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Michigan opts not to appeal feds' MLR rule

The state was one of 13 seeking an exemption from the health law's medical-loss ratio requirement that insurance companies spend at least 80 percent of premiums on medical care. Others, however, get a 30-day extension. Also in the news, the Department of Health and Human Services named 73 advisers to work with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

5 Jan 2012

Licorice root may play a role in treating and preventing gum disease, tooth decay

Scientists are reporting identification of two substances in licorice - used extensively in Chinese traditional medicine - that kill the major bacteria responsible for tooth decay and gum disease, the leading causes of tooth loss in children and adults.

5 Jan 2012

ACP's Medical Home Builder 2.0 tool available free to PCMH practices

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) today announced that it has joined with the American College of Physicians (ACP) to make available the ACP's Medical Home Builder- 2.0 (MHB 2.0) tool to participating CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) practices.

5 Jan 2012

ACS report shows decline in overall cancer death rates

The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report shows that between 2004 and 2008, overall cancer incidence rates declined by 0.6% per year in men and were stable in women, while cancer death rates decreased by 1.8% per year in men and by 1.6% per year in women.

5 Jan 2012

Itamar, Roche to further develop EndoPAT technology for pre-clinical trials

Itamar-Medical, the world's leader of non-invasive devices for diagnosis of cardiovascular health, announced achievement of the next milestone of the international pharmaceutical company, Roche, to further develop the EndoPAT technology for pre-clinical trials.

5 Jan 2012

Hypothermia rarely used in the U.S. hospitals to reduce heart attack cases

Therapeutic hypothermia has been proven to reduce mortality and improve neurologic outcomes after a heart attack, yet it was rarely used in a sample of more than 26,000 patients, according to a study published in Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

5 Jan 2012

Ethiopia's PMTCT plan needs men to participate in order to reach goal, experts say

"Ethiopia's new plan to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 cannot be attained unless men are more meaningfully involved in reproductive health, experts say," PlusNews reports.

5 Jan 2012

JHTR, COMBI introduce 'Tools for Clinical Use'

Starting this month, The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (JHTR)—in partnership with The Center For Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury (COMBI)—introduces a new feature designed to support effective and informed use of standardized assessments for evaluation of brain injury.

5 Jan 2012

UCSD's TREDS program receives California Office of Traffic Safety grant

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine TREDS (Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety) program has been awarded a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to continue their work on driving safety in older adults.

5 Jan 2012

New brochure makes planning and monitoring post-cancer exercise easy

Not only is overall quality of life higher in cancer survivors who exercise, but the rate of cancer recurrence is lower. Unfortunately, though most doctors recommend exercise, many patients fail to follow through.

5 Jan 2012

Celldex begins rindopepimut and Avastin Phase 2 combination trial in EGFRvIII-positive GB

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that patient screening has initiated in a Phase 2 trial of rindopepimut in combination with Avastin in patients with recurrent epidermal growth factor variant III (EGFRvIII)-positive glioblastoma, called the "ReACT Study."

5 Jan 2012

UCSD scientist honored for Down syndrome research

William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Chairman of the U.S. Scientific Advisory Committee of the J-r-me Lejeune Foundation, was recognized by U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions from the floor of the House of Representatives in December. Sessions said of Mobley - who received the International Sisley-J-r-me Lejeune Prize in a ceremony at the Museum of Medical History in Paris on December 8.

5 Jan 2012

Bionomics, Ironwood partner to develop and commercialize novel anti-anxiety compound

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bionomics Limited today announced that they entered into a collaboration, research, and licensing agreement that will enable Ironwood to develop and commercialize Bionomics' investigational anti-anxiety compound BNC210 and other related compounds.

5 Jan 2012

FDA issues order prohibiting certain uses of cephalosporins in food-producing animals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an order that prohibits certain uses of the cephalosporin class of antimicrobial drugs in cattle, swine, chickens and turkeys effective April 5, 2012.

5 Jan 2012

RGS9-2 gene plays a role in regulating body weight

Abraham Kovoor was studying a brain protein, called RGS9 2, that he had previously related to the involuntary, random and repetitive body movements that are side effects of drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.

5 Jan 2012

Antiestrogen supplements may reduce risk of melanoma in women with breast cancer

Women with breast cancer who take antiestrogen supplements may be decreasing their risk for melanoma, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

5 Jan 2012

Positive results from Alkermes ALKS 5461 phase 1/2 study on MDD

Alkermes plc today announced positive topline results from a phase 1/2 study of ALKS 5461, a novel drug compound for major depressive disorder (MDD) in patients who have an inadequate response to standard therapies for clinical depression.

5 Jan 2012

First study to elucidate how statins reduce activation of abnormal blood clotting

People with high cholesterol are at risk of heart attack and stroke because atherosclerotic plaques within their arteries can rupture triggering the formation of a blood clot called an occlusive thrombus that cuts off the blood supply to their heart or brain.

5 Jan 2012

Investigational HSV vaccine shows promise against two genital herpes diseases

An investigational vaccine protected some women against infection from one of the two types of herpes simplex viruses that cause genital herpes, according to findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.

5 Jan 2012

IHoP may play a critical role in type 1 diabetes

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have discovered a new protein that may play a critical role in how the human body regulates blood sugar levels.

5 Jan 2012

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Michigan opts not to appeal feds' MLR rule

Licorice root may play a role in treating and preventing gum disease, tooth decay

ACP's Medical Home Builder 2.0 tool available free to PCMH practices

ACS report shows decline in overall cancer death rates

Itamar, Roche to further develop EndoPAT technology for pre-clinical trials

Hypothermia rarely used in the U.S. hospitals to reduce heart attack cases

Ethiopia's PMTCT plan needs men to participate in order to reach goal, experts say

JHTR, COMBI introduce 'Tools for Clinical Use'

UCSD's TREDS program receives California Office of Traffic Safety grant

New brochure makes planning and monitoring post-cancer exercise easy

Celldex begins rindopepimut and Avastin Phase 2 combination trial in EGFRvIII-positive GB

UCSD scientist honored for Down syndrome research

Bionomics, Ironwood partner to develop and commercialize novel anti-anxiety compound

FDA issues order prohibiting certain uses of cephalosporins in food-producing animals

RGS9-2 gene plays a role in regulating body weight

Antiestrogen supplements may reduce risk of melanoma in women with breast cancer

Positive results from Alkermes ALKS 5461 phase 1/2 study on MDD

First study to elucidate how statins reduce activation of abnormal blood clotting

Investigational HSV vaccine shows promise against two genital herpes diseases

IHoP may play a critical role in type 1 diabetes

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