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Study finds teenage girls sit or lie down for 19 hours a day

A study undertaken by UL researchers has found that teenage girls spend an average of 19 hours a day either sitting or lying down. Some 111 girls aged between 15 and 18 years took part in the study which measured the time they spent sitting, standing or lying down using a small accelerometer device. The researchers found that although total sitting and lying time was the same between weekdays and weekends, on week-days the sitting time was accumulated in longer bouts, lasting 20 minutes or more. These long bouts of sitting were more frequent during school time.

6 Mar 2012

Study: Weekend smoking linked with memory damage

People who smoke only at weekends cause as much damage to their memory as those who smoke on a daily basis, according to research from Northumbria University.

6 Mar 2012

MTPC, Medicago partner to develop and commercialize three new vaccines

Medicago Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced the establishment of a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC) through the execution of a Master Research Collaboration Agreement.

6 Mar 2012

Internet-based support can help young people with mentally ill relatives

When someone is affected by mental illness, the people around him or her are forced to act both as supervisor and as support. Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has shown that internet-based support can be a great help - and the site created during the research project is now being handed on to voluntary personnel.

6 Mar 2012

Tonix receives net proceeds of $2.0M in private placement offering

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapies for challenging disorders of the central nervous system, including fibromyalgia syndrome ("FM") and post-traumatic stress disorder, has received net proceeds of approximately $2.0 million in a private placement offering to institutional and accredited investors.

6 Mar 2012

Ivantis initiates enrollment in Hydrus Microstent study for open angle glaucoma

Ivantis announced the enrollment of the first patient in the Hydrus IV study today. The Hydrus Microstent is the world's first intracanalicular scaffold for treatment of primary open angle glaucoma, a disease that afflicts over 70 million people worldwide and approximately 3 million people in the United States.

6 Mar 2012

Medidata net revenues increase 11% to $184.5M for full year 2011

Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS clinical technology solutions that enhance the efficiency of clinical development, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2011, and provided detailed financial guidance for the first quarter and full year 2012.

6 Mar 2012

Leading AIDS experts issue new HIV guidelines

Leading AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins and other institutions around the world have issued new guidelines to promote entry into and retention in HIV care, as well as adherence to HIV treatment, drawn from the results of 325 studies conducted with tens of thousands of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

6 Mar 2012

Music listening can effectively enhance well-being and health

Music can evoke positive emotions, which in turn can lower the listener's stress levels. Everyday music listening is therefore a simple and effective way to enhance well-being and health, according to a new doctoral thesis in psychology from the University of Gothenburg.

6 Mar 2012

Consumers equate cost with quality of health care providers

When asked to choose a health care provider based only on cost, consumers choose the more expensive option, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that appears in the March issue of Health Affairs.

6 Mar 2012

Neutra names new erectile dysfunction supplement as Pure Plus Powermax

Neutra Corp. announced today that its new all-natural erectile dysfunction supplement will be named Turbocharged Pure Plus Powermax.

6 Mar 2012

Study evaluates link between genetic and environmental factors and risk of drug abuse

In a national Swedish adoption study, the risk for drug abuse appears to be increased among adopted children whose biological parents had a history of drug abuse, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

6 Mar 2012

Obama birth control rule draws calls for action in House of Representatives

CQ HealthBeat reports that at least one House lawmaker is pushing to move a bill that is considered the companion to the Blunt amendment, which would have expanded exemptions to the Obama administration rule and was defeated late last week by the full Senate.

6 Mar 2012

Persistent depression may increase risk of cognitive decline in older patients with CAD

Persistent depression symptoms may be associated with significantly greater declines in cognitive performance in older patients with coronary artery disease who underwent cardiac catheterization, according to a study published in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

6 Mar 2012

States cut birth control subsidies; Impact of abortion laws hard to ascertain

Reuters reports that states are cutting birth control subsidies while The Associated Press writes that it's difficult to gauge what impact anti-abortion laws have on reducing the procedure. The Arizona House gave initial approval to blocking abortion providers from getting federal funding for family planning services through the state. A similar move in Texas, which is now in effect, reverberates.

6 Mar 2012

SSRIs appear to reduce depressive symptoms, fetal head growth during pregnancy

Treating pregnant women with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appears to be associated with fewer depressive symptoms, reduced fetal head growth and a higher risk for preterm birth, but not with a delay in fetal body growth, according to a report published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

6 Mar 2012

AMA details concerns about payment policy changes for Medicare Part C, D

Modern Healthcare details the positions taken by the American Medical Association in response to recent changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Also, in related news, a new panel sets to work on improving the physician payment system.

6 Mar 2012

Make That Call campaign to promote colorectal cancer screening

Katie Couric, NewYork-Presbyterian and its Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA), and ABC today announced the "Make That Call" campaign to promote colon cancer screening for National Colon Cancer Awareness Month.

6 Mar 2012

Medicaid: Texas rule lowers pharmacy prescription pay; N.H. gets grant

In Texas, new Medicaid rules mean pharmacies get paid less for filling prescriptions for Medicaid patients. In New Hampshire, however, a new Medicaid grant will help people with disabilities stay in their homes.

6 Mar 2012

RAND researchers outline methods to improve creation of health care performance reports

As health care reform expands the use of "report cards" to grade health care providers, greater attention to reporting methods may be needed to assure the quality of such efforts, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

6 Mar 2012