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National Research Council releases new report on role of health impact assessment

The National Research Council released a report, "Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment." The publication states that "good health is determined by more than money spent on the healthcare system. In fact, a growing body of research indicates that living conditions-including such factors as housing quality, exposure to pollution, and access to healthy and affordable foods and safe places to exercise-have a greater effect on health."

9 Sep 2011

Feds stop brain stent stroke study after failures

A promising but expensive device to prop open blocked arteries in the brain in the hope of preventing disabling or fatal strokes failed in a rigorous study, researchers reported on Wednesday. Those who got the device actually had so many more strokes than those assigned to control risk factors, like blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes, that the study was abruptly terminated.

9 Sep 2011

Study examines alcohol use in relation to successful ageing among women

Among 13,894 women in the Nurses' Health Study, investigators prospectively examined alcohol use assessed at midlife in relation to "successful ageing," which was defined as survival to age 70 years, not having a major chronic disease, and having no major cognitive impairment, physical impairment, or mental health problems.

9 Sep 2011

InnoCentive, JDRF announce $100,000 Challenge to uncover solutions for insulin-dependent diabetes

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the worldwide leader for research to cure, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes, and InnoCentive, Inc., the pioneer in open innovation and crowdsourcing, today announced a $100,000 Challenge calling for innovative ways to approach the discovery and development of a glucose-responsive insulin drug as a means to treat insulin-dependent diabetes.

9 Sep 2011

New application translates foreign-language food menus for English speakers

Researchers have created an application that enables cell phones and other portable devices to translate foreign-language food menus for English speakers and could be used for people who must follow restricted diets for medical reasons.

9 Sep 2011

Weight Watchers more effective alternative to primary care for obese adults

A new, one-year global study published today in The Lancet indicates that overweight and obese adults referred to Weight Watchers, a community based provider of weight-loss services, lost more than twice as much weight when compared with those who received standard care.

9 Sep 2011

Curbing unhealthy eating to reduce obesity

The Obesity Policy Coalition suggests a new mobile app called Traffic Light Food Tracker that will enable users to work around the food industry's hesitation in supporting traffic light labeling. Traffic light labeling marks foods high in fat, sugar and salt with red warnings, while green labels are for healthy options. Users only have to key in their food item's fat, sugar and sodium quantities and save each item in their “pantry” within the phone app.

8 Sep 2011

World Cancer Research Fund urges action to stop preventable cancers

According to the WCRF this Wednesday healthier lifestyles and better diets could prevent up to 2.8 million cases of cancer each year. The WCRF called upon governments to “avoid a public health disaster”.

8 Sep 2011

Angioslide introduces new 5x300mm PROTEUS device for treating Superficial Femoral Artery

Angioslide Ltd. announces the first procedures with its new 5x300mm PROTEUS device for treating the Superficial Femoral Artery. PROTEUS technology combines a Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty balloon and embolic capture of particles in one device. The new 5x300 mm size joins Angioslide's current dedicated product line solutions for the lower limbs.

8 Sep 2011

First Edition: September 8, 2011

In today's headlines, reports from last night's GOP presidential debate, as well as explorations of what the future might hold for the 'Super Committee' and news developments related to physician payment issues.

8 Sep 2011

Aggressive medical management better than stenting for prevention of recurrent stroke

Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. The investigators published the results in today's online first edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

8 Sep 2011

MSTAR Program fosters interest in geriatric medicine and research

"This year marks the first year that the oldest members of the Baby Boomer generation turns 65. This milestone is an indication of the upcoming increase of older adults in the American population, and accompanying it will be an increase in their complex medical needs. We currently have a shortage of physicians specializing in geriatric medicine, leaving a gap that needs to be filled." states Stephanie Lederman, Executive Director of The American Federation for Aging Research.

8 Sep 2011

Intensive medical treatment more effective in preventing second stroke than stenting

People who received intensive medical treatment following a first stroke had fewer second episodes and were less likely to die than people who received brain stents in addition to medical treatment, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine, to be published online Sept. 7.

8 Sep 2011

Medical students may act on unconscious racial preferences

New Johns Hopkins research shows that medical students — just like the general American population — may have unconscious if not overt preferences for white people, but this innate bias does not appear to translate into different or lesser health care of other races.

8 Sep 2011

Streamlining medical coverage could save costs associated with pediatric obesity

Pediatric obesity ends up costing $3 billion annually in the U.S., but a significant amount of that could be saved by streamlining medical coverage to address health issues affecting young obese patients now rather than waiting to treat conditions they develop as they get older, according UCLA researchers and colleagues.

8 Sep 2011

Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim to present latest data from diabetes portfolio at 47th EASD meeting

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company will present the latest data from their diabetes portfolio at the 47th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Lisbon, Portugal, September 12-16.

8 Sep 2011

Calif. woman presses for breast cancer law

For seven straight years since turning 40, Amy Colton religiously scheduled a mammogram. Every year, the test showed nothing. Two years ago, however, the registered nurse was shocked to discover she was in the latter stages of breast cancer. ... Now she's even more shocked that California's powerful medical lobby is trying to block legislation that would require physicians to tell women if they have the condition, known as "extremely dense breast tissue."

8 Sep 2011

New surprising discovery on division of mitochondria within cells

A surprising new discovery by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial defects.

8 Sep 2011

Mass. Eye and Ear receives NIAID grant to coordinate Harvard-wide Project on Antibiotic Resistance

The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has received an $11 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the largest National Institutes of Health grant in this hospital's187-year history, to coordinate the Harvard-wide Project on Antibiotic Resistance.

8 Sep 2011

Study: Protein's structural arrangement can change its signaling function

In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place.

8 Sep 2011

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

National Research Council releases new report on role of health impact assessment

Feds stop brain stent stroke study after failures

Study examines alcohol use in relation to successful ageing among women

InnoCentive, JDRF announce $100,000 Challenge to uncover solutions for insulin-dependent diabetes

New application translates foreign-language food menus for English speakers

Weight Watchers more effective alternative to primary care for obese adults

Curbing unhealthy eating to reduce obesity

World Cancer Research Fund urges action to stop preventable cancers

Angioslide introduces new 5x300mm PROTEUS device for treating Superficial Femoral Artery

First Edition: September 8, 2011

Aggressive medical management better than stenting for prevention of recurrent stroke

MSTAR Program fosters interest in geriatric medicine and research

Intensive medical treatment more effective in preventing second stroke than stenting

Medical students may act on unconscious racial preferences

Streamlining medical coverage could save costs associated with pediatric obesity

Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim to present latest data from diabetes portfolio at 47th EASD meeting

Calif. woman presses for breast cancer law

New surprising discovery on division of mitochondria within cells

Mass. Eye and Ear receives NIAID grant to coordinate Harvard-wide Project on Antibiotic Resistance

Study: Protein's structural arrangement can change its signaling function

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