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UIC health sciences library receives $8.9M contract to serve 10-state Midwest region

The national library network responsible for MEDLINE/PubMed and other Web-based health information services has awarded an $8.9 million contract to the Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago to serve as its Midwest regional library for another five years.

30 Jun 2011

CSIS report on Army and Navy overseas medical research

This report, titled "The Future of the U.S. Army and Navy Overseas Medical Research," from the Center for Strategic & International Studies lays out the research, conclusions, and recommendations from "a year-long, independent examination of the U.S. Army and Navy overseas medical research laboratories," which "stand at the intersection of health and security, a topic of increased importance to U.S. approaches to global health".

30 Jun 2011

Cell Therapeutics to sell $30 million of Preferred Stock and warrants in registered offering

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell, subject to customary closing conditions, $30 million of shares of its Series 13 Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock in a registered offering to six institutional investors.

30 Jun 2011

Forte Research's OnCore Software Developer Toolkit for eIRB integration now freely available

After proving the success of their electronic Institutional Review Board (eIRB) management system integration interface, Forte Research Systems, Inc. is making their Software Developers' Toolkit (SDK) freely available to all interested parties.

30 Jun 2011

Veterans who have attempted suicide may face risk of mortality

An estimated 18 American military veterans take their own lives every day -- thousands each year -- and those numbers are steadily increasing. Even after weathering the stresses of military life and the terrors of combat, these soldiers find themselves overwhelmed by the transition back into civilian life.

30 Jun 2011

Time reduction in pauses between CPR and electronic defibrillator shocks boosts survival

Reducing the intervals between giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an electronic defibrillator shock after cardiac arrest significantly improves survival, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center emergency medicine doctors involved in an international study.

30 Jun 2011

New highly-accurate blood test can measure all forms of vitamin D deficiencies

Researchers from London's Kingston University have developed a new highly-accurate blood test which can detect how much a patient's diet could be responsible for a lack of the so-called 'sunshine vitamin'. Vitamin D deficiencies can weaken the immune system and increase the risk of cancer and osteoporosis.

30 Jun 2011

Mary Ann Liebert peer-reviewed journal highlights advances in gene therapy for neurological diseases

Novel tools and methods for delivering therapeutic genes to cells in the central nervous system hold great promise for the development of new treatments to combat incurable neurologic diseases.

30 Jun 2011

TCGA examines ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tumors from 500 patients

An analysis of genomic changes in ovarian cancer has provided the most comprehensive and integrated view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma tumors from 500 patients were examined by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network and analyses are reported in the June 30, 2011, issue of Nature.

30 Jun 2011

HHS: Half million seniors experiencing lower drug costs

As a result of health law changes to provide seniors with "doughnut hole" relief, Medicare recipients saved a combined $260 million on medicines as of the end of last month.

30 Jun 2011

STSI joins JAX consortium to develop targeted cancer therapies

The Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) of San Diego, Calif., has joined a national consortium of research institutions headed by The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) that is building a library of primary human tumors with the goal of developing highly targeted cancer therapies.

30 Jun 2011

Girl's Book Project delivers critical information about puberty and health

The onset of puberty is a critical moment for reaching girls with health messages and information, and the stakes are particularly high in countries where the HIV/AIDS epidemic rages and where threats to female reproductive health abound. Yet to date, the healthcare community in low-resource countries has tended to neglect this opportunity and instead concentrate efforts on young women who are older and of reproductive age.

30 Jun 2011

Researchers develop way to uncover evolution of human cancer cells

A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses.

30 Jun 2011

Innovation in contact lenses for children wins Donald Korb Award

Earl L. Smith III, O.D., dean of the College of Optometry at the University of Houston (UH), recently received an award for his work in slowing the progression of nearsightedness in children.

30 Jun 2011

Prevalence rate of Parkinson's is higher than previously thought

Parkinson's Disease, brought to public awareness by figures such as Michael J. Fox, is not just difficult to diagnose. It's also difficult to accurately estimate how many people actually suffer from the disease. Current statistics come from small-scale studies, usually based on information from hospital clinics, and no registries or formal databases exist to track how many people have the disease.

30 Jun 2011

Obese patients more likely to suffer complication following elective plastic surgery

Obese patients are nearly 12 times more likely to suffer a complication following elective plastic surgery than their normal-weight counterparts, according to new research by Johns Hopkins scientists.

30 Jun 2011

Mobile phone text messages help smokers to beat addiction

Mobile phones could hold the key to people giving up smoking after a programme involving sending motivational and supportive text messages to smokers doubled quit rates at six months.

30 Jun 2011

State roundup: Minn. officials looking at health cuts to avert shutdown

With just two days to negotiate an agreement with Republican lawmakers before a potential government shutdown, Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican leaders are trying to find additional cuts in health and human services spending, the fastest-growing part of state government.

30 Jun 2011

Boston University, University of Utah Foundation and Allegro enter license agreement for molecular testing platform

Allegro Diagnostics today announced that the company has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Boston University and the University of Utah Foundation for intellectual property related to the company's molecular testing platform. This platform utilizes gene expression of normal epithelial cells in the respiratory tract to detect early signs of lung cancer.

30 Jun 2011

Medicaid advocates worry about administration plan

Politico reports that advocates fear an idea proposed by the Obama administration to change the way federal matching funds work could have very negative results. Meanwhile, groups — including faith-based organizations — opposing Medicaid cuts continue to step forward.

30 Jun 2011