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GHB binds to GABAA-receptor in the brain under physiologically relevant conditions

Researchers are closer to understanding the biology behind GHB, a transmitter substance in the brain, best known in its synthetic form as the illegal drug fantasy. These findings have just been published in the scientific journal PNAS.

3 Jul 2012

What's ahead on the post-SCOTUS decision landscape

After the Supreme Court's decision last week upholding the health law, news outlets analyze what comes next in terms of the law's implementation, the obstacles it faces and its impact on various parts of the health system.

3 Jul 2012

$Researchers report positive effects of ibuprofen on bone repair after fracture or surgery$

Researchers report positive effects of ibuprofen on bone repair after fracture or surgery

A study conducted at the University of Granada has demonstrated that ibuprofen -a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)- has beneficial effects on bone repair after a fracture or following bone surgery.

3 Jul 2012

Obama's health law legacy still not settled; Romney faces health policy pressure

An Associated Press analysis points out that if Obama loses in November, he risks losing the law and his legacy. But Romney is also facing pressure.

3 Jul 2012

Botulinum toxin may help prevent arm tremor in people with MS

Botulinum toxin may help prevent shaking or tremor in the arms and hands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to new research published in the July 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

3 Jul 2012

Federal judge temporarily blocks law aimed at closing Mississippi's only abortion clinic

The judge set a July 11 hearing on the state law, which would force physicians at the facility to have admitting rights at a local hospital.

3 Jul 2012

Surgeons with their own views perform quick and accurate laparoscopic procedure

What makes laparoscopic surgery "minimally invasive" - instruments enter the patient through narrow tubes - also makes it visually constraining. As they work on different tasks, surgeons all see the same view. What if each surgeon could control a separate view best suited to the specific task? In a new paper, pediatric surgeon Dr. Francois Luks and his team of co-authors at Brown University and Hasbro Children's Hospital report that in a small in vitro trial, surgeons with their own views performed faster and more accurately.

3 Jul 2012

Cutting funding for international food aid 'not the best answer' to saving money in U.S. budget

In order to "fill food gaps in the 70 most food deficient countries, ... the U.S., through the Food for Peace program and other food aid programs, provides approximately two million tons of American-grown food donations to 50 million starving people every year," James Henry, chair of USA Maritime, writes in an opinion piece in The Hill's "Congress Blog."

3 Jul 2012

Women with higher intake of dietary saturated fats have fewer mature oocytes available for IVF

Women with a higher intake of dietary saturated fats have fewer mature oocytes available for collection in IVF, according to results of a study from the Harvard School of Public Health funded by the US National Institutes of Health.

3 Jul 2012

Philippines to spend nearly $12M on contraceptives to bolster family planning, reduce maternal mortality rate

The government of the Philippines plans to spend nearly $12 million on contraceptives this year in an effort to "save its 'failed' family planning program and drastically cut maternal deaths," according to the Department of Health, IRIN reports.

3 Jul 2012

Changing tissue landscape promotes higher cancer rates in the elderly

Cancers are age-related, much more frequent in the old than in the young. A University of Colorado Cancer Center review published today in the journal Oncogene argues against the conventional wisdom that the accumulation of cancer-causing mutations leads to more cancer in older people, instead positing that it is the changing features of tissue in old age that promote higher cancer rates in the elderly.

3 Jul 2012

Bacterial vaginosis associated with increased risk of HIV transmission from women to men, study shows

Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition characterized by a disruption in normal vaginal bacteria, is associated with a more than three-fold increased risk of HIV transmission from an infected woman with the condition to her uninfected male partner, according to a study published June 26 in PLoS Medicine, VOA News reports.

3 Jul 2012

FDA accepts BLA filing and grants Priority Review to ThromboGenics' ocriplasmin

ThromboGenics NV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative ophthalmic medicines, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the Company that it has officially accepted the filing of the Biologics License Application for ocriplasmin intravitreal injection, 2.5 mg/ml and granted it Priority Review.

3 Jul 2012

Viewpoints: Pressure on states to move on exchanges; Roberts' decision holds off new calls for public option

Now that the health care reform law has been ruled constitutional, it is imperative that as many states as possible move aggressively to establish a centerpiece of the reform structure: new insurance policy exchanges for people who lack affordable coverage through an employer. Federal subsidies will be available for those with low or moderate incomes.

3 Jul 2012

Imaging PR status may help identify tumor response to endocrine therapy

Research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows imaging progesterone receptor (PR) status also may be able to identify responders and nonresponders to endocrine therapy at an early stage.

3 Jul 2012

Study provides evidence for meth abuse's causal effect on foster home admissions

Methamphetamine abuse leads to an increase in child abuse and neglect, which causes an increase in foster care admissions, according to a study from Baylor University.

3 Jul 2012

SunLink sells Memorial Hospital and Convalescent Center in Adel

SunLink Health Systems, Inc. today announced that it completed the sale of its Memorial Hospital of Adel and Memorial Convalescent Center to The Hospital Authority of Tift County, Georgia for approximately $8,350,000.

3 Jul 2012

Scientists discover Eya1 enzyme control of pulmonary barrier integrity

Scientists have provided the first evidence that an enzyme called Eya1 protein phosphatase is a critical regulator of lung function and that this may have broad implications for sufferers of a variety of pulmonary diseases.

3 Jul 2012

PharMerica to purchase $25 million of common stock

PharMerica Corporation, a national provider of institutional pharmacy and hospital pharmacy management services, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an increase in its existing share purchase program that will allow the Company to purchase up to $25 million of its common stock in the open market through unsolicited or solicited privately negotiated transactions, or in such other appropriate manner, and will be funded from available cash.

3 Jul 2012

Study demonstrates effectiveness of combination therapy for breast cancer cells in vitro

A study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) demonstrates an effective combination therapy for breast cancer cells in vitro.

3 Jul 2012

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GHB binds to GABAA-receptor in the brain under physiologically relevant conditions

What's ahead on the post-SCOTUS decision landscape

Researchers report positive effects of ibuprofen on bone repair after fracture or surgery

Obama's health law legacy still not settled; Romney faces health policy pressure

Botulinum toxin may help prevent arm tremor in people with MS

Federal judge temporarily blocks law aimed at closing Mississippi's only abortion clinic

Surgeons with their own views perform quick and accurate laparoscopic procedure

Cutting funding for international food aid 'not the best answer' to saving money in U.S. budget

Women with higher intake of dietary saturated fats have fewer mature oocytes available for IVF

Philippines to spend nearly $12M on contraceptives to bolster family planning, reduce maternal mortality rate

Changing tissue landscape promotes higher cancer rates in the elderly

Bacterial vaginosis associated with increased risk of HIV transmission from women to men, study shows

FDA accepts BLA filing and grants Priority Review to ThromboGenics' ocriplasmin

Viewpoints: Pressure on states to move on exchanges; Roberts' decision holds off new calls for public option

Imaging PR status may help identify tumor response to endocrine therapy

Study provides evidence for meth abuse's causal effect on foster home admissions

SunLink sells Memorial Hospital and Convalescent Center in Adel

Scientists discover Eya1 enzyme control of pulmonary barrier integrity

PharMerica to purchase $25 million of common stock

Study demonstrates effectiveness of combination therapy for breast cancer cells in vitro

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