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CDC issues guidelines on dealing with the walking dead

Hoping to draw attention to other disaster preparedness, a normally stoic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines this week on how to cope with an invasion of the brain-munching walking dead.

21 May 2011

American Dental Association launches new ADA Seal of Acceptance Web area

The American Dental Association (ADA) launched its new ADA Seal of Acceptance Web area this week.

21 May 2011

Physical characteristics, performance data predict rankings for high school football players

Sprint speed, height, and weight are the best predictors of how high school football players will be ranked by college recruiting scouts, reports a study in the May issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

21 May 2011

Many 'legal high' drugs sold on the internet do not contain ingredients they claim

Many drugs sold as 'legal highs' on the internet do not contain the ingredients they claim. Some instead contain controlled substances and are illegal to sell over the internet. These are findings of Dr. Mark Baron, who bought a range of tablets from different websites to see what each contained. The study is published today in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis.

21 May 2011

Editorial boards, columnists have lots to say about Gingrich and Medicare

Newt Gingrich was right — the first time. The former House speaker and current presidential candidate has retreated under a barrage of criticism, but he had two things to say on NBC's "Meet The Press" that were correct even if politically ill-advised.

21 May 2011

Health reform implementation recommends ways to maintain access to affordable insurance: Report

Modifications to current policies could help ensure that health insurance coverage and subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act remain stable even through major life changes, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report released today.

21 May 2011

FAO launches anti-locust program to protect food security for 20M people in Central Asia, the Caucasus

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Thursday it would help 10 countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus to preserve 25 million hectares of cultivated farmland from a "locust crisis" that is threatening food security for 20 million people, Agence France-Presse reports.

21 May 2011

Medicine, osteopathy, physical therapy and chiropractic colleges collaborate to study safety in spinal manipulation

A recent team grant by the Canadian Institute for Health Research is providing an innovative approach to researching patient safety for those who provide and receive spinal-manipulative therapy. The $2-million grant over five years brings together health researchers from across Canada and will involve input from four regulatory colleges in Alberta.

21 May 2011

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher selected Fellow of the Royal Society

Internationally recognised malaria researcher Professor Alan Cowman from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK's peak academy promoting excellence in science.

21 May 2011

Blood stored in banks may undergo changes and damage

New research provides evidence for significant differences between new and old red blood cells used for transfusions and could provide a cheap, rapid and effective way to monitor the quality of blood supplies.

21 May 2011

APS honors recipients of Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards

The American Pain Society, www.ampainsoc.org, today honored the recipients of its fifth annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing the nation's outstanding pain care centers.

21 May 2011

Some cancer patients go without drugs because of high cost

New targeted pills can have dramatic effects on cancer, not only driving the disease into remission but also freeing patients from hours of uncomfortable and boring chemotherapy treatments. Up to 10 percent of patients, however, are not filling their prescriptions for the pills--and cost appears to be a factor, according to a new report.

21 May 2011

Breast cancer survivors, advocates stress importance of Every Woman Counts program

Responding to Governor Brown's announced revised budget, breast cancer survivors and advocates from across the state stressed the importance of early detection.

21 May 2011

Global Fund disbursed record $3B in 2010, faces more than $1B shortfall for 2011-13, report says

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday in Paris released a report noting that while it disbursed a record $3 billion in 2010, the $1.3 billion shortfall if faces for 2011-2013, "threaten[s] goals to roll back diseases that together claim more than four million lives a year," Agence France-Presse reports.

21 May 2011

U.S. District Court grants Cephalon Temporary Restraining Order for generic AMRIX

Today, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware granted a motion filed by plaintiffs Cephalon, Inc., and Eurand, Inc., for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) enjoining Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Mylan Inc., from manufacturing, using, offering to sell or selling its cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride extended-release capsules, a generic version of Cephalon's branded product AMRIX.

21 May 2011

Study shows why individuals with anorexia nervosa have paradoxical response to food

Perhaps the most puzzling symptom of anorexia nervosa - a disorder that tends to occur in young women - is the refusal to eat, resulting in extreme weight loss. While most people have a great deal of difficulty in dieting and losing weight, particularly if a diet extends over many months or years, individuals with anorexia nervosa can literally diet themselves to death. In fact, this disorder has a very high death rate from starvation.

21 May 2011

First nucleic acid amplification test to diagnose early stages of Q fever infections receives FDA approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the first nucleic acid amplification test to diagnose the early stages of Q fever infections in military personnel serving overseas.

21 May 2011

Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocates ask government to boost health funding

IRIN/PlusNews reports that hundreds of Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocates took to the streets of Nairobi on Wednesday "to demand that the government meet its commitment to increase annual health and HIV funding."

21 May 2011

New FIGO classification system benefits women with AUB

Abnormal uterine bleeding in women of reproductive age may be due to a wide range of disorders or pathologies. Until now, there has been no universally accepted method for classifying such patients, which has impeded basic science and clinical investigation, as well as the practical, rational, and consistent application of medical and surgical therapy.

21 May 2011

UM Board of Regents approves $13.7M renovation project for new health care policy institute

A new health care policy institute – one that is expected to become one of the largest of its kind in the nation – will be established at the University of Michigan's North Campus Research Complex.

21 May 2011

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CDC issues guidelines on dealing with the walking dead

American Dental Association launches new ADA Seal of Acceptance Web area

Physical characteristics, performance data predict rankings for high school football players

Many 'legal high' drugs sold on the internet do not contain ingredients they claim

Editorial boards, columnists have lots to say about Gingrich and Medicare

Health reform implementation recommends ways to maintain access to affordable insurance: Report

FAO launches anti-locust program to protect food security for 20M people in Central Asia, the Caucasus

Medicine, osteopathy, physical therapy and chiropractic colleges collaborate to study safety in spinal manipulation

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher selected Fellow of the Royal Society

Blood stored in banks may undergo changes and damage

APS honors recipients of Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards

Some cancer patients go without drugs because of high cost

Breast cancer survivors, advocates stress importance of Every Woman Counts program

Global Fund disbursed record $3B in 2010, faces more than $1B shortfall for 2011-13, report says

U.S. District Court grants Cephalon Temporary Restraining Order for generic AMRIX

Study shows why individuals with anorexia nervosa have paradoxical response to food

First nucleic acid amplification test to diagnose early stages of Q fever infections receives FDA approval

Kenyan HIV/AIDS advocates ask government to boost health funding

New FIGO classification system benefits women with AUB

UM Board of Regents approves $13.7M renovation project for new health care policy institute

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