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Anthropological study sheds light on the eating habits of Roman gladiators

Roman gladiators ate a mostly vegetarian diet and drank ashes after training as a tonic. These are the findings of anthropological investigations carried out on bones of warriors found during excavations in the ancient city of Ephesos.

21 Oct 2014

Study predicts substantial disruption in individual health insurance if ACA subsidies are eliminated

Eliminating subsidies that help low- and moderate-income people purchase coverage through government-run health insurance marketplaces would sharply boost costs for consumers and cause more than 11 million Americans to lose their health insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

21 Oct 2014

How the health law's second enrollment season could impact the outcome of key Senate races

Politico reports that two closely watched Senate contests -- that of Georgia and Louisiana -- could be decided by runoff elections that would take place in December.

21 Oct 2014

Renowned photographer creates 'Profiles of LBD' portrait series to support LBD campaign

In honor of Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) Awareness Month, the Lewy Body Dementia Association proudly unveils, "The Profiles of LBD," a portrait series of families living with the disease.

21 Oct 2014

Administration's handling of Ebola casts shadow on Democrats' House and Senate hopes

A Politico poll underscores that Ebola is causing real political danger for some Democrats. It's playing big, for instance, in North Carolina's Senate race.

21 Oct 2014

Infection with herpes simplex virus increases Alzheimer's risk

Infection with herpes simplex virus increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, claim this in two studies in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia.

20 Oct 2014

Pentagon plans 30-person team to tackle Ebola in U.S.

The defense department announced Sunday that it would create a team to assist U.S. doctors responding to new Ebola cases, while the government issued more stringent guidelines for protective garb for health care workers treating Ebola patients. In addition, The Wall Street Journal profiles a biologist who has been working since 1997 on an Ebola vaccine which has been proven to block the disease in monkeys.

20 Oct 2014

Right kind of mental rest helps boost future learning.

A new study, which may have implications for approaches to education, finds that brain mechanisms engaged when people allow their minds to rest and reflect on things they've learned before may boost later learning.

20 Oct 2014

Long-term care costs weigh heavily on middle-class families

CBS News reports that for many seniors and their families, home care needs create a serious financial bind.

20 Oct 2014

UNMC researcher receives $3.3 million grant to study rare diseases that affect children

University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher, William Rizzo, M.D., has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant to study 10 rare diseases that affect children beginning in infancy or early childhood and throughout their life.

20 Oct 2014

Identifying infections rapidly: an interview with Dr. David J. Ecker

Current methods for diagnosing infectious diseases are based on the 150-year-old culture method, where physicians collect a sample of a patient’s tissue, such as blood, mucus or urine, and transfer it onto media bottle to allow the pathogens to grow.

From Abbott Diagnostics 20 Oct 2014

IOF data shows 93% of US adults are unaware of men’s susceptibility to osteoporosis

New survey findings released by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) for World Osteoporosis Day show that on average, 93 percent of nearly 1,200 adults surveyed are unaware how common osteoporotic fractures are in men.

20 Oct 2014

reprintsWarehouse.com: A responsive platform launched by Springer Healthcare for pharmaceutical professionals

Springer Healthcare is proud to announce the launch of reprintsWarehouse.com – a responsive platform that enables pharmaceutical professionals to rapidly identify content that supports their product or device marketing activities, from a database of over 50,000 clinically relevant medical journals, books, continuing medical education materials and anatomical charts.

20 Oct 2014

Van Andel Research Institute commits $7.5M to support epigenetic therapy in cancer treatment

The work of one of the Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) inaugural Dream Teams, launched in 2009 to focus on epigenetic therapy in cancer treatment, will continue with the commitment of $7.5 million from Van Andel Research Institute (VARI).

20 Oct 2014

Directed Genomics, New England Biolabs to develop new technologies for NGS

New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Directed Genomics together announce that they have established a partnership to develop a suite of new technologies for next generation sequencing (NGS), including target enrichment.

From New England Biolabs 20 Oct 2014

RegeneRx to begin RGN-259 Phase 3 trials for treatment of neurotrophic keratopathy

RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. ("the Company" or "RegeneRx") today announced that it met with the FDA in September and as a result of the meeting may begin Phase 3 to evaluate RGN-259 preservative-free eye drops for the treatment of patients with neurotrophic keratopathy (NK), an orphan disease of the cornea.

20 Oct 2014

Asterias, CIRM sign NGA to begin AST-OPC1 study for complete cervical spinal cord injury

Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced today that the Company has signed a Notice of Grant Award (NGA) with the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), effective October 1, 2014.

20 Oct 2014

American Academy of Ophthalmology redesigns patient education materials to improve literacy standards

Low literacy rates contribute to poor patient compliance, leading to increased hospitalizations and chronic illness and costing the economy between $106 – $238 billion each year.

20 Oct 2014

FDA accepts Eisai's sNDA for perampanel drug for treatment of PGTC seizures

Eisai Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for review the company's Supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for its in-house-discovered AMPA receptor antagonist perampanel for the treatment of primary generalized tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures.

20 Oct 2014

Rosecrance’s traveling art exhibit helps parents prevent drug addiction in teenagers

Rosecrance, one of the country's leading teen substance abuse treatment centers, has launched a traveling art exhibit to help parents understand teenagers' points of view about pressures they encounter and how they are faced with the potential to use, and abuse, substances.

20 Oct 2014

Medical News

Anthropological study sheds light on the eating habits of Roman gladiators

Study predicts substantial disruption in individual health insurance if ACA subsidies are eliminated

How the health law's second enrollment season could impact the outcome of key Senate races

Renowned photographer creates 'Profiles of LBD' portrait series to support LBD campaign

Administration's handling of Ebola casts shadow on Democrats' House and Senate hopes

Infection with herpes simplex virus increases Alzheimer's risk

Pentagon plans 30-person team to tackle Ebola in U.S.

Right kind of mental rest helps boost future learning.

Long-term care costs weigh heavily on middle-class families

UNMC researcher receives $3.3 million grant to study rare diseases that affect children

Identifying infections rapidly: an interview with Dr. David J. Ecker

IOF data shows 93% of US adults are unaware of men’s susceptibility to osteoporosis

reprintsWarehouse.com: A responsive platform launched by Springer Healthcare for pharmaceutical professionals

Van Andel Research Institute commits $7.5M to support epigenetic therapy in cancer treatment

Directed Genomics, New England Biolabs to develop new technologies for NGS

RegeneRx to begin RGN-259 Phase 3 trials for treatment of neurotrophic keratopathy

Asterias, CIRM sign NGA to begin AST-OPC1 study for complete cervical spinal cord injury

American Academy of Ophthalmology redesigns patient education materials to improve literacy standards

FDA accepts Eisai's sNDA for perampanel drug for treatment of PGTC seizures

Rosecrance’s traveling art exhibit helps parents prevent drug addiction in teenagers

Lab Matters host Harriet Gould on building a more connected lab community

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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