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Mechanism of cancer treatment related to infertility in women

Chemotherapeutic agents, used in cancer treatment, destroy not only cancer cells but also healthy cells, thus affecting germ cells as well. Consequently, after surviving cancer many female patients are confronted with the diagnosis: infertility. For a long time a relationship between infertility and chemotherapeutic agents has been assumed, but until now, the exact mechanism was not known.

23 Feb 2011

New study explores link between consumer behaviour and fear of death

Fear of death is a universal human emotion, but does it influence our behaviour as consumers? A new study, conducted by a graduate student at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, has explored how fear of the Grim Reaper translates into Canadian buying patterns. The research has several implications for marketers in these uncertain times.

23 Feb 2011

Kaiser Permanente leads nation in number of Stage 7 Awards from HIMSS

Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, continues to lead the nation in the number of Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that have achieved the highest level of electronic health record implementation. In the last three years, Kaiser Permanente has now received a total of 35 awards in recognition of its health information technology expertise.

23 Feb 2011

Federal anti-drug campaign appears to reduce marijuana use among teenagers

The federal anti-drug campaign "Above the Influence" appears to have effectively reduced marijuana use by teenagers, new research shows.

23 Feb 2011

Medicaid central to White House-State budget tensions

As governors arrive in Washington, D.C., for the weekend meeting of the National Governors Association, the White House is bracing for more Medicaid budget crunching and coverage issues.

23 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare IT introduces eHealth Community Desktop solution

GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of health information technologies, today announced its eHealth Community Desktop, an open standards framework for delivering clinical applications built on top of a connected healthcare community. Its foundation is a portal technology that provides Clinicians and other providers across the healthcare continuum a web-based, simple and easy way to view patient data available within a Health Information Exchange (HIE).

23 Feb 2011

States, think tanks focus on ways to save Medicaid money, find efficiency

Media outlets report on various Medicaid developments in states across the country.

23 Feb 2011

New nanoparticle can help develop vaccines against HIV, malaria

MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria.

23 Feb 2011

Researchers discover biological pathway that alters normal cells into aggressive tumors

A biological pathway that transforms normal cells into aggressive tumors has been discovered by researchers at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute.

23 Feb 2011

CVS condemns Supreme Court's decision to preempt all vaccine design defect lawsuits

The Coalition for Vaccine Safety condemns the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth to preempt all vaccine design defect lawsuits in state and federal civil court. Quoting Justice Sotomayor's dissent, the majority "imposes its own bare policy preference over the considered judgment of Congress."

23 Feb 2011

Researchers to explore genomes of childhood cancers

In a project supported by Genome BC, a Vancouver pediatric pathologist at the BC Cancer Agency/University of British Columbia is leading the team that will explore the genomes of four of the most challenging childhood cancers known.

23 Feb 2011

New DNA microarray detects genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals

A group of researchers led by scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have developed a new technology that detects distinct genetic changes differentiating cancer patients from healthy individuals and could serve as a future cancer predisposition test.

23 Feb 2011

Cancer-causing retrovirus prolongs survival of host cells

A cancer-causing retrovirus exploits key proteins in its host cells to extend the life of those cells, thereby prolonging its own survival and ability to spread, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) and Ohio State's College of Veterinary Medicine.

23 Feb 2011

Caliper Life Sciences, IntegenX enter license agreement for microfluidics patent portfolio

IntegenX Inc. and Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. today announced a license agreement providing IntegenX access to Caliper's microfluidics patent portfolio.

23 Feb 2011

Government showdown looms as budget battles continue

And as lawmakers attempt to find a middle path, issues continue to bubble up surrounding health reform implementation, as well as how and if these efforts will be funded.

23 Feb 2011

New footprint calculator shows human impact on nitrogen cycle

People who want to eat healthy and live sustainably have a new way to measure their impact on the environment: a Web-based tool that calculates an individual's "nitrogen footprint."

23 Feb 2011

Study: Hemoglobin A1c is not a reliable test to diagnose diabetes in children

Doctors are increasingly using a convenient blood glucose test for diagnosing diabetes and pre-diabetes, but a study by the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital shows it's not the best way to diagnose diabetes in children.

23 Feb 2011

Biomoda completes sample collection in pilot study of CyPath diagnostic assay for lung cancer

Cancer diagnostics company Biomoda, Inc. today announced that it has completed patient enrollment and sample collection for the pilot study to determine the clinical sensitivity and specificity of its CyPath® diagnostic assay for the early detection of lung cancer.

23 Feb 2011

Nationwide Children's Hospital joins Autism Speaks ATN to offer patient care

Nationwide Children's Hospital has been selected to join the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network, connecting Columbus with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Missouri as the nation's only ATN institutions in the Midwest region.

23 Feb 2011

Aspirin for coronary heart prevention is less costly, more effective

Using aspirin for coronary heart prevention is less costly and more effective than doing nothing in men older than 45 with more than 10 percent 10-year-risk of the disease, according to a study by researchers at RTI International, University of Michigan, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

23 Feb 2011