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Rural patients more likely than city dwellers to have common surgeries

A surprising study of nearly 46 million Medicare patients says older residents in rural areas are more likely to have any of nine common surgeries than people in cities.

18 May 2011

Workplace smoking ban improves respiratory health and reduces emergency admissions

Workplace smoking bans are gaining ground globally, and one study has shown that they may have significant health effects. The study, conducted by researchers in Dublin, found that emergency room admissions due to respiratory illness dropped significantly in Ireland after the implementation of a workplace smoking ban, compared to admissions that took place before the ban went into effect.

18 May 2011

New denosumab Phase III trial data in high-risk prostate cancer presented at AUA conference

Data on the use of denosumab (Xgeva) to improve bone metastases-free survival in men with high-risk prostate cancer was presented at the American Urological Association conference today for the first time.

18 May 2011

Bill Gates calls for greater immunization efforts in World Health Assembly address

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Tuesday called for a "Decade of Vaccines" in a keynote address at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, saying strengthening immunization programs against infectious diseases worldwide could save 10 million lives by 2020, Reuters reports.

18 May 2011

Queen's University scientists partner to treat premature baby blindness with stem cells

Scientists from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen's University Belfast are teaming up to develop a cure to an illness that can lead to blindness in premature babies, thanks to funding from children's charity Action Medical Research.

18 May 2011

Two drug makers will disclose prices they charge UNICEF for vaccines

The Telegraph reports that when "UNICEF began publishing prices agreed with suppliers for a range of vaccines over the past decade, ... some companies - including GSK, Novartis, Intervax and Crucell - did not initially allow disclosure."

18 May 2011

Unigene to present proprietary recombinant production, oral peptide drug delivery technology at TIDES Summit

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics announced today that the Company will be presenting a poster and an oral presentation on its propriety recombinant production and oral peptide drug delivery technology during the upcoming 2011 TIDES: Oligonucleotide and Peptide Research, Technology and Product Development Summit being held at the Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA from May 22 - 25, 2011.

18 May 2011

As Federal Gov't. hits debt limit, budget plans draw attention

Politico reports that a proposed cap on discretionary spending for labor, health and human services and education programs would be felt most acutely by poor people.

18 May 2011

Mobile phones could help improve diabetes management in under-developed countries

A new study by the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan suggests that mobile phones could help low-income patients across the globe manage diabetes and other chronic diseases.

18 May 2011

U.S. envoy to visit North Korea to assess food shortages

Robert King, the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues, will lead an official visit to North Korea next week to assess food shortages in the country, according to a Yonhap news agency article quoting a South Korean government source, Agence France-Presse reports.

18 May 2011

Routine Aedes aegypti mosquito control programs less expensive than ITC to fight dengue

The first-known study comparing costs of routine Aedes aegypti mosquito control programs and insecticide-treated curtains reveals that the cost of RACP is substantially lower than that of ITC implementation for dengue control and prevention.

18 May 2011

Intermittent hypoxia enhances cancer growth in mouse model of obstructive sleep apnea

A new study links the intermittent interruption of breathing that occurs in patients with obstructive sleep apnea to enhanced proliferation of melanoma cancer cells and increased tumor growth in mice, according to researchers in Spain.

18 May 2011

Early rainy season brings cholera to Cameroon's capital

An early rainy season has caused cholera to sweep through Cameroon's capital Yaounde, "causing more than 250 deaths in two months alone, according to the government," AlertNet reports.

18 May 2011

CITN selects Cytheris' CYT107 for initial clinical trials at network institutions

Cytheris SA and the Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network, a new initiative in immunotherapy funded by the National Cancer Institute with its Central Operations and Statistical Center headquartered at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, today announced the selection of recombinant human interleukin-7, the investigational multifunctional cytokine under development by Cytheris, as one of the first immunotherapeutic agents proposed for initial clinical trials at network institutions.

18 May 2011

WHO Director-General outlines vision for reform in World Health Assembly opening address

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on Monday laid out her vision for reforming the international health agency in the opening address of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, saying she sees "a WHO that gives a bigger voice to the many partners working on health, but encourages them to speak with a coherent voice that responds, first and foremost, to the needs and priorities as defined by recipient countries," Intellectual Property Watch reports.

18 May 2011

Epstein-Barr virus might cause multiple sclerosis, study confirms

The Epstein-Barr (EVB) virus -belonging to the herpesviruses family, which also includes the herpes simplex virus and the cytomegalovirus- is one of the environmental factors that might cause multiple sclerosis, a condition affecting the central nervous system, which causes are unknown.

18 May 2011

Study: MMN might predict risk of developing schizophrenia

There is a significant need for objective tests that could improve clinical prediction of future psychosis. One strategy has been to determine whether physiologic measures that are abnormal in people diagnosed with schizophrenia might also be useful in estimating the risk for developing this illness. This is the strategy taken by German and Swiss researchers in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry.

18 May 2011

NCNPR and Cancer Institute in Jackson partner for anti-cancer drug research

A new partnership to search for cancer-fighting drugs combines compound-identification and screening expertise at the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research with the drug development and clinical-trials capabilities at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Cancer Institute.

18 May 2011

Novel gene associated with heart development and aging process

Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have identified a novel gene in the nucleus of muscle and brain cells that affects heart development and the aging process. Their investigation brings the promise of new treatments for an old, failing heart.

18 May 2011

Study finds three-month TB treatment regimen just as effective as standard longer course

"Health officials on Monday celebrated a faster treatment for people who have tuberculosis but aren't infectious, after investigators found a new combination of pills knocks out the disease in three months instead of nine," the Associated Press/Seattle Times reports.

18 May 2011

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Rural patients more likely than city dwellers to have common surgeries

Workplace smoking ban improves respiratory health and reduces emergency admissions

New denosumab Phase III trial data in high-risk prostate cancer presented at AUA conference

Bill Gates calls for greater immunization efforts in World Health Assembly address

Queen's University scientists partner to treat premature baby blindness with stem cells

Two drug makers will disclose prices they charge UNICEF for vaccines

Unigene to present proprietary recombinant production, oral peptide drug delivery technology at TIDES Summit

As Federal Gov't. hits debt limit, budget plans draw attention

Mobile phones could help improve diabetes management in under-developed countries

U.S. envoy to visit North Korea to assess food shortages

Routine Aedes aegypti mosquito control programs less expensive than ITC to fight dengue

Intermittent hypoxia enhances cancer growth in mouse model of obstructive sleep apnea

Early rainy season brings cholera to Cameroon's capital

CITN selects Cytheris' CYT107 for initial clinical trials at network institutions

WHO Director-General outlines vision for reform in World Health Assembly opening address

Epstein-Barr virus might cause multiple sclerosis, study confirms

Study: MMN might predict risk of developing schizophrenia

NCNPR and Cancer Institute in Jackson partner for anti-cancer drug research

Novel gene associated with heart development and aging process

Study finds three-month TB treatment regimen just as effective as standard longer course

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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