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SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells

For the millions of people worldwide with type 1 diabetes who cannot produce sufficient insulin, the potential to transplant insulin-producing cells could offer hope for a long-term cure. The discovery of a marker to help identify and isolate stem cells that can develop into insulin-producing cells in the pancreas would be a critical step forward and is described in an article in BioResearch Open Access, a new bimonthly peer-reviewed open access journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

22 Aug 2012

Child mortality at double emergency rate in South Sudan refugee camp, MSF reports

"Children in a refugee camp in South Sudan are dying at more than twice the rate internationally recognized as an emergency, according to new figures released by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)," the Guardian reports.

22 Aug 2012

Efforts to tackle excess weight among disadvantaged groups are urgently needed

The authors say further efforts to tackle these risk factors, particularly excess weight, among disadvantaged groups are urgently needed.

22 Aug 2012

Chemotherapy during pregnancy: an interview with Professor Sibylle Loibl

The incidence is about 1-3% of all breast cancers. The incidence seems to be increasing due to women delaying their childbearing to when they are in their thirties.

22 Aug 2012

UI Hospital receives Medtronic Foundation grant to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue

The University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System has received a $2.5 million grant from the Medtronic Foundation to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue, an ambitious statewide all-volunteer effort to more than double survival from sudden cardiac arrests in Illinois.

From Medtronic 22 Aug 2012

Given the chance, world's poor, underserved communities could end hunger, poverty

In this post in Huffington Post's "Impact" blog, Eric Holt Gimenez, executive director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy, reflects on the global implications of a drought in the U.S., writing, "If the 2008 and 2011 food price crises are any guide, the global effects of the U.S. drought are fairly predictable."

22 Aug 2012

Radiation therapy alone no longer the best choice for early follicular lymphoma

A University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, challenges treatment guidelines for early stage follicular lymphoma, concluding that six different therapies can bring a remission, particularly if the patient is carefully examined and staged at diagnosis.

22 Aug 2012

International community must redouble efforts to ensure 'many' AIDS-free generations

A Lancet editorial discusses the agenda of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington last month and asks how the success of the conference will be judged at the XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), to be held in Melbourne, Australia.

22 Aug 2012

FDA clears Toshiba’s Vantage Titan 1.5T MR line

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has received FDA clearance on its new Vantage Titan 1.5T series, which features the 8-, 16- and 32-channel MR systems.

22 Aug 2012

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Johns Hopkins researchers examine the 20-year decline in male circumcision rates and assert it could raise medical costs related to sexually transmitted diseases and other health problems.

22 Aug 2012

Study on sea lamprey may indicate how potentially deleterious genes can be controlled

Research on a unique vertebrate called the sea lamprey shows that more than a thousand genes are shed during its early development.

22 Aug 2012

Reactions to Rep. Akin's comments: 'Offensive and ignorant;' 'loathsome;' 'bad science'

Opinions are uniformly negative in response to the Senate candidate's comments on rape during a TV interview.

22 Aug 2012

Clinical trial to test whether fecal transplantation is effective in treating relapsing C. difficile

For patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a persistent and potentially deadly bacterial illness, severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting are an everyday event. This particularly virulent infection is prone to recurrence, even after multiple courses of expensive antibiotics, and treatment options are limited for patients who continually relapse or develop antibiotic resistance.

22 Aug 2012

Brand-name drug makers bet coupons will help their products edge out generic competition

If brand-name prescription medicines cost you as little as generic pills, which would you choose? A few drugmakers are betting Americans will stick with the name they know. They've begun offering U.S. patients coupons to reduce copayments on brand-name medicines and compete with new generic versions of the drugs.

22 Aug 2012

Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant strains of Staph

Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant, human-associated strains of the bacteria Staphlyococcus aureus, a pathogen that the infected chimpanzees could spread to endangered wild ape populations if they were reintroduced to their natural habitat, a new study shows.

22 Aug 2012

Views on Medicare: Ryan plan could hurt disabled Americans; Pitting the poor against seniors

Opinion writers continue to look at the debate about Medicare as it becomes a focal point of the presidential election.

22 Aug 2012

Arteriocyte receives NIH grant for use of NANEX platform in bone marrow transplant

Arteriocyte, a leading clinical stage biotechnology company developing cellular based therapies to treat human diseases, announced today the successful award of another grant by the National Institute of Health for the use of the NANEX platform in Hematopoietic Reconstitution Using Ex Vivo Expanded Umbilical Cord Blood CD34+ Stem Cells.

22 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: The importance of hepatitis C testing; Medicaid needs to provide coverage for circumcision

I consider myself to be a fortunate person. I have a good education, a great job and excellent health insurance. I am a baby boomer who has aged reasonably well and can look forward to a fairly comfortable retirement. I am also fortunate because I was diagnosed with hepatitis C by a proactive and knowledgeable doctor in the late 1990s and had the opportunity to be treated and cured. The odds are that if I had not been diagnosed and treated, I would be on a liver transplant list right now, have liver cancer or even be dead from this disease.

22 Aug 2012

Massachusetts Institute of Technology to honor IHME's health measurement expert

For the first time, a prestigious technical innovation honor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will go to an expert in health measurement: Abraham Flaxman, an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington (UW).

22 Aug 2012

International community must address challenges to food, water security in a systematic, coherent manner

"New ideas and approaches to the water and food nexus will be addressed at World Water Week," which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 26-31 August, Anders Jagerskog, an associate professor and director of knowledge services at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), writes in this post in the AlertNet Blog.

22 Aug 2012

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SSEA4+ marker helps identify and isolate precursors of insulin-producing pancreatic cells

Child mortality at double emergency rate in South Sudan refugee camp, MSF reports

Efforts to tackle excess weight among disadvantaged groups are urgently needed

Chemotherapy during pregnancy: an interview with Professor Sibylle Loibl

UI Hospital receives Medtronic Foundation grant to coordinate Illinois Heart Rescue

Given the chance, world's poor, underserved communities could end hunger, poverty

Radiation therapy alone no longer the best choice for early follicular lymphoma

International community must redouble efforts to ensure 'many' AIDS-free generations

FDA clears Toshiba’s Vantage Titan 1.5T MR line

Study: Declining rates of circumcisions among infants could drive up health care costs

Study on sea lamprey may indicate how potentially deleterious genes can be controlled

Reactions to Rep. Akin's comments: 'Offensive and ignorant;' 'loathsome;' 'bad science'

Clinical trial to test whether fecal transplantation is effective in treating relapsing C. difficile

Brand-name drug makers bet coupons will help their products edge out generic competition

Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant strains of Staph

Views on Medicare: Ryan plan could hurt disabled Americans; Pitting the poor against seniors

Arteriocyte receives NIH grant for use of NANEX platform in bone marrow transplant

Viewpoints: The importance of hepatitis C testing; Medicaid needs to provide coverage for circumcision

Massachusetts Institute of Technology to honor IHME's health measurement expert

International community must address challenges to food, water security in a systematic, coherent manner

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