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WFP appeals for $48M in food aid for Malawi; Britain gives $4.7M

"The U.N.'s World Food Programme [WFP] said Tuesday it needs $48 million in food aid for about 11 percent of Malawi's population who will face hunger due to bad crops," Agence France-Presse reports.

16 Aug 2012

Radiosensitivity molecular signature can lead to better radiation therapy decisions for breast cancer

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, working with colleagues in Sweden, the Netherlands and Puerto Rico, have validated a radiosensitivity molecular signature that can lead to better radiation therapy decisions for treating patients with breast cancer.

16 Aug 2012

U.S. military medical team supports Botswana HIV prevention efforts

In an article on the U.S. Department of Defense webpage, the American Forces Press Service reports on how a U.S. military medical team is helping the Botswana Defense Force "to promote Botswana's national program of education, HIV screening and male circumcision surgeries to stem what's become a national epidemic," according to Army Col. Michael Kelly, an Army Reserve surgeon deployed in Botswana from the Army Reserve Medical Command in Washington.

16 Aug 2012

Tofacitinib drug shows promise against moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis

An investigational drug currently under FDA review for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has now shown positive results in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine.

16 Aug 2012

Obama, Romney campaigns jockey for voter support in Medicare debate

Medicare clearly is a flashpoint in the presidential contest as both sides make claims and point fingers at the other.

16 Aug 2012

Combination of Zelboraf and immunotherapy increases tumor responses and survival in MM

Combining the recently approved BRAF inhibitor, Zelboraf with an engineered T cell immunotherapy to treat metastatic melanoma significantly increased tumor responses and survival in an animal model, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown.

16 Aug 2012

Gates looks to develop 'next-generation toilets' for developing world

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Tuesday "announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge -- an effort to develop 'next-generation' toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide who don't have it," according to a foundation press release.

16 Aug 2012

Intake of Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil may increase serum osteocalcin concentrations

A study to be published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) shows consumption of a Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil for two years is associated with increased serum osteocalcin concentrations, suggesting a protective effect on bone.

16 Aug 2012

Report prompts close scrutiny of charity care at Calif. nonprofit hospitals

Nonprofit California hospitals will face a state Senate committee hearing Wednesday after an auditor's report found variance and leeway in just how much charity care the tax-exempt hospitals give.

16 Aug 2012

Human milk oligosaccharides may reduce risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission

An international team of researchers has found that certain bioactive components found in human milk are associated with a reduced risk of HIV transmission from an HIV infected mother to her breast-fed infant. Their study will be published in the August 15 online edition of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

16 Aug 2012

'Impatient Optimists' blog posts examines 'Reinvent the Toilet Fair' in Seattle

In this post in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, co-chair Bill Gates discusses the foundation's Reinvent the Toilet Fair, held this week in Seattle, which "brought together about 200 grantees, partners, and others who are passionate about creating safe, effective, and inexpensive sanitation services for people without access to flush toilets."

16 Aug 2012

Enzalutamide drug can extend life and improve QOL in men with advanced prostate cancer

The head of one of the UK's leading cancer research organisations has hailed a golden age in prostate cancer drug discovery as for the fourth time in two years results are published finding a new drug can significantly extend life.

16 Aug 2012

It's not just Medicare: Ryan's Medicaid proposals emerge as campaign issue

News outlets report that the changes to Medicaid proposed by likely GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan would have immediate and far-reaching consequences for millions of people, including poor seniors.

16 Aug 2012

Passenger deletions that deactivate essential genes provide new opportunity to strike cancer

Genomic deletions promote cancer by carving up or eliminating tumor-suppressor genes, but now scientists report in the journal Nature that the collateral damage they inflict on neighboring genes exposes cancer cells to vulnerabilities and new avenues for attack.

16 Aug 2012

Scientists researching Ebola virus say vaccine 'unlikely' due to funding restraints

"Scientists researching the lethal Ebola virus have told [BBC News] that a commercial vaccine to prevent the onset of infection may never be developed," the news service reports.

16 Aug 2012

APS’ Sharon S. Keller Chronic Pain Research Program to award $150,000 for eligible members

The American Pain Society (APS) announced today it is accepting applications for research grants from the newly established Sharon S. Keller Chronic Pain Research Program.

16 Aug 2012

India launches new laboratory for HIV vaccine research in collaboration with IAVI

India on Monday "opened a $12 million, government-backed laboratory whose mission is to create a new vaccine against HIV," Science Insider reports.

16 Aug 2012

Malignant mesothelioma diagnosis with an E-nose: an interview with Associate Professor Deborah Yates, UNSW

Malignant mesothelioma is a rare tumor of the pleura which is the lining of the inside of the chest wall. It is highly linked with asbestos exposure.

16 Aug 2012

Book provides up-to-date knowledge about mild cognitive impairment

At least one in ten adults over the age of 65 suffers from Mild Cognitive Impairment, or MCI. This condition, a state between the normal decline in cognition associated with aging and the more precipitous drop caused by a deadly dementia like Alzheimer's disease, has only recently begun to be studied; first identified by the Mayo Clinic in 1999, it was only given an official diagnostic code in late 2006.

16 Aug 2012

Ohio Medicaid readies new nursing home reimbursement; New nursing home database launched

Ohio's nursing home program in Medicaid -- the federal-state health care program for the poor -- is changing how nursing homes are paid to try to address their quality. In the meantime, ProPublica launches a nursing home inspection database.

16 Aug 2012

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WFP appeals for $48M in food aid for Malawi; Britain gives $4.7M

Radiosensitivity molecular signature can lead to better radiation therapy decisions for breast cancer

U.S. military medical team supports Botswana HIV prevention efforts

Tofacitinib drug shows promise against moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis

Obama, Romney campaigns jockey for voter support in Medicare debate

Combination of Zelboraf and immunotherapy increases tumor responses and survival in MM

Gates looks to develop 'next-generation toilets' for developing world

Intake of Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil may increase serum osteocalcin concentrations

Report prompts close scrutiny of charity care at Calif. nonprofit hospitals

Human milk oligosaccharides may reduce risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission

'Impatient Optimists' blog posts examines 'Reinvent the Toilet Fair' in Seattle

Enzalutamide drug can extend life and improve QOL in men with advanced prostate cancer

It's not just Medicare: Ryan's Medicaid proposals emerge as campaign issue

Passenger deletions that deactivate essential genes provide new opportunity to strike cancer

Scientists researching Ebola virus say vaccine 'unlikely' due to funding restraints

APS’ Sharon S. Keller Chronic Pain Research Program to award $150,000 for eligible members

India launches new laboratory for HIV vaccine research in collaboration with IAVI

Malignant mesothelioma diagnosis with an E-nose: an interview with Associate Professor Deborah Yates, UNSW

Book provides up-to-date knowledge about mild cognitive impairment

Ohio Medicaid readies new nursing home reimbursement; New nursing home database launched

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