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New book explores how faculty at academic health centers pursue, achieve success in research

The future of basic and translational research in health care depends on the ability of large, complex health science centers to educate, discover new answers to extremely complicated problems and operate for the public good.

10 Apr 2013

Healthcare professionals suggests new way to evaluate family medicine residents

Medical school graduates entering one family medicine residency program might receive training that is markedly different than another family medicine residency program.

10 Apr 2013

New study shows some women don't stick to recommended treatment for breast cancer

One-quarter of women who should take hormone-blocking therapies as part of their breast cancer treatment either do not start or do not complete the five-year course, according to a new study led by University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers.

10 Apr 2013

Continued support of Global Fund is worthy investment

Writing in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, examines why the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a good investment.

10 Apr 2013

Researchers evaluate Pexa-Vec to slow progression of liver cancer

As part of a multicenter clinical trial, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are evaluating Pexa-Vec (JX-594) to slow the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma or liver cancer. Pexa-Vec is a genetically engineered virus that is used in the smallpox vaccine.

10 Apr 2013

Medicare estimates of potential work savings greatly exaggerated

According to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis gained when different providers interpret different medical imaging scans performed on the same patient are minute and vary by procedure.

10 Apr 2013

Global Fund aims to raise $15B to fight infectious diseases in 2014-2016 period

"The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has set the target of raising $15 billion to help countries fight the three infectious diseases in the 2014-2016 period, its Executive Director Mark Dybul said ... on Monday," Xinhua reports.

10 Apr 2013

UC Riverside expert to give free lecture on waterborne diseases

When we turn on the tap to get a glass of water, we just assume that it is safe to drink. But is it really safe? And, what exactly is "safe"?

10 Apr 2013

Neurosurgeons remove hypothalamic hamartoma to combat hyperphagia, unhealthy weight gain

Neurosurgeons at the University of Texas-Houston and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital (Houston, Texas) report on the success they achieved when they removed a hypothalamic hamartoma from a 10-year-old girl to combat hyperphagia (excessive appetite and compulsive overeating) and consequent unhealthy weight gain.

10 Apr 2013

Pope Francis's pledge to poor can translate into social action

Writing in a SciDev.Net feature article, journalist Imogen Mathers examines what the election of the new pope will mean for the development sector.

10 Apr 2013

Study finds Google searches for information about mental illnesses, problems follow seasonal patterns

A new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that Google searches for information across all major mental illnesses and problems followed seasonal patterns, suggesting mental illness may be more strongly linked with seasonal patterns than previously thought.

10 Apr 2013

Lynch syndrome and cancer risk: an interview with Prof. Ellen Kampman, Wageningen University

Lynch syndrome is one of the inherited cancer syndromes characterized by the development of colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer and other cancers at an early age.

10 Apr 2013

Researchers discover genetic variants of heart disorder in some cases of stillbirth

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the United States and Europe discovered genetic mutations associated with long QT syndrome, a genetic abnormality in the heart's electrical system, in a small number of intrauterine fetal deaths, according to a study in the April 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

10 Apr 2013

Recent articles from Journal of American College Health focus on campus safety

In a recent Editorial: How Safe Are College Campuses? published in the Journal of American College Health, Co-Editor Dr. Teri Aronowitz compares the frequency of violence in the USA to that of the flu.

10 Apr 2013

Galectin Therapeutics provides details on first-in-man Phase 1 clinical trial of GR-MD-02

Galectin Therapeutics, the leading developer of therapeutics that target galectin proteins to treat fibrosis and cancer, announced details today on its first-in-man Phase 1 clinical trial that will support a proposed indication of GR-MD-02 for treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH, or fatty liver disease) with advanced fibrosis.

10 Apr 2013

Rally for Medical Research supports continued funding for NIH, other R&D

The Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog describes the Rally for Medical Research that took place on Monday in Washington, D.C.

10 Apr 2013

Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation helps develop mathematical model to study evolution of cancer

The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, a science foundation based in New York City, has helped finance the first mathematical model of how human cancer cells evolve, and more specifically, how they evolve to become immune to inhibitor drug therapy, a popular alternative to chemotherapy.

10 Apr 2013

mPhase Technologies files patent application for novel drug delivery system

mPhase Technologies, Inc. said today that it is pursuing licensing opportunities for its Smart Drug Delivery System.

10 Apr 2013

Olympus receives FDA clearance for Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System

Olympus, a precision technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions in Medical and Surgical Products, among other core businesses, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System.

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 10 Apr 2013

Religious leaders call for heads of government to renew efforts to meet MDGs

"With fewer than 1,000 days left to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, religious leaders from the G8 countries are pushing heads of government to renew their efforts to meet the anti-poverty benchmarks by 2015," the Washington Post reports.

10 Apr 2013

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New book explores how faculty at academic health centers pursue, achieve success in research

Healthcare professionals suggests new way to evaluate family medicine residents

New study shows some women don't stick to recommended treatment for breast cancer

Continued support of Global Fund is worthy investment

Researchers evaluate Pexa-Vec to slow progression of liver cancer

Medicare estimates of potential work savings greatly exaggerated

Global Fund aims to raise $15B to fight infectious diseases in 2014-2016 period

UC Riverside expert to give free lecture on waterborne diseases

Neurosurgeons remove hypothalamic hamartoma to combat hyperphagia, unhealthy weight gain

Pope Francis's pledge to poor can translate into social action

Study finds Google searches for information about mental illnesses, problems follow seasonal patterns

Lynch syndrome and cancer risk: an interview with Prof. Ellen Kampman, Wageningen University

Researchers discover genetic variants of heart disorder in some cases of stillbirth

Recent articles from Journal of American College Health focus on campus safety

Galectin Therapeutics provides details on first-in-man Phase 1 clinical trial of GR-MD-02

Rally for Medical Research supports continued funding for NIH, other R&D

Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation helps develop mathematical model to study evolution of cancer

mPhase Technologies files patent application for novel drug delivery system

Olympus receives FDA clearance for Articulating HD 3D Laparoscopic Surgical Video System

Religious leaders call for heads of government to renew efforts to meet MDGs

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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