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Study: Average-risk screening ADR is higher than current guidelines suggest for men and women

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, report in a new study that average-risk screening adenoma detection rates (ADR) are significantly higher than current guidelines suggest for both men and women.

12 Apr 2013

U.N. Secretary General, Pope Francis discuss joint efforts to attain MDGs

"United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis underlined a joint effort to attain peace, social justice and the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] worldwide in the first meeting between both leaders since the new pontiff was appointed in March," Devex's "Development Newswire" reports.

12 Apr 2013

Manchester study gives full picture of falls in people with rheumatoid arthritis

One in three people with rheumatoid arthritis, regardless of their age, will fall once or more times a year, according to a new University of Manchester study.

12 Apr 2013

New approaches to treat persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C

UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the finding suggests new approaches to treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C.

12 Apr 2013

Tailoring national HIV programs to better meet people's needs

"The features of the global HIV epidemic vary by country, often by community and patient, and it's important to understand these distinctions so that we can design programs to meet people's needs and strengthen their access to treatment and prevention," Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, writes in the foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog.

12 Apr 2013

Nalmefene can provide important clinical benefit for alcohol-dependent patients

A potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene is effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent individuals, says a new study published this week in Biological Psychiatry.

12 Apr 2013

Opinion pieces urge continued support for Global Fund

This week, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria gathered representatives from donor and implementing countries in Brussels, Belgium, to formally launch its 2014-2016 replenishment process.

12 Apr 2013

UAB study: Southern region of US not the fattest part

It goes against popular belief, but a recent study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) shows that the southern region of the United States is not the fattest part of the country.

12 Apr 2013

Study finds racial differences in end-of-life care for patients receiving chronic dialysis

At the end of life, black patients with kidney failure receiving chronic dialysis are less likely to be referred to hospice and to discontinue dialysis compared with white patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

12 Apr 2013

New process to create malaria drug artemisinin should provide stable supply, reduce cost, researchers report

"U.S. scientists on Wednesday said they had used baker's yeast to make a key ingredient of malaria drugs, a feat that could iron out fluctuations in supply caused by sourcing the chemical from a Chinese herb," Artemisia annua, Agence France-Presse reports (4/10).

12 Apr 2013

Church members view health ministry as more desirable source of health information

African Americans who believe their church is responsible for promoting health in their members and the community are also more willing to attend church-based health fairs, according to a new study in Health Promotion Practice.

12 Apr 2013

New study reveals influence of asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking on lung cancer risk

The chances of developing lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking are dramatically increased when these three risk factors are combined, and quitting smoking significantly reduces the risk of developing lung cancer after long-term asbestos exposure, according to a new study.

12 Apr 2013

Gunman attacks police officers guarding polio vaccination team in Pakistan; One killed

"A gunman shot and killed one policeman and wounded another on Wednesday as they provided security for a team of polio eradication health workers in northwestern Pakistan, according to government officials," the New York Times reports (Masood, 4/10).

12 Apr 2013

Research demonstrates easy way to influence human brain activity to improve sleep, enhance memory

Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories. Researchers reporting online April 11 in the Cell Press journal Neuron have found that playing sounds synchronized to the rhythm of the slow brain oscillations of people who are sleeping enhances these oscillations and boosts their memory.

12 Apr 2013

Challenges in changing behaviors, factors to reduce cancer risk continue

An annual report from the American Cancer Society finds continuing challenges in changing behaviors and risk factors in order to reduce suffering and death from cancer.

12 Apr 2013

Global Fund concludes 2-day conference in Brussels

In Brussels on Wednesday, "the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria concluded a two-day conference where it tried to make the case for the $15 billion it aims to raise in a replenishment meeting late 2013," Devex reports.

12 Apr 2013

Study sheds light on role of microglia during progression of Alzheimer's disease

The plaque deposits in the brain of Alzheimer's patients are surrounded by the brain's own immune cells, the microglia. This was already recognized by Alois Alzheimer more than one hundred years ago. But until today it still remains unclear what role microglia play in Alzheimer's disease.

12 Apr 2013

Sanofi launches large-scale production of artemisinin for malaria

Twelve years after a breakthrough discovery in his University of California, Berkeley, laboratory, professor of chemical engineering Jay Keasling is seeing his dream come true.

12 Apr 2013

New index measures political commitment of 45 developing countries to address hunger, malnutrition

The Guardian reports on "a new index measuring political commitment to tackling hunger and undernutrition in 45 developing countries."

12 Apr 2013

Salk neuroscientists propose how visual system automatically adapts to new environments

The irony of getting away to a remote place is you usually have to fight traffic to get there. After hours of dodging dangerous drivers, you finally arrive at that quiet mountain retreat, stare at the gentle waters of a pristine lake, and congratulate your tired self on having "turned off your brain."

12 Apr 2013

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Study: Average-risk screening ADR is higher than current guidelines suggest for men and women

U.N. Secretary General, Pope Francis discuss joint efforts to attain MDGs

Manchester study gives full picture of falls in people with rheumatoid arthritis

New approaches to treat persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C

Tailoring national HIV programs to better meet people's needs

Nalmefene can provide important clinical benefit for alcohol-dependent patients

Opinion pieces urge continued support for Global Fund

UAB study: Southern region of US not the fattest part

Study finds racial differences in end-of-life care for patients receiving chronic dialysis

New process to create malaria drug artemisinin should provide stable supply, reduce cost, researchers report

Church members view health ministry as more desirable source of health information

New study reveals influence of asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking on lung cancer risk

Gunman attacks police officers guarding polio vaccination team in Pakistan; One killed

Research demonstrates easy way to influence human brain activity to improve sleep, enhance memory

Challenges in changing behaviors, factors to reduce cancer risk continue

Global Fund concludes 2-day conference in Brussels

Study sheds light on role of microglia during progression of Alzheimer's disease

Sanofi launches large-scale production of artemisinin for malaria

New index measures political commitment of 45 developing countries to address hunger, malnutrition

Salk neuroscientists propose how visual system automatically adapts to new environments

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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