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Understanding ethics involved in selecting transplant candidates

Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation.

5 Apr 2013

Study sheds light on role of group therapy for medically unexplained symptoms

Compared to pure general practitioners training, collaborative group intervention achieved a progressive, clinically meaningful improvement in mental but not physical patients' quality of life. This result could bridge gaps between general practice and mental health care.

5 Apr 2013

Ahead of World Health Day, WHO calls for greater efforts to prevent, control hypertension

World Health Day, observed annually on April 7, is held to mark the founding of the WHO in 1948 "and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year," GlobalPost reports (4/3).

5 Apr 2013

Controlled investigation tests how different treatments can be integrated in depression

This study demonstrates that starting with psychotherapy may be preferable in mildly and moderately depressed outpatients. For patients who receive either PDT or antidepressants, combined therapy after early nonresponse seems to be helpful. Nevertheless, this sequential strategy is not always preferred by patients.

5 Apr 2013

Walgreens to expand health care services to include treatment of chronic illness

The retail chain becomes the first to offer such extensive primary care through nurse practitioners and physician assistants at more than 300 in-store clinics in 18 states.

5 Apr 2013

Researchers conduct screening trial to weigh benefits, risks of routine screening for dementia

Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are conducting the nation's first randomized controlled dementia screening trial to weigh the benefits and risks of routine screening for dementia.

5 Apr 2013

Viewpoints: Rove offers strategy to fight Democrats' 'Mediscare' tactics; GOP offers no 'pragmatic alternative' to health law

The midterm election is still 19 months away, but for some it's never too early for demagoguery. And so this week the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a new "Mediscare" ad.

5 Apr 2013

Dementia care costs top other diseases in US, study finds

The costs of caring for people with dementia in the U.S. are comparable to - if not greater than - those for heart disease and cancer, according to new estimates by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and nonprofit RAND Corporation.

5 Apr 2013

One cohort of Phase 2 NSCLC study fails to meet primary endpoint, Merrimack says

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that one cohort of a Phase 2 non-small cell lung cancer study did not meet its primary endpoint. The cohort evaluated MM-121 in combination with erlotinib to treat patients with NSCLC whose disease progressed on an anti-EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI).

5 Apr 2013

UNC study shows promise for uncovering true mechanisms of human stem cell biology

For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have isolated adult stem cells from human intestinal tissue.

5 Apr 2013

Dermatology researcher secures federal grant to explore psoriasis

A dermatology researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has secured a five-year, $1.9 million federal grant to explore whether a specific molecule may play a pivotal role in the development and progression of psoriasis.

5 Apr 2013

Being overweight in young adulthood may increase risks of kidney disease in older age

Being overweight starting in young adulthood may significantly increase individuals' risks of developing kidney disease by the time they become seniors, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

5 Apr 2013

Wistar scientists describe mechanics of oncogene-induced senescence

Researchers from The Wistar Institute explain a new molecular mechanism behind the phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence. By depriving the cell of the ability to make new nucleotides-the building blocks of DNA molecules-cells can suppress cancer development by forcing a damaged cell into a senescent state, where the cell remains alive yet cannot reproduce.

5 Apr 2013

Dementia's price tag can exceed $50,000 a year, study finds

The study, published in the April 3 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, found this medical condition costs the nation as much as $215 billion a year.

5 Apr 2013

AIM suppression could help prevent obesity-associated diseases

Obesity is linked to the widespread epidemics of diabetes and heart disease that plague society, but a lesser-known fact is that the weight can also lead to autoimmune disease.

5 Apr 2013

Researchers identify new set of genetic markers for Alzheimer's

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a new set of genetic markers for Alzheimer's that point to a second pathway through which the disease develops.

5 Apr 2013

FDA approves CryoLife's next generation HeRO device

CryoLife, Inc., a leading tissue processing and medical device company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for a next generation HeRO (Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow) device.

5 Apr 2013

BioInvent International presents clinical results of BI-505 at myeloma workshop in Kyoto

BioInvent International AB announce that the previously communicated positive results from a phase I trial of BI-505 is presented today at The International Myeloma Workshop in Kyoto, Japan.

4 Apr 2013

Research: Specific gene action during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for development of PTSD

Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for the development of adult-onset Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD.)

4 Apr 2013

Study: Glycated hemoglobin levels of children with type 1 diabetes are correlated negatively with household income

Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that the glycated hemoglobin levels of children with type 1 diabetes followed at its affiliated Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital (CHU Sainte-Justine) is correlated linearly and negatively with household income.

4 Apr 2013

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Understanding ethics involved in selecting transplant candidates

Study sheds light on role of group therapy for medically unexplained symptoms

Ahead of World Health Day, WHO calls for greater efforts to prevent, control hypertension

Controlled investigation tests how different treatments can be integrated in depression

Walgreens to expand health care services to include treatment of chronic illness

Researchers conduct screening trial to weigh benefits, risks of routine screening for dementia

Viewpoints: Rove offers strategy to fight Democrats' 'Mediscare' tactics; GOP offers no 'pragmatic alternative' to health law

Dementia care costs top other diseases in US, study finds

One cohort of Phase 2 NSCLC study fails to meet primary endpoint, Merrimack says

UNC study shows promise for uncovering true mechanisms of human stem cell biology

Dermatology researcher secures federal grant to explore psoriasis

Being overweight in young adulthood may increase risks of kidney disease in older age

Wistar scientists describe mechanics of oncogene-induced senescence

Dementia's price tag can exceed $50,000 a year, study finds

AIM suppression could help prevent obesity-associated diseases

Researchers identify new set of genetic markers for Alzheimer's

FDA approves CryoLife's next generation HeRO device

BioInvent International presents clinical results of BI-505 at myeloma workshop in Kyoto

Research: Specific gene action during exposure to adolescent trauma is critical for development of PTSD

Study: Glycated hemoglobin levels of children with type 1 diabetes are correlated negatively with household income

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