants at age 6 months compared with giving infants the drug daily for six weeks, according to preliminary clinical trial data presented today.

4 Mar 2011

Premier creates new tool to help hospitals and health systems assess VBP impact

The Premier healthcare alliance has created a new tool to help hospitals and health systems assess the potential impact of value-based purchasing.

4 Mar 2011

Scientist receives $4 million Australia fellowship to continue cancer origin research

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute cancer researcher Professor Jane Visvader has received a $4 million fellowship from the Australian Government to continue her work into the origin of breast, ovarian and lung cancers.

3 Mar 2011

Warwick begins research, training program to reduce pregnant mother, baby death rates in Malawi

Warwick Medical School has just begun a -2.6 million three year research and training programme to train Malawian clinical officers in a bid to reduce the country's high death rate for pregnant mothers and babies.

3 Mar 2011

Study reveals expansion of NK cells after acute infection

The natural killer cells of our immune defense are activated for an extended period after the acute infection, which challenges the prevailing view that the elevation and activation of cells quickly pass.

3 Mar 2011

Lancet Infectious Diseases examines how resource gaps are creating barriers to reduce child mortality

The Lancet Infectious Diseases' Newsdesk examines how resource gaps in immunizations, health workers and financing are creating barriers to efforts to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goal target to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, as highlighted in a recent Save the Children report.

3 Mar 2011

Groundbreaking discovery in lymphoma research

BC Cancer Agency scientists have discovered that a single gene, CIITA, is implicated in almost 40 per cent of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphomas and 15 per cent of all Hodgkin lymphoma cases.

3 Mar 2011

Britain to cut foreign aid for 16 countries, focus more on family planning, safe water, maternal mortality

British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell on Tuesday announced major changes to the nation's international aid program based on a nine-month review of the agency's policies, Reuters reports.

3 Mar 2011

Adherence counseling during HIV treatment greatly improves patient outcomes

Intensive adherence counseling around the time of HIV treatment initiation significantly reduces poor adherence and virologic treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent study in PLoS Medicine by Dr. Michael Chung, assistant professor of Global Health at University of Washington, who works at the Coptic Hope Center for Infectious Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya.

3 Mar 2011

New breakthrough in immunological research

Immunological research at the University of Haifa, Israel, has made a new breakthrough, revealing a critical component in the "decision-making" process of white blood cells that play a role in the healing process from bacterial inflammation.

3 Mar 2011

Genetic variants determine severity of HCV-related graft disease and antiviral treatment response

German researchers have found a significant association of IL28B genotypes to interferon-based antiviral treatment outcome, and to graft inflammation caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study determined that the presence of G-allele serves as a marker for severe HCV-induced graft inflammation, as well as a predictor for unsuccessful treatment.

3 Mar 2011

Mortality News and Research

Study: Roundworm protein can suppress inflammation in patients with sepsis

Increased alcohol consumption leads to multiple cardiovascular outcomes

UTHealth study: Children with H. pylori infection have lower levels of iron

Prevalence of eating disorders higher than previously thought

GW Health Policy Researchers play a major role in AJPM supplement

FLSPMP moves to set record straight on issue of patient privacy, PDMP

Research roundup: Hospital infections and costs; Prescription confusion; Medicaid and access to care

OHSU receives NTI grant to study TEG for blood-clot prevention in obese trauma patients

Study: Resveratrol can reduce body fat

Nevirapine reduces HIV transmission risk from mother to breastfeeding infants by 75%

Premier creates new tool to help hospitals and health systems assess VBP impact

Scientist receives $4 million Australia fellowship to continue cancer origin research

Warwick begins research, training program to reduce pregnant mother, baby death rates in Malawi

Study reveals expansion of NK cells after acute infection

Lancet Infectious Diseases examines how resource gaps are creating barriers to reduce child mortality

Groundbreaking discovery in lymphoma research

Britain to cut foreign aid for 16 countries, focus more on family planning, safe water, maternal mortality

Adherence counseling during HIV treatment greatly improves patient outcomes

New breakthrough in immunological research

Genetic variants determine severity of HCV-related graft disease and antiviral treatment response

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

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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