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First Edition: December 20, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the action taken by the administration to relax a health law requirement just four days before the deadline.

20 Dec 2013

Political cartoon: 'Rumpelstilt-Scare?'

Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Rumpelstilt-Scare?" by Nate Beeler.

20 Dec 2013

Rutgers-Camden nursing professor recommends new ways to promote physical activity for urban girls

Most people know that one of the keys to reducing or preventing health problems is to get more exercise, but determining how to best integrate physical activity into their daily lives - and having access to exercise programs - remains a significant hurdle to clear on the path to a healthier lifestyle.

20 Dec 2013

AMP proposes new, service-oriented terminology for high quality laboratory testing

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) released a special article in the January 2014 issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics titled "Revisiting Oversight and Regulation of Molecular-Based Laboratory-Developed Tests"(LDTs).

20 Dec 2013

Doctors should consider underlying inflammatory conditions when selecting anti-epilepsy drugs, say researchers

Physicians at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have been investigating if established anti-epilepsy drugs have anti-inflammatory or pro-inflammatory properties - an effect for which these pharmaceutical agents are not usually tested.

20 Dec 2013

Value-based medicine gains momentum

When Tanner Martin, 17, developed excruciating back pain last year, he was sure he needed an X-ray to find out what was wrong…But Konnie Martin was no ordinary parent. As chief executive officer of San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center in Alamosa, Colorado, she is at the center of an experiment, known as value-based insurance, that could transform American healthcare.

20 Dec 2013

ESC presents results of pilot registry on management and treatment of AF in Europe

Results for a pilot registry on the management and treatment of atrial fibrillation in Europe were presented yesterday by the European Society of Cardiology. AF is the commonest cardiac rhythm disorder and each of us have a one-in-four lifetime risk of developing it. Statistics show that oral anticoagulant use has increased, but new oral anticoagulant use is still low. Authors also concluded that compliance with treatment guidelines for patients with the lowest and higher stroke risk scores remains suboptimal.

20 Dec 2013

Researchers discover way to identify artemisinin-resistant malaria

An international team of researchers has discovered a way to identify, at a molecular level, malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites that are resistant to artemisinin, the key drug for treating this disease.

20 Dec 2013

Coupling meditation-like practices with drug and behavior therapies more helpful in tackling addiction

Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new paper this week that rehabilitation strategies coupling meditation-like practices with drug and behavior therapies are more helpful than drug-plus-talk therapy alone when helping people overcome addiction.

20 Dec 2013

Experts discuss ways to expand contraceptive choice, increase access to LARCs

In November 2013 at the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Population Council convened the third meeting of international experts to discuss ways to expand contraceptive choice and accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goal of universal access to reproductive health services by increasing access to highly effective, long-acting, reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

20 Dec 2013

What if I don't like the coverage offered by my employer?

Kaiser Health News consumer columnist Michelle Andrews outlines the health insurance options for people offered coverage at work (12/19).

20 Dec 2013

New antibody could boost strength, muscle mass in patients with cancer and other diseases

A new antibody could dramatically boost strength and muscle mass in patients with cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sporadic inclusion body myositis, and in elderly patients with sarcopenia according to research published ahead of print in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology.

20 Dec 2013

Experimental drug inhibits BTK molecule in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) helps confirm that a molecule targeted by the experimental drug ibrutinib is critical for the development of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of adult leukemia.

20 Dec 2013

Adults nationwide concerned about use of e-cigarettes by children and teens

Adults nationwide are concerned about the use of e-cigarettes by children and teens, with 44 percent indicating worries that the devices will encourage kids to use tobacco products, according to a new poll from the University of Michigan.

20 Dec 2013

Joint initiative aims to eradicate health disparities among communities of color in the U.S.

The world's first and largest group medical practice and one of the nation's premier volunteer service organizations of professional African American women are joining forces to eradicate health disparities among communities of color in the United States. Mayo Clinic and The Links, Incorporated have established a formal collaboration that aims to develop a more diverse health care workforce.

20 Dec 2013

Nature-engineered nanomotors could be used in targeted drug delivery

In the quest to shrink motors so they can maneuver in tiny spaces like inside and between human cells, scientists have taken inspiration from millions of years of plant evolution and incorporated, for the first time, corkscrew structures from plants into a new kind of helical "microswimmer."

20 Dec 2013

Submicrometer line focusing reduces protein crystal damage, enhances drug development

New recommendations for using X-rays promise to speed investigations aimed at understanding the structure and function of biologically important proteins - information critical to the development of new drugs.

20 Dec 2013

IQWiG reassesses vemurafenib for treatment of advanced melanoma

Pursuant to the Act on the Reform of the Market for Medicinal Products (AMNOG), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) reassessed vemurafenib (trade name: Zelboraf), a drug for the treatment of adults with a certain type of advanced melanoma.

20 Dec 2013

Five tips to identify individuals who may be vulnerable during holidays

While it is true that suicide rates are actually lower at the holidays compared to other times of the year, the holidays can be a very lonely time for those with nowhere to go and no one to turn to.

20 Dec 2013

ORIX USA Health partners with TGen and TD2 to support Arizona's biomedical economy

ORIX USA Health and Life Sciences has completed an investment into Translational Drug Development (TD2) through the purchase of equity from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).

20 Dec 2013

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First Edition: December 20, 2013

Political cartoon: 'Rumpelstilt-Scare?'

Rutgers-Camden nursing professor recommends new ways to promote physical activity for urban girls

AMP proposes new, service-oriented terminology for high quality laboratory testing

Doctors should consider underlying inflammatory conditions when selecting anti-epilepsy drugs, say researchers

Value-based medicine gains momentum

ESC presents results of pilot registry on management and treatment of AF in Europe

Researchers discover way to identify artemisinin-resistant malaria

Coupling meditation-like practices with drug and behavior therapies more helpful in tackling addiction

Experts discuss ways to expand contraceptive choice, increase access to LARCs

What if I don't like the coverage offered by my employer?

New antibody could boost strength, muscle mass in patients with cancer and other diseases

Experimental drug inhibits BTK molecule in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Adults nationwide concerned about use of e-cigarettes by children and teens

Joint initiative aims to eradicate health disparities among communities of color in the U.S.

Nature-engineered nanomotors could be used in targeted drug delivery

Submicrometer line focusing reduces protein crystal damage, enhances drug development

IQWiG reassesses vemurafenib for treatment of advanced melanoma

Five tips to identify individuals who may be vulnerable during holidays

ORIX USA Health partners with TGen and TD2 to support Arizona's biomedical economy

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

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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