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1M Yemeni children face severe malnutrition, contribute to 62M people worldwide in need of humanitarian aid, U.N. says

"One million Yemeni children face severe malnutrition within months as families struggle to pay for food in one of the Arab world's poorest countries, the U.N. World Food Programme has warned," Reuters reports.

21 Jul 2012

Choir participation improves quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers

The Welsh cancer charity Tenovus and Cardiff University, both based in the UK, have reported that participation in a choir improves a number of quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers.

20 Jul 2012

Study opens way for new approaches to slow development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients

A new study from Lund University in Sweden has opened the way for new approaches to slowing the development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients. It is hoped that this could lead to better treatment methods and preventive measures to combat HIV and AIDS.

20 Jul 2012

Study describes 2010 whooping cough epidemic and details strategies to reduce infection incidence

Because whooping cough (pertussis) is almost as contagious as measles (affecting ~12-17 individuals with each case), clinicians are required to report cases of this bacterial respiratory tract infection to the state's department of public health. In 2010, California had the highest number of cases of whooping cough in 60 years. A new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics describes the 2010 whooping cough epidemic and details strategies to decrease the incidence of this infection.

20 Jul 2012

Examining challenges facing Global Fund during its reform

Optimism surrounding the science of HIV treatment and prevention "is tempered by less auspicious trends, particularly shrinking budgets for global health in the U.S. and around the world," Victoria Fan, Amanda Glassman, and Rachel Silverman of the Center for Global Development (CGD) write in the center's "Global Health Policy" blog.

20 Jul 2012

Placenta-derived endothelial colony-forming cells are more vasculogenic: Study

A study comparing whether endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) derived from human placenta or those derived from human umbilical cord blood are more proliferative and better for forming new blood vessels has found that ECFCs derived from human placenta are more vasculogenic.

20 Jul 2012

'Saving Lives at Birth' finalists convene at DevelopmentXChange

In a post on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, the foundation's Gary Darmstadt, Wendy Prosser, and Andrew Serazin discuss the finalists of the Saving Lives at Birth initiative, who came together at last week's DevelopmentXChange in Seattle.

20 Jul 2012

Montefiore physician to develop tablet computer app for children with cochlear implants

Elena Willis, MD Resident Physician, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, has been awarded a $10,000 Resident Research Grant by The American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, sponsored by The Oticon Foundation, to develop a tablet computer app to help improve the speech of children with cochlear implants.

20 Jul 2012

Peace Corps Volunteers provide HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness

Carrie Hessler-Radelet, deputy director of the Peace Corps, discusses the agency's work in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support in an AIDS.gov blog post. "Last year alone, 52 percent of all Peace Corps Volunteers engaged in such work in communities overseas," she writes, noting, "In 2013, through the Global Health Service Partnership, we look forward to placing doctors and nurses as adjunct faculty in training institutions in Africa."

20 Jul 2012

Phosphate binders may cause unexpected harm to blood vessels in patients with CKD

Drugs commonly prescribed to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may not be as strongly effective as once thought, and may cause unexpected harm to blood vessels, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

20 Jul 2012

Funding must support optimism surrounding HIV prevention, treatment

The goal of an "AIDS-free generation" "requires an ambitious implementation-science agenda that improves efficiency and effectiveness and incorporates strategies for overcoming the stigma and discrimination that continue to limit the uptake and utilization of treatment, prevention and care services," AIDS 2012 Co-Chair Diane Havlir of the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine and Chris Beyrer of the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research write in a New England Journal of Medicine opinion piece.

20 Jul 2012

New class of chemically produced antimicrobial agents could become future infection treatment alternative

The World Health Organization (WHO) has named antimicrobial resistance one of the most important threats to human health. We therefore need to find new compounds that can be used as future alternatives to conventional antibiotics.

20 Jul 2012

A world of consequences due to physical inactivity

Physical inactivity accounted for an estimated 5.3 million of the 57 million deaths in 2008, a report shows.

20 Jul 2012

CPAP benefits extend to mild OSA patients

The use of continuous positive airway pressure treatment, an effective option for severe obstructive sleep apnea, should be extended to sleepy patients with milder OSA, say US researchers.

20 Jul 2012

Mechanism of CSF drainage benefits unclear in normal pressure hydrocephalus

The beneficial effect of removing cerebrospinal fluid from patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus is not mediated by reduction of ventricle volume, research suggests.

20 Jul 2012

Knee surgery blood loss reduced with single tranexamic acid dose

A single intraoperative dose of tranexamic acid is effective at reducing blood loss in patients undergoing minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty, research suggests.

20 Jul 2012

Allergy to deamidated gluten a separate phenotype to wheat allergy

Severe allergic reactions to deamidated gluten in individuals tolerant to wheat are linked to a separate phenotype of wheat allergy, suggest study findings.

20 Jul 2012

Unsuccessful fertility treatment reduces young-onset breast cancer risk

Women who are treated unsuccessfully with fertility drugs have a significantly reduced risk for developing young-onset breast cancer, compared with nonusers of such drugs, show the results of a sister-matched case-control study.

20 Jul 2012

Breast-conserving surgery carries high reoperation risk

Women who undergo breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer may be at an increased risk for reoperation, research suggests.

20 Jul 2012

Cannabis use linked to cognitive performance in bipolar patients

Results from a US study suggest that bipolar I disorder patients with a history of cannabis use have better neurocognitive function than those who have not used cannabis.

20 Jul 2012

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1M Yemeni children face severe malnutrition, contribute to 62M people worldwide in need of humanitarian aid, U.N. says

Choir participation improves quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers

Study opens way for new approaches to slow development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients

Study describes 2010 whooping cough epidemic and details strategies to reduce infection incidence

Examining challenges facing Global Fund during its reform

Placenta-derived endothelial colony-forming cells are more vasculogenic: Study

'Saving Lives at Birth' finalists convene at DevelopmentXChange

Montefiore physician to develop tablet computer app for children with cochlear implants

Peace Corps Volunteers provide HIV/AIDS prevention, awareness

Phosphate binders may cause unexpected harm to blood vessels in patients with CKD

Funding must support optimism surrounding HIV prevention, treatment

New class of chemically produced antimicrobial agents could become future infection treatment alternative

A world of consequences due to physical inactivity

CPAP benefits extend to mild OSA patients

Mechanism of CSF drainage benefits unclear in normal pressure hydrocephalus

Knee surgery blood loss reduced with single tranexamic acid dose

Allergy to deamidated gluten a separate phenotype to wheat allergy

Unsuccessful fertility treatment reduces young-onset breast cancer risk

Breast-conserving surgery carries high reoperation risk

Cannabis use linked to cognitive performance in bipolar patients

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