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UF researchers reveal link between chronic stress and fat metabolism

In cell and mouse model experiments, University of Florida Health researchers have discovered that chronic stress stimulates production of betatrophin, a protein that then goes on to inhibit an enzyme involved in fat metabolism.

7 Jan 2016

JJHWS, Plug and Play Tech Center partner to support companies developing wellness solutions

Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Plug and Play Tech Center, a global investor and technology accelerator, to support innovative, early-stage companies developing direct-to-consumer solutions that enhance wellness.

7 Jan 2016

MGC Diagnostics' total revenues grow 24.9% to $37.5 million in fiscal year 2015

MGC Diagnostics Corporation, a global medical technology company, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year 2015, ended October 31, 2015.

6 Jan 2016

Study supports argument that declining PSA screening may lead to avoidable cancer deaths

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer (PCa) has been in place for two and a half years. Although the number of prostate needle biopsies (PNB) has been reduced, patients who undergo PNB are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with high risk disease, and detection of intermediate risk, potentially curable PCa has likely decreased.

6 Jan 2016

Leukaemia drug could slow progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A drug commonly used to treat leukaemia is showing potential as a treatment that could slow the progression of the muscle-wasting condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

6 Jan 2016

Rani Therapeutics, MedImmune collaborate to evaluate novel oral drug delivery platform

Rani Therapeutics announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, to evaluate Rani's novel oral drug delivery platform. The companies have agreed to conduct feasibility studies over the next two years, in which Rani will test select biologic molecules in the area of metabolic disease to evaluate the oral delivery of these molecules.

6 Jan 2016

DURECT reports successful completion of DUR-928 Phase 1 study for acute use indications

DURECT Corporation today announced the successful completion of a Phase 1 clinical trial with an injectable formulation of DUR-928 intended for acute use indications. DUR-928 is an endogenous, small-molecule, new chemical entity (NCE), which may have broad applicability in metabolic diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and in acute organ injuries such as acute kidney injury (AKI).

6 Jan 2016

Vtesse receives FDA's Breakthrough Therapy designation for VTS-270

Vtesse, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted its drug candidate, VTS-270 for treatment of Niemann-Pick Type C1 Disease (NPC), Breakthrough Therapy designation status. Both the FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had previously granted Orphan Drug status to VTS-270, which is currently in a pivotal Phase 2b/3 clinical trial.

6 Jan 2016

Researchers link idiopathic congenital nystagmus to a defect in neurocomputation

Botond Roska and his group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research implicate a clearly defined neuron type and its circuit in the retina in the pathophysiology of idiopathic congenital nystagmus.

6 Jan 2016

Toxins in staphylococcus bacteria can help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells

Our skin is covered in millions of bacteria and most of them help keep us healthy. However, for patients with lymphoma, it may be a rather different story, as new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that toxins in the staphylococcus bacteria help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells.

6 Jan 2016

Patient access to online GP records: an interview with Bob Zemke

It's very much in line with what we're seeing globally with national and even private practice initiatives – providing more patient engagement and enabling patients to see their own records.

6 Jan 2016

Scientists successfully create fully-functional pancreatic cells from human skin cells

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco have successfully converted human skin cells into fully-functional pancreatic cells. The new cells produced insulin in response to changes in glucose levels, and, when transplanted into mice, the cells protected the animals from developing diabetes in a mouse model of the disease.

6 Jan 2016

Older men of European descent have significantly higher suicide rates

In the United States, older men of European descent (so-called white men) have significantly higher suicide rates than any other demographic group. For example, their suicide rates are significantly higher than those of older men of African, Latino or Indigenous descent, as well as relative to older women across ethnicities.

6 Jan 2016

MU researchers to present new disaster management system at 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

Two University of Missouri researchers will present Panacea's Cloud, a new disaster management system, at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 6-9, 2016, in Las Vegas.

6 Jan 2016

Mayo Clinic Diet offers weight-loss and lifestyle program based on research, clinical experience

Turning the calendar to a new year often finds people working on their commitment to a healthy lifestyle. When it comes to losing weight, experts advise taking a longer view, beyond a New Year's resolution.

6 Jan 2016

Strong ethical culture needed within US military health system

The health professional community should urge the United States Secretary of Defense to adopt and implement the recent recommendations of the Defense Health Board, and in addition rescind directives authorizing participation of health professionals in interrogation and force-feeding because they are inconsistent with professional ethics according to Leonard Rubenstein, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, and colleagues in a new Essay published this week in PLOS Medicine.

6 Jan 2016

Buprenorphine superior to methadone in reducing duration of treatment for babies born in drug withdrawal

A study of two opioids used to wean babies born in withdrawal from drugs their mothers have taken shows that buprenorphine is superior to methadone in reducing duration of treatment and length of hospital stay.

6 Jan 2016

Vanderbilt-led study questions about reporting genetic results to patients

A genetic test that suggests a patient may be at increased risk for potentially fatal heart rhythms is very often not as ominous as it sounds.

6 Jan 2016

Typical premium-based financial incentives fail to promote weight loss among obese employees

Employers around the nation are increasingly searching for ways to help their employees make healthy lifestyle choices including encouraging obese employees to lose weight, often by offering financial incentives in the form of reduced health insurance premiums to help encourage success.

6 Jan 2016

Obese young people can still avoid diabetes risk if they lose weight before middle age

Obese young people can still turn their chances of developing life threatening illness around if they change before middle age, says new research.

6 Jan 2016

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UF researchers reveal link between chronic stress and fat metabolism

JJHWS, Plug and Play Tech Center partner to support companies developing wellness solutions

MGC Diagnostics' total revenues grow 24.9% to $37.5 million in fiscal year 2015

Study supports argument that declining PSA screening may lead to avoidable cancer deaths

Leukaemia drug could slow progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Rani Therapeutics, MedImmune collaborate to evaluate novel oral drug delivery platform

DURECT reports successful completion of DUR-928 Phase 1 study for acute use indications

Vtesse receives FDA's Breakthrough Therapy designation for VTS-270

Researchers link idiopathic congenital nystagmus to a defect in neurocomputation

Toxins in staphylococcus bacteria can help cancer cells gain control over healthy cells

Patient access to online GP records: an interview with Bob Zemke

Scientists successfully create fully-functional pancreatic cells from human skin cells

Older men of European descent have significantly higher suicide rates

MU researchers to present new disaster management system at 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

Mayo Clinic Diet offers weight-loss and lifestyle program based on research, clinical experience

Strong ethical culture needed within US military health system

Buprenorphine superior to methadone in reducing duration of treatment for babies born in drug withdrawal

Vanderbilt-led study questions about reporting genetic results to patients

Typical premium-based financial incentives fail to promote weight loss among obese employees

Obese young people can still avoid diabetes risk if they lose weight before middle age

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