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Nelsons introduces new hemorrhoid cream

Nelsons, a 150 year old privately owned company and the UK's largest manufacturer of natural healthcare products, introduces Homeopathic H+Care™ Hemorrhoid Cream.

24 Oct 2013

MedRisk acquires Medical Diagnostic Associates Management

MedRisk, Inc., the nation's leading provider of physical medicine management to the workers' compensation industry, has acquired Medical Diagnostic Associates Management, Inc. based in Calabasas, Calif., and its access to a national diagnostic imaging network.

24 Oct 2013

Alexion Pharma's replacement therapy gets FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for MoCD Type A

Alexion Pharma International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a Breakthrough Therapy designation to cyclic pyranopterin monophosphate (cPMP, or ALXN1101), an enzyme co-factor replacement therapy for the treatment of patients with molybdenum cofactor deficiency type A, a severe and life-threatening, ultra-rare, genetic metabolic disorder that causes catastrophic and irreversible neurologic damage within the first weeks of life.

24 Oct 2013

Researchers develop new interactive software game to help children with peanut allergies

Elizabeth McQuaid, Ph.D., a staff psychologist from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center, is leading a research team testing a new interactive software game developed to help children with peanut allergies better manage allergy symptoms, social situations and proper food avoidance.

24 Oct 2013

Type 1 diabetes modifies communication between central nervous system and bone marrow

A new University of Sydney study has found that having Type 1 diabetes alters the normal communication between the human central nervous system and bone marrow, causing inflammatory effects and further disease.

24 Oct 2013

LCSB researchers publish current knowledge about the genetic, molecular causes of PD

Parkinson's disease continues to puzzle physicians and biologists alike - even though it is well-established that symptoms like muscle tremors, rigidity, and, during the final stages, immobility can all be traced back to the death of a certain type of brain cell called a dopaminergic neuron. The underlying cause of this cellular death is a complex web of interrelated genetic molecular processes as well as external factors, most of the details of which are well-known. But how the various factors correlate and influence each other continues to elude the scientific community.

24 Oct 2013

Pertussis incidence: an interview with Leonard Friedland, M.D., V.P. and Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for GSK Vaccines

Distinguishing pertussis (also known as whooping cough) from other respiratory illnesses is challenging in particular among adults because the signs and symptoms of pertussis overlap with those of other respiratory diseases.

24 Oct 2013

Study reveals that tumors factors inhibit repair of damaged muscle fibers during cancer wasting

A new study reveals that tumors release factors into the bloodstream that inhibit the repair of damaged muscle fibers, and that this contributes to muscle loss during cancer wasting.

24 Oct 2013

Little evidence Obamacare is costing full-time jobs

Reuters and The Wall Street Journal challenge the notion, based on recent jobs data, that the health law is causing an erosion of full-time work. Other media outlets look at the endangered status of new insurance co-ops funded by the law, the high price of many prescription drugs and concerns about the people enrolled in high-risk insurance pools that will close at the end of the year.

24 Oct 2013

Rakuten Kirei ºC Navi receives Good Design Award from Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Rakuten, Inc. and Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) announced today that their jointly developed service for women, "Rakuten Kirei ºC Navi," which provides advice and information on a variety of aspects of beauty based on basal body temperature, received a Good Design Award 2013 from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP).

24 Oct 2013

Study shows oxytocin hormone enhances placebo response in analgesia model

The hormone oxytocin may mediate processes such as empathy, trust, and social learning. These are key elements of the patient-physician relationship, which is an important mediator of placebo responses, according to background information in a Research Letter appearing in the October 23/30 issue of JAMA.

24 Oct 2013

State highlights: Cuccinelli blasts health law, Sebelius in bid to gain ground in Va. governor's race; N.Y. residents split over law; medi-cal cuts threaten access

A selection of health policy stories from Virginia, New York, California, Oregon, Michigan, Texas and Georgia.

24 Oct 2013

Researchers discover potential method to identify TBI using positron PET scans

Accurately diagnosing traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and concussions is difficult, as standard CT or MRI scans can't see most changes to the brain caused by these injuries.

24 Oct 2013

Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike are anxious for health law briefings

As a senior White House official heads to Capitol Hill to brief House Democrats on the health law's implementation -- especially the troubled rollout of healthcare.gov, Republicans want the same opportunity.

24 Oct 2013

Study shows plant sterols appear to prevent onset of Alzheimer's disease

It's no secret that many of the phytochemicals in fruit and vegetables have a positive effect on our health. For instance, plant sterols (also known as phytosterols) help to lower cholesterol levels. According to a new study by researchers at Saarland University, they also appear to prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

24 Oct 2013

CDC and NIH collaborate to create Sudden Death in Young Registry

A registry of deaths in young people from conditions such as heart disease and epilepsy is being created to help researchers define the scope of the problem and set future research priorities. The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are collaborating to create the Sudden Death in the Young Registry.

24 Oct 2013

Obama administration to Loyalists: Help boost the health law

From the White House to Capitol Hill to You Tube, the administration hoping to rally the troops who have supported the health law in the past.

24 Oct 2013

Judge allows Obamacare subsidies lawsuit to proceed, but stops short of imposing injunction

A federal judge Tuesday allowed a legal challenge against the health law's insurance price subsidies to go forward, but stopped short of imposing an injunction that would have halted the subsidies until the legal matter is resolved. At issue is a challenge to how the Obama administration determines who gets what subsidies and the related tax penalties.

24 Oct 2013

New Centre for Stratified Medicine opened in Ireland

The University of Ulster has opened a new Centre for Stratified Medicine. The only Centre of its kind in Ireland, £11.5m research facility in Derry~Londonderry puts the University at the forefront of medical research into chronic degenerative diseases.

24 Oct 2013

Neuropsychoanalysis Association to host conference on depression

The Neuropsychoanalysis Association is hosting a conference for researchers and clinicians on depression, "Towards a Real Understanding of Depression: Lessons from the Treatment Battlefeld and New Research," on Friday, November 1, 2013 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Bonnie and Kenneth Davis Auditorium, 1470 Madison Avenue (between 101st and 102nd Streets) in New York City.

24 Oct 2013

Medical News

Nelsons introduces new hemorrhoid cream

MedRisk acquires Medical Diagnostic Associates Management

Alexion Pharma's replacement therapy gets FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for MoCD Type A

Researchers develop new interactive software game to help children with peanut allergies

Type 1 diabetes modifies communication between central nervous system and bone marrow

LCSB researchers publish current knowledge about the genetic, molecular causes of PD

Pertussis incidence: an interview with Leonard Friedland, M.D., V.P. and Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health for GSK Vaccines

Study reveals that tumors factors inhibit repair of damaged muscle fibers during cancer wasting

Little evidence Obamacare is costing full-time jobs

Rakuten Kirei ºC Navi receives Good Design Award from Japan Institute of Design Promotion

Study shows oxytocin hormone enhances placebo response in analgesia model

State highlights: Cuccinelli blasts health law, Sebelius in bid to gain ground in Va. governor's race; N.Y. residents split over law; medi-cal cuts threaten access

Researchers discover potential method to identify TBI using positron PET scans

Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike are anxious for health law briefings

Study shows plant sterols appear to prevent onset of Alzheimer's disease

CDC and NIH collaborate to create Sudden Death in Young Registry

Obama administration to Loyalists: Help boost the health law

Judge allows Obamacare subsidies lawsuit to proceed, but stops short of imposing injunction

New Centre for Stratified Medicine opened in Ireland

Neuropsychoanalysis Association to host conference on depression

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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