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Waters recognizes Head of TGen's Center for Proteomics for research excellence

Waters Corporation today recognized the Center for Proteomics at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) as a Waters Center of Innovation.

26 Aug 2011

Author of The Initial Psychotherapy Interview receives two awards at 2011 APA convention

Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, congratulates Charles Silverstein whose new book, The Initial Psychotherapy Interview, has received the 2011 Distinguished Book Award from the American Psychological Association's Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues.

26 Aug 2011

Injecting mosquitoes with bacterium shows potential for dengue elimination, scientists report

Injecting mosquitoes with the Wolbachia bacterium "can block them from transmitting the dengue virus and help control the spread of a disease that kills 20,000 annually in more than 100 countries," a team led by Scott O'Neill, a geneticist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, reports in two papers published in Nature on Thursday, Reuters reports.

26 Aug 2011

Largest study on breast cancer disparities in African-American women

Why are African-American women more likely than those of European descent to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, and with poor prognoses? It's a provocative question, and one that a multidisciplinary team from the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Roswell Park Cancer Institute are coming together to address, supported by a five-year, $19.3 million award from the National Cancer Institute.

26 Aug 2011

BioPhausia to sell generics business to Bluefish Pharmaceuticals

Medivir AB, is an expanding, research-based specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on infectious diseases. Medivir reports that on 25 August, BioPhausia AB reached an agreement to sell its generics business in the form of subsidiary BMM Pharma AB to Bluefish Pharmaceuticals AB for SEK 26 m plus the value of inventories, some SEK 12 m.

26 Aug 2011

High job stress causes workers to increasingly seek help from health professionals

Job-related stress is catching up with the Canadians. A new study by Concordia University economists, published in BMC Public Health, has found that increased job stress causes workers to increasingly seek help from health professionals for physical, mental and emotional ailments linked to job stress.

26 Aug 2011

Malaria mosquito has disappeared from villages without organized control measures

The incidence of malaria in many African countries south of the Sahara is falling rapidly. A Danish-Tanzanian research group has discovered that the mosquito carrying the malaria parasite has practically disappeared from villages without organized mosquito control, and the researchers do not know why.

26 Aug 2011

GlobalPost examines whether U.S. policy prohibiting funding for abortion services hurting GHI efforts in Nepal

GlobalPost reports on President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative (GHI) in Nepal, one of eight GHI focus countries, and examines whether "a long-standing U.S. law" that "prohibits U.S. funds from being used for abortion services overseas for the purpose of family planning ... is hurting its efforts to improve health care" in the country.

26 Aug 2011

U.S. DoD awards $1.1M grant to Cleveland Clinic researcher for lupus research

The U.S. Department of Defense recently awarded a $1.1 million grant to a Cleveland Clinic researcher to investigate why females are disproportionately affected by lupus.

26 Aug 2011

Nasal spray with hot chili pepper ingredient may help people clear up sinus inflammation

Hot chili peppers are known to make people "tear up," but a new study led by University of Cincinnati allergy researcher Jonathan Bernstein, MD, found that a nasal spray containing an ingredient derived from hot chili peppers (Capsicum annum) may help people "clear up" certain types of sinus inflammation.

26 Aug 2011

Parkinson's important protein linked with fat metabolism

National Institutes of Health researchers have found that Parkin, an important protein linked with some cases of early-onset Parkinson's disease, regulates how cells in our bodies take up and process dietary fats.

26 Aug 2011

Mass. towns turning to new options for workers' health care; Michigan forces localities to cap health spending

Two news outlets look at efforts by local governments to curb their health care expenses -- both in Massachusetts and Michigan.

26 Aug 2011

People with disabilities more likely to experience poorer health

Compared to racial and ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities are generally more likely to experience poorer health, according to a new report from the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability.

26 Aug 2011

Researchers develop single vaccines to prevent rabies, Ebola infection

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, among other institutions, including the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have developed single vaccines to protect against both rabies and the Ebola virus.

26 Aug 2011

Study: Temporary ER staff more likely to be involved in medication errors

Temporary staff members working in a hospital's fast-paced emergency department are twice as likely as permanent employees to be involved in medication errors that harm patients, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

26 Aug 2011

Zinc may act as tumor suppressor in commonist form of pancreatic cancer

The essential element zinc has been shown in a new study to be a likely tumor suppressor in the commonist form of pancreatic cancer, University of Maryland scientists report in the current issue of the journal Cancer Biology & Therapy.

26 Aug 2011

Early-morning cigarette smokers more likely to develop lung, head and neck cancers

Two new studies have found that smokers who tend to take their first cigarette soon after they wake up in the morning may have a higher risk of developing lung and head and neck cancers than smokers who refrain from lighting up right away.

26 Aug 2011

Consumer advocates join state insurance regulators in urging 'level playing field' for existing health plans and new multistate policies

In other health law implementation news, The Hill reports that the Obama administration will likely fall behind in implementing the CLASS Act. Meanwhile, the sweeping overhaul gets a vote of confidence from former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

26 Aug 2011

Researchers reveal new gene associated with osteoarthritis

Researchers have today revealed a new gene associated with osteoarthritis. This is only the third gene to be identified for this painful and debilitating disease that affects more than 40 per cent of people aged more than 70 years.

26 Aug 2011

Emergent announces results of adjuvanted BioThrax anthrax vaccine Phase 1a trial

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that results from a Phase 1a clinical trial evaluating an investigational anthrax vaccine, Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed with CPG 7909 Adjuvant mixed at bedside, have been published in Vaccine, a leading medical journal on vaccines and immunology.

26 Aug 2011

Medical News

Waters recognizes Head of TGen's Center for Proteomics for research excellence

Author of The Initial Psychotherapy Interview receives two awards at 2011 APA convention

Injecting mosquitoes with bacterium shows potential for dengue elimination, scientists report

Largest study on breast cancer disparities in African-American women

BioPhausia to sell generics business to Bluefish Pharmaceuticals

High job stress causes workers to increasingly seek help from health professionals

Malaria mosquito has disappeared from villages without organized control measures

GlobalPost examines whether U.S. policy prohibiting funding for abortion services hurting GHI efforts in Nepal

U.S. DoD awards $1.1M grant to Cleveland Clinic researcher for lupus research

Nasal spray with hot chili pepper ingredient may help people clear up sinus inflammation

Parkinson's important protein linked with fat metabolism

Mass. towns turning to new options for workers' health care; Michigan forces localities to cap health spending

People with disabilities more likely to experience poorer health

Researchers develop single vaccines to prevent rabies, Ebola infection

Study: Temporary ER staff more likely to be involved in medication errors

Zinc may act as tumor suppressor in commonist form of pancreatic cancer

Early-morning cigarette smokers more likely to develop lung, head and neck cancers

Consumer advocates join state insurance regulators in urging 'level playing field' for existing health plans and new multistate policies

Researchers reveal new gene associated with osteoarthritis

Emergent announces results of adjuvanted BioThrax anthrax vaccine Phase 1a trial

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