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State roundup: Troubles in Kentucky; MD. hospital under review

The team at The Upshot, a Times news and data-analysis venture, compiled six basic metrics to give a picture of the quality and longevity of life in each county of the nation: educational attainment, household income, jobless rate, disability rate, life expectancy and obesity rate.

27 Jun 2014

Researchers perform systematic review to identify best treatments for cancer-related depression

Depression is common in cancer, up to half of all patients facing the disease experience depressive symptoms, ranging from mild to severe. When depression co-exists with cancer, patients may be at an increased risk of death from cancer and from suicide.

27 Jun 2014

Public health issues: Climate change; funding for Alzheimer's research

A medical expert calls for hospitals and health care officials to begin to plan for global warming problems, and The Wall Street Journal looks at new ways to finance research.

27 Jun 2014

Longer looks: Women caregivers giving up careers; 'Buyers Club' laws; finding a voice for the patient

Tracy Murphy was managing a nonprofit agency five years ago when her mother became seriously ill with heart problems.

27 Jun 2014

HOC pleads guilty for selling misbranded, unapproved chemotherapy drugs

Hematology and Oncology Center (HOC) PLLC of Somerset, Kentucky has pleaded guilty to federal charges that the firm purchased and sold unapproved and improperly labeled chemotherapy drugs.

27 Jun 2014

FDA approves marketing of first motorized device for patients with spinal cord injuries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the first motorized device intended to act as an exoskeleton for people with lower body paralysis (paraplegia) due to a spinal cord injury.

27 Jun 2014

ALS is aggravated by over-activity of HDAC6 enzyme, shows study

Scientists at VIB and KU Leuven have demonstrated in fruit-flies that over-activity of the enzyme HDAC6 in the nerve ends exacerbates the symptoms of the neurodegenerative condition Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS / Lou Gehrig's Disease). Inhibition of this enzyme could offer a protective effect against ALS.

27 Jun 2014

Study calls for improvements in physicians' inconsistent record of ordering lab tests

Why does one physician in a walk-in practice order laboratory monitoring tests for patients more often than a colleague working down the hallway?

27 Jun 2014

Leopoldina, DFG present joint recommendations for handling security-relevant scientific research

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina presented their joint recommendations on "Scientific Freedom and Scientific Responsibility" on 26 June 2014 in Berlin.

27 Jun 2014

ASPIRE completes patient enrollment in Phase III trial of vaginal ring for HIV prevention

ASPIRE, one of two Phase III trials of a promising method for preventing HIV in women - a vaginal ring worn for a month at a time - has completed enrollment of participants, with 2,629 women from 15 clinical research sites in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe now taking part in the study.

27 Jun 2014

Scientists map molecular olfactory signatures of individual foodstuff

How are we able to recognize foodstuffs like strawberries, coffee, barbecued meat or boiled potatoes by smell alone? Foodstuffs contain more than 10,000 different volatile substances.

27 Jun 2014

New article explores how specific types of interferons control RNA virus infection

Respiratory and intestinal infections caused by RNA viruses stimulate infected cells to produce interferons, which can act alone or in combination to block virus replication.

27 Jun 2014

Student's award winning research may help improve sportswear design

A Loughborough University PhD student's award winning research into the body's sensitivity to skin wetness could influence the design of a major international retailer's sports clothing.

27 Jun 2014

Sociologists to discuss economic inequality at ASA's Annual Meeting in San Francisco

More than 5,000 sociologists will convene in San Francisco this August to explore ideas and scientific research relating to economic inequality and many other topics, as part of the American Sociological Association's 109th Annual Meeting. This year's theme, "Hard Times: The Impact of Economic Inequality on Families and Individuals," draws attention to the many ways in which inequality reverberates throughout American society and the world.

27 Jun 2014

Researchers develop new, cost-effective method for producing Janus capsules

Everything depends on how you look at them. Looking from one side you will see one face; and when looking from the opposite side - you will see a different one.

27 Jun 2014

Personalized antibiotic therapy can help fight antibiotic-resistant infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned last fall that the U.S. faces "potentially catastrophic consequences" if it doesn't act quickly to combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections, which kill about 23,000 Americans a year.

27 Jun 2014

UCSB researchers explore genetic underpinnings of nerve-cell spacing

The functional organization of the central nervous system depends upon a precise architecture and connectivity of distinct types of neurons.

27 Jun 2014

Cancer drug shows promise in treating blood cell disorders

Scientists working to make gene therapy a reality have solved a major hurdle: how to bypass a blood stem cell's natural defenses and efficiently insert disease-fighting genes into the cell's genome.

27 Jun 2014

Interactions with other infections can trigger herpes virus to reactivate, shows research

The famous slogan is "A diamond is forever," but that phrase might be better suited to herpes: Unlike most viruses, which succumb to the immune system's attack, herpes remains in the body forever, lying in wait, sometimes reactivating years later.

27 Jun 2014

Web search trends increase during Autism Awareness Month

Autism Awareness Month each April brings blue lights and puzzle shapes out to shine in many communities - but does it actually lead to increased autism awareness? According to a new analysis of web search trends by researchers at Drexel University, it does appear to drive an increase in Google searches for autism - by a third over searches in March in recent years.

27 Jun 2014

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State roundup: Troubles in Kentucky; MD. hospital under review

Researchers perform systematic review to identify best treatments for cancer-related depression

Public health issues: Climate change; funding for Alzheimer's research

Longer looks: Women caregivers giving up careers; 'Buyers Club' laws; finding a voice for the patient

HOC pleads guilty for selling misbranded, unapproved chemotherapy drugs

FDA approves marketing of first motorized device for patients with spinal cord injuries

ALS is aggravated by over-activity of HDAC6 enzyme, shows study

Study calls for improvements in physicians' inconsistent record of ordering lab tests

Leopoldina, DFG present joint recommendations for handling security-relevant scientific research

ASPIRE completes patient enrollment in Phase III trial of vaginal ring for HIV prevention

Scientists map molecular olfactory signatures of individual foodstuff

New article explores how specific types of interferons control RNA virus infection

Student's award winning research may help improve sportswear design

Sociologists to discuss economic inequality at ASA's Annual Meeting in San Francisco

Researchers develop new, cost-effective method for producing Janus capsules

Personalized antibiotic therapy can help fight antibiotic-resistant infections

UCSB researchers explore genetic underpinnings of nerve-cell spacing

Cancer drug shows promise in treating blood cell disorders

Interactions with other infections can trigger herpes virus to reactivate, shows research

Web search trends increase during Autism Awareness Month

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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