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Signaling pathway may help explain why body clocks of people with bipolar disease

Alterations in a cellular signaling pathway called cAMP-CREB may help explain why the body clocks of people with bipolar disease are out of sync, according to a new European Journal of Neuroscience study.

17 Jun 2014

Gardening can help cancer survivors eat more nutritious diet and improve physical activity

A diagnosis of breast cancer in 2010 hit Susan Rossman pretty hard. A year later, a pioneering study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham helped her reclaim her life from cancer's grasp.

17 Jun 2014

Va. Gov. considers options on Medicaid expansion as GOP nurses wounds

Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe was unsuccessful in his effort to get a divided legislature to agree to expand health coverage to thousands of poor state residents. Analysts watch to see if he will work to expand Medicaid on his own.

17 Jun 2014

New study examines pioneering integrated care programme for older people

A major new study - called CLASSIC - is to examine Salford's pioneering integrated care programme for older people.

From The University of Manchester 17 Jun 2014

Lowering systolic blood pressure below 120 does not appear to provide additional benefit

For decades, common medical wisdom has been "the lower the better" in treating the approximately one in three people in this country who have high blood pressure.

17 Jun 2014

Loyola celebrates National HIV Testing Day by offering free HIV testing to patients

June 27 is National HIV Testing Day and Loyola University Health System will celebrate as they do every day - by offering free HIV testing to patients in the emergency department and at select immediate care centers.

17 Jun 2014

Tips to help kids enjoy healthy, symptom-free days in classroom and on sports field

Your kids may be enjoying the lazy days of summer, but if they have asthma, allergies - or both - they need to be prepared for back-to-school. And so do their classrooms. More than 10 million kids under age 18 have asthma, and 11 percent suffer from respiratory allergies. About 6 percent have also been diagnosed with food allergies.

17 Jun 2014

No link between consumption of cow's milk-based formula and development of autoantibodies in kids

There is no correlation between the consumption of a cow's milk-based formula or hydrolyzed protein formula and the development of diabetes-associated autoantibodies in children younger than seven, according to a worldwide research study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

17 Jun 2014

New investigational drug can slow memory loss in older Individuals with risk for developing AD in future

A new research study at Rush University Medical Center and Northwestern Medicine is testing whether a new investigational treatment can slow the memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease.

17 Jun 2014

U.S. ranked last on scorecard of health care systems

For the fifth consecutive year, the Commonwealth Fund listed the U.S. last in a ranking of health systems of Western industrialized nations. The rankings looked at quality, outcomes and efficiency.

17 Jun 2014

Five specific tests commonly performed in anesthesiology may not be necessary

Proving that less really is more, five specific tests or procedures commonly performed in anesthesiology that may not be necessary and, in some cases should be avoided, will be published online June 16 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

17 Jun 2014

Portable imaging tool for imaging sports and military concussions

A portable imaging tool could change the way the medical community analyzes and understands the long-term effects of sports-related concussions.

17 Jun 2014

Senate bill could double spending on veterans' health

The proposal is slated to add $35 billion to VA health care spending over the next three years -- mostly from allowing veterans to seek private care.

17 Jun 2014

New well-child care guidelines have long-term impact on children's lives

Well-child visits are the foundation of pediatric primary care in the U.S. Accounting for more than one-third of all outpatient visits for infants and toddlers, the appointments are intended to give doctors the opportunity to identify health, social, developmental and behavioral issues that could have a long-term impact on children's lives.

17 Jun 2014

Cryoprobes better than conventional forceps for performing lung biopsies

A randomized controlled trial has found that cryoprobes, which are tools that apply extreme cold to tissues, are better than conventional forceps for performing so-called transbronchial lung biopsies in patients who are being assessed for certain lung conditions.

17 Jun 2014

Parents value convenience of sports physicals but recognize importance of thorough doctor visits

Nearly half of parents say any qualified health care provider - not just a child's usual provider - can do a sports physical, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

17 Jun 2014

Medtronic to buy Covidien

Combining the two huge medical device companies will have global implications. Medtronic agreed on Sunday to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion, combining two of the world's biggest medical device makers and helping it reduce its corporate taxes.

17 Jun 2014

Study: Use of stem cells to regenerate heart muscle in patients who have heart attacks

Stem cell therapy for cardiovascular disease isn't a medical pipe dream - it's a reality today, although patients need to better understand the complex science behind these experimental treatments, according to the chief of Cardiology for the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute.

17 Jun 2014

Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs

Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs in the high-speed surgical drill market as their integral supplier of OmniSeal® spring-energized seals. The seals excel at protecting the sensitive internal components of the drill during surgery and sterilization, ensuring a long life of the tool.

17 Jun 2014

Sacral nerve stimulation for patients with birth defect

Heather Rayser, 16, has a colon that does not function properly and as a result, she has never been to high school and has been on home hospital care for nine years.

17 Jun 2014

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Signaling pathway may help explain why body clocks of people with bipolar disease

Gardening can help cancer survivors eat more nutritious diet and improve physical activity

Va. Gov. considers options on Medicaid expansion as GOP nurses wounds

New study examines pioneering integrated care programme for older people

Lowering systolic blood pressure below 120 does not appear to provide additional benefit

Loyola celebrates National HIV Testing Day by offering free HIV testing to patients

Tips to help kids enjoy healthy, symptom-free days in classroom and on sports field

No link between consumption of cow's milk-based formula and development of autoantibodies in kids

New investigational drug can slow memory loss in older Individuals with risk for developing AD in future

U.S. ranked last on scorecard of health care systems

Five specific tests commonly performed in anesthesiology may not be necessary

Portable imaging tool for imaging sports and military concussions

Senate bill could double spending on veterans' health

New well-child care guidelines have long-term impact on children's lives

Cryoprobes better than conventional forceps for performing lung biopsies

Parents value convenience of sports physicals but recognize importance of thorough doctor visits

Medtronic to buy Covidien

Study: Use of stem cells to regenerate heart muscle in patients who have heart attacks

Saint-Gobain Seals continues its long-standing relationship with OEMs

Sacral nerve stimulation for patients with birth defect

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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