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Obama administration's intellectual property policy inflating medical costs abroad

Noting that the Supreme Court last week upheld the Obama administration's Affordable Health Act, Huffington Post reporters Zach Carter and Sabrina Siddiqui write in this Huffington Post editorial that "while the president has focused on lowering health care costs at home, he has repeatedly sought to impose higher drug prices abroad." They add, "For pharmaceutical companies, that has meant steady profits, but for the global poor in desperate need of affordable drugs, those lofty prices are often a matter of life and death."

12 Jul 2012

Communication between brain and muscle cells is short-lived without LRP4 protein

Communication between the brain and muscle must be strong for us to eat, breathe or walk. Now scientists have found that a protein known to be on the surface of muscle cells must be present in both tissues to ensure the conversation is robust.

12 Jul 2012

Opinion pieces, blog posts address family planning issues ahead of London summit

On World Population Day, observed on Wednesday, July 11, the U.K. Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are co-hosting the London Summit on Family Planning.

12 Jul 2012

Nonsurgical treatment may be more beneficial for baseball players with SLAP tears

Surgically repairing a painful shoulder injury in baseball players known as a SLAP tear (superior labral) varies widely and often doesn't allow for return to play at the same level as before the injury. However, researchers presenting their findings at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland suggest that nonsurgical treatment may be more beneficial.

12 Jul 2012

IOM report: Nation lacks health workers trained to meet seniors' mental health needs

The Institute of Medicine report, released Tuesday, found the continued lack of health care providers will make it difficult to meet the growing demand for mental health services from the nation's growing senior population.

12 Jul 2012

BGI, BioMed Central launch GigaScience journal

BGI, the world's largest genome sequencing institute, and their publishing partner BioMed Central, a leader in scientific data sharing, announce the launch of a new journal, GigaScience, which publishes large-scale biological research in a unique format.

12 Jul 2012

The dust up continues as some Republican governors reject health law's Medicaid expansion

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, however, says he is considering opting out but would like more answers -- both in terms of policy questions and the political outcome of the election -- before he makes a decision. Meanwhile, Stateline explores how the Medicaid expansion will present a tough fiscal call for many of state executives.

12 Jul 2012

Researchers identify set of laboratory-based biomarkers that aid in diagnosis of schizophrenia

In the current online issue of PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say they have identified a set of laboratory-based biomarkers that can be useful for understanding brain-based abnormalities in schizophrenia. The measurements, known as endophenotypes, could ultimately be a boon to clinicians who sometimes struggle to recognize and treat the complex and confounding mental disorder.

12 Jul 2012

Disabled children more like to be victims of violence

Children with disabilities are three to four times more likely to be victims of violence than children who are not disabled, with an estimated one in four experiencing violence during their lifetime, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published Online First in The Lancet.

12 Jul 2012

IAS announces 'Washington, D.C. Declaration' calling for global support to end AIDS epidemic

"A declaration calling for global support to end the AIDS epidemic was announced Tuesday by the International AIDS Society (IAS) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)," an IAS press release reports.

12 Jul 2012

New drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma

A new drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma - one of the deadliest forms of childhood cancer - by boosting the effectiveness of a promising new gene-targeted treatment.

12 Jul 2012

Guardian holds roundtable discussion on key family planning issues ahead of London summit

As part of its "Young people's sexual health matters" series, the Guardian reports on a recent roundtable discussion hosted by the newspaper, in association with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), during which experts discussed key family planning issues ahead of the July 11 London Summit.

12 Jul 2012

Lifestyle behaviour in adolescents may adversely affect BP and cardiovascular risk in adulthood

Lifestyle behaviour in adolescents may adversely affect blood pressure and cardiovascular risk in adulthood, according to results from a large pregnancy follow-up study in Australia. In particular, alcohol consumption among boys, use of the Pill among girls, and high salt intake and increasing body mass index (BMI) in both sexes were important factors linked to blood pressure levels in late adolescence.

12 Jul 2012

Cellular change also occurs in early-stage lung cancer, say researchers

Cellular change thought to happen only in late-stage cancers to help tumors spread also occurs in early-stage lung cancer as a way to bypass growth controls, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

12 Jul 2012

Low-fat, high fruit and vegetable diet may help reduce menopausal symptoms

Weight loss that occurs in conjunction with a low-fat, high fruit and vegetable diet may help to reduce or eliminate hot flashes and night sweats associated with menopause, according to a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research study that appears in the current issue of Menopause.

12 Jul 2012

IAS announces winners of awards recognizing HIV researchers to be presented during AIDS 2012

"The International AIDS Society (IAS) on Wednesday announced nine winners of four prestigious scientific awards to be presented during the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) to be held in Washington, D.C., 22–27 July," an IAS press release states.

12 Jul 2012

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Obama administration's intellectual property policy inflating medical costs abroad

Communication between brain and muscle cells is short-lived without LRP4 protein

Opinion pieces, blog posts address family planning issues ahead of London summit

Nonsurgical treatment may be more beneficial for baseball players with SLAP tears

IOM report: Nation lacks health workers trained to meet seniors' mental health needs

BGI, BioMed Central launch GigaScience journal

The dust up continues as some Republican governors reject health law's Medicaid expansion

Researchers identify set of laboratory-based biomarkers that aid in diagnosis of schizophrenia

Disabled children more like to be victims of violence

IAS announces 'Washington, D.C. Declaration' calling for global support to end AIDS epidemic

New drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma

Guardian holds roundtable discussion on key family planning issues ahead of London summit

Lifestyle behaviour in adolescents may adversely affect BP and cardiovascular risk in adulthood

Cellular change also occurs in early-stage lung cancer, say researchers

Low-fat, high fruit and vegetable diet may help reduce menopausal symptoms

IAS announces winners of awards recognizing HIV researchers to be presented during AIDS 2012

TGen's customized procedure produces high amounts of exosomes for treatment of CKD

New York Times examines how CIA's decision to use vaccination team affecting polio eradication efforts

Eschar-derived cells may be used for tissue engineering

Memory-binding process allows people to better understand new concepts and make decisions

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