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Emergency response plans must take into account the age-related needs of adults during disasters

When earthquake, tsunami, tornado or flood strike, among the most vulnerable group are the elderly. Writing in the International Journal of Emergency Management, researchers in New Zealand suggest that emergency response plans must take into account the age-related needs of adults with regards to the personal and social resources they have available.

4 Jun 2011

Insight into understanding of normal muscle growth

Revealing another part of the story of muscle development, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown how the cytoskeleton from one muscle cell builds finger-like projections that invade into another muscle cell's territory, eventually forcing the cells to combine.

4 Jun 2011

Consumer groups, market experts support repeal of Medicare bidding program

Providers of home medical equipment and services in Oregon support H.R. 1041, a bipartisan bill in Congress that would repeal the controversial Medicare "competitive" bidding program for certain medically required equipment and services used at home.

4 Jun 2011

Frequent spousal communication linked to lower PTSD symptoms in happily married soldiers

A new study from the Journal of Traumatic Stress finds that for active-duty male soldiers in the U.S. Army who are happily married, communicating frequently with one's spouse through letters and emails during deployment may protect against the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms after returning home.

4 Jun 2011

New approach for treatment of infections of urinary tract

One in three women will be faced at least once in her life with cystitis, for some the start of a constantly recurring infection. Cystitis is caused by Escherichia coli bacteria which fasten on to the wall of the bladder by means of thread-like structures (pili).

4 Jun 2011

Decreasing iron-storing protein expression can enhance action of brain cancer therapy: Researchers

Brain cancer therapy may be more effective if the expression of an iron-storing protein is decreased to enhance the action of therapeutic drugs on brain cancer cells, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

4 Jun 2011

Viewpoints: Debating the best ways to 'fix' Medicare; ACO rule; states 'punishing' women?

The truth is, there is no perfect plan — we all know that. We also know that the only way this works is through a bipartisan effort where everyone prods their own sacred cows into the cattle chute, and everyone gives up something they like to protect the country they love. ... Members of both parties and both houses must publicly support the work of the Gang of Six. This is the time for heroes.

4 Jun 2011

U of Alberta researchers win Canadian Society of Chemistry award

A one-of-a-kind Canadian research group, based in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta, has now won every award handed out by the Canadian Society of Chemistry for analytical and environmental chemistry.

4 Jun 2011

Scientists identify chromosomal mutation responsible for excessive hair growth

Researchers in the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), together with scientists in Beijing, China, have discovered a chromosomal mutation responsible for a very rare condition in which people grow excess hair all over their bodies.

4 Jun 2011

CARE in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill introduced in House of Representatives

Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that will set federal minimum education and certification standards in the Medicare program for the technical personnel providing, planning and delivering all medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments.

4 Jun 2011

CMA's sixth public town hall event on health care to be held in Ottawa

The Canadian Medical Association's sixth and last public town hall event on transforming the health care system to better focus on patients will be held in Ottawa on June 7, 2011.

4 Jun 2011

House Dems urge Obama not to yield to GOP pressure to cut Medicare

In the context of ongoing budget talks, House Democrats urged President Barack Obama to maintain the Medicare program and stand firm against Republican efforts to cut the program's spending.

4 Jun 2011

YM reports updated interim results from CYT387 Phase I/II study on myelofibrosis

YM BioSciences Inc., today reported updated interim safety and efficacy results from the Phase I/II study of its JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, CYT387, for the treatment of myelofibrosis.

4 Jun 2011

Patent infringement suit filed against Impax Laboratories in connection with Detrol

Impax Laboratories, Inc. today confirms that Pfizer Inc., Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC and Pfizer Health AB have filed suit for patent infringement against Impax in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in connection with Detrol (tolterodine tartrate) immediate-release, 1 mg and 2 mg tablets.

4 Jun 2011

Hartford Faculty Scholars Program grants two-year award to geriatric social work researchers

The prestigious Hartford Faculty Scholars Program has granted 11 geriatric social work researchers a two-year award that will provide career development, mentorship, and support for projects that will improve healthy outcomes for the country's aging population.

4 Jun 2011

U.S. HIV/AIDS interactive map tool

Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health this week introduced AIDSVu, an interactive online map that provides a detailed view of the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis in the United States by state and county, according to this blog.AIDS.gov post.

4 Jun 2011

Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb to evaluate YERVOY and vemurafenib treatment for metastatic melanoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today it has entered in to a clinical collaboration agreement with Roche to evaluate the utility of Bristol-Myers Squibb's CTLA-4 inhibitor, YERVOY (ipilimumab), in combination with Roche's investigational oral BRAF inhibitor, vemurafenib, in treating patients with a specific type of metastatic melanoma.

4 Jun 2011

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Emergency response plans must take into account the age-related needs of adults during disasters

Insight into understanding of normal muscle growth

Consumer groups, market experts support repeal of Medicare bidding program

Frequent spousal communication linked to lower PTSD symptoms in happily married soldiers

New approach for treatment of infections of urinary tract

Decreasing iron-storing protein expression can enhance action of brain cancer therapy: Researchers

Viewpoints: Debating the best ways to 'fix' Medicare; ACO rule; states 'punishing' women?

U of Alberta researchers win Canadian Society of Chemistry award

Scientists identify chromosomal mutation responsible for excessive hair growth

CARE in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill introduced in House of Representatives

CMA's sixth public town hall event on health care to be held in Ottawa

House Dems urge Obama not to yield to GOP pressure to cut Medicare

YM reports updated interim results from CYT387 Phase I/II study on myelofibrosis

Patent infringement suit filed against Impax Laboratories in connection with Detrol

Hartford Faculty Scholars Program grants two-year award to geriatric social work researchers

U.S. HIV/AIDS interactive map tool

Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb to evaluate YERVOY and vemurafenib treatment for metastatic melanoma

Research in progress for novel protein kinase inhibitors: GEN

Hospitals need to measure quality of care

HealthTrust, Pioneer Surgical sign new spine implant agreement

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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