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Takeda, AACE partner to launch Diabetes Navigator website

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. (Takeda) have partnered to launch the Diabetes Navigator, a compendium capturing a selection of useful and reliable type 2 diabetes information available online for patients and caregivers.

28 Sep 2011

Humanitarian aid 'stolen' from U.S. taxpayers should be spent on domestic health issues

In this New American opinion piece, Beverly Eakman, an author and former editor-in-chief of NASA's newspaper in Houston, writes of humanitarian aid, "With the U.S. debt having surpassed 100 percent of gross domestic product August 3, to $14.58 trillion, it's crudely entertaining to see how multimillionaire lawmakers in Congress and administrations both past and present find 'compassionate' ways to spend ever-more of taxpayers' money," asserting that "such expenditure is not specifically sanctioned by American taxpayers, and therefore constitutes theft by the U.S. government for what the State Department probably hopes will buy international good will."

28 Sep 2011

University of Utah organic chemist wins National Medal of Science

University of Utah organic chemist Peter J. Stang has won a National Medal of Science - the highest U.S. honor for a scientist or engineer - and is tentatively scheduled to be honored by President Barack Obama at the White House later this year.

28 Sep 2011

With significant health care dollars at stake, interest groups focus on 'super committee'

Health care groups have started flooding the super committee with appeals to protect their sliver of federal health care programs. Because the panel's mandate is to find at least $1.2 trillion in debt-reduction over the next decade, Medicare and Medicaid are prime targets. Together, those two government insurance programs account for nearly one-quarter of all federal spending.

28 Sep 2011

Parents of babies born with genital ambiguity experience shock, anxiety

Parents of babies born without clearly defined male or female genitals experience a roller-coaster of emotions, including shock, anxiety and the need to protect their child, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

28 Sep 2011

Report raises questions about high costs of cancer care

Will the high costs of treating cancer bankrupt the world's economies? A new report says more people are getting cancer than ever before. And while cancer-care may be more advanced than ever, it's also more expensive - and that suggests some countries may not be unable to afford it.

28 Sep 2011

Older patients who undergo carotid stenting from less experienced physicians have higher death risk

Preventing a stroke by placing a stent in the carotid artery, a major artery of the head and neck, is a procedure that's skyrocketing in the United States, but the outcomes can be deadly if older patients are not in the right hands.

28 Sep 2011

PRI's 'The World' interviews member of delegation that investigated hunger in North Korea

PRI's "The World" recently spoke with Matt Ellingson, director of Program Development at Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization, who was part of a mission to North Korea this month during which five U.S.-based, non-governmental organizations were allowed to send observers to the country to monitor delivery of aid to areas affected by severe floods this past summer. The group "came away concerned about widespread malnutrition and starvation in North Korea" and "is now calling for an urgent humanitarian intervention," "The World" reports.

28 Sep 2011

Lovastatin appears to be safe, effective for children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have found that a cholesterol-lowering statin drug appears to be safe in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and may improve learning disabilities, including verbal and nonverbal memory.

28 Sep 2011

Selling the American 'health ecosystem' internationally?

A coalition of U.S. health care businesses, including Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group and Medtronic, proposes to rebuild America's battered economy by selling the country's "health ecosystem" internationally.

From Medtronic 28 Sep 2011

New report explores early centre-based childcare

What type of childcare arrangements do parents choose before their children are 18 months old? Does the choice of childcare affect children's language skills and mental health at the age of five? These are some of the questions that are explored in a new report prepared by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health as part of a collaborative project with the Ministry of Education and Research. The report indicates that there is no evidence that early centre-based childcare is harmful for most children.

28 Sep 2011

Specialty groups: We shouldn't have to pay to fix Medicare's physician payment formula

Doctors shouldn't have to foot the bill if Congress comes up with a new way to set their Medicare payments, a group of medical specialties said Monday. There are few policies - if any - that are more important to doctors' organizations than a permanent repeal of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula.

28 Sep 2011

New research on public perceptions about cancer

New research on public perceptions about cancer reveals that 50-year-old ideas still hold sway while many current lifestyle messages are not getting through.

28 Sep 2011

Some stroke patients may benefit from treatment outside the typical 3 hour window

Stroke victims may have a longer window of opportunity to receive treatment to save their brain cells, demonstrates a literature review published by University of Alberta medical researchers in Lancet Neurology.

28 Sep 2011

Experts explore close link between sanitation, clean water supply and environment

The drought and famine once again blighting the Horn of Africa brings with it an unwelcome reminder that for all of mankind's achievements we are yet to eradicate the scourge of poverty or provide clean water, sanitation or basic health care for the world's most desperate people.

28 Sep 2011

Two Smithsonian scientists win PECASE award for innovative research, scientific leadership

Two scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have been honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for their innovative research and scientific leadership. It is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

28 Sep 2011

GAVI to purchase $1 billion in childhood vaccines for distribution in 37 of the poorest nations

The Geneva-based GAVI Alliance, a fund backed by governments, the World Bank, the WHO and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday that it will purchase more than $1 billion in vaccines against rotavirus, pneumococcal and other diseases through deals made with GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. to immunize children in 37 of the poorest nations, Bloomberg reports.

28 Sep 2011

Treatment of CMV infection can inhibit medullablastomas development

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to inhibit the growth of brain tumours by treating the common Cytomegalovirus (CMV). The virus, which is found in a wide range of tumour types, offers a possible route towards controlling tumour growth and reducing the size of the tumour as a complement to conventional cytotoxin-based therapies.

28 Sep 2011

Aggressive glycemic control does not improve clinical outcomes for diabetic CABG patients

Surgeons from Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that in diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, aggressive glycemic control does not result in any significant improvement of clinical outcomes as compared with moderate control.

28 Sep 2011

IUPUI develops mathematical model of brain's neural circuitry

Researchers from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have developed a mathematical model of the brain's neural circuitry that may provide a better understanding of how and why information is not transmitted correctly in the brains of Parkinson's disease patients. This knowledge may eventually help scientists and clinicians correct these misfires.

28 Sep 2011

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Takeda, AACE partner to launch Diabetes Navigator website

Humanitarian aid 'stolen' from U.S. taxpayers should be spent on domestic health issues

University of Utah organic chemist wins National Medal of Science

With significant health care dollars at stake, interest groups focus on 'super committee'

Parents of babies born with genital ambiguity experience shock, anxiety

Report raises questions about high costs of cancer care

Older patients who undergo carotid stenting from less experienced physicians have higher death risk

PRI's 'The World' interviews member of delegation that investigated hunger in North Korea

Lovastatin appears to be safe, effective for children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Selling the American 'health ecosystem' internationally?

New report explores early centre-based childcare

Specialty groups: We shouldn't have to pay to fix Medicare's physician payment formula

New research on public perceptions about cancer

Some stroke patients may benefit from treatment outside the typical 3 hour window

Experts explore close link between sanitation, clean water supply and environment

Two Smithsonian scientists win PECASE award for innovative research, scientific leadership

GAVI to purchase $1 billion in childhood vaccines for distribution in 37 of the poorest nations

Treatment of CMV infection can inhibit medullablastomas development

Aggressive glycemic control does not improve clinical outcomes for diabetic CABG patients

IUPUI develops mathematical model of brain's neural circuitry

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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