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Creating a value development plan should be at the forefront of biopharmaceutical market

Mitch DeKoven, Director, HEOR, Real-World Evidence Solutions, IMS Health Inc. and Won Chan Lee, Ph.D., Principal, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, IMS Health, Inc. will present Optimizing Strategic Direction with Systematic Value Development at the Pharmaceutical Market Access Pricing and Reimbursement Conference in San Francisco on October 29, 2013.

11 Jul 2013

Immunization in developing countries: an interview with Dr. Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization for UNICEF

Overall, worldwide, immunization programs reach around 83% of all children – this is an enormous achievement. With this level of immunization coverage, we prevent over 2 million deaths, year after year. This statistic is often forgotten or taken for granted.

11 Jul 2013

"Kangaroo care" delivers benefits beyond bonding and breastfeeding for tiniest newborns

New research in the Journal of Newborns & Infant Nursing Reviews concludes that so-called "kangaroo care" (KC), the skin-to-skin and chest-to-chest touching between baby and mother, offers developmentally appropriate therapy for hospitalized preterm infants.

11 Jul 2013

NIH awards Shared Instrumentation Grant to install 3D X-ray microscope at Creighton University

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded Mohammed Akhter, Ph.D., P.E., professor of medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine and director of the biomechanics laboratory at the Osteoporosis Research Center, a nearly $600,000 Shared Instrumentation Grant to install the area's first high-resolution 3D X-ray Microscope, the Xradia MicroXCT-200.

11 Jul 2013

YES workshop for adolescents to manage stress and control impulsive behavior

In May 2013, the Los Angeles school board voted to ban suspensions of students for "willful defiance" and directed school officials to use alternative disciplinary practices. The decision was controversial, and the question remains: How do you discipline rowdy students and keep them in the classroom while still being fair to other kids who want to learn?

11 Jul 2013

Consider these tips to make the most of your doctor's visit

You wake up and wrestle your day like it's an Olympic event, accomplishing more in the first nine minutes than the rest of the world will in the first hour, as they groggily hit the snooze button. With your precise approach to life, you tackle every project with equal parts preparation, organization and gusto. You aim for perfection.

10 Jul 2013

Study confirms role of MAPK mutations in pilocytic astrocytomas

Brain cancer is the primary cause of cancer mortality in children. Even in cases when the cancer is cured, young patients suffer from the stress of a treatment that can be harmful to the developing brain. In a search for new target structures that would create more gentle treatments, cancer researchers are systematically analyzing all alterations in the genetic material of these tumors.

10 Jul 2013

Lifestyle modification programs may reduce risk of heart attack in people with coronary heart disease

Lifestyle modification programs that addressed at least two health behaviors lowered the risk of a fatal heart attack or stroke in people with coronary heart disease, finds a new systematic review in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

10 Jul 2013

Researcher uncover biomarkers from stem cells derived from bone marrow of ALS patients

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating motor neuron disease that rapidly atrophies the muscles, leading to complete paralysis. Despite its high profile - established when it afflicted the New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig - ALS remains a disease that scientists are unable to predict, prevent, or cure.

10 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: Health care's hidden consensus; Examining the fee-for-service payment system; Alternative medicine's allure

The politicians' consensus is that health care reform shouldn't alter or disrupt the way the majority of Americans get their insurance today. ... The policy consensus, though, is that the status quo is actually the problem, and that it deserves to be threatened, undermined and replaced as expeditiously as possible. Wonks of the left and right disagree on what that replacement should look like. But they're united in regarding employer-provided coverage as an unsustainable relic (Ross Douthat, 7/6).

9 Jul 2013

Working shift patterns associated with increased risk of subfertility and menstrual disruption

Shift work, which encourages sleep deprivation and patterns of activity outside the circadian rhythm, has been associated with a greater risk of ill health and loss of well-being in some (but not all) studies.(1) However, little is known about the effects of shift work on reproductive health and fertility.

9 Jul 2013

New urban developments in Sydney prone to greatest temperature increases

Green spaces, trees and bodies of water are must-have design features for future development in Sydney's suburbs after researchers found that by 2050 global warming combined with Sydney's urban heat island effect could increase temperatures by up to 3.7-C.

9 Jul 2013

Macrophages play essential role in production of progesterone hormone

New research from the University of Adelaide shows for the first time that immune cells known as macrophages are critical to fertility by creating a healthy hormone environment in the uterus.

9 Jul 2013

CPAP reduces nightmare frequency, motivates treatment compliance in patients with PTSD and OSA

A new study suggests that CPAP therapy reduces nightmares in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

9 Jul 2013

Findings uncover epigenomic modification that occurs during brain formation

Changes in the epigenome, including chemical modifications of DNA, can act as an extra layer of information in the genome, and are thought to play a role in learning and memory, as well as in age-related cognitive decline.

5 Jul 2013

Researchers fabricate nanotweezers that could be used to control and regulate enzymes

In new research, Hao Yan and his colleagues at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute describe a pair of tweezers shrunk down to an astonishingly tiny scale. When the jaws of these tools are in the open position, the distance between the two arms is about 16 nanometers-over 30,000 times smaller than a single grain of sand.

5 Jul 2013

Physical activity reduces stress and promotes growth of new neurons

Physical activity reorganizes the brain so that its response to stress is reduced and anxiety is less likely to interfere with normal brain function, according to a research team based at Princeton University.

5 Jul 2013

Gerovital H3 may be making a comeback, warns BUSM researcher

Despite it being more than 30 years since the "fountain of youth drug" Gerovital H3 was banned in the United States, it may be making a comeback. In an editorial published in this month's Journal of the American Geriatrics Society BUSM researcher Thomas Perls, MD, points out that a few U.S.-based anti-aging and longevity clinics have begun to advertise Gerovital H3 in pill form and as intravenous infusions despite the fact that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned it in 1982.

4 Jul 2013

Study: Happy marriages keep you in good health over years

New BYU research finds that people in happy marriages live less "in sickness" but enjoy more of life "in health." In a 20-year longitudinal study tracking health and marriage quality, BYU family life researcher Rick Miller found that as the quality of marriage holds up over the years, physical health holds up too.

4 Jul 2013

Scientists uncover easy strategies to prevent harmful side-effects of antibiotics responses

A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause harmful side effects-and they have uncovered two easy strategies that could help prevent these dangerous responses.

4 Jul 2013

Stress News and Research

Creating a value development plan should be at the forefront of biopharmaceutical market

Immunization in developing countries: an interview with Dr. Jos Vandelaer, Chief of Immunization for UNICEF

"Kangaroo care" delivers benefits beyond bonding and breastfeeding for tiniest newborns

NIH awards Shared Instrumentation Grant to install 3D X-ray microscope at Creighton University

YES workshop for adolescents to manage stress and control impulsive behavior

Consider these tips to make the most of your doctor's visit

Study confirms role of MAPK mutations in pilocytic astrocytomas

Lifestyle modification programs may reduce risk of heart attack in people with coronary heart disease

Researcher uncover biomarkers from stem cells derived from bone marrow of ALS patients

Viewpoints: Health care's hidden consensus; Examining the fee-for-service payment system; Alternative medicine's allure

Working shift patterns associated with increased risk of subfertility and menstrual disruption

New urban developments in Sydney prone to greatest temperature increases

Macrophages play essential role in production of progesterone hormone

CPAP reduces nightmare frequency, motivates treatment compliance in patients with PTSD and OSA

Findings uncover epigenomic modification that occurs during brain formation

Researchers fabricate nanotweezers that could be used to control and regulate enzymes

Physical activity reduces stress and promotes growth of new neurons

Gerovital H3 may be making a comeback, warns BUSM researcher

Study: Happy marriages keep you in good health over years

Scientists uncover easy strategies to prevent harmful side-effects of antibiotics responses

Achieving and maintaining ISO 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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