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Employers looking for ways to reduce high blood pressure in the workplace

A group of nine Kansas City employers, their broker consultant Lockton Companies, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Centers for Disease and Prevention Control, and Thomson Reuters are looking for ways to reduce high blood pressure or hypertension in the workplace.

22 Apr 2011

New working group of clinicians to promote e-Prescribing in Canada

A new working group of clinicians from various disciplines will help shape the future of e-Prescribing in Canada, announced Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway.

22 Apr 2011

Ontario's doctors commend government announcement on contraband cigarettes

Ontario's doctors commend today's announcement by the provincial government which cracks down on contraband cigarettes and enhances support for people who want to quit smoking.

22 Apr 2011

Researchers discover new compound to fight against shingles

Researchers at the University of Georgia and Yale University have discovered a compound with the potential to be more effective than existing agents in treating the very painful blisters known as shingles-a condition that affects up to 30 percent of Americans, mostly elderly, and for which no specific treatment exists.

22 Apr 2011

Also in global health news: Nuclear accidents; measles outbreak in Europe; funding shortfall in Zimbabwe; drinking water in Pakistan; agricultural development in S. Asia

The world must prepare for more major nuclear accidents, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday at a Kiev conference marking the explosion of a reactor at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear reactor 25 years ago, the Associated Press reports.

22 Apr 2011

Research sheds new light on pathogenesis of diabetes

New research identifies a distinctive population of immune cells that may play a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetes.

22 Apr 2011

Engineering researchers use carbon nanotubes to create synthetic brain

Engineering researchers the University of Southern California have made a significant breakthrough in the use of nanotechnologies for the construction of a synthetic brain. They have built a carbon nanotube synapse circuit whose behavior in tests reproduces the function of a neuron, the building block of the brain.

22 Apr 2011

Roundtable to discuss about advances in neuroscience

Jamie Tyler, assistant professor in the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, has been invited to speak at a Royal Society of London high level workshop on May 11-12 on the security implications of advances in neuroscience.

22 Apr 2011

Mindfulness meditation may enhance mental abilities

The positive effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate a crucial brain wave called the alpha rhythm.

22 Apr 2011

Umass Lowell establishes new Health and Social Sciences Building

UMass Lowell broke ground today on a new $40 million, 69,000-square-foot academic building that will be home to three of the university's most popular majors in health and social sciences and represents the second major construction project underway on campus.

22 Apr 2011

Scientists decode entire genome of lyre-leaved rock cress

It would appear reasonable to assume that two closely related plant species would have similar genetic blueprints. However, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in T-bingen, working in cooperation with an international research team have now decoded, for the first time, the entire genome of the lyre-leaved rock cress (Arabidopsis lyrata), a close relative of the thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), the model plant used by geneticists.

22 Apr 2011

IDF and DHA to host World Diabetes Congress in Dubai

Leading diabetes experts and members of the diabetes community will convene in Dubai from 4-8 December 2011 for the biennial World Diabetes Congress, organised by the International Diabetes Federation.

22 Apr 2011

Scientists to develop new technique for early-stage Alzheimer's detection

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are developing a technique based on a new discovery which could pave the way towards detecting Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages - and could help to develop urgently-needed treatments.

22 Apr 2011

Using dietary supplements may lead to health-risk behaviors

Do you belong to the one-half of the population that frequently uses dietary supplements with the hope that it might be good for you?

22 Apr 2011

Ratcliff expands John Muir Medical Center to deliver high-quality patient care

Ratcliff, the San Francisco Bay Area-based architecture, planning and interiors firm, announces the completion of The Tom and Billie Long Patient Care Tower, centerpiece of a $612 million expansion of John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California.

22 Apr 2011

Promedior to present PRM-151 study data in age-related macular degeneration at ARVO meeting

Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies to treat fibrotic, inflammatory and neovascular diseases, today announced that data from preclinical studies of PRM-151 will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, being held May 1-5, 2011 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

22 Apr 2011

Department of VA to host nationwide employee wellness program

The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a nationwide 2K Walk and Roll event at more than 130 VA facilities on June 2 in support of employee wellness month. The event will also encourage employee and local community support of homeless Veterans.

22 Apr 2011

Political discourse regarding Planned Parenthood moves to states

Media outlets report on state-level action regarding Planned Parenthood and abortion issues.

22 Apr 2011

SAVE THE PATIENT hosts special community health show on CAN-TV

Celebrating its fifth year on CAN-TV, SAVE THE PATIENT is hosting a special community health show to reinforce the importance of positive, proactive and "preventative" interactions between patients and their health care resources—ranging from physicians to surgeons, nurses to advocates, pharmacists to educators, clinics to hospitals.

22 Apr 2011