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Latest allergy research presented at EAACI Congress 2012

Ground-breaking research results about stress during pregnancy and changes in pollen potency across Europe will be presented - among other novel research - at the world's leading congress on allergy and immunology - the EAACI Congress 2012 - that will open tomorrow in Geneva, Switzerland.

16 Jun 2012

Illinois to cut $1.6B in health costs; Medicaid advocates protest

The cuts include eliminating some popular programs, raising some co-pays and creates a system for hospital exemptions from taxes.

16 Jun 2012

Not many EHR systems meet new federal standards

Electronic health records (EHRs) are used widely by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet new federal standards aimed at improving the quality of health care, according to a report from UCSF researchers.

16 Jun 2012

GOP states weigh health exchanges even if health law is struck down

Politico reports that some conservatives think that despite their disdain for the health law, a number of Republican-controlled states might want to go forward with health exchanges to help lower the number of uninsured.

16 Jun 2012

'Tip-of-the-tongue' errors happen often to adults over 65

Has your memory failed you today, such as struggling to recall a word that's "on the tip of your tongue?" If so, you're not alone.

16 Jun 2012

CDC: About half of adults in U.S. get preventive care

This finding, which is part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, is designed to serve as a baseline as prevention-related health law provisions are implemented.

16 Jun 2012

Novel technique can restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury

Justin M. Brown, MD, reconstructive neurosurgeon at UC San Diego Health System, is one of only a few specialists in the world who have pioneered a novel technique to restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury. In a delicate four-hour procedure, Brown splices together tiny nerve endings, only one millimeter in width, to help restore hand mobility. Most patients return home 24 hours after surgery.

16 Jun 2012

Governments, private sector partners come together at Child Survival Call to Action in Washington

The two-day Child Survival Call to Action, "a conference hosted by the government in collaboration with Ethiopia, India and UNICEF to recognize and promote efforts to curtail child mortality," began in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports, noting that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and actor Ben Affleck, founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, "were two of more than 80 governmental, civil society and business leaders slated to speak at the conference Thursday and Friday."

16 Jun 2012

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Scripps Research enter five-year collaboration

The Scripps Research Institute today announced it has entered into a five-year collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company focused on applying novel chemistry to drug discovery and synthesis.

16 Jun 2012

Social-class discrimination can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health

Discrimination felt by teenagers based on their social class background can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.

16 Jun 2012

What's at stake in health law ruling?

News outlets offer perspectives regarding how the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision could impact people without insurance, small businesses and nearly every corner of the health care industry.

16 Jun 2012

Addition of physical activity intervention to usual care does not reduce depressive symptoms

Current clinical guidance recommends physical activity to alleviate the symptoms of depression. However, new research published in the BMJ, suggests that adding a physical activity intervention to usual care did not reduce symptoms of depression more than usual care alone, even though it increased levels of physical activity.

16 Jun 2012

Six-month data from ReCor’s PARADISE System trial on resistant hypertension

ReCor Medical, an emerging medical device company, reported today six-month follow-up data on eight patients who have been treated via renal denervation for their resistant hypertension with the Company's PARADISE System—the only system for renal denervation that is based on ultrasound, not radiofrequency, energy.

16 Jun 2012

Blog responds to 'Policy Review' article calling for structural, philosophical shift in global health

In this globalhealthpolicy.net blog post, Andrew Harmer, a research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, responds to an article published last week in "Policy Review," a publication of Stanford University's Hoover Institution, by Mark Dybul, co-director of the Global Health Law Program and the inaugural global health fellow at the George W. Bush Institute; Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; and Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health.

16 Jun 2012

$Combination of low-dose vitamin D and calcium does not reduce fracture risk in women$

Combination of low-dose vitamin D and calcium does not reduce fracture risk in women

Vitamin D and calcium are dietary requirements, but it's unclear how much is best for us. New draft findings by the United States Preventive Services Task Force conclude that for healthy, postmenopausal women, daily supplementation with low levels of vitamin D — up to 400 international units — combined with 1,000 milligrams of calcium, does not reduce fracture risk.

16 Jun 2012

St. Michael's to investigate new treatments for prevention of brain injury complications

St. Michael's Hospital has been awarded up to $700,000 from the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario to investigate new treatments to prevent complications following certain brain injuries.

16 Jun 2012

Large-scale trial of vaginal ring that releases anti-HIV drug announced at health summit in London

"This week, at the Pacific Health Summit in London, the final large-scale trial was officially launched of a vaginal ring which women can wear and forget about -- at least for a month at a time -- while it releases an HIV virus-killing drug called dapivirine," the Guardian reports.

16 Jun 2012

Glutathione peroxidase can dramatically reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have collaborated with the School of Public Health and discovered an enzyme that, when found at high levels and alongside low levels of HDL (good cholesterol), can dramatically reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

16 Jun 2012

Freedom Innovations’ Plie 2.0 MPC Knee receives American Technology Award

Freedom Innovations, LLC, today announced that its Plie 2.0 MPC Knee has been selected as winner of the Health & Medical Technologies category for the TechAmerica Foundation's American Technology Awards, the only national "Best Of" awards that recognize products and services across the technology industry.

From PROTEOR 16 Jun 2012

Researchers engineer nanoparticles that show great promise for MM

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.

16 Jun 2012

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Latest allergy research presented at EAACI Congress 2012

Illinois to cut $1.6B in health costs; Medicaid advocates protest

Not many EHR systems meet new federal standards

GOP states weigh health exchanges even if health law is struck down

'Tip-of-the-tongue' errors happen often to adults over 65

CDC: About half of adults in U.S. get preventive care

Novel technique can restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury

Governments, private sector partners come together at Child Survival Call to Action in Washington

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Scripps Research enter five-year collaboration

Social-class discrimination can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health

What's at stake in health law ruling?

Addition of physical activity intervention to usual care does not reduce depressive symptoms

Six-month data from ReCor’s PARADISE System trial on resistant hypertension

Blog responds to 'Policy Review' article calling for structural, philosophical shift in global health

Combination of low-dose vitamin D and calcium does not reduce fracture risk in women

St. Michael's to investigate new treatments for prevention of brain injury complications

Large-scale trial of vaginal ring that releases anti-HIV drug announced at health summit in London

Glutathione peroxidase can dramatically reduce risk of cardiovascular disease

Freedom Innovations’ Plie 2.0 MPC Knee receives American Technology Award

Researchers engineer nanoparticles that show great promise for MM

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