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OU student to receive 2011 EPA's STAR Fellowship for research on safe drinking water

A University of Oklahoma environmental science graduate student is the recipient of the 2011 EPA Science to Achieve Results Fellowship for research on safe drinking water with a focus on the Rift Valley area of Ethiopia.

19 Sep 2011

CP, Children's Wish raise $90,000 through Heritage train public ticket sales

Canadian Pacific (CP) and The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada have wrapped up another successful summer raising $90,000 through Heritage train public ticket sales to create wishes for children with life threatening illnesses.

19 Sep 2011

New report finds lower rates of substance abuse disorders among probationers, parolees

A new report found significantly lower rates of substance abuse disorders among probationers and parolees in 2009 compared to previous years. At the same time, the percentage of parolees who received substance abuse treatment increased.

19 Sep 2011

Safety tips to prevent unintentional pediatric medication poisonings

A study discussing the dramatic increase in the number of children being poisoned by unintentionally ingesting medications was published online today in the Journal of Pediatrics.

19 Sep 2011

Two newer Type 2 diabetes drugs could be linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer

Two newer drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a new UCLA study.

19 Sep 2011

CWRU receives NCI grant to advance treatment of gastrointestinal cancers

The National Cancer Institute has awarded $11.3 million to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to establish a center of excellence for research on gastrointestinal cancers.

19 Sep 2011

UAW says new pact with GM preserves health benefits

The United Automobile Workers and General Motors said late Friday that they had reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. ... The union declined to give details but said the agreement included improved profit-sharing and "significant improvements to health care benefits".

19 Sep 2011

ACC cardiologist to address the United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases

Cardiologist William Zoghbi, M.D., will address the United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases next week to argue that abating heart disease should be a target of the United Nations' eight Millennium Development Goals.

19 Sep 2011

Nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the fish brain

Scientists at the University of Plymouth have shown, for the first time in an animal, that nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the brain and other parts of the central nervous system.

19 Sep 2011

Positive data from Tarsa's OSTORA Phase III trial on postmenopausal osteoporosis

Tarsa Therapeutics today presented positive safety and efficacy data from its Phase III ORACAL trial of OSTORA-, the company's oral recombinant salmon calcitonin tablet in development for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

19 Sep 2011

Researchers reveal crystal structure of dynamin protein

The crystal structure of the dynamin protein - one of the molecular machines that makes cells work - has been revealed, bringing insights into a class of molecules with a wide influence on health and disease.

19 Sep 2011

NPF announces support for three new Parkinson's research projects

The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) is proud to announce support for three new research projects which fulfill NPF's mission of improving the quality of care in Parkinson's disease.

19 Sep 2011

CONRAD announces results of SILCS Diaphragm contraceptive effectiveness study

CONRAD, a leading reproductive health research organization, will announce results of the SILCS Diaphragm contraceptive effectiveness study September 17th at the Reproductive Health 2011 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

19 Sep 2011

New report finds decline in clinical trial recruitment for autoimmune disorders

The number of patients recruited to clinical trials for autoimmune disorders has waned in the last ten years, according to a new report available on companiesandmarkets.com.

19 Sep 2011

Red Cross urges Canadians to contribute for matching program

The Red Cross is reminding Canadians to take advantage of the final day of the Government of Canada matching program to double their donation towards relief efforts in the Horn of Africa.

19 Sep 2011

Obama deficit plan to have cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and a tax hike for millionaires

President Obama on Monday will call for a new minimum tax rate for individuals making more than $1 million a year to ensure that they pay at least the same percentage of their earnings as middle-income taxpayers, according to administration officials. With a special joint Congressional committee starting work to reach a bipartisan budget deal by late November, the proposal adds a new and populist feature to Mr. Obama's effort to raise the political pressure on Republicans to agree to higher revenues from the wealthy in return for Democrats' support of future cuts from Medicare and Medicaid.

19 Sep 2011

Humour as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia, research shows

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18 Sep 2011

Landmark international study confirms common genetic contribution to mental illness

An international research consortium has confirmed that common genetic variants contribute to a person’s risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The largest study of its kind provides new molecular evidence that 11 regions have strong association with these diseases, including six regions not previously observed. The researchers also found that many of these DNA variations contribute to both diseases. The findings, reported by the Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Study Consortium (PGC) and published online in two papers in the journal Nature Genetics, represent significant advances in the understanding the causes of these severe and often debilitating disorders.

18 Sep 2011

Increase in hospital births helps lower neonatal mortality rate in China, study says

A campaign that began in 2000 encouraging women in China to give birth in hospitals instead of at home helped cut the nation's neonatal mortality rate by 62 percent between 1996 and 2008, according to a study by researchers from Peking University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, BBC News reports.

17 Sep 2011

Roundup: San Diego launches new HIV testing effort; Study finds economy hurt by Mass. health law; Texas schools turning to safe sex curriculum

The Centers for Disease Control says 20 percent of Americans with HIV don't know they're infected, and those people are responsible for about half of all new infections. A new effort in San Diego is trying to reduce those numbers by making HIV testing more widespread.

17 Sep 2011

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OU student to receive 2011 EPA's STAR Fellowship for research on safe drinking water

CP, Children's Wish raise $90,000 through Heritage train public ticket sales

New report finds lower rates of substance abuse disorders among probationers, parolees

Safety tips to prevent unintentional pediatric medication poisonings

Two newer Type 2 diabetes drugs could be linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer

CWRU receives NCI grant to advance treatment of gastrointestinal cancers

UAW says new pact with GM preserves health benefits

ACC cardiologist to address the United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases

Nanoparticles have a detrimental effect on the fish brain

Positive data from Tarsa's OSTORA Phase III trial on postmenopausal osteoporosis

Researchers reveal crystal structure of dynamin protein

NPF announces support for three new Parkinson's research projects

CONRAD announces results of SILCS Diaphragm contraceptive effectiveness study

New report finds decline in clinical trial recruitment for autoimmune disorders

Red Cross urges Canadians to contribute for matching program

Obama deficit plan to have cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and a tax hike for millionaires

Humour as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia, research shows

Landmark international study confirms common genetic contribution to mental illness

Increase in hospital births helps lower neonatal mortality rate in China, study says

Roundup: San Diego launches new HIV testing effort; Study finds economy hurt by Mass. health law; Texas schools turning to safe sex curriculum

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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