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Study: Patients with difficult to treat hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment

A new study by Mount Sinai researchers has for the first time found that patients with more difficult to treat forms of hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment for the disease, when compared to patients with hepatitis C that is easier to treat. Marital status also affected whether patients chose treatment, as did whether or not they had other diseases.

10 Nov 2009

CSPI urges Congress to support FDA's efforts in protecting consumers from contaminated oysters

The Center for Science in the Public Interest was joined today by victims, consumer advocacy, and public health organizations in urging Congress to support the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) efforts to protect consumers from contaminated oysters that each year cause scores of serious illnesses and deaths. The blood infection caused by Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in oysters is one of the most deadly foodborne illnesses, killing half of the people infected. Those who survive can have painful lesions and fluid-filled blisters all over their bodies, sometimes requiring limbs to be amputated. Four methods of post-harvest processing have proven effective at destroying the bacteria without harming the texture or flavor of the oysters.

10 Nov 2009

Baxter International lauds new Medicare education benefit for chronic kidney disease patients

Baxter International Inc. commends the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on announcing implementation plans for a new Medicare benefit that will provide Stage 4 chronic kidney disease patients with coverage for up to six sessions explaining their treatment options, such as transplantation, home peritoneal dialysis (PD), home hemodialysis (HHD) or clinic-based hemodialysis (HD).

From Baxter International Inc. 10 Nov 2009

Autism Spectrum Therapies approved to deliver ABA services to TRICARE military insurance beneficiaries

Autism Spectrum Therapies, an agency providing behavior therapy and other autism services in Southern California, has been approved to provide behavioral services for TRICARE military insurance beneficiaries. This designation makes AST eligible to deliver Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to individuals with autism in military families in the San Diego area.

10 Nov 2009

Prolonged ED wait time is associated with poor clinical outcomes

One in four emergency department patients in 2006 waited longer to be evaluated by a clinician than recommended at triage, an increase from one in five in 1997, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

10 Nov 2009

Veterans don't ask for psychological help

They've seen horrors, experienced constant threats and survived traumatic events. Canada's military personnel often come back home with memories they'd rather forget. It's not scientifically understood why some soldiers develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others don't. However, many veterans simply don't ask for psychological help.

10 Nov 2009

SAC use social media to promote their partnerships with philanthropic organizations

New years often bring New Year's resolutions, and while most don't last through the year, one regional physician group decided to make 2009 a year of new social media marketing initiatives. Southeast Anesthesiology Consultants' (SAC) commitment to two-way conversations on the Internet began in January and has continued throughout 2009 with remarkable success.

10 Nov 2009

CCH issues a Special Tax Briefing on the tax provisions of the health care bill

The House version of health care reform - the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which passed by a vote of 220-215 on Saturday, November 7, 2009 - mandates several significant changes to the tax code and differs in many ways from the tax provisions likely to appear in any Senate version, requiring extensive reconciliation to reach final agreement.

10 Nov 2009

SBA provision, antitrust exemption and FTC involvement need to be addressed in Senate, says PIA

Inclusion of a provision in the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) allowing insurance agents to sell health policies offered by health insurance exchanges is positive, but other issues remain to be addressed in the Senate, according to the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).

10 Nov 2009

OriGene Technologies' over-expression lysates adopted for Human Protein Atlas project

OriGene Technologies, Inc. today announced Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has adopted its VERIFY Tagged Antigen(TM) (Over-expression Lysates) in the Human Protein Atlas program. This program is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and is set up to explore the human proteome systematically using Antibody-Based Proteomics.

10 Nov 2009

Researchers discover cells that protect the respiratory tract from developing an allergic response

According to the great paradigms of immunology, asthma, an allergic disease of the respiratory system, should always develop upon exposure to airborne antigens that are constantly being inhaled. However, the fact that 94 % of the Western population does not develop the disease suggests that as yet undefined mechanisms protect the respiratory tract from developing an allergic response. A team of researchers at University of Liege (Belgium), GIGA Research Center, led by Professor Fabrice Bureau, has shown that asthma is inhibited by regulatory macrophages, a cell population never previously described.

10 Nov 2009

Exposure to common infections may increase stroke risk

Cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the January 2010 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

10 Nov 2009

Enavail obtains an exclusive license for a portfolio of particle engineering technologies

Particle engineering company Enavail announced today that it has obtained an exclusive license from The University of Texas at Austin for a portfolio of particle engineering technologies that will be utilized for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nutraceutical applications.

10 Nov 2009

Lesser rates of kidney/pancreas transplants for African Americans: Is physician bias the reason?

Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Georgetown University Hospital and associate professor of surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, and colleagues explore this phenomenon in the November issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.

10 Nov 2009

Study suggests a new improved treatment option for children with Hurler's syndrome

Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme - preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage from the often-fatal genetic disorder Hurler's syndrome.

10 Nov 2009

Consortium of researchers produce a special issue that examines healthcare disparities affecting minorities

The Latino population is the nation's largest minority group at an estimated 47 million in 2008 and is predicted to make up 30% of the US population by 2050. At the same time, chronic diseases among Latinos are on the rise and require long-range strategies to prevent and clinically manage. Understanding the healthcare of this fastest growing population is critical to the healthcare debate and reform initiatives.

10 Nov 2009

Study on how robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus raise hope for new vaccine

A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for researchers hoping to design an effective vaccine.

10 Nov 2009

UCSD findings may help scientists to design better drugs to kill pathogenic strains

Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome sequencing will provide the raw data for the field of bioinformatics, where computer science and biology meet.

10 Nov 2009

Researcers identify a new array of genes in GAS

Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a human pathogenic bacteria. Many people carry GAS asymptomatically in their upper respiratory tract and other anatomic sites. However, these bacteria can cause a variety of human diseases ranging from superficial skin and throat infections to highly invasive life-threatening diseases such as toxic shock and necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as the flesh-eating bacteria.

10 Nov 2009

Goethe University professors discuss cataract surgery and artificial lens implantation

As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current issue of Deutsches -rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[43]: 695).

10 Nov 2009

Medical News

Study: Patients with difficult to treat hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment

CSPI urges Congress to support FDA's efforts in protecting consumers from contaminated oysters

Baxter International lauds new Medicare education benefit for chronic kidney disease patients

Autism Spectrum Therapies approved to deliver ABA services to TRICARE military insurance beneficiaries

Prolonged ED wait time is associated with poor clinical outcomes

Veterans don't ask for psychological help

SAC use social media to promote their partnerships with philanthropic organizations

CCH issues a Special Tax Briefing on the tax provisions of the health care bill

SBA provision, antitrust exemption and FTC involvement need to be addressed in Senate, says PIA

OriGene Technologies' over-expression lysates adopted for Human Protein Atlas project

Researchers discover cells that protect the respiratory tract from developing an allergic response

Exposure to common infections may increase stroke risk

Enavail obtains an exclusive license for a portfolio of particle engineering technologies

Lesser rates of kidney/pancreas transplants for African Americans: Is physician bias the reason?

Study suggests a new improved treatment option for children with Hurler's syndrome

Consortium of researchers produce a special issue that examines healthcare disparities affecting minorities

Study on how robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus raise hope for new vaccine

UCSD findings may help scientists to design better drugs to kill pathogenic strains

Researcers identify a new array of genes in GAS

Goethe University professors discuss cataract surgery and artificial lens implantation

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