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Report urges targeted investment for childhood micronutrient supplementation

Noting "[t]his week leaders from around the world convened in Ireland for the Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice," Kanika Bahl, a managing director at Results for Development Institute (R4D), writes in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog,

22 Apr 2013

Study highlights the protective effect of berries on brain function

Adding more color to your diet in the form of berries is encouraged by many nutrition experts. The protective effect of berries against inflammation has been documented in many studies.

22 Apr 2013

Taiwan President participates in international memory walk for Alzheimer's disease

Memory Walks are taking place all around the World during World Alzheimer's Month in September every year, to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

22 Apr 2013

Despite USPSTF controversial recommendations, mammogram rate did not decline

More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) finds that mammogram rates in the United States have not declined in that age group, or any other. The study results are published in the April 19, 2013 online edition of the journal Cancer.

22 Apr 2013

PATH Publications examine U.S. agencies' role in advancing global health technologies

In a guest post in the Global Health Technologies Coalition's "Breakthroughs" blog, Heather Ignatius, senior policy and advocacy officer at PATH, "writes about the important role U.S. agencies play in advancing global health technologies."

22 Apr 2013

Tips to reduce lawn mower injuries

Injuries from lawn mowers are among the most traumatic seen at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. They are devastating to patients and their families.

22 Apr 2013

Penn researcher wins Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award for innovations in gene therapy

A gene therapy study focused on finding a cure for a rare congenital blinding disease has been recognized as one of the ten most outstanding clinical research projects of the year by the Clinical Research Forum (CRF).

22 Apr 2013

Sleep related breathing disorders associated with cognitive and behavioral impairment in children

People lobbying for gun control may want to consider another culprit in the post-Newtown search for the answer to our unfathomable questions.

22 Apr 2013

Increase in violence hindering access to health care in Afghanistan, Red Cross warns

An increase in armed groups and the splintering of insurgent factions is cutting Afghans off from health care in ever greater numbers, the Red Cross has warned.

22 Apr 2013

Study identifies potential drug targets that interfere with cancer metabolism

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer.

22 Apr 2013

Research reveals how three-dimensional, volumetric, space is perceived in mammalian brains

Animals navigate and orient themselves to survive - to find food and shelter or avoid predators, for example. Research conducted by Dr. Nachum Ulanovsky and research student Michael Yartsev of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department, published today in Science, reveals for the first time how three-dimensional, volumetric, space is perceived in mammalian brains.

22 Apr 2013

Study shows how brain mobilizes to track down person, animal or thing

A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered that when we embark on a targeted search, various visual and non-visual regions of the brain mobilize to track down a person, animal or thing.

22 Apr 2013

Donors must 'seize this opportunity' to fully support the Global Fund

At a recent donor conference in Brussels, Belgium, "the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria presented a compelling case for funding the organization to not only tackle these diseases but also to accelerate gains against them.

22 Apr 2013

Study shows brachytherapy is underused in the UK

Better outcomes can be achieved for prostate cancer patients using brachytherapy, a highly targeted form of radiotherapy, compared to surgery - this is the finding of a new study conducted by PANAXEA, The University of Twente, Netherlands.

From Elekta 22 Apr 2013

Aftershocks of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine collapse maybe bigger than originally thought

A new University of Utah study has identified hundreds of previously unrecognized small aftershocks that happened after Utah's deadly Crandall Canyon mine collapse in 2007. The aftershocks suggest the collapse was as big - and perhaps bigger - than shown in another study by the university in 2008.

22 Apr 2013

Genetic study defines link between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases

Researchers have newly associated nine genetic regions with a rare autoimmune disease of the liver known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This brings the total number of genetic regions associated with the disease to 16.

22 Apr 2013

Researchers decipher the underlying mechanism of antiviral drug

A long-forgotten candidate for antiviral therapy is undergoing a renaissance: Since the 1970s, the small molecule CMA has been considered a potent agent against viral infections, yet it was never approved for clinical use.

22 Apr 2013

Obama right to propose food aid reform

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22 Apr 2013

New chemical compound offers a promising step for creating potential anti-cancer agents

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and their collaborators have tailor-made a new chemical compound that blocks a protein that has been linked to poor responses to treatment in cancer patients.

22 Apr 2013

Study: Use of anti-TNF therapies in RA patients does not increase risk of herpes zoster

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who initiated use of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapies were not at a higher risk of developing herpes zoster (shingles), compared with patients who initiated nonbiologic treatment regimens, according to research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Oregon Health and Science University. The findings appeared in the March 6, 2013, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

22 Apr 2013

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Report urges targeted investment for childhood micronutrient supplementation

Study highlights the protective effect of berries on brain function

Taiwan President participates in international memory walk for Alzheimer's disease

Despite USPSTF controversial recommendations, mammogram rate did not decline

PATH Publications examine U.S. agencies' role in advancing global health technologies

Tips to reduce lawn mower injuries

Penn researcher wins Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award for innovations in gene therapy

Sleep related breathing disorders associated with cognitive and behavioral impairment in children

Increase in violence hindering access to health care in Afghanistan, Red Cross warns

Study identifies potential drug targets that interfere with cancer metabolism

Research reveals how three-dimensional, volumetric, space is perceived in mammalian brains

Study shows how brain mobilizes to track down person, animal or thing

Donors must 'seize this opportunity' to fully support the Global Fund

Study shows brachytherapy is underused in the UK

Aftershocks of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine collapse maybe bigger than originally thought

Genetic study defines link between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases

Researchers decipher the underlying mechanism of antiviral drug

Obama right to propose food aid reform

New chemical compound offers a promising step for creating potential anti-cancer agents

Study: Use of anti-TNF therapies in RA patients does not increase risk of herpes zoster

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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