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Researchers identify specific calcium channel that plays crucial role in healthy sleep

Sleep seems simple enough, a state of rest and restoration that almost every vertebrate creature must enter regularly in order to survive. But the brain responds differently to stimuli when asleep than when awake, and it is not clear what brain changes happen during sleep.

27 Jun 2015

Amy Schumer promises 'disappointing lap dance' for winner of TrainWreck Premiere contest to support MS research

Amy Schumer, writer and star of the upcoming comedy, TrainWreck, has promised a 'disappointing lap dance' for the winner of Universal's TrainWreck Premiere Experience hosted on CrowdRise to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, an organization that is very dear to her heart.

27 Jun 2015

The Mary Kay Foundation awards $1.3 million grant to advance cancer research and discovery

With more than 800,000 new cases of cancer among women in the United States expected this year, according to the American Cancer Society, almost everyone is touched by the disease.

27 Jun 2015

UC Davis pediatricians describe challenges faced by children with asthma in California

Low flu vaccination rates, medication compliance and limited access to primary care providers have contributed to the high pediatric asthma rates in California, say UC Davis pediatricians Ulfat Shaikh and Robert Byrd, who have published an extensive study describing the challenges faced by children with asthma in California.

27 Jun 2015

New research reveals that polluted Toronto neighbourhoods have high rates of childhood asthma

Children who develop asthma in Toronto are more likely to have been born in a neighbourhood that has a high level of traffic-related air pollution, new research suggests.

27 Jun 2015

2015 Ernst & Young Health Care Entrepreneur of the Year award for Neighbors Emergency Center

Setul G. Patel, MD, MBA, CEO of Neighbors Emergency Center won the 2015 Ernst & Young Health Care Entrepreneur of the Year, Gulf Coast Region, announced Thursday, June 25, 2015.

27 Jun 2015

Bristol-Myers Squibb to establish R&D center in Cambridge Kendall Square innovation cluster

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., the largest and leading REIT uniquely focused on collaborative science campuses in urban innovation clusters, announced today that Bristol-Myers Squibb, a global biopharmaceutical company, will establish a state-of-the-art research and development center at the Alexandria Center at Kendall Square (ACKS) in the heart of the Cambridge Kendall Square innovation cluster.

27 Jun 2015

Human intervention trial results show that Comvita’s Olive Leaf Extract improves cardiovascular function

Comvita, the global natural health products company, today announces the results of a human intervention trial demonstrating for the first time a positive effect between the intake of Comvita’s fresh Olive Leaf Extract and positive short-term changes in measures associated with cardiovascular disease.

27 Jun 2015

Health Canada informs Canadians that eight unauthorized health products were seized from Better Bodies Supplements

Health Canada is informing Canadians that eight unauthorized health products (listed in the table below) were seized from Better Bodies Supplements, 118 Main Street North, in Airdrie, Alta.

27 Jun 2015

BIOCITECH, Seine-Saint-Denis CCI announce winners of first BIOCITECH Funding Day

BIOCITECH, the city complex for healthcare and biotechnology businesses and the Seine-Saint-Denis Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), today announce the three winners of the first BIOCITECH Funding Day.

27 Jun 2015

Mesothelioma.us adds in-depth resource guide to its website

Mesothelioma.us, a free online resource that is full of helpful resources for mesothelioma patients, has just added an in-depth resource guide to the site.

27 Jun 2015

ACEP: Supreme Court verdict may not stem the rising tide of visits to emergency departments

The decision today by the Supreme Court will prevent millions of people from losing their health insurance, but does not stem the rising tide of visits to the nation's emergency departments or solve other problems emerging in the post-Affordable Care Act health care system, according to a statement from Dr. Michael Gerardi, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

27 Jun 2015

UC Riverside psychologist awarded NIA grant to study early influences on cognitive and physical health by middle age

University of California, Riverside psychologist Chandra A. Reynolds has been awarded a $7 million, five-year grant by the National Institute on Aging to study how early childhood influences versus recent influences affect cognitive and physical health by middle age.

27 Jun 2015

Texas Biomed, Take Off Pounds Sensibly establish new TOPS Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Wisconsin-based non-profit Take Off Pounds Sensibly are establishing the new TOPS® Nutrition and Obesity Research Center with the goal of conducting research into the causes, health risks and treatment of human obesity. Studies at the Center will focus on the role of genetic predisposition to metabolic changes, nutritional preferences, appetite regulation, food intake and choice and incidence of obesity-related illnesses.

27 Jun 2015

Inactivity affects muscular strength in young and older people

New research reveals that it only takes two weeks of not using their legs for young people to lose a third of their muscular strength, leaving them on par with a person who is 40-50 years their senior. The Center for Healthy Aging and the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen conducted the research.

27 Jun 2015

Study: High blood pressure linked to lower risk for Alzheimer's disease

A new study suggests that people with a genetic predisposition to high blood pressure have a lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.

27 Jun 2015

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital uses two imaging techniques to produce hybrid 3D model of a patient's heart

Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated two common imaging techniques to produce a three-dimensional anatomic model of a patient's heart.

27 Jun 2015

Daily CHG bathing protocol for pediatric patients reduces bloodstream infections by 59%: Study

Daily bathing of pediatric patients with disposable cloths containing 2 percent chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) by 59 percent and saved approximately $300,000 in one hospital over a six-month period, according to a new study.

27 Jun 2015

Discovery sheds light on how the Hippo pathway maintains cellular balance

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered a self-regulating loop in the Hippo pathway, a signaling channel garnering increased attention from cancer researchers due to its role in controlling organ size, cell proliferation and cell death.

27 Jun 2015

Newcastle University scientists document action spectrum of ultraviolet damage in skin cells

Scientists at Newcastle University have documented for the first time the DNA damage which can occur to skin across the full range of ultraviolet radiation from the sun providing an invaluable tool for sun-protection and the manufacturers of sunscreen.

27 Jun 2015

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Researchers identify specific calcium channel that plays crucial role in healthy sleep

Amy Schumer promises 'disappointing lap dance' for winner of TrainWreck Premiere contest to support MS research

The Mary Kay Foundation awards $1.3 million grant to advance cancer research and discovery

UC Davis pediatricians describe challenges faced by children with asthma in California

New research reveals that polluted Toronto neighbourhoods have high rates of childhood asthma

2015 Ernst & Young Health Care Entrepreneur of the Year award for Neighbors Emergency Center

Bristol-Myers Squibb to establish R&D center in Cambridge Kendall Square innovation cluster

Human intervention trial results show that Comvita’s Olive Leaf Extract improves cardiovascular function

Health Canada informs Canadians that eight unauthorized health products were seized from Better Bodies Supplements

BIOCITECH, Seine-Saint-Denis CCI announce winners of first BIOCITECH Funding Day

Mesothelioma.us adds in-depth resource guide to its website

ACEP: Supreme Court verdict may not stem the rising tide of visits to emergency departments

UC Riverside psychologist awarded NIA grant to study early influences on cognitive and physical health by middle age

Texas Biomed, Take Off Pounds Sensibly establish new TOPS Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

Inactivity affects muscular strength in young and older people

Study: High blood pressure linked to lower risk for Alzheimer's disease

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital uses two imaging techniques to produce hybrid 3D model of a patient's heart

Daily CHG bathing protocol for pediatric patients reduces bloodstream infections by 59%: Study

Discovery sheds light on how the Hippo pathway maintains cellular balance

Newcastle University scientists document action spectrum of ultraviolet damage in skin cells

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