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How the farm bill could erode part of the ACA

Some Republican lawmakers continue to try to work around the federal health law's requirements. That strategy can crop up in surprising places. Like the farm bill.

8 May 2018

Scientists discover a small family of proteins that control inclusion of DNA methylation marks in genome

Not all of your genome needs to be active at any given time. Some regions are prone to hopping around the genome in problematic ways if left unchecked; others code for genes that need to be turned off in certain cells or at certain times.

8 May 2018

PFKFB3 enzyme appears to play a key role in pulmonary hypertension

A new and early target for treating pulmonary hypertension appears to be an enzyme that's normally key to energy production but destructive in the face of this high blood pressure inside your lungs.

8 May 2018

Use of psychiatric drugs soars in California jails

The number of jail inmates in California taking psychotropic drugs has jumped about 25 percent in five years, and they now account for about a fifth of the county jail population across the state, according to a new analysis of state data.

8 May 2018

Medicare beneficiaries feel the pinch when they can’t use drug coupons

This week, I answered a grab bag of questions about drug copay coupons and primary care coverage on the health insurance marketplace.

8 May 2018

Study shows cardiovascular problems are more common in uterine cancer survivors

A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that survivors of uterine cancer are more likely to experience cardiovascular problems years after treatment.

8 May 2018

Scientists discover how protein molecules regulate formation of myelin sheaths

According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft, around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis- a serious neurological condition that has no known cure.

8 May 2018

New chemical trap catches trace glycoproteins, shows promise for targeted cancer treatments

Cancer drops sparse chemical hints of its presence early on, but unfortunately, many of them are in a class of biochemicals that could not be detected thoroughly, until now.

8 May 2018

New research identifies critical function of PDK1 pathway that contributes to cancer metastasis

Cancer is most devastating when it metastasizes--when tumor cells break away, travel through the bloodstream, and then attach elsewhere, only to grow another tumor.

8 May 2018

European project InSPECT develops miniature photonics spectrometers for tissue diagnostics

Today physicians are still severely hampered by the lack of precision of the needle tip location during a biopsy. Looking at lung cancers, 25% of the diagnoses suffer a false negative outcome through traditional biopsy methods. In the future, this can be avoided: for the first time, the European project InSPECT developed miniature spectrometers with integrated light sources enabling guided sensing.

8 May 2018

Using human induced pluripotent stem cells for therapeutic drug testing

Researchers at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong have successfully demonstrated the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells from patients' skin cells for therapeutic drug testing.

8 May 2018

New FSMB report recommends best practices for regulating physicians' use of stem cell treatments

The Federation of State Medical Boards has released a report recommending best practices for regulating the promotion, communication and practices of treatments received at stem cell clinics in the United States.

8 May 2018

A simple intervention to combat current opioid epidemic

Asking emergency department providers to self-identify their opioid prescribing practices and then providing them with timely, clinically relevant, individualized, and actionable feedback on their actual opioid prescribing data, significantly decreases future opioid prescribing among providers who underestimate their baseline prescribing.

8 May 2018

Survey: Childbirth hurts but pain relief options make it manageable

Few things are more daunting for first-time moms than the prospect of childbirth. They wonder: Will my baby be OK? What will labor and delivery be like? How painful will it be, and can I handle it? Moms who have been there offer the low-down on labor and delivery and their message is comforting.

8 May 2018

Night shifts may have negative impact on long-term health

A team of researchers from the McGill University affiliated Douglas Mental Health University Institute (DMHUI) has discovered that genes regulating important biological processes are incapable of adapting to new sleeping and eating patterns and that most of them stay tuned to their daytime biological clock rhythms.

8 May 2018

Study identifies new biomarker for early lung cancer diagnosis

High levels of cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) have been identified in the blood of patients with lung cancer.

8 May 2018

Experts develop new framework for productive aging of workforce

With unprecedented demographic trends leading to an aging workforce, a new emphasis on productive aging is needed to keep US workers of all generations as healthy and productive as possible, according to an article in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

8 May 2018

FDA grants approval for two drugs administered together to treat aggressive form of thyroid cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib), administered together, for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) that cannot be removed by surgery or has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic), and has a type of abnormal gene, BRAF V600E (BRAF V600E mutation-positive).

8 May 2018

Study adds robust evidence to higher prevalence of Alzheimer's among women than men

The APOE gene, the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, may play a more prominent role in disease development among women than men, according to new research from the Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center.

8 May 2018

Five facts to help teens make informed decisions about vaping

"Juuling" is the latest trend among high school students but do teens know what they're inhaling? The "Juul" is a type of e-cigarette device that dispenses a potent dose of nicotine when the user inhales. Unlike an e-cigarette, the slickly designed device resembles a small USB flash drive and creates very little smoke so it is not easily detected by teachers and parents.

8 May 2018

Medical News

How the farm bill could erode part of the ACA

Scientists discover a small family of proteins that control inclusion of DNA methylation marks in genome

PFKFB3 enzyme appears to play a key role in pulmonary hypertension

Use of psychiatric drugs soars in California jails

Medicare beneficiaries feel the pinch when they can’t use drug coupons

Study shows cardiovascular problems are more common in uterine cancer survivors

Scientists discover how protein molecules regulate formation of myelin sheaths

New chemical trap catches trace glycoproteins, shows promise for targeted cancer treatments

New research identifies critical function of PDK1 pathway that contributes to cancer metastasis

European project InSPECT develops miniature photonics spectrometers for tissue diagnostics

Using human induced pluripotent stem cells for therapeutic drug testing

New FSMB report recommends best practices for regulating physicians' use of stem cell treatments

A simple intervention to combat current opioid epidemic

Survey: Childbirth hurts but pain relief options make it manageable

Night shifts may have negative impact on long-term health

Study identifies new biomarker for early lung cancer diagnosis

Experts develop new framework for productive aging of workforce

FDA grants approval for two drugs administered together to treat aggressive form of thyroid cancer

Study adds robust evidence to higher prevalence of Alzheimer's among women than men

Five facts to help teens make informed decisions about vaping

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