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Research shows over 50% of tumors have mutations in p53

Researchers of the Cancer Metabolism group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalan Oncology Institute (ICO) and the Division of Hematology-Oncology of the University of Cincinnati, led by George Thomas, have discovered a role for ribosomal 5S RNA in the formation of a complex that regulates the stability of p53.

4 Jul 2013

Study: Happy marriages keep you in good health over years

New BYU research finds that people in happy marriages live less "in sickness" but enjoy more of life "in health." In a 20-year longitudinal study tracking health and marriage quality, BYU family life researcher Rick Miller found that as the quality of marriage holds up over the years, physical health holds up too.

4 Jul 2013

Scientists uncover easy strategies to prevent harmful side-effects of antibiotics responses

A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University has discovered why long-term treatment with many common antibiotics can cause harmful side effects-and they have uncovered two easy strategies that could help prevent these dangerous responses.

4 Jul 2013

Study shows activated blood platelets enable cancer cells to penetrate blood vessels

Malignant tumours often spread to remote areas of the body. In the majority of cases, metastases formation develops via the blood vascular system. The blood platelets thereby provide invaluable help to the tumour cells in penetrating new organs.

4 Jul 2013

Scientists identify molecular signals that spur the formation of arteries

The ability to form blood vessels is one of evolution's crowning achievements, and something that separates vertebrates (animals with a backbone) from the rest of the animal kingdom.

4 Jul 2013

Researchers produce potential antibiotic that targets bacterial enzyme critical to metabolic processes

University of Adelaide research has produced a potential new antibiotic which could help in the battle against bacterial resistance to antibiotics.

4 Jul 2013

Viewpoints: Dems' abortion policies on the wrong side of public opinion; Doctors need to be more accurate in death reports

Last week saw two major developments in the legal and political battle over the Obama administration's sound decision to require most employers to provide free insurance coverage of contraceptives for women under the new health care law - one of them positive and the other a blow to the mandate and to religious liberty (7/1).

3 Jul 2013

MAXIMUS customer contact centers achieve Center of Excellence distinction

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, announced today that its New York Physician Profile and New Jersey Health Care Profile operations have been recognized as "Certified Centers of Excellence" by BenchmarkPortal.

3 Jul 2013

First Edition: July 3, 2013

Today's headlines detail the Obama administration announcement that it would delay the health law rule requiring businesses provide insurance to workers.

3 Jul 2013

Genentech's obinutuzumab gets FDA Priority Review for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted the company's Biologics License Application for obinutuzumab (GA101) and granted Priority Review for GA101 in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, one of the most common forms of blood cancer, based on final Stage 1 data from the pivotal CLL11 trial.

3 Jul 2013

Winning sounds on slot machines make gambling more exciting

Winning sounds on slot machines make gambling more exciting, according to a new study by Mike Dixon and colleagues from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Moreover, their work shows that sounds also cause players to overestimate the number of times they won while playing on slot machines. The study is published online in Springer's Journal of Gambling Studies.

3 Jul 2013

Telemonitoring with pharmacist management improves and maintains BP control

An intervention that consisted of home blood pressure (BP) telemonitoring with pharmacist management resulted in improvements in BP control and decreases in BP during 12 months, compared with usual care, and improvement in BP that was maintained for 6 months following the intervention, according to a study in the July 3 issue of JAMA.

3 Jul 2013

NHS productivity in England increases by 3.2%, new study reveals

A new study by researchers at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, reveals the productivity of the NHS in England increased by 3.2 per cent in the first year of the Coalition administration.

3 Jul 2013

Study examines link between smoking cessation, weight gain and CHD risk in postmenopausal women

"Cigarette smoking is an important cause of cardiovascular disease, and smoking cessation reduces the risk. However, weight gain after smoking cessation may increase the risk of diabetes and weaken the benefit of quitting," write Juhua Luo, Ph.D., of the Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, Ind., and colleagues.

3 Jul 2013

IG report: $543 million in Medicare overpayments remain uncollected

USA Today reports that the inspector general's report noted that one of the factors keeping the government from recouping these funds was problems with a new accounting system. Meanwhile, Modern Healthcare reports that these types of overpayments are some of the most difficult to collect.

3 Jul 2013

UnitedHealth to leave California's individual market at year's end

UnitedHealth is the second major company to announce its exit in advance of the changes that will take effect as a result of the health law. Meanwhile, Blues plans in Iowa and South Dakota announced plans to skip participation in those two states' health exchanges in 2014.

3 Jul 2013

Data on side effects of fidaxomicin not analysed appropriately

The antibiotic fidaxomicin (trade name: Dificlir) has been approved in Germany since December 2011 for the treatment of adults who have diarrhoea caused by Clostridium difficile.

3 Jul 2013

Arthritis Research UK awards grant to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain

Medical research charity Arthritis Research UK has awarded researchers at University College London and the University of Nottingham a grant of £800,000 to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain.

3 Jul 2013

Endoscopic imaging: an interview with Len Farris, Vice President of Marketing, Americas, PENTAX Medical

The impact of endoscopic imaging on patient care has been enormous since the first fiber optic systems were introduced more than 50 years ago. Today, high resolution and high definition systems are used to provide clinicians and patients unprecedented images from inside the body.

From PENTAX Medical Company 3 Jul 2013

Mothers commonly talk to children about genetic test even it they test positive for gene mutation

Mothers commonly talk to their children about genetic test results even if they test positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, which sharply increases a woman's risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.

3 Jul 2013

Medical News

Research shows over 50% of tumors have mutations in p53

Study: Happy marriages keep you in good health over years

Scientists uncover easy strategies to prevent harmful side-effects of antibiotics responses

Study shows activated blood platelets enable cancer cells to penetrate blood vessels

Scientists identify molecular signals that spur the formation of arteries

Researchers produce potential antibiotic that targets bacterial enzyme critical to metabolic processes

Viewpoints: Dems' abortion policies on the wrong side of public opinion; Doctors need to be more accurate in death reports

MAXIMUS customer contact centers achieve Center of Excellence distinction

First Edition: July 3, 2013

Genentech's obinutuzumab gets FDA Priority Review for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Winning sounds on slot machines make gambling more exciting

Telemonitoring with pharmacist management improves and maintains BP control

NHS productivity in England increases by 3.2%, new study reveals

Study examines link between smoking cessation, weight gain and CHD risk in postmenopausal women

IG report: $543 million in Medicare overpayments remain uncollected

UnitedHealth to leave California's individual market at year's end

Data on side effects of fidaxomicin not analysed appropriately

Arthritis Research UK awards grant to develop new treatments for severe arthritis pain

Endoscopic imaging: an interview with Len Farris, Vice President of Marketing, Americas, PENTAX Medical

Mothers commonly talk to children about genetic test even it they test positive for gene mutation

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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