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Surgery for children motivates smoking parents to try to quit

A study published in the July issue of Anesthesiology has found that parents who smoke are more likely to attempt to quit during the time of their child's surgery - but that they are not more likely to succeed. According to the study, these facts suggest that physicians could play an important role in assisting smokers with kicking the habit during this time.

23 Jun 2011

GAD vaccine DIAPREV-IT study in high-risk children continues as planned

Despite the disappointing results in trying to treat children suffering from type 1 diabetes with the GAD vaccine, the treatment has not been written off entirely. DIAPREV-IT, the study in which healthy high-risk children are vaccinated, is continuing as planned, and now with more money behind it. "I am still hopeful that the GAD vaccine will work", says Helena Elding Larsson.

23 Jun 2011

Michelle Obama talks about AIDS, women's rights on Africa trip

First Lady Michelle Obama, who is on a trip to Africa, "urged young Africans on Wednesday to fight for women's rights and battle the stigma of AIDS, using her husband's 'yes, we can' campaign slogan to motivate youth across the continent," Reuters reports.

23 Jun 2011

New proteomics-based approach to analyze bone quality

A new technique developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute allows researchers to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples.

23 Jun 2011

Funding vaccines in the developing world creates positive allies

Syndicated columnist and ONE senior adviser Michael Gerson, in a CNN opinion piece, reviews the documentary "Voodoo and Vaccines," which he writes "shows how government and health officials have reached out to religious leaders, and how many traditional healers are now carrying a pro-vaccination message.

23 Jun 2011

Resveratrol may make old age more tolerable, but not prevent it

A University of Florida review of research finds the polyphenol compound known as resveratrol found in red wine, grapes and other fruits may not prevent old age, but it might make it more tolerable.

23 Jun 2011

PNP Pharmaceuticals contracted as exclusive global manufacturer of Fero Industries' Sucanon

Fero Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has contracted PNP Pharmaceuticals Inc. as the exclusive global manufacturer of Sucanon®, an oral treatment for type-2 diabetes.

23 Jun 2011

Silicone gel-filled breast implants: FDA releases updated data

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a report today updating the clinical and scientific information for silicone gel-filled breast implants, including preliminary safety data from studies conducted by the manufacturers as a condition of their November 2006 approval.

23 Jun 2011

First Edition: June 23, 2011

In today's headlines, reports that the Department of Health and Human Services will scale back the health law's rules on patient health care appeals.

23 Jun 2011

Gaining regulatory approval for new medical devices easier than convincing insurers to provide coverage

What's easier: gaining regulatory approval for a new medical device, or convincing insurers to cover the treatments it provides? According to Susan Klees of the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation, many experts say regulatory approval is the easier task.

23 Jun 2011

FDA grants Fast Track designation for Repligen's RG3039 to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Repligen Corporation announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for RG3039, a potential treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

23 Jun 2011

MAP to present LEVADEX data on migraine at 15th Congress of IHC

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that LEVADEX orally inhaled migraine drug will be featured in four poster presentations, including one late-breaker presentation, at the 15th Congress of the International Headache Society (IHC) in Berlin, Germany on June 23-26, 2011.

23 Jun 2011

Leicester free public lecture aims to reduce mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysms

A free public lecture by a University of Leicester academic on Tuesday, 28 June will discuss recent advances to reduce mortality from aortic aneurysms.

23 Jun 2011

Rite Aid reports net loss of $63.1 million for first quarter ended May 28, 2011

Rite Aid Corporation today reported financial results for the first quarter ended May 28, 2011.

23 Jun 2011

Watson Pharmaceuticals expands Salt Lake City R&D and manufacturing facility

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today formally announced an approximately $44 million expansion of its Salt Lake City, Utah, Watson Laboratories, Inc. site.

23 Jun 2011

Proton beam radiotherapy appears to control breast cancer with minimal side-effects

A treatment that has virtually no side effects has been found to be an effective weapon for fighting early-stage breast cancer, according to results of a clinical trial conducted at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

23 Jun 2011

Computer algorithms might help identify sources of groundwater pollution

Computer algorithms might be useful in identifying sources of groundwater pollution, according to researchers in Australia and India. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management they explain how notoriously difficult it is to trace such pollution.

23 Jun 2011

Developing new antipoverty vaccines may eliminate world's neglected diseases, says Sabin president

Despite significant advancements in increasing distribution and development of vaccines against childhood killer diseases - including pneumococcal disease, rotavirus, and Haemophilus influenzae Type B - global efforts to reduce the burden of infection from neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has greatly lagged, argues Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) President Dr. Peter Hotez in an article for the June edition of Health Affairs.

23 Jun 2011

Florida officials ask Feds for more time on Medicaid pilot program

News organizations in Florida, Colorado and Louisiana report on developments in state Medicaid issues.

23 Jun 2011

GUMC neuroscientists: Speech perception must have evolved from animals

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have defined, for the first time, three different processing stages that a human brain needs to identify sounds such as speech - and discovered that they are the same as ones identified in non-human primates.

23 Jun 2011