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NHS "hourglass" structure holds back development of support workforce

Skills for Health (SfH) has published the second in its Working Paper series, analysing what needs to be done to create a high quality sustainable support workforce in the UK’s health sector.

13 Oct 2015

Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus, MD to delivery anniversary discourse at The New York Academy of Medicine November 5

Harold Varmus, MD, co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine at Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medical College, will deliver the 168th Anniversary Discourse at The New York Academy of Medicine. The event will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at the Academy (1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street) and is free and open to the public with registration.

13 Oct 2015

BLS transported patients more likely to survive than ALS transported patients

Patients with trauma, stroke, heart attack and respiratory failure who were transported by basic life support (BLS) ambulances had a better chance of survival than patients who were transported by advanced life support (ALS) ambulances, a study of Medicare patients in urban counties nationwide found.

13 Oct 2015

Loyola University successfully performs double-lung transplant in patient with debilitating lung disease

Before he developed a debilitating lung disease, outdoorsman Michael Olson had taken 57 canoe and fishing trips to Canada.

13 Oct 2015

ATA announces first-year research grants to support promising young researchers

The American Thyroid Association (ATA) is pleased to announce the awarding of first-year grants to support two young researchers selected from among a pool of applicants who proposed projects that will contribute novel insights and information with the potential to lead to new drug targets and therapeutic strategies to improve the treatment of thyroid cancer and patient outcomes.

13 Oct 2015

Small heat shock protein as model for Alzheimer’s medication

In Alzheimer’s disease proteins clump together to long fibrils causing the death of nerve cells. Small heat shock proteins can counteract this effect. Scientists, therefore, hope to deploy them as agents in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Using the example of a small heat shock protein, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München have now uncovered how the protein interacts with other proteins.

13 Oct 2015

3D printed model of fetus face helps determine life-threatening airway mass in unborn child

Megan Thompson was about 30 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound showed a walnut-sized lump on her tiny, unborn child's face that could prevent him from breathing after birth.

13 Oct 2015

Scientists create 3D image of key protein involved in blood and other cancer development

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have created the first three-dimensional image of a key protein known to be involved in the development of blood and other cancers.

13 Oct 2015

Cardiac monitoring predicts survival in patients with Friedreich ataxia

Researchers confirm the need for cardiac follow-up in patients with Friedreich ataxia, with particular focus on left ventricular ejection fraction as a predictor of worse prognosis.

12 Oct 2015

Prostate Cells Undergo 'Reprogramming' To Form Tumors, Study Finds

Scientists have gained a key insight into how prostate tumors get their start - not by rewriting the normal DNA code, but by reprogramming the master regulator of genes in prostate cells to drive malignant growth.

12 Oct 2015

Researchers find how different neurons work together to reduce responses to frequent sounds

Being able to understand speech is essential to our evolution as humans. Hearing lets us perceive the same word even when spoken at different speeds or pitches, and also gives us extra sensitivity to unexpected sounds. Now, new studies from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania clarify how these two crucial features of audition are managed by the brain.

12 Oct 2015

IU investigators find how cancer-induced bone destruction triggers skeletal muscle weakness

Cancer researchers at Indiana University and their colleagues have discovered how cancer-induced bone destruction causes skeletal muscle weakness.

12 Oct 2015

Pregnant women with elevated blood-sugar levels more likely to have babies with heart defects

Pregnant women with elevated blood-sugar levels are more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects, even if their blood sugar is below the cutoff for diabetes, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Children's Health.

12 Oct 2015

Cranberry juice consumption may protect against cardiovascular disease

Results from a new study presented at the Cranberry Health Research Conference preceding the annual Berry Health Benefits Symposium 2015 in Madison, WI, revealed that cranberry juice consumption may play a role in protecting against cardiovascular disease.

12 Oct 2015

Study shows that IVIG could prevent brain atrophy, delay onset of Alzheimer's disease

In a Sutter Institute of Medical Research study published this month in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, the blood product intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG, was found to reduce brain atrophy and cognitive decline in patients in the early, pre-dementia phase of Alzheimer's disease.

12 Oct 2015

Study identifies four distinct types of bowel cancer

Bowel cancer can be divided up into four distinct diseases, each with its own set of biological characteristics, a major new study reports.

12 Oct 2015

New computer program can predict cochlear implant outcomes in hearing-impaired children

A new computer program that analyzes functional brain MRIs of hearing impaired children can predict whether they will develop effective language skills within two years of cochlear implant surgery, according to a study in the journal Brain and Behavior.

12 Oct 2015

Rebiotix's RBX2660 receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for treatment of recurrent C diff infection

Rebiotix Inc. today announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated its lead Microbiota Restoration Therapy (MRT) RBX2660 as a Breakthrough Therapy for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile (C diff) infection, a challenging to treat gastrointestinal (GI) infection that causes 29,000 deaths in the U.S. annually.

12 Oct 2015

Gamma Medica secures CE Mark approval to distribute LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging system within EEA

Gamma Medica, Inc., a breast imaging medical device company, today announced the CE Mark approval allowing for the sale and distribution of the LumaGEM® Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) system within the European Economic Area (EEA). Gamma Medica is finalizing distribution partners in strategic markets across the EEA.

12 Oct 2015

Is dyspraxia a battle of the sexes?

New findings released Monday 12 October 2015 have revealed a significant gap in the diagnosis – and therefore, treatment – of dyspraxia, otherwise known as developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), amongst young women and girls.

12 Oct 2015

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NHS "hourglass" structure holds back development of support workforce

Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus, MD to delivery anniversary discourse at The New York Academy of Medicine November 5

BLS transported patients more likely to survive than ALS transported patients

Loyola University successfully performs double-lung transplant in patient with debilitating lung disease

ATA announces first-year research grants to support promising young researchers

Small heat shock protein as model for Alzheimer’s medication

3D printed model of fetus face helps determine life-threatening airway mass in unborn child

Scientists create 3D image of key protein involved in blood and other cancer development

Cardiac monitoring predicts survival in patients with Friedreich ataxia

Prostate Cells Undergo 'Reprogramming' To Form Tumors, Study Finds

Researchers find how different neurons work together to reduce responses to frequent sounds

IU investigators find how cancer-induced bone destruction triggers skeletal muscle weakness

Pregnant women with elevated blood-sugar levels more likely to have babies with heart defects

Cranberry juice consumption may protect against cardiovascular disease

Study shows that IVIG could prevent brain atrophy, delay onset of Alzheimer's disease

Study identifies four distinct types of bowel cancer

New computer program can predict cochlear implant outcomes in hearing-impaired children

Rebiotix's RBX2660 receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for treatment of recurrent C diff infection

Gamma Medica secures CE Mark approval to distribute LumaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging system within EEA

Is dyspraxia a battle of the sexes?

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