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BioZorb 3D surgical marker improves ability to target radiation treatment for breast cancer

The BioZorb™ three-dimensional surgical marker improved the ability of radiation oncologists to target radiation treatment for breast cancer, according to a scientific presentation at the 2014 American Brachytherapy Society (ABS) Annual Meeting.

11 Apr 2014

New Dartmouth study offers roadmap for better risk adjustment in Medicare

The methodology Medicare uses to adjust the billions of dollars it pays health plans and hospitals to account for how sick their patients are is flawed and should be replaced, according to a new study by Dartmouth investigators published in the journal BMJ that weighed the performance of Medicare's methodology against alternatives.

11 Apr 2014

Loyola offers patients the most advanced PET/CT scanner

Loyola University Medical Center is now offering patients the most advanced PET/CT scanner on the market. The state-of-the-art system is improving the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, heart disease, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease and other conditions.

11 Apr 2014

Florida State University professor receives $4.5M grant to conduct project on Philosophy and Science of Self-Control

Self-control is one of the most fundamental keys to success in life. But how does self-control work and how can it be improved?

11 Apr 2014

Taking a close-to-home look at the Medicare billing data

Other news outlets offer localized takes on the Medicare data, including the Miami Herald's coverage of a physician who emerged as the federal program's top-paid doctor, the Philadelphia Inquirer's look at an ambulance business' billing patterns and the Seattle Times' examination of ophthalmologists.

11 Apr 2014

Women on antidepressant medication are more successful at breastfeeding

University of Adelaide researchers have found that women on antidepressant medication are more successful at breastfeeding their babies if they keep taking the medication, compared with women who quit antidepressants because of concerns about their babies' health.

11 Apr 2014

White House admits 'worrying about the wrong thing'

Top officials say they focused too much on whether enough insurance companies would participate and not enough on the smooth rollout of the exchange website, The New York Times reports.

11 Apr 2014

Housing projects in developing world expose low-income workers to natural disasters, disease

Satellite city projects across the developing world are putting an increasing number of poor people at risk to natural hazards and climate change, according to a new study from the University of Colorado Denver.

11 Apr 2014

Tumor-suppressing protein acts as dimmer switch to dial down gene expression

A tumor-suppressing protein acts as a dimmer switch to dial down gene expression. It does this by reading a chemical message attached to another protein that's tightly intertwined with DNA, a team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported at the AACR Annual Meeting 2014.

11 Apr 2014

Clinical Research Forum announces winners of third annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards

The Clinical Research Forum has announced the winners of its third annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards. The winning projects represent the outstanding examples of research projects that benefit the health and well-being of the general public.

11 Apr 2014

MIT neuroscientists reveal how brain achieves attention on faces or other objects

Picking out a face in the crowd is a complicated task: Your brain has to retrieve the memory of the face you're seeking, then hold it in place while scanning the crowd, paying special attention to finding a match.

11 Apr 2014

Scientists solve a decades-long mystery of cell biology

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has identified a long-sought protein that facilitates one of the most basic functions of cells: regulating their volume to keep from swelling excessively.

11 Apr 2014

Scientists report successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in laboratory

Scientists at the University of Basel report first ever successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in the laboratory. Cartilage cells were extracted from the patient's nasal septum, multiplied and expanded onto a collagen membrane.

11 Apr 2014

Researchers identify biological process that appears to trigger Parkinson's disease

Working with human neurons and fruit flies, researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified and then shut down a biological process that appears to trigger a particular form of Parkinson's disease present in a large number of patients. A report on the study, in the April 10 issue of the journal Cell, could lead to new treatments for this disorder.

11 Apr 2014

Two Penn researchers selected as recipients of prestigious Clinical Research Achievement Award

Two researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Cardiovascular Institute are among the 2014 recipients of the prestigious Clinical Research Achievement Award for their work in cardiovascular science.

11 Apr 2014

Oregon, Minnesota exchanges weigh next steps

Officials overseeing the troubled exchanges examine what went wrong this year and debate how to proceed. Meanwhile, a small business exchange in Georgia gets few enrollees and The Denver Post reports that more residents signed up for Medicaid than for private insurance.

11 Apr 2014

Studies shed light on propensity for habit formation in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Two new studies published this week in Biological Psychiatry shed light on the propensity for habit formation in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These studies suggest that a tendency to develop habits, i.e., the compulsive component of the disorder, may be a core feature of the disorder rather than a consequence of irrational beliefs.

11 Apr 2014

Loyola University Medical Center designated as Comprehensive Hypertension Center

Loyola University Medical Center has been approved as a Comprehensive Hypertension Center by the American Society of Hypertension. This designation recognizes centers that have demonstrated the highest level of expertise in treating patients with complex hypertension and co-existing medical conditions such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

11 Apr 2014

Researchers develop glass fabric-based thermoelectric generator for wearable electronics

Wearable computers or devices have been hailed as the next generation of mobile electronic gadgets, from smart watches to smart glasses to smart pacemakers. For electronics to be worn by a user, they must be light, flexible, and equipped with a power source, which could be a portable, long-lasting battery or no battery at all but a generator.

11 Apr 2014

New ACP policy offers strategies to reduce firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the US

A new policy paper from the American College of Physicians offers nine strategies to address the societal, health care, and regulatory barriers to reducing firearms-related violence, injuries, and deaths in the United States. Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States is published today in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Annals of Internal Medicine.

11 Apr 2014

Medical News

BioZorb 3D surgical marker improves ability to target radiation treatment for breast cancer

New Dartmouth study offers roadmap for better risk adjustment in Medicare

Loyola offers patients the most advanced PET/CT scanner

Florida State University professor receives $4.5M grant to conduct project on Philosophy and Science of Self-Control

Taking a close-to-home look at the Medicare billing data

Women on antidepressant medication are more successful at breastfeeding

White House admits 'worrying about the wrong thing'

Housing projects in developing world expose low-income workers to natural disasters, disease

Tumor-suppressing protein acts as dimmer switch to dial down gene expression

Clinical Research Forum announces winners of third annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards

MIT neuroscientists reveal how brain achieves attention on faces or other objects

Scientists solve a decades-long mystery of cell biology

Scientists report successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in laboratory

Researchers identify biological process that appears to trigger Parkinson's disease

Two Penn researchers selected as recipients of prestigious Clinical Research Achievement Award

Oregon, Minnesota exchanges weigh next steps

Studies shed light on propensity for habit formation in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Loyola University Medical Center designated as Comprehensive Hypertension Center

Researchers develop glass fabric-based thermoelectric generator for wearable electronics

New ACP policy offers strategies to reduce firearms-related violence, injuries and deaths in the US

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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