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Mutations in CTR9 gene cause rare cases of Wilms tumour in children

Mutations in a gene that helps regulate when genes are switched on and off in cells have been found to cause rare cases of Wilms tumour, the most common kidney cancer occurring in children.

7 Aug 2014

Study sheds light on genetic alterations that may contribute to luminal B breast cancer

Researchers from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered new information about the genetic alterations that may contribute to the development of a subtype breast cancer typically associated with more aggressive forms of the disease and higher recurrence rates.

7 Aug 2014

First Edition: August 7, 2014

Today's headlines include stories about how uninsured people fare with the health law's exemptions.

7 Aug 2014

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' total revenues decrease 17% to $83 million in Q2 2014

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2014. The Company highlighted important corporate, commercial, regulatory and clinical development updates from the quarter.

7 Aug 2014

Three Scottish universities to offer a new course in stratified medicine

Stratified medicine, which uses the genetic make-up of patients and their differing responses to drugs to create more personalised and effective forms of treatment, has been hailed as one of the most important concepts to emerge in 21st century clinical science.

7 Aug 2014

UTSA researcher to create computer models to produce sustainable food security in the region

Eric Jing Du, assistant professor of Construction Science in The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Architecture, has been awarded major funding from the National Science Foundation Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research Program to complete a four-year research project about food security issues in West Africa using real-time simulation computer models.

7 Aug 2014

Gallup survey: States that embraced health law see big drops in uninsured; holdout states are experiencing far less change

The study found that states that expanded Medicaid and set up their own exchanges experienced greater declines in the rate of uninsurance than those that didn't. Nationwide, the percentage of uninsured Americans dropped from 18 percent in September 2013, to 13.4 percent in June 2014, according to the survey.

7 Aug 2014

Gut microbiome analysis has potential to be a new tool for noninvasive colorectal cancer screening

Analysis of the gut microbiome more successfully distinguished healthy individuals from those with precancerous adenomatous polyps and those with invasive colorectal cancer compared with assessment of clinical risk factors and fecal occult blood testing, according to data published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

7 Aug 2014

UCSF study: Acute psychological stress promotes healing in mouse models of different skin irritations

Brief, acute psychological stress promoted healing in mouse models of three different types of skin irritations, in a study led by UC San Francisco researchers.

7 Aug 2014

African Americans less likely to engage in CRC screening in VA healthcare system

According to researchers in California, African Americans' participation in colorectal cancer screening is low and the use of colonoscopy infrequent despite similar access to care across races in a Veterans Affairs healthcare system.

7 Aug 2014

Discovery lays groundwork for new class of antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus infections

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered an enzyme that regulates production of the toxins that contribute to potentially life-threatening Staphylococcus aureus infections. The study recently appeared in the scientific journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

7 Aug 2014

Report says feds stop public disclosure of serious hospital errors

USA Today reports the federal government has stopped publicly reporting when hospitals leave foreign objects in patients' bodies or make other life-threatening mistakes. Meanwhile, Medicare spent more than $30 million on questionable HIV medications in 2012 and the agency is resuming audits for some fee-for-service claims.

7 Aug 2014

Hand-held photoacoustic microscopy may change the way doctors treat, diagnose melanoma

A new hand-held device that uses lasers and sound waves may change the way doctors treat and diagnose melanoma, according to a team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis.

7 Aug 2014

Study shows noticeable differences in brain function across the day for older adults

Older adults who are tested at their optimal time of day (the morning), not only perform better on demanding cognitive tasks but also activate the same brain networks responsible for paying attention and suppressing distraction as younger adults, according to Canadian researchers.

7 Aug 2014

Helping women overcome the mental anguish of unwanted sexual advances

Some young women simply have more resilience and better coping skills and can shrug off the effect of unwanted cat calls, demeaning looks and sexual advances. Women with low resilience struggle and could develop psychological problems when they internalize such behavior, because they think they are to blame.

7 Aug 2014

New study casts doubt on the effectiveness of brief counseling for illicit drug use

In an effort to stem substance use, the U.S. has invested heavily in the past decade in a brief screening-and-intervention protocol for alcohol and other drugs.

7 Aug 2014

Viewpoints: Higher costs don't mean better health quality; states and the uninsured

The good news about health care spending continues. In the first nine months of this fiscal year, Medicare spending increased only 1.2 percent in nominal terms, and for 2014, it's now projected to be $1,000 lower per beneficiary than the Congressional Budget Office said it would be as recently as 2010. Even the Medicare trustees are starting to recognize that something big may be happening. In evaluating the recent deceleration, however, a crucial question remains: Can slower cost growth continue without harming the quality of outcomes? (Peter R. Orszag, 8/5).

7 Aug 2014

Innovative scholarship program expected to increase medical professionals in Coachella Valley

The H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation is funding an innovative scholarship program that aims to bring back a Coachella Valley high school graduate as one of the area's trained physicians. The gift to the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine was awarded as a mission-based scholarship to incoming medical student Jay Thetford, a resident of Cathedral City, who intends to practice medicine in the Coachella Valley.

7 Aug 2014

Advion releases Direct Analysis Probe for the compact mass spectrometer (CMS) product line

Advion, Inc., a leading systems and consumables developer for the life sciences industry, announces the release of a Direct Analysis Probe for its line of expression compact mass spectrometers (CMS). With hundreds of CMS systems utilized in chemistry laboratories around the world, this latest development creates yet another important tool for chemists that need fast, simple, reliable sample analysis of liquids and solids such as reaction mixtures, food samples, natural products and tablets without the need for sample preparation.

From Advion 7 Aug 2014

Novel therapy takes rheumatoid arthritis treatment in mice to a new level

Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that causes painful inflammation of several joints in the body. The joint capsule becomes swollen, and the disease can also destroy cartilage and bone as it progresses. Rheumatoid arthritis affects 0.5% to 1% of the world's population. Up to this point, doctors have used various drugs to slow or stop the progression of the disease.

7 Aug 2014

Medical News

Mutations in CTR9 gene cause rare cases of Wilms tumour in children

Study sheds light on genetic alterations that may contribute to luminal B breast cancer

First Edition: August 7, 2014

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals' total revenues decrease 17% to $83 million in Q2 2014

Three Scottish universities to offer a new course in stratified medicine

UTSA researcher to create computer models to produce sustainable food security in the region

Gallup survey: States that embraced health law see big drops in uninsured; holdout states are experiencing far less change

Gut microbiome analysis has potential to be a new tool for noninvasive colorectal cancer screening

UCSF study: Acute psychological stress promotes healing in mouse models of different skin irritations

African Americans less likely to engage in CRC screening in VA healthcare system

Discovery lays groundwork for new class of antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus infections

Report says feds stop public disclosure of serious hospital errors

Hand-held photoacoustic microscopy may change the way doctors treat, diagnose melanoma

Study shows noticeable differences in brain function across the day for older adults

Helping women overcome the mental anguish of unwanted sexual advances

New study casts doubt on the effectiveness of brief counseling for illicit drug use

Viewpoints: Higher costs don't mean better health quality; states and the uninsured

Innovative scholarship program expected to increase medical professionals in Coachella Valley

Advion releases Direct Analysis Probe for the compact mass spectrometer (CMS) product line

Novel therapy takes rheumatoid arthritis treatment in mice to a new level

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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