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Targeted quantum rods probe blood-brain barrier

One of the chief difficulties in treating brain tumors involves getting potential tumor-killing drugs across the blood-brain barrier and into the brain.

15 Jun 2008

Discovery of mechanism that prevents cells from transforming into cancer cells

MRC scientists have discovered a mechanism that prevents cells from transforming into cancer cells. As cells age they enter a state called senescence, a kind of suspended animation that allows a cell to keep functioning but prevents it from changing. This state can also be triggered by what's called an 'insult' to the cell, for example a signal from a cancer-initiating gene.

15 Jun 2008

New technique provides greater understanding of how drugs get in and out of cells in our bodies

A team led by female scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge has developed an exciting new technique which may lead to a greater understanding of how drugs get in and out of the cells in our bodies. The method identifies the structures that guard the entrance and exits to cells.

15 Jun 2008

Scientists identify molecular trick that may explain part of Salmonella's fierceness

Salmonella is serving up a surprise not only for tomato lovers around the country but also for scientists who study the rod-shaped bacterium that causes misery for millions of people.

15 Jun 2008

UT Southwestern investigators test groundbreaking depression research in real-world setting

UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatry researchers have taken what they learned from their groundbreaking research on treating depression and are applying it to real-world clinical settings.

15 Jun 2008

UT Southwestern surgeons complete the first Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in Texas using single incision as entry point

UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeons have completed the first single-incision Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in Texas.

15 Jun 2008

Industry supports international melanoma research

Provectus Pharmaceuticals and the Australia and New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group (ANZMTG) have joined forces to advance cutting edge melanoma research at the University of Sydney.

15 Jun 2008

Rural, unmarried women at higher risk for depression

Mayo Clinic research suggests unmarried women living in rural areas have lower self-rated health status than their married counterparts.

11 Jun 2008

Australian Government oddly excludes AMA again on health plans - AMA negative about plans to ease GP shortage

Government plans to expand the roles of health professionals such as nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and dieticians, to help address the shortage of doctors, has not surprisingly evoked a negative response from the Australian Medical Association (AMA).

11 Jun 2008

AHF to Dr. Fauci and the CDC: "show us the AIDS numbers"

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is calling for the immediate release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) latest HIV incidence numbers, after Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) referred to them while in attendance at the United Nations' 2008 High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York this week. The US largest AIDS organization and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the U.S., Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, also called for massive scale-up of HIV testing throughout the nation.

11 Jun 2008

Age-adjusted death rates in U.S. down sharply in 2006

Age-adjusted death rates in the United States dropped significantly between 2005 and 2006 and life expectancy hit another record high, according to preliminary death statistics released today by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

11 Jun 2008

Smoking and obesity linked to hearing loss

One of the largest studies into the risk factors for age-related hearing loss has found that smoking and body mass index (BMI) are two of the main culprits whereas alcohol has a protective effect, but high levels of work noise remain the biggest risk.

11 Jun 2008

Simple steps can help reduce your risk of contracting potentially deadly superbug

With beach-season looming, the fitness bug is motivating Chicagoans to fill area gyms in droves, all hoping to buff up before the warm-weather season of fun gets into full swing.

11 Jun 2008

Researchers find gamma-secretase modulators being tested for Alzheimer’s work in unexpected and beneficial ways

Researchers at Mayo Clinic, with their national and international collaborators, have discovered how a class of agents now in testing to treat Alzheimer's disease work, and say they may open up an avenue of drug discovery for this disease and others.

11 Jun 2008

Smad proteins regulate microRNA processing

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center have found that Smad proteins regulate microRNA (miRNA) processing.

11 Jun 2008

Advanced cancer patients often unaware of life expectancies, effects of chemotherapy, according to perspective

Patients with advanced cancer often are not aware of their life expectancies or the effect that chemotherapy will have on their lives, according to a perspective published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, USA Today reports.

11 Jun 2008

Obama, McCain discuss health care proposals

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Tuesday discussed their "sharply different approaches" to health care, the economy and other issues, the Washington Post reports (Bacon, Washington Post, 6/11). Obama promoted his health care proposal on Tuesday during a visit to St. Louis Children's Hospital (Jackson, USA Today, 6/11).

11 Jun 2008

CMS to launch Medicare pilot project that will provide physicians with incentives to use health IT

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Tuesday announced the 12 cities and states that have been chosen to participate in a $150 million Medicare pilot program to encourage physicians to use electronic health records, CQ Today reports.

11 Jun 2008

Bill should be passed allowing terminally ill access to experimental drugs, journal op-ed states

The case of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who has been diagnosed with brain cancer, is "identical from a regulatory standpoint to the plight of hundreds of thousands of other Americans" and "shouts to the heavens the humane necessity of urgent reform in the drug approval process to make it work better for people who have serious and terminal diseases," according to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Steven Walker and Ronald Trowbridge, chief adviser and adjunct scholar, respectively, of the Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs.

11 Jun 2008

Massachusetts insurers to expand health plans with physician ranking system despite lawsuit

Two of Massachusetts' largest health insurers are expanding or launching health plans that feature physician ranking systems despite opposition to those systems by the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Boston Globe reports. Under such ranking systems, patients who seek care from a top-rated, or top-tiered, physician have lower copayments.

11 Jun 2008

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Targeted quantum rods probe blood-brain barrier

Discovery of mechanism that prevents cells from transforming into cancer cells

New technique provides greater understanding of how drugs get in and out of cells in our bodies

Scientists identify molecular trick that may explain part of Salmonella's fierceness

UT Southwestern investigators test groundbreaking depression research in real-world setting

UT Southwestern surgeons complete the first Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in Texas using single incision as entry point

Industry supports international melanoma research

Rural, unmarried women at higher risk for depression

Australian Government oddly excludes AMA again on health plans - AMA negative about plans to ease GP shortage

AHF to Dr. Fauci and the CDC: "show us the AIDS numbers"

Age-adjusted death rates in U.S. down sharply in 2006

Smoking and obesity linked to hearing loss

Simple steps can help reduce your risk of contracting potentially deadly superbug

Researchers find gamma-secretase modulators being tested for Alzheimer’s work in unexpected and beneficial ways

Smad proteins regulate microRNA processing

Advanced cancer patients often unaware of life expectancies, effects of chemotherapy, according to perspective

Obama, McCain discuss health care proposals

CMS to launch Medicare pilot project that will provide physicians with incentives to use health IT

Bill should be passed allowing terminally ill access to experimental drugs, journal op-ed states

Massachusetts insurers to expand health plans with physician ranking system despite lawsuit

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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