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Meal replacements and high protein diet can help weight loss maintenance

New research shows that there are several effective strategies available to people wanting to avoid regaining weight after a successful diet. Anti-obesity drugs, meal replacements and a high protein diet can help weight loss maintenance, according to a meta-analysis published in the scientific periodical The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

31 Oct 2013

Key differences found in standing posture balance in children with diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Improving standing balance in children with cerebral palsy is crucial to improve cognitive and motor functions. Studies have shown differences in sitting balance between children with cerebral palsy and normal children.

31 Oct 2013

IQWiG completes first health economic evaluation

The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has completed its first health economic evaluation. The report on antidepressants published on 30 October 2013 shows that the "efficiency frontier method" works and can provide very helpful results.

31 Oct 2013

Left-handers more likely to suffer from psychotic disorders

Researchers have long studied the connections between hand dominance and different aspects of the human brain. A new study out today in SAGE Open finds that among those with mental illnesses, left-handers are more likely to suffer from psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia than mood disorders.

31 Oct 2013

Rat study shows compulsive gambling behaviours can be reduced in humans

With the help of a rat casino, University of British Columbia brain researchers have successfully reduced behaviours in rats that are commonly associated with compulsive gambling in humans.

31 Oct 2013

Scientists explain genetic and molecular basis of diabetes

In two comprehensive studies, scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Technische Universität München discovered new associations of two major type 2 diabetes risk genotypes and altered plasma concentrations of metabolic products.

31 Oct 2013

Scientists identify new toxic entity associated with dementia and motor neuron disease

A new toxic entity associated with genetically inherited forms of dementia and motor neuron disease has been identified by scientists at the UCL Institute of Neurology. The toxin is the result of a genetic mutation that leads to the production of RNA molecules which could be responsible for the diseases. The findings are published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica.

31 Oct 2013

Cellectricon to demonstrate Cellaxess technology at Neuroscience 2013

Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced cell-based screening technologies and services, will be presenting new data at Neuroscience 2013, 9-13 November, San Diego (USA).

From Cellectricon 31 Oct 2013

e-Therapeutics begins ETS6103 phase IIb trial for major depressive disorder

e-Therapeutics plc announces that it has started a randomised double-blind controlled phase IIb trial of ETS6103 in major depressive disorder.

31 Oct 2013

Aetna selects Swiss Life to offer international health care benefits and services

Aetna, a leading global diversified health care solutions company, has been selected by Zurich-based Swiss Life, a leading life and pension insurer, to offer international health care benefits and services for expatriates out of Singapore to its roster of multinational customers, effective immediately.

31 Oct 2013

Lifestyle of veterans influences their post-deployment wellness

A new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion finds that the lifestyle of veterans both pre- and post-deployment influences their post-deployment wellness.

31 Oct 2013

Epigenetics may be useful target to stop the growth, spread and relapse of cancer

A review article by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine suggests that epigenetics may be a useful target to stop the growth, spread and relapse of cancer. The findings are published online in Volume 14 of the International Journal of Molecular Science.

31 Oct 2013

New round of ads about health law fight targets Senate incumbents of both parties

Americans for Prosperity is targeting Democrats like Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, while a conservative PAC is hitting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for not holding a hard enough line against the overhaul.

31 Oct 2013

President to invoke 'Romneycare' to defend health law

President Barack Obama heads to the same room in Boston where the Massachusetts health law was signed to call for bipartisanship to help the Affordable Care Act succeed.

31 Oct 2013

NJIT professor receives Innovators Award from New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD, of West Orange, a professor of biomedical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), received an Innovators Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (NJIHoF) in recognition of her research and inventions utilizing biomaterials and regenerative medicines for orthopedic and neural disorders.

31 Oct 2013

Dendrites multiply the brain's computing power

Dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, were once thought to be passive wiring in the brain. But now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that these dendrites do more than relay information from one neuron to the next.

31 Oct 2013

State marketplaces have some different issues than the federal health website

California officials worry that highly publicized problems of the federal website will scare customers away from the state marketplace, which is open for business. Meanwhile, news outlets look at issues in New York, Connecticut, Texas and Minnesota.

31 Oct 2013

Researchers receive grant to develop new device that identifies healthy sperm cells for IVF

The World Health Organization estimates more than 70 million couples worldwide are unable to conceive each year, with close to a third of those cases attributable solely to issues with male fertility-including low sperm count and low sperm motility (a limited ability to swim).

31 Oct 2013

Websites targeting veterans fail to provide information about risks of tobacco products

Studies have shown that U.S. military veterans smoke at a higher rate than civilians. Websites targeting veterans, however, fail to provide information about the risks of tobacco products and how to quit smoking, finds a new report in the American Journal of Health Promotion.

31 Oct 2013

Viewpoints: House Republicans help themselves, and the country, with smart, tough questions to Tavenner; Kentucky senators out of step with eager constituents; replace health law with single payer system

When House Republicans direct their opposition to Obamacare toward aggressive oversight rather than apocalyptic budget shenanigans, they can do themselves and the country a lot of good. That was obvious when the House Ways and Means Committee posed some smart, tough questions about HealthCare.gov to Marilyn Tavenner, who, as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is perhaps the person most directly responsible for the fiasco. Yes, there were a few "gotcha" questions meant to showcase individual representatives' hatred of the health-care law. But for the most part, the queries seemed designed to find a path toward more competent management of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (10/29).

31 Oct 2013

Medical News

Meal replacements and high protein diet can help weight loss maintenance

Key differences found in standing posture balance in children with diplegic and hemiplegic cerebral palsy

IQWiG completes first health economic evaluation

Left-handers more likely to suffer from psychotic disorders

Rat study shows compulsive gambling behaviours can be reduced in humans

Scientists explain genetic and molecular basis of diabetes

Scientists identify new toxic entity associated with dementia and motor neuron disease

Cellectricon to demonstrate Cellaxess technology at Neuroscience 2013

e-Therapeutics begins ETS6103 phase IIb trial for major depressive disorder

Aetna selects Swiss Life to offer international health care benefits and services

Lifestyle of veterans influences their post-deployment wellness

Epigenetics may be useful target to stop the growth, spread and relapse of cancer

New round of ads about health law fight targets Senate incumbents of both parties

President to invoke 'Romneycare' to defend health law

NJIT professor receives Innovators Award from New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

Dendrites multiply the brain's computing power

State marketplaces have some different issues than the federal health website

Researchers receive grant to develop new device that identifies healthy sperm cells for IVF

Websites targeting veterans fail to provide information about risks of tobacco products

Viewpoints: House Republicans help themselves, and the country, with smart, tough questions to Tavenner; Kentucky senators out of step with eager constituents; replace health law with single payer system

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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