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BUSM research shows how heparan sulfate interacts with growth factor proteins

When the human genome project produced a map of human genes, the number of genes in humans turned out to be relatively small, approximately the same number as in primitive nematode worms.

5 May 2011

U.N. report forecasts global population increases through 2100

The world's population "is expected to grow from nearly 6.9 billion currently to 9.3 billion by 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100," the U.N. said in a report on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports, noting that the U.N. uses the projections "to devise and fund programs for problems ranging from climate change to maternal mortality".

5 May 2011

NBA Cares, SAHM and Tulsa Shock guard partner for teen vaccine awareness campaign

Tulsa Shock guard Andrea Riley and Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier teamed up with NBA Cares and the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine today to bring Vaccines for Teens to the Tulsa community.

5 May 2011

UCF to develop safe, inexpensive and effective polio vaccine

An innovative way of making vaccines at the University of Central Florida has attracted the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for its potential to make vaccines lessexpensive, more effective and needle free.

5 May 2011

EraGen workshop to address two topics on real-time PCR-based viral monitoring tests

EraGen Biosciences Inc. today announced that it will host a corporate workshop at the upcoming Clinical Virology Symposium, which is being held May 8-11 in Daytona Beach, Fla. The workshop will take place at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach.

5 May 2011

Rural Doc becomes federally certified to use electronic health records

Kansas Health Institute News: Rural Kansas Doc Becomes Perhaps Nation's First Certified EHR User.

5 May 2011

Staying up late and sleeping in can increase risk for gaining weight

Staying up late every night and sleeping in is a habit that could put you at risk for gaining weight. People who go to bed late and sleep late eat more calories in the evening, more fast food, fewer fruits and vegetables and weigh more than people who go to sleep earlier and wake up earlier, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.

5 May 2011

AARP launches campaign to preserve health and retirement security of older Americans

With the national debate heating up on raising the debt ceiling, AARP announced a new campaign today to fight against proposals with arbitrary limits, caps or triggers that would result in harmful cuts to critical Social Security and Medicare benefits that millions of Americans have earned through a lifetime of hard work.

5 May 2011

Research experts to speak at brain tumor educational conference

Patients, families and caregivers are invited to attend an educational conference covering many aspects of brain tumors May 14 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

5 May 2011

Study explores impact of environmental toxins on health care costs and childhood morbidity

In three new studies published in the May issue of the journal Health Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers reveal the staggering economic impact of toxic chemicals and air pollutants in the environment, and propose new legislation to mandate testing of new chemicals and also those already on the market.

5 May 2011

Group of foundations launches food, agriculture policy research initiative

A group of foundations on Tuesday in Washington launched AGree, a food and agriculture research initiative, Bloomberg reports.

5 May 2011

Chest CT more effective for preoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients

Recent studies have shown that a 64-detector CT angiography utilizing prospective electrocardiographic gating produces a quality image but considerably reduced patient radiation dose when compared to retrospective ECG gating, according to research being presented at the 2011 American Roentgen Ray Society's annual meeting.

5 May 2011

New technique can reveal fat distribution in healthy human brain

Mapping the fat distribution of the healthy human brain is a key step in understanding neurological diseases, in general, and the neurodegeneration that accompanies Alzheimer's disease in particular. Antonio Veloso and colleagues, from the University of the Basque Country in Leioa, Spain, find a new technique to reveal the fat distribution of three different areas of the healthy human brain.

5 May 2011

$Study: Bisphosphonates can cause fatigue fractures$

Study: Bisphosphonates can cause fatigue fractures

Bisphosphonates are a medication that has been administered since the 1990s, which reduces the overall risk of brittleness and incidence of osteoporosis. Bisphosphonates deactivate those cells used to break down bone and therefore prevent fractures caused by brittleness of the bone.

5 May 2011

Nonprofit groups use social media to promote health literacy among public: Study

As the presence of social media continues to increase as a form of communication, health organizations are searching for the most effective ways to use the online tools to pass important information to the public.

5 May 2011

Desmond Tutu calls on youth to lead next generation in HIV/AIDS fight

Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday at a meeting on Robben Island, South Africa, that "was meant to be a symbolic passing of the torch from an older generation of activists to younger people," called on youth to lead the next generation in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports.

5 May 2011

Odyssey Thera receives US patent for application of contextual high-content assays to diverse biological events

Odyssey Thera, Inc. announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent No. 7,935,493, entitled "Protein fragment complementation assays for high-throughput and high-content screening."

5 May 2011

New poll: 57% of women believe mammograms should start at age 40

A U.S. health task force stunned much of the medical world and many women in November 2009 by recommending that most women didn't need to get their first mammogram until age 50.

5 May 2011

Marianjoy Medical Library launches new website on developmental problems, chronic conditions

InformationConnections.org, the informative website for parents of children with developmental disabilities and chronic diseases, was recently launched by the Marianjoy Medical Library. The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region, provided a grant to create and manage the website.

5 May 2011

Cantor warns that health law will lead to care rationing

The House Majority Leader expressed this concern while speaking to the College of American Pathologists.

5 May 2011

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BUSM research shows how heparan sulfate interacts with growth factor proteins

U.N. report forecasts global population increases through 2100

NBA Cares, SAHM and Tulsa Shock guard partner for teen vaccine awareness campaign

UCF to develop safe, inexpensive and effective polio vaccine

EraGen workshop to address two topics on real-time PCR-based viral monitoring tests

Rural Doc becomes federally certified to use electronic health records

Staying up late and sleeping in can increase risk for gaining weight

AARP launches campaign to preserve health and retirement security of older Americans

Research experts to speak at brain tumor educational conference

Study explores impact of environmental toxins on health care costs and childhood morbidity

Group of foundations launches food, agriculture policy research initiative

Chest CT more effective for preoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients

New technique can reveal fat distribution in healthy human brain

Study: Bisphosphonates can cause fatigue fractures

Nonprofit groups use social media to promote health literacy among public: Study

Desmond Tutu calls on youth to lead next generation in HIV/AIDS fight

Odyssey Thera receives US patent for application of contextual high-content assays to diverse biological events

New poll: 57% of women believe mammograms should start at age 40

Marianjoy Medical Library launches new website on developmental problems, chronic conditions

Cantor warns that health law will lead to care rationing

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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