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Aerocrine net sales increase 10% to SEK 93.5m for January - December 2011

Aerocrine: January - December 2011. Global Net sales grew by 10% to SEK 93.5m (84.7). Adjusted for currency fluctuations, net sales rose by 18%.

24 Feb 2012

NSF project aims to develop online HIV prevention tools for African-American women

African-American women make up a disproportionate number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. Researchers from North Carolina State University are trying to change that, leading a National Science Foundation project aimed at developing HIV/AIDS prevention materials that resonate with African-American female college students.

24 Feb 2012

Saving Lives at Birth partnership launches second round grants

"Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development on Wednesday launched its second call for innovative prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the world," a USAID press release states.

24 Feb 2012

Study evaluates how environmental triggers might alter epigenetics of CFS

A University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) researcher is examining how environmental triggers might alter gene function in people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The research could lead to better insights into the disease and eventually to new treatments.

24 Feb 2012

Supreme Court sends Calif. Medicaid case back to lower court

At issue was a federal appeals court ruling allowing patients and health care providers to sue over California's cuts in Medicaid payment rates. The high court sent the case back to the court in San Francisco to consider whether private parties or only the federal government can object to Medicaid reductions.

24 Feb 2012

Study looks at link between family members' behaviours and hoarders

People collect things all the time: books, newspapers, stamps. But when a casual hobby turns into an incessant need to hoard, it becomes a disorder that requires intervention. But how much of hoarders' behaviours are influenced by their loved ones? Ryerson researchers are investigating these relationships in a new study looking at the link between family members' behaviours and individuals who hoard.

24 Feb 2012

Curbing consequences of obesity takes personal responsibility

A recently released OECD report "spells out the toll obesity can take on one's health and on health care costs," Indianapolis Star reporter Barb Berggoetz writes in this Star opinion piece, adding, "Obese people die on average eight to 10 years sooner than people at normal weight."

24 Feb 2012

Dopamine therapy can boost creativity in patients with Parkinson's

Some Parkinson's Disease patients can suddenly become creative when they take dopamine therapy, producing pictures, sculptures, novels and poetry. But their new-found interests can become so overwhelming that they ignore other aspects of their everyday life, such as daily chores and social activities, according to research published in the March issue of the European Journal of Neurology.

24 Feb 2012

Vt., Okla. lawmakers mull creating health insurance exchanges

Lawmakers in Vermont and Oklahoma are the latest to grapple with creating a state health insurance exchange. In Vermont, the governor is defending his proposal for an exchange for small businesses while Oklahoma lawmakers are mulling creating their own so the federal government doesn't do it for them.

24 Feb 2012

Federal rules for HIT 'meaningful use' expected today

Federal health IT officials said Wednesday that the proposed rules for the second stage of the federal program to fund electronic health records will be released Thursday. Office of the National Coordinator Director Farzad Mostashari and other top officials made the announcement at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in Las Vegas to two ballrooms packed full of people who had hoped to see the details earlier this week.

24 Feb 2012

India lags in efforts to meet Millennium Development Goals

"India is lagging in its effort to reach United Nations goals to reduce poverty and improve health and sanitation, but has shown significant progress boosting education, treating AIDS and addressing environmental concerns," Noeleen Heyzer, executive secretary of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, said last week, the New York Times' "India Ink" blog reports.

24 Feb 2012

Researchers begin clinical trial of first visceral leishmaniasis vaccine

"Researchers say they've developed the first vaccine for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) -- a disease that affects 500,000 people each year and has been called the 'parasitic version of HIV,'" although the diseases are unrelated, U.S. News reports.

24 Feb 2012

CHAI official discusses Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria

In this post in the Results for Development Institute's "Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment" blog, Project Director Jean Arkedis and Program Associate Edith Han interview Megumi Gordon, deputy director for malaria at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), "to take an exclusive look into the Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria (AMFm) and its innovative mechanism to increase access to antimalarials."

24 Feb 2012

BWH researchers publish findings that question reliability of new CMS quality measure

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure.

24 Feb 2012

Research!America shares findings about global health R&D in New Jersey

In this post in the Global Health Technologies Coalition's (GHTC) "Breakthroughs" blog, Mandy Goldberg, global health research and development (R&D) advocacy intern at Research!America, shares the organization's findings about the state of New Jersey from an analysis conducted in target states to measure the health and economic impact of global health R&D in the U.S.

24 Feb 2012

Draft national plan to fight Alzheimer's released

A framework for the plan was unveiled in January. This more fleshed-out version builds on that outline, makes treatment a top priority and focuses on the burden the disease places on families and caregivers.

24 Feb 2012

UH GCSW to host Houston, Leading America's Future round table discussion

The University of Houston (UH) Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW) will host, "Houston, Leading America's Future," a round table discussion addressing what can be done today to ensure the success of Houston's multicultural society at 4 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24 at the UH GCSW building, Room 102.

24 Feb 2012

Feds award health exchange grants to 10 states

The Department of Health and Human Services is sending $229 million in exchange establishment grants to 10 states -- half of which are receiving this funding for a second time around. However, an Associated Press analysis found that progress among states in setting up these health insurance marketplaces remains uneven.

24 Feb 2012

Scalia could be unlikely health law ally

The fate of President Barack Obama's health-care law may hinge on the administration's ability to enlist an unlikely ally: Justice Antonin Scalia, the pillar of the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative wing.

24 Feb 2012

Va. lawmakers backdown from requiring invasive, pre-abortion ultrasound

Virginia lawmakers backed off a proposal Wednesday to require women seeking abortions get an transvaginal ultrasound after Gov. Bob McDonnell said he wouldn't support it. Virginia House lawmakers instead approved an amended bill requiring only an external ultrasound.

24 Feb 2012