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Study: Words can play powerful role in what we see

It is natural to imagine that the sense of sight takes in the world as it is - simply passing on what the eyes collect from light reflected by the objects around us.

27 Aug 2013

Examining cost: Why are health care services so expensive?

The New York Times looks at the cost of care and asks why it's so difficult for consumers to find out what a service costs. In the meantime, new research shows ending copays and making medication easier to use drives lower rates of hypertension.

27 Aug 2013

VA health system scrutiny draws headlines

Howard and Jean Somers have been meeting with VA officials and congressional staffers to tell their son's story. "If your system is so difficult to get into," Howard Somers asked, "how the hell are you going to prevent suicides?" ... (Daniel's) service in Iraq, including multiple combat missions as a turret gunner, left him with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.

27 Aug 2013

Neurobiologists reveal new approach to correcting visual disorders in children

By discovering the role of key neurons that mediate an important part of vision development, UC Irvine and UCLA neurobiologists have revealed a new approach to correcting visual disorders in children who suffer from early cataracts or amblyopia, also known as lazy eye.

27 Aug 2013

AGA acknowledges partnership of GCF to support research in gastric, esophageal cancer

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the Gastric Cancer Foundation (GCF) to create a new grant to support research in gastric and esophageal cancer.

27 Aug 2013

Microscopic material in cells offers robust treatment for stroke

In the latest in a series of experiments testing the use of stem cells to treat neurological disease, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have shown for the first time that microscopic material in the cells offers a "robust" treatment for crippling stroke.

27 Aug 2013

Unique computer technology opens up discovery of smarter drugs to treat illnesses

A unique computer technology that opens up the discovery of smarter drugs to treat major illnesses including heart disease has been invented by University of Strathclyde scientists.

27 Aug 2013

MD Anderson educators receive AEIRS/Elsevier Innovator Award for outstanding work in imaging sciences

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced The 2013 AEIRS/Elsevier Innovator of the Year Award recipients. Mahsa Dehghanpour, EDd, MS, CMD, Program Director and Assistant Professor, and Jamie Baker, MEd, CMD, Instructor and Education Coordinator, both of the Medical Dosimetry Program at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center School of Health Professions (SHP), have been recognized for their outstanding work as educators in imaging sciences.

27 Aug 2013

TSRI scientists find way to use new DNA-editing technology for DNA sequencing

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a way to apply a powerful new DNA-editing technology more broadly than ever before.

27 Aug 2013

Powerful new option for treating vasculitis

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a research consortium that includes the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has shown that a new drug for vasculitis, a potentially life-threatening auto-immune disease which causes inflammation in blood vessels, is as effective as standard therapy over 18 months.

27 Aug 2013

Bioactive compounds in coffee may prevent prostate cancer recurrence, delay progression

Coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression, according to a new study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists that is online ahead of print in Cancer Causes & Control.

27 Aug 2013

African-American’s who adapt to mainstream American culture have risk of type 2 diabetes

Trying to find a produce store or a large grocer in an economically depressed neighborhood is about as easy as finding an apple in a candy store.

27 Aug 2013

Oxygen-generating compound could preserve muscle tissue after severe injury

The same compound in a common household clothes detergent shows promise as a treatment to preserve muscle tissue after severe injury. Researchers at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine hope the oxygen-generating compound could one day aid in saving and repairing limbs and tissue.

27 Aug 2013

GOP push to defund health law spurs Capitol Hill debate

During the weekend talk shows, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, acknowledged that he does not have the votes to be successful and that he will need the help of significant grassroots pressure to win the battle.

27 Aug 2013

UAB study points to protein pathway that could lead to new treatments for diabetes

The same protein tells beta cells in the pancreas to stop making insulin and then to self-destruct as diabetes worsens, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study published online today in the journal Nature Medicine.

27 Aug 2013

Medicaid expansion still unsettled in some states

State legislators in Michigan could vote as early as Tuesday on a bill to expand the health insurance program for the poor. In Wyoming, lawmakers consider an alternative approach developed by Arkansas. And in Arizona, a group trying to block the expansion faces a deadline to put the matter on the ballot.

27 Aug 2013

Nanotechnology tool may help in detecting harmful gases, pathogens, explosives

Dartmouth researchers have developed a molecular switch that changes a liquid crystal's readout color based on a chemical input. This new development may open the way for using liquid crystals in detecting harmful gases, pathogens, explosives and other chemical substances.

27 Aug 2013

Thyroid ultrasound imaging may identify patients with low risk of cancer, can help postpone biopsy

Thyroid ultrasound imaging could be used to identify patients who have a low risk of cancer for whom biopsy could be postponed, according to a study by Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues.

27 Aug 2013

People who leave hospital against doctors' orders are more likely to be readmitted or die

People who leave hospital against their doctors' orders are more likely to be readmitted to hospital or die, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

27 Aug 2013

Lobbying efforts to alter Obamacare take on urgency

Reuters reports how businesses, unions and advocacy groups continue to seek changes in the law, but lobbyists face uphill battles. Kaiser Health News reports on how bare-bones health plans are expected to survive the law, albeit in modified form, and also looks at the government's efforts to inform seniors they shouldn't seek coverage from new online insurance marketplaces.

27 Aug 2013

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Study: Words can play powerful role in what we see

Examining cost: Why are health care services so expensive?

VA health system scrutiny draws headlines

Neurobiologists reveal new approach to correcting visual disorders in children

AGA acknowledges partnership of GCF to support research in gastric, esophageal cancer

Microscopic material in cells offers robust treatment for stroke

Unique computer technology opens up discovery of smarter drugs to treat illnesses

MD Anderson educators receive AEIRS/Elsevier Innovator Award for outstanding work in imaging sciences

TSRI scientists find way to use new DNA-editing technology for DNA sequencing

Powerful new option for treating vasculitis

Bioactive compounds in coffee may prevent prostate cancer recurrence, delay progression

African-American’s who adapt to mainstream American culture have risk of type 2 diabetes

Oxygen-generating compound could preserve muscle tissue after severe injury

GOP push to defund health law spurs Capitol Hill debate

UAB study points to protein pathway that could lead to new treatments for diabetes

Medicaid expansion still unsettled in some states

Nanotechnology tool may help in detecting harmful gases, pathogens, explosives

Thyroid ultrasound imaging may identify patients with low risk of cancer, can help postpone biopsy

People who leave hospital against doctors' orders are more likely to be readmitted or die

Lobbying efforts to alter Obamacare take on urgency

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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