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Neuroimaging findings indicate presence of 'fatigue-network' in individuals with MS

A new study by Kessler Foundation scientists sheds light on the mechanisms underlying cognitive fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis. Cognitive fatigue is fatigue resulting from mental work rather than from physical labor.

4 Nov 2013

Physiological changes during pregnancy reduce effects of bipolar drugs

New Northwestern Medicine- research offers one of the first in-depth studies of how physiological changes during pregnancy reduce the effects of a commonly used drug to treat bipolar disorder, making women more vulnerable to recurring episodes. The new findings will help psychiatrists and physicians prevent bipolar manic and depressive symptoms during pregnancy, which are risky for the health of the mother and her unborn child.

4 Nov 2013

Research roundup: States struggling with Medicaid expansion "complex issues"

We conducted a secondary analysis of data (2005 to 2010) from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. ... Comparisons were made between 2 groups to reflect likely movements in insurance status after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation: (1) the uninsured who will be Medicaid eligible afterward versus Medicaid insured, and (2) the uninsured who will be Medicaid ineligible afterward versus the privately insured. ...

4 Nov 2013

Research findings offer new therapeutic paradigm for periodontal disease

The red, swollen and painful gums and bone destruction of periodontal disease could be effectively treated by beckoning the right kind of immune system cells to the inflamed tissues, according to a new animal study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.

4 Nov 2013

As Healthcare.gov falters, navigators and marketing efforts forced to the sidelines

Navigators, who had planned to be working hard on online enrollments by now, are forced to try paper insurance applications or trying to answer consumers' questions about why they can't enroll. At the same time, a marketing blitz planned by health law advocates is on hold until the website works better.

4 Nov 2013

Researchers discover new model for how kidney repairs itself

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have a new model for how the kidney repairs itself, a model that adds to a growing body of evidence that mature cells are far more plastic than had previously been imagined.

4 Nov 2013

Johns Hopkins Hospital receives Magnet recognition for nursing excellence

The Johns Hopkins Hospital has once again achieved Magnet designation in recognition of its nursing excellence. The designation comes from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

4 Nov 2013

Study: Single dose of HPV vaccine may be sufficient to protect cervical cancer

Women vaccinated with one dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine had antibodies against the viruses that remained stable in their blood for four years, suggesting that a single dose of vaccine may be sufficient to generate long-term immune responses and protection against new HPV infections, and ultimately cervical cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

4 Nov 2013

McMaster University researchers discover how metformin drug works on fat in the liver

About 120 million people around the world with Type 2 diabetes - and two million in Canada - take the drug metformin to control their disease.

4 Nov 2013

Romney says Obama's 'fundamental dishonesty' is undermining second term

Former GOP presidential candidate says Obama did not learn the lessons of the Massachusetts' health overhaul.

4 Nov 2013

Scientists make seminal breakthrough in understanding molecular basis of bile duct cancer

A team of scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Fundeni Clinical Institute (Romania) and Koen Kaen University (Thailand), have made a seminal breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis of bile duct cancer or cholangiocarcinoma, a rare but highly lethal form of liver cancer.

4 Nov 2013

Obesity is largest predictor of earlier onset puberty in girls, shows research

New research in Pediatrics shows obesity is the largest predictor of earlier onset puberty in girls, which is affecting white girls much sooner than previously reported.

4 Nov 2013

A central health law question: Who is getting covered? Who is getting canceled?

The Associated Press reports that some of the newly insured will now become the faces of healthcare.gov, while The New York Times tells three stories about people who won't be able to keep their coverage.

4 Nov 2013

Study in mice may help in the development of more effective treatments for anxiety disorders

Excessive fear can develop after a traumatic experience, leading to anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias. During exposure therapy, an effective and common treatment for anxiety disorders, the patient confronts a fear or memory of a traumatic event in a safe environment, which leads to a gradual loss of fear.

4 Nov 2013

Stop L.A. Corruption: A new awareness campaign that highlights failures of LA County

Health and public policy advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will unveil 'Stop L.A. Corruption,' a new advocacy and awareness campaign highlighting the profound failures of Los Angeles County and its key elected and appointed officials in carrying out their sworn duties to serve and protect the nearly 10 million residents of the County.

4 Nov 2013

Most uninsured signing up on health website are going to Medicaid

The Washington Post reports that nine out of 10 new enrollees are in Medicaid. Meanwhile, White House documents turned over to investigators in the House show only six people enrolled on the day the troubled website launched.

4 Nov 2013

Healthcare-associated infections are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments, according to a study of more than 3,200 nurses in the November issue of American Journal of Critical Care (AJCC).

4 Nov 2013

Three Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals named 2012 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures

The Joint Commission is naming three Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals as 2012 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures, a designation reserved for accredited hospitals that consistently and at a very high level follow best practices for treating people who require surgery or suffer heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, pneumonia or other serious conditions.

4 Nov 2013

SRI to expand current preclinical molecular imaging capabilities with MILabs VECTor+ system

MILabs is pleased to announce that Sunnybrook Research Institute, the research arm of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, located in Toronto, Canada will install a MILabs VECTor+ system to expand their current preclinical molecular imaging capabilities.

4 Nov 2013

Experimental drug effective in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer

An experimental cancer drug that has shown promise in the treatment of melanoma has also shown early potential as an effective treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death among men and women worldwide.

4 Nov 2013

Medical News

Neuroimaging findings indicate presence of 'fatigue-network' in individuals with MS

Physiological changes during pregnancy reduce effects of bipolar drugs

Research roundup: States struggling with Medicaid expansion "complex issues"

Research findings offer new therapeutic paradigm for periodontal disease

As Healthcare.gov falters, navigators and marketing efforts forced to the sidelines

Researchers discover new model for how kidney repairs itself

Johns Hopkins Hospital receives Magnet recognition for nursing excellence

Study: Single dose of HPV vaccine may be sufficient to protect cervical cancer

McMaster University researchers discover how metformin drug works on fat in the liver

Romney says Obama's 'fundamental dishonesty' is undermining second term

Scientists make seminal breakthrough in understanding molecular basis of bile duct cancer

Obesity is largest predictor of earlier onset puberty in girls, shows research

A central health law question: Who is getting covered? Who is getting canceled?

Study in mice may help in the development of more effective treatments for anxiety disorders

Stop L.A. Corruption: A new awareness campaign that highlights failures of LA County

Most uninsured signing up on health website are going to Medicaid

Healthcare-associated infections are less likely to occur in favorable critical care work environments

Three Johns Hopkins Medicine hospitals named 2012 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures

SRI to expand current preclinical molecular imaging capabilities with MILabs VECTor+ system

Experimental drug effective in treating patients with non-small cell lung cancer

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

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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