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World Bank report urges African governments, development aid donors to increase HIV prevention efforts

"With much of the global economy facing slowing growth and uncertain prospects, especially in developed countries, a new World Bank report" -- titled "The Fiscal Dimension of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda" -- "urges African governments and their development aid donors to do significantly more to prevent new HIV infections" and "warns that current spending on HIV/AIDS relates to past infections and is a potentially misleading indicator of the long-term public cost of the fight against HIV/AIDS," a World Bank press release states.

17 Mar 2012

The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring

The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild winter. So reports Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY.

17 Mar 2012

Researchers use standard inkjet printer to print live cells

Researchers from Clemson University have found a way to create temporary holes in the membranes of live cells using a standard inkjet printer. The method will be published in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, on March 16.

17 Mar 2012

U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues speaks about GHI's support for family planning in CNN interview

"Family planning is one of the best public health interventions that can be made," U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said in an interview with Amar Bakshi, editor of CNN World's "Global Public Square" (GPS) blog, adding, "It makes such a difference in a woman's life for her to be able to have the wherewithal -- the family planning contraceptives available so that she can decide the size and the spacing of her children."

17 Mar 2012

Congressional Brain Injury Task Force brings representatives to Capitol Hill for BIA Day

On Wednesday, March 21, the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force brings representatives from the brain injury community to Capitol Hill for Brain Injury Awareness (BIA) Day. The day starts with the BIA Fair, where attendees share information on policy issues, research, diagnosis and screening and care and rehabilitation. The afternoon features a briefing on "The Impact of Brain Injury: Any Time, Any One, Any Age."

17 Mar 2012

Kensey Nash to resolve Angio-Seal license disputes with St. Jude Medical

Kensey Nash Corporation today announced that the Company has entered into a settlement agreement with St. Jude Medical which resolves all disputes between the two companies relating to the Angio-Seal vascular closure device licenses, as well as other related claims.

17 Mar 2012

WASM, Philips partner to raise awareness of sleep disorders

Royal Philips Electronics will join with the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) as an official sponsor of World Sleep Day 2012, held on Friday, March 16. This year's theme– 'Breathe Easily, Sleep Well' – centers on raising awareness of sleep disorders that affect a person's breathing, such as obstructive sleep apnea.

17 Mar 2012

New Aspen Dental office to open on March 29 in Walpole, MA

Patients looking for a dentist in Walpole, MA now have a new dental care provider option with the opening of a new Aspen Dental office this month. The new practice, which opens on Thursday, March 29 in the Walpole Mall at 116 Providence Hwy., will provide dental services that range from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration.

17 Mar 2012

Research roundup: Medicaid vs. private pay ER use; Doctors treat black, white patients differently; Caregiver stress

By looking at National Health Interview Survey data of more than 230,000 patients from 1999-2009, researchers were able to compare Medicaid with privately insured patients. More than 39 percent of those enrolled in Medicaid in the sample used the ER versus 17.7 percent of privately insured patients. Medicaid patients wer much more likely to have "specific barriers to timely primary care."

17 Mar 2012

Researchers describe preparation of chitosan nanoparticles

Nanoparticles containing chitosan have been shown to have effective antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus saprophyticus and Escherichia coli. The materials could be used as a protective wound-healing material to avoid opportunistic infection as well as working to facilitate wound healing.

17 Mar 2012

HHS Secretary launches new educational initiative, MyCare

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today unveiled "MyCare," a collection of online personal video and blog stories of Americans helped by the Affordable Care Act.

17 Mar 2012

PFO closure device no better than drugs alone in preventing recurrent strokes or TIAs

Loyola University Medical Center is one of the major enrollers in a landmark clinical trial that found that plugging a hole in the heart works no better than drugs in preventing strokes.

17 Mar 2012

State roundup: Minnesota tort reform; Calif. prepares - or not - for newly insured; Reducing C-sections in Oregon

A roundup of health policy news from Minnesota, California, Kansas, Connecticut, Oregon, Missouri, Washington D.C. and Colorado.

17 Mar 2012

OncoGenex prices underwritten public offering of 4,165,000 shares of common stock

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 4,165,000 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $12.00 per share.

17 Mar 2012

New Aspen Dental office to open on March 29 in Spring Hill, FL

Patients looking for a dentist in Spring Hill, FL now have a new dental care provider option with the opening of a new Aspen Dental office this month. The new practice, which opens on Thursday, March 29 in the Spring Hill at 1525 Commercial Way, will provide dental services that range from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration.

17 Mar 2012

ApoE4 gene could cause early loss of synapses in Alzheimer's disease

Today, researchers at the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia reported a significant advance in understanding how different forms of the ApoE gene raise the risk for Alzheimer's disease.

17 Mar 2012

LCA comments on CDC's new anti-tobacco campaign

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) said that the new anti-tobacco campaign just launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an important revitalization of the efforts to prevent young people from smoking and encourage all who do smoke to quit.

17 Mar 2012

Only 21 states require public reporting of hospital data on surgical site infections

Only 21 states require public reporting of hospital data on surgical site infections and, even when disclosure is mandated, the information is often not easily accessible to patients who could use it to make decisions about their medical care, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

17 Mar 2012

$Enrollment commences in MORE Registry for DBS in patients with refractory epilepsy$

Enrollment commences in MORE Registry for DBS in patients with refractory epilepsy

Medtronic, Inc. today announced that a patient from Kempenhaeghe-Heeze (The Netherlands) is the first patient to be enrolled into the MORE (MedtrOnic Registry for Epilepsy) Registry which is designed to look at the long-term efficacy, quality of life impact and safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in patients with refractory epilepsy.

From Medtronic 17 Mar 2012

Deletion of Hms1 protein inhibits Candida albicans infection

Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a molecular mechanism that plays a key role in the transition of Candida albicans yeast into disease-causing fungus-one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infection.

17 Mar 2012

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World Bank report urges African governments, development aid donors to increase HIV prevention efforts

The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring

Researchers use standard inkjet printer to print live cells

U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues speaks about GHI's support for family planning in CNN interview

Congressional Brain Injury Task Force brings representatives to Capitol Hill for BIA Day

Kensey Nash to resolve Angio-Seal license disputes with St. Jude Medical

WASM, Philips partner to raise awareness of sleep disorders

New Aspen Dental office to open on March 29 in Walpole, MA

Research roundup: Medicaid vs. private pay ER use; Doctors treat black, white patients differently; Caregiver stress

Researchers describe preparation of chitosan nanoparticles

HHS Secretary launches new educational initiative, MyCare

PFO closure device no better than drugs alone in preventing recurrent strokes or TIAs

State roundup: Minnesota tort reform; Calif. prepares - or not - for newly insured; Reducing C-sections in Oregon

OncoGenex prices underwritten public offering of 4,165,000 shares of common stock

New Aspen Dental office to open on March 29 in Spring Hill, FL

ApoE4 gene could cause early loss of synapses in Alzheimer's disease

LCA comments on CDC's new anti-tobacco campaign

Only 21 states require public reporting of hospital data on surgical site infections

Enrollment commences in MORE Registry for DBS in patients with refractory epilepsy

Deletion of Hms1 protein inhibits Candida albicans infection

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