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New statistical model predicts global decline in working-age adults to support elderly people

A new statistical model predicts that by 2100 the number of people older than 85 worldwide will increase more than previously estimated, and there will be fewer working-age adults to support them than previously expected.

21 Aug 2012

National Jewish Health, BWH to receive NHLBI grant for second phase of COPDGene project

The COPD Foundation (COPDF) recently announced that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) will fund the second phase (2012-2017) of the COPDGene project as R01 grants to National Jewish Health and the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

21 Aug 2012

Study finds academic problems among students who sacrifice sleep for extra study time

Regardless of how much a high school student generally studies each day, if that student sacrifices sleep in order to study more than usual, he or she is more likely to have academic problems the following day. Because students tend to increasingly sacrifice sleep time for studying in the latter years of high school, this negative dynamic becomes more and more prevalent over time.

21 Aug 2012

Bonovo’s first PEEK lateral interbody fusion cage now available in China

Bonovo Orthopedics, Inc. announced today that it has launched the first PEEK lateral interbody fusion cage, Cross-Fuse in China.

21 Aug 2012

Study identifies mode of death of cone photoreceptor cells in animal model of RP

Research conducted at the Angiogenesis Laboratory at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, has for the first time, identified the mode of death of cone photoreceptor cells in an animal model of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

21 Aug 2012

New attack on arthritis pain

A research team from the University of Melbourne is working on a new therapy that can potentially control the pain caused by diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.

21 Aug 2012

New model more effective in predicting individuals at high risk of lung cancer

A lung cancer risk prediction model developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool has been shown to be a viable tool for selecting high risk individuals for prevention and control programmes.

21 Aug 2012

Platelet-like nanoparticles nearly double survival rate after internal injury

Nanoparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury, new research shows.

21 Aug 2012

Muscle synergies activated in altered ways after stroke

The simple act of picking up a pencil requires the coordination of dozens of muscles: The eyes and head must turn toward the object as the hand reaches forward and the fingers grasp it. To make this job more manageable, the brain's motor cortex has implemented a system of shortcuts. Instead of controlling each muscle independently, the cortex is believed to activate muscles in groups, known as "muscle synergies." These synergies can be combined in different ways to achieve a wide range of movements.

21 Aug 2012

Spirituality often enhances health regardless of a person's faith

Despite differences in rituals and beliefs among the world's major religions, spirituality often enhances health regardless of a person's faith, according to University of Missouri researchers. The MU researchers believe that health care providers could take advantage of this correlation between health - particularly mental health - and spirituality by tailoring treatments and rehabilitation programs to accommodate an individual's spiritual inclinations.

21 Aug 2012

Dogs offer excellent animal model for human obsessive compulsive disorder study

The genetics research group, based at the University of Helsinki and the Folkh-lsan Research Center and led by Professor Hannes Lohi, has in collaboration with an international group of researchers investigated the characteristics and environmental factors associated with compulsive tail chasing in dogs.

21 Aug 2012

Siemens, Arkansas complete $10M agreement for Soarian health IT solution

Siemens recently completed a 10-year, $10 million agreement, which included $4.8 million of financing, with Arkansas Heart Hospital for the acquisition and implementation of the Soarian® healthcare information technology (IT) solution.

From Siemens Healthineers 21 Aug 2012

People with metabolic abnormalities may experience rapid decline in their cognitive skills

People who are obese and also have high blood pressure and other risk factors called metabolic abnormalities may experience a faster decline in their cognitive skills over time than others, according to a study published in the August 21, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

21 Aug 2012

Study utilizes integrative approach to probe biology of bipolar disorder

The more that we understand the brain, the more complex it becomes. The same can be said about the genetics and neurobiology of psychiatric disorders. For "Mendelian" disorders, like Huntington disease, mutation of a single gene predictably produces a single clinical disorder, following relatively simple genetic principals. Compared to Mendelian disorders, understanding bipolar disorder has been extremely challenging. Its biology is not well understood and its genetics are complex.

21 Aug 2012

Study shows significant benefits of temporal training on cognitive function in the elderly

Research has found that declines in temporal information processing (TIP), the rate at which auditory information is processed, underlies the progressive loss of function across multiple cognitive systems in the elderly, including new learning, memory, perception, attention, thinking, motor control, problem solving, and concept formation. In a new study, scientists have found that elderly subjects who underwent temporal training improved not only the rate at which they processed auditory information, but also in other cognitive areas.

21 Aug 2012

High-definition fiber tractography shows white matter tracts in living brain

A technique called high-definition fiber tractography (HDFT) provides a powerful new tool for tracing the course of nerve fiber connections within the brain—with the potential to improve the accuracy of neurosurgical planning and to advance scientific understanding of the brain's structural and functional networks, reports a paper in the August issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

21 Aug 2012

Mayo Clinic receives approval for construction of new building on Phoenix campus

Mayo Clinic has been granted approval for construction of a 217,200 square-foot building on its Phoenix campus, a major expansion that will create a single-site, integrated Cancer Center. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center with a multi-site, national presence, which allows us to serve a broad and diverse group of patients.

21 Aug 2012

UCSF's robots could help dramatically improve efficiency and safety at pharmacies

As Quantum International Corp. scours the globe for new robotics technologies for commercialization, robots now under development at the Medical Center at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) could soon help dramatically improve efficiency and safety at pharmacies just as they've done in the manufacturing industry.

21 Aug 2012

Ipsen, Inspiration partner to commercialize IB1001 and OBI-1 for hemophilia

Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Inc. today announced new license, development and commercialization agreements with its strategic partner, Ipsen.

21 Aug 2012

Viewpoints: Insuring medical treatments are well researched; GOP Govs reluctance on exchanges may backfire

By 1990, many doctors were recommending hormone replacement therapy to healthy middle-aged women and P.S.A. screening for prostate cancer to older men. Both interventions had become standard medical practice. But in 2002, a randomized trial showed that preventive hormone replacement caused more problems (more heart disease and breast cancer) than it solved. ... Then, in 2009, trials showed that P.S.A. screening led to many unnecessary surgeries and had a dubious effect on prostate cancer deaths.

21 Aug 2012

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New statistical model predicts global decline in working-age adults to support elderly people

National Jewish Health, BWH to receive NHLBI grant for second phase of COPDGene project

Study finds academic problems among students who sacrifice sleep for extra study time

Bonovo’s first PEEK lateral interbody fusion cage now available in China

Study identifies mode of death of cone photoreceptor cells in animal model of RP

New attack on arthritis pain

New model more effective in predicting individuals at high risk of lung cancer

Platelet-like nanoparticles nearly double survival rate after internal injury

Muscle synergies activated in altered ways after stroke

Spirituality often enhances health regardless of a person's faith

Dogs offer excellent animal model for human obsessive compulsive disorder study

Siemens, Arkansas complete $10M agreement for Soarian health IT solution

People with metabolic abnormalities may experience rapid decline in their cognitive skills

Study utilizes integrative approach to probe biology of bipolar disorder

Study shows significant benefits of temporal training on cognitive function in the elderly

High-definition fiber tractography shows white matter tracts in living brain

Mayo Clinic receives approval for construction of new building on Phoenix campus

UCSF's robots could help dramatically improve efficiency and safety at pharmacies

Ipsen, Inspiration partner to commercialize IB1001 and OBI-1 for hemophilia

Viewpoints: Insuring medical treatments are well researched; GOP Govs reluctance on exchanges may backfire

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