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Children born pre-term have persistent drive to succeed

In the longest running U.S. study of premature infants who are now 23 years old, University of Rhode Island Professor of Nursing Mary C. Sullivan has found that premature infants are less healthy, have more social and school struggles and face a greater risk of heart-health problems in adulthood.

16 Jun 2011

MRE reduces ionizing radiation exposure, detects Crohn's disease as reliably as CT

A new study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that MR enterography (MRE) without the use of an anti-peristaltic agent were as reliable as CT enterography (CTE) in determining the presence of Crohn's disease.

16 Jun 2011

'Cell membrane capsules' made from real living cells improve functional drug delivery

The quest for better ways of encapsulating medicine so that it can reach diseased parts of the body has led scientists to harness - for the first time - living human cells to produce natural capsules with channels for releasing drugs and diagnostic agents.

16 Jun 2011

MDGs should focus on achievable goals

"As decision-makers start to consider what our aspirations should be after the deadline [for the 2015 Millennium Development Goals] has expired, it is worth looking back at what worked, what didn't, and how we could do better," Bjorn Lomborg, head of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School, writes on Project Syndicate.

16 Jun 2011

Antibiotics overprescribed for in home-care patients

A study of Canadian home-care patients suggests doctors may be overprescribing antibiotics for patients receiving ongoing medical care at home.

16 Jun 2011

Boehringer Ingelheim, Zealand Pharma partner to develop Type-2 diabetes and obesity agonists

Today, Zealand Pharma, a Copenhagen based biopharmaceutical company, and Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, jointly announced an exclusive global licence and collaboration agreement for dual-acting glucagon and GLP-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of patients with Type-2 diabetes and patients with obesity.

16 Jun 2011

Quam outlines GHI at Global Health Council conference

Lois Quam, executive director of the Obama administration's Global Health Initiative (GHI), talked about GHI projects and "defended the program even if her panel was met with some hard questions" during a presentation on Tuesday at the annual Global Health Council conference in Washington, D.C., GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog reports.

16 Jun 2011

Stem cell technology corrects genetic defect in rare blinding disorder

Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path that may one day lead to therapies to reverse blindness caused by common retinal diseases such as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa which affect millions of individuals.

16 Jun 2011

Seattle Genetics brentuximab vedotin, dacetuzumab clinical data to be presented at ICML 2011

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that data from its brentuximab vedotin and dacetuzumab programs will be presented at the 11th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma being held June 15-18, 2011 in Lugano, Switzerland.

16 Jun 2011

Study establishes potential genetic link to human REM sleep behaviour disorder

Researchers at the University of Toronto are the first to indentify a potential cause for a severe sleep disorder that has been closely linked to Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.

16 Jun 2011

Majority of publicly-insured children unable to get doctor's appointment for medical conditions

Sixty-six percent of publicly-insured children were unable to get a doctor's appointment for medical conditions requiring outpatient specialty care including diabetes and seizures, while children with identical symptoms and private insurance were turned away only 11 percent of the time, according to an audit study of 273 specialty physician practices in Cook County, Ill.

16 Jun 2011

GAO: HHS okayed waivers mostly when high cost increases were projected

Democrats view the report as evidence that waivers were not given out by the administration as political rewards to labor unions and other allies.

16 Jun 2011

Children's Medical Center to open new $21M Specialty Care Center in Southlake

Children's Medical Center will debut its new Specialty Care Center in Southlake on June 18, a $21 million expansion which will serve children in one of the state's fastest-growing cities and the surrounding communities.

16 Jun 2011

Positive results from SKP-1041 Phase 2 study in insomnia patients with MOTN awakenings

Results of a Phase 2 study sponsored by Somnus Therapeutics, Inc., add further evidence supporting the efficacy and safety of a novel bedtime therapeutic that addresses a major underserved need of insomnia patients: maintaining sleep.

16 Jun 2011

AFP says battle against AIDS not over in India

Though the country has reduced by half the number of new infections since 2001, "UNAIDS coordinator in India, Charles Gilks, said that while the authorities should be commended for tackling the problem, the country had not yet won the battle," the news agency reports.

16 Jun 2011

Phosphate regulating hormone associated with increased risk of kidney failure and death among CKD patients

A high level of a hormone that regulates phosphate is associated with an increased risk of kidney failure and death among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Miami and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health.

16 Jun 2011

DiagnoCure receives new U.S. patent for PCA3 prostate cancer biomarker portfolio

DiagnoCure, Inc., a life sciences company commercializing high‐value cancer diagnostic tests and delivering laboratory services, today reported the issuance of a new U.S. patent, which represents a significant addition to DiagnoCure's PCA3 prostate cancer biomarker portfolio.

16 Jun 2011

Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor-beta plays key role in onset of obesity

A new study from Mount Sinai School of Medicine has found that a cellular signaling pathway governs the differentiation of cells into fat tissue or smooth muscle, which lines the vascular system. Engaging this signaling pathway and its capacity to govern cell differentiation has important implications in preventing obesity and cardiovascular disease.

16 Jun 2011

ISCO discovers novel technology to produce pure hepatocyte population

International Stem Cell Corporation announces the discovery of a novel, patent-pending technology to produce unlimited numbers of liver cells (hepatocytes) that are free of contamination with potentially dangerous undifferentiated cells.

16 Jun 2011

Magical thinking may help consumers cope with stressful situations

Magical thinking, usually dismissed as na-ve and irrational, can actually help consumers cope with stressful situations like trying to lose weight, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

16 Jun 2011

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Children born pre-term have persistent drive to succeed

MRE reduces ionizing radiation exposure, detects Crohn's disease as reliably as CT

'Cell membrane capsules' made from real living cells improve functional drug delivery

MDGs should focus on achievable goals

Antibiotics overprescribed for in home-care patients

Boehringer Ingelheim, Zealand Pharma partner to develop Type-2 diabetes and obesity agonists

Quam outlines GHI at Global Health Council conference

Stem cell technology corrects genetic defect in rare blinding disorder

Seattle Genetics brentuximab vedotin, dacetuzumab clinical data to be presented at ICML 2011

Study establishes potential genetic link to human REM sleep behaviour disorder

Majority of publicly-insured children unable to get doctor's appointment for medical conditions

GAO: HHS okayed waivers mostly when high cost increases were projected

Children's Medical Center to open new $21M Specialty Care Center in Southlake

Positive results from SKP-1041 Phase 2 study in insomnia patients with MOTN awakenings

AFP says battle against AIDS not over in India

Phosphate regulating hormone associated with increased risk of kidney failure and death among CKD patients

DiagnoCure receives new U.S. patent for PCA3 prostate cancer biomarker portfolio

Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor-beta plays key role in onset of obesity

ISCO discovers novel technology to produce pure hepatocyte population

Magical thinking may help consumers cope with stressful situations

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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