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Mayo Clinic researchers share latest findings at child and adolescent psychiatry meeting

Mayo Clinic researchers are sharing their latest research findings this week at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Meeting in Toronto.

22 Oct 2011

Health costs continue upward trend

Market Watch reports that an index tracking health care costs rose for the fourth time in a row. Meanwhile, McClatchy reports that disability benefits are on a financially unsustainable path. Finally, NPR offers advice for handling health expenses during one's golden years.

22 Oct 2011

Pivotal pediatric clinical study comparing Q/LAIV to FluMist meets primary endpoint

The pivotal pediatric clinical study compared Q/LAIV to two trivalent formulations of MedImmune's licensed seasonal influenza vaccine, FluMist (Influenza Vaccine Live, Intranasal) and met its primary endpoint.

22 Oct 2011

$IOF report predicts major increase in osteoporosis fractures in the Middle East and Africa$

IOF report predicts major increase in osteoporosis fractures in the Middle East and Africa

A new audit report issued today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) shows that osteoporosis is a serious and growing problem throughout the Middle East and parts of Africa.

22 Oct 2011

Ambitious vision, lasting investment in science can save countless lives

In this post in the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's "ASTMH Blog," Rick Steketee, science director of PATH's Malaria Control Program and ASTMH council member, responds to the results of the RTS,S malaria vaccine trial, writing, "It's milestones like this week's findings that remind us all that ambitious vision and a lasting investment in science can yield the tests, treatments and tools to save countless lives."

22 Oct 2011

PSA test predicts biopsy need and prostate cancer development

The prostate-specific antigen test, commonly known as the PSA test, is valuable in predicting which men should have biopsies and which are likely to be diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The findings were released today during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

22 Oct 2011

ACOs: Docs, hospitals A-OK on revisions to final rule

The regulations, which were released Thursday, relaxed requirements for doctors and hospitals to participate in the program. Some insurers and employers, however, complained that the changes will increase the chances that providers will consolidate, which could reduce competition and drive up costs.

22 Oct 2011

Abbott, Biogen Idec announce additional results from daclizumab HYP Phase 2b trial for RRMS

Today Biogen Idec and Abbott announced additional results from the SELECT Phase 2b trial, the first of two registrational studies designed to evaluate the investigational compound daclizumab high-yield process in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

22 Oct 2011

Sanofi announces new results from alemtuzumab-Rebif comparative CARE-MS I trial

Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme announced today new results from the CARE-MS I trial, the first of two randomized, Phase III clinical trials comparing the investigational drug alemtuzumab to Rebif (high dose subcutaneous interferon beta-1a) in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

22 Oct 2011

Small molecule selectively blocks gene activity regulated by thyroid hormone

A small molecule developed at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital advances progress toward more tailored drugs in research that also offers insight into the biology of thyroid hormone.

22 Oct 2011

Gates Foundation calls for greater global commitment, leadership, and funding to eradicate polio

On this year's World Polio Day (October 24, 2011), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a global community of partners are calling for increased commitment and greater accountability from political leaders to end polio, and for supporters around the world to lend their voices to the fight.

22 Oct 2011

Eighth Circuit hears health law arguments

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday regarding whether a health law legal challenge brought by two Missouri residents should be revived.

22 Oct 2011

Ferring reports on FDA approval of labeling supplement for EUFLEXXA to treat knee osteoarthritis

On Oct. 11, 2011, the FDA approved a labeling supplement for EUFLEXXA (1% sodium hyaluronate) that provides 26-week efficacy data from the FLEXX trial, as well as, 52-week safety data to demonstrate the safety of repeated injection cycles.

22 Oct 2011

Physiological changes, chronic illness make older adults more susceptible to illness during disasters

In a summer with unprecedented weather events, from tornados, floods, fires and hurricanes, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing found that physiological changes associated with aging and the presence of chronic illness make older adults more susceptible to illness or injury, even death, during a disaster.

22 Oct 2011

On debate night, Perry 'sidesteps' question about Texas' uninsured children

The question from GOP debate moderator Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night was about health care, specifically the high number of uninsured children in Texas. Gov. Rick Perry's answer decidedly was not….

22 Oct 2011

Writer's description of facial vividness linked to mirror neuron system

Celebrated writers such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot described characters' faces vividly without going into detail about their features, according to a research group led at the University of Strathclyde.

22 Oct 2011

Old age not synonymous with impairment and disability

Exceptional cognitive and physical function in old age leaves a tell-tale immunologic fingerprint, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Likewise, older adults who have mild impairments bear a distinct immunologic pattern, too, according to findings published today in the Public Library of Science: One.

22 Oct 2011

NYT: Wal-Mart cutting some health benefits

After trying to mollify its critics in recent years by offering better health care benefits to its employees, Wal-Mart is substantially rolling back coverage for part-time workers and significantly raising premiums for many full-time staff (Greenhouse and Abelson, 10/20).

22 Oct 2011

Pfizer's Prevnar 13: Additional data from adult clinical studies presented at 49th IDSA

Pfizer Inc. announced today that additional data from several clinical studies of Prevnar 13 (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine) conducted in adults 50 years and older will be presented during the 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which is being held Oct. 20-23, 2011, in Boston, Mass.

22 Oct 2011

RCUK welcomes NAO's Value for Money study recommendations

Research Councils UK (RCUK) welcomed the recommendations made in the NAO's Value for Money study of the project to establish the RCUK Shared Service Centre. We thank the NAO for endorsing, through their recommendations, the approach that the Research Councils are already taking to ensure that the SSC's service matures quickly.

22 Oct 2011

Medical News

Mayo Clinic researchers share latest findings at child and adolescent psychiatry meeting

Health costs continue upward trend

Pivotal pediatric clinical study comparing Q/LAIV to FluMist meets primary endpoint

IOF report predicts major increase in osteoporosis fractures in the Middle East and Africa

Ambitious vision, lasting investment in science can save countless lives

PSA test predicts biopsy need and prostate cancer development

ACOs: Docs, hospitals A-OK on revisions to final rule

Abbott, Biogen Idec announce additional results from daclizumab HYP Phase 2b trial for RRMS

Sanofi announces new results from alemtuzumab-Rebif comparative CARE-MS I trial

Small molecule selectively blocks gene activity regulated by thyroid hormone

Gates Foundation calls for greater global commitment, leadership, and funding to eradicate polio

Eighth Circuit hears health law arguments

Ferring reports on FDA approval of labeling supplement for EUFLEXXA to treat knee osteoarthritis

Physiological changes, chronic illness make older adults more susceptible to illness during disasters

On debate night, Perry 'sidesteps' question about Texas' uninsured children

Writer's description of facial vividness linked to mirror neuron system

Old age not synonymous with impairment and disability

NYT: Wal-Mart cutting some health benefits

Pfizer's Prevnar 13: Additional data from adult clinical studies presented at 49th IDSA

RCUK welcomes NAO's Value for Money study recommendations

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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