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Scientists warn of H7N9 risks as number of cases, deaths continue to rise

"A new strain of bird flu that is causing a deadly outbreak among people in China is a threat to world health and should be taken seriously, scientists said on Wednesday," Reuters reports (Kelland, 5/1).

3 May 2013

Loyola to move pediatric rehabilitation services to Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace

Loyola University Health System will move its pediatric rehabilitation services from the medical center campus in Maywood to the first floor of the Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace, located at 1S224 Summit Ave.

3 May 2013

PEPFAR committed to programs aimed at children to reach AIDS-free generation

Citing data on how HIV/AIDS has affected children worldwide, whether directly or through the death of one or both parents, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, who also heads the State Department's Office of Global Health Diplomacy, writes in the agency's "DipNote" blog that children are vulnerable "to the social, emotional, economic, and environmental effects that HIV and AIDS has on families, communities, and countries."

3 May 2013

MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program to continue for fourth year

The MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program - responsible for nearly 200 news stories by 48 alumni to date - will continue for a fourth year thanks to a grant renewal from the MetLife Foundation.

3 May 2013

IPS reports on Taliban attacks on health care facilities in Pakistan's FATA

Inter Press Service reports on Taliban-sponsored attacks on health care facilities in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

3 May 2013

Study results suggest that restricting food intake increases reward value of food

The story is a familiar one: most people are able to lose weight while dieting but once the diet is over, the weight comes back. Many of us can personally attest that caloric deprivation weight loss diets typically do not produce lasting weight loss.

3 May 2013

Scientists spell out pivotal role of Peli1 in mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Scientists have identified an influential link in a chain of events that leads to autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.

3 May 2013

End of poverty may be within reach, but 'bar is set very low'

"The end of extreme poverty might very well be within reach," economics reporter Annie Lowrey writes in a New York Times Magazine opinion piece.

3 May 2013

New evidence-based guideline for using WSI systems for diagnostic work

The College of American Pathologists released today a new evidence-based guideline, "Validating Whole Slide Imaging for Diagnostic Purposes in Pathology." The guideline is the first of its kind and is now available in the CAP's peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

3 May 2013

Scientists generate map of H7N9 risk

A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk is presented in Biomed Central's open access journal Infectious Diseases of Poverty today. The map is comprised of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production and consumption, which are used to infer future risk and to advise on ways to prevent infection.

3 May 2013

Reuters examines White House proposal to reform food aid program

"A White House plan to modernize the major U.S. food aid program ... is in trouble after fierce lobbying by farm groups, food processors, shippers and others who set out to sink the idea months before it was unveiled in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget [request]," Reuters reports in an article outlining opposition and support for the administration's effort to reform the Food for Peace program.

3 May 2013

Lund researchers develop new mouse model to better understand type 2 diabetes in humans

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new mouse model that answers the question of what actually happens in the body when type 2 diabetes develops and how the body responds to drug treatment.

3 May 2013

Springer releases new books series focusing on human performance

Springer, a leading global scientific publisher, is launching a new book series entitled Trends in Augmentation of Human Performance. The series will focus on the enhancement of human skills, attributes and competencies through the use of technology, medicine and therapy.

3 May 2013

EPAC2 and diabetes: an interview with Dr. Hussain, Johns Hopkins University

EPAC stands for exchange protein activated by cyclic AMP (cAMP). cAMP is an (among many) intracellular messenger molecule. cAMP is generated when certain hormones stimulate a cell by binding to their receptor, which is at the outside surface of the cell.

3 May 2013

Five more die of SARS-like disease in Saudi Arabia

"Saudi Arabia said five more people have died of a deadly new virus from the same family as SARS, and two other people were in intensive care," Reuters reports.

3 May 2013

New technology to study interactions between metal elements, molecules in living organisms

Metal elements and molecules interact in the body but visualizing them together has always been a challenge. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies in Japan have developed a new molecular imaging technology that enables them to visualize bio-metals and bio-molecules simultaneously in a live mouse.

3 May 2013

Researchers describe alterations in long noncoding RNA sequences in Rett syndrome

Researchers at the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program at IDIBELL led by Manel Esteller, ICREA researcher and professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona, have described alterations in noncoding long chain RNA sequences in Rett syndrome.

3 May 2013

20 fragile, conflict-affected states make progress toward MDGs, World Bank says

"Twenty of the world's most troubled countries have made progress in efforts that range from reducing poverty to improving the education of girls and cutting down on the deaths of women in childbirth, the World Bank said on Wednesday" in a new report, Reuters reports.

3 May 2013

Regional anesthesia improves outcomes in sleep apnea patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty

Using regional anesthesia instead of general anesthesia in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint replacement decreases major complications by 17%, according to a study published online, ahead of print, in the journal Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.

3 May 2013

Weekend reading: Overweight doctors; ADHD diagnosis wars; States cut treatment for mentally ill; The war on breast cancer

Recently, a survey of three decades of screening published in November in The New England Journal of Medicine found that mammography's impact is decidedly mixed: it does reduce, by a small percentage, the number of women who are told they have late-stage cancer, but it is far more likely to result in overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment, including surgery, weeks of radiation and potentially toxic drugs.

3 May 2013

Medical News

Scientists warn of H7N9 risks as number of cases, deaths continue to rise

Loyola to move pediatric rehabilitation services to Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace

PEPFAR committed to programs aimed at children to reach AIDS-free generation

MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellows Program to continue for fourth year

IPS reports on Taliban attacks on health care facilities in Pakistan's FATA

Study results suggest that restricting food intake increases reward value of food

Scientists spell out pivotal role of Peli1 in mouse model of multiple sclerosis

End of poverty may be within reach, but 'bar is set very low'

New evidence-based guideline for using WSI systems for diagnostic work

Scientists generate map of H7N9 risk

Reuters examines White House proposal to reform food aid program

Lund researchers develop new mouse model to better understand type 2 diabetes in humans

Springer releases new books series focusing on human performance

EPAC2 and diabetes: an interview with Dr. Hussain, Johns Hopkins University

Five more die of SARS-like disease in Saudi Arabia

New technology to study interactions between metal elements, molecules in living organisms

Researchers describe alterations in long noncoding RNA sequences in Rett syndrome

20 fragile, conflict-affected states make progress toward MDGs, World Bank says

Regional anesthesia improves outcomes in sleep apnea patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty

Weekend reading: Overweight doctors; ADHD diagnosis wars; States cut treatment for mentally ill; The war on breast cancer

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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